Guys I Really Need Your Advice! (please)

[iamgotham]

Hi guys,

First of all sorry for my bad English. After 4 amazing years on Finasteride, last November I had a big shed. My hairline is almost the same and only the left temple is looking really bad.

I deal with hair loss since I was 16, but it as been a real sloooow process. Here you can find my complete story and pictures (for pictures of the temples please go to page 2): https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/threads/shedding-after-4-years-on-finasteride.102961/

Now I'm shedding less hairs, but I feel that Finasteride is not working as it worked in the last 4 years... thought about switching to Dutasteride to see if I could have some regrowth on the temples and to turn my hairline a little bit dense, but all the stories that I read about long-term Finasteride users that made the switch are far from ideal. (and the longer hairs that I have simply don't fall, and I guess that must be Finasteride working).

Now I'm 28 and in the last couple of weeks I've been thinking of the possibility of having a hair transplant to fill my temples and to turn my hairline more dense. Is this stupid? Should I wait a couple of years? I just don't want to waste my youth, always thinking about my hair (last months I can't even go out with girls).

So guys, please give me your advice, what should I do?

 

[Pequod]

Maybe you should double down on more finsteride to see if that helps. A study was posted that higher doses lessens hair loss, which makes sense. Or a low dose of dutasteride perhaps. I would wait on a hair transplant.

 

[iamgotham]

Thanks for the feedback @Pequod

I'm thinking about trying out Dutasteride, but I'm slightly worried... I read some stories on several forums of people who saw their shedding increase with this drug.

 

[Pequod]

It's true what they say, the damaged follicles shed when you take stronger doses of these drugs. If i was to do it i would keep on Finasteride and try micro-dosing dutasteride perhaps. Slowly increase the micro-dosing over months and then the shed wouldn't happen so noticeably. Of coarse what is shed should grow back stronger, since it isn't being damaged by DHT.