finasteride question

[misterium]

Hi,

I've been using finasteride for over a year now, and I think it's helping but I'm shedding currently and the thinning is more noticable now than ever.. I'm riding this through. I've never had any sides from finasteride.

Lately I've noticed weak and thin looking hairs falling out in the shower a lot, and when I comb to style.

I was wondering if anybody has had good results with finasteride but had to wait til around the 2 year mark before they noticed their hair was doing much beter.

I don't plan on adding minoxidil til around July/August (my 2 year mark on finasteride) .. as I think I may have better results here in the near future, especially since my itch/irritation has stopped.

I'd like to think that the finasteride is actually blocking DHT in my system, and that I'm not simply eating a pill and pooping it out.

Any thoughts on how long it might take some people to see good results with finasteride? I'm hoping this next year will be something special.

-misterium

 

[misterium]

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[Britannia]

Hi. Have you had any sides at all ever? No matter how small.

 

[misterium]

Well, no, nothing that I can recall..

I assume I'd know if I had some sides, but it seems I have had nothing.. I've felt normal and have had normal libido and such... nothing has changed for me since starting to take finasteride.

 

[misterium]

bump.

(input?)

 

[Britannia]

Most people who take Propecia have seen some kind of results by 12 months. In fact Merck state that if you havent had any results after 12 months then Propecia is unlikely to benefit you and you should stop Propecia. Having said that, there are some reports around of people not seeing results until 18 or even 24 months. You could try adding minoxidil to your regeime earlier than your intended 24 month point, to see if that helps. Remember minoxidil and Propecia have synergetic effects on each other and produce maximum regrowth.

 

[misterium]

Cool.. that's about what I figured.

I may take minoxidil earlier than I wanted to then.