My switch to Dutasteride - Your opinions please

[AussieExperiment]

After your opinions.

I have been on finasteride now for about 7months. Although I don’t think my hairloss is any more noticeable, the number of hairs I am losing each day definitely has not decreased. I therefore assume the hairs I am losing are growing back. I would still like to get some regrowth. I am losing between 60-80 hairs a day while washing and gelling my hair (a couple of times a month I will lose 200+ hairs in one day). Considering I have probably lost 50% of the density from my crown area, this amount of shedding is definitely greater than normal.

I am thinking about switching to dutasteride as many people have said that after the initial shed they experience very little loss.

Should I stay on finasteride a bit longer, or should I make the switch to dutasteride. If I stay on finasteride with the intention of switching to dustasteride in a couple of years, than my follicles will actually be exposed to more DHT than if I were to just get on dutasteride now. Is there any point waiting?

This is what I am planning on doing. What do you guys think?

I am going to see a Derm and get a scalp biopsy. If the biopsy shows that the majority of the hairs that aren’t growing are badly scarred than I may not bother switching. I mean if the hairs are badly scarred than they probably won’t regrow anyway.

If however the hairs that aren’t growing do not show much scarring than I will make the switch to Dutasteride. I will also then get a 6 monthly check done with the Derm. Even if he won’t prescribe me the Dutasteride, I am sure we wouldn’t refuse to monitor me if I source it myself.

I can afford the biopsy and derm visits and I feel it is worth it.

Do you guys think this is a sound and logical approach?

 

[AussieExperiment]

Any thoughts?

Any thoughts?

 

[plusryan]

I would try the Biopsy, but regardless of the scarring or not, If I were in your shoes right now I'd swallow those pills like candy. I even tasted Dutas on my tongue, and holy hell its a strong taste. But back to what I was saying, Your nearing a year on finasteride and you say it's gotting worse? The next bullet to use would definitely be dutasteride, because right now it's looking like a 50. caliber sniper rifle bullet. Almost a solid concrete last resort to maintaining your current state of hair, and grow some hair back.


For me, I've been losing my hair since I was 16, Premature balding, I knew If I didn't do something fast I'd lose it like my dad did. I ABSOLUTELY did not want the inevitability of each day passing and my hair being destroyed, it was like hammering a nail each day to my coffin.

I FIENDED for information as to why all-of-a-sudden my hairline is dying off, and it was like yesterday I had a full-hairline, oh my god it was depressing.

I googled every possible sentence, word, future experiments, for hair.
I came across this forum and others, but particularly this one seemed to "have the goods" or straight to the freakin' point of what you should do for a regime.

I saw Propecia, and it only did so-and-so.. puny, puny.. I wasn't impressed I was too Hungry for a pill that would annihilate any Dht within the body, I didn't give a damn what the side-effects were because first of all the chances are so low, and second I was a little suicidal with my body at that point in terms of hormones.

You want to maintain and grow hair back? The only solid weaponry is it.

 

[abcdefg]

I would not use dutasteride. Use rogain, spironolactone, or something flutamide or something. I dont think dutasteride is very safe in my own opinion hair or no hair. I would try alternatives before trying dutasteride just stay with finasteride give it more time. Just my 2 cents listen or dont.

 

[poochy]

Is dutasteride. that much more risky for sides than finasteride. I was thinking of trying dutasteride because I been on finasteride for about 15 months with minimal results and was trying to kickstart it into high gear. Now after reading this post I'm not too sure. Any other thoughts?

 

[plusryan]

Ok so far I haven't GOTTEN any side effects + my hair is regrowing. What it is yo.

 

[Fallout Boy]

I was thinking about trying dutasteride at one point. Because im in my early 20's I didnt want to use something that reduces something found in my brain. Do some research before you jump on it IMO.

 

[antonio666]

stay on propecia ,if you are at least maintaining.

I have been on avodart for 59 days and there is no doubt my hair is the worse it has ever been by a mile,i think there must have been a reason why they stopped the trials for this drug probably knew that it destroys your hair rather than benefit your hair.STICK WITH THE PROPECIA

 

[plusryan]

"there is no doubt my hair is the worse it has ever been by a mile,i think there must have been a reason why they stopped the trials for this drug probably knew that it destroys your hair rather than benefit your hair.STICK WITH THE PROPECIA"

Antonio, Don't fling statements that you are unaware of, please search Dutasteride..... People wouldn't take the drug if it furthers your hair loss..... get it?

SCIENTIFICALLY DUTASTERIDE IS SUPPERIOR to PROPECIA you dumby. :boom:

BESIDES THEY STOPPED THE TRIALS BECAUSE OF MONEY ISSUES. This webforum is about truth and science so please.

 

[Pondle]

Is dutasteride. that much more risky for sides than finasteride. I was thinking of trying dutasteride because I been on finasteride for about 15 months with minimal results and was trying to kickstart it into high gear. Now after reading this post I'm not too sure. Any other thoughts?

No they are very similar as far as sides go. dutasteride 0.5mg daily is probably worse than finasteride 1mg, but the phase II dutasteride hair loss trials showed dutasteride 0.5mg caused fewer sides than finasteride 5mg, despite the higher degree of DHT suppression.

There are uncertain long term risks with dutasteride because of its effects on neurosteroids. But I've never seen a real study, just some dodgy post by a guy calling himself "kofi@un.org" (what, Kofi Annan? LOL) or something similarly ridiculous. According to more scientifically literate posters here, Kofi made several errors in his little missive.

 

[Guest]

if you like having hair, look into dutasteride. if you like the idea of having a horseshoe, don't, i guess.

 

[antonio666]

to plusryan


I know that avodart could work on other people(i'm just frustrated it is having a negative affect on my hair)

 

[hair_tomorrow]

to plusryan


I know that avodart could work on other people(i'm just frustrated it is having a negative affect on my hair)

yeah - you gotta check it out first hand.

I was doing quite well last year after 1 yr on 1mg finasteride daily - then went to dutasteride 2x weekly, and finasteride 2x weekly. Lost some ground after several months. Wish now I woulda just stayed the course on finasteride.

Trying to make up lost ground now w/ dutasteride 3x weekly and finasteride 4x.

One step forward and another step back

 

[plusryan]

Well what I'm trying to say is why would the science backing dutasteride contradict itself? It simply isn't the case, I would love to show you my newly formed hair-line.


my advice- stick to dutasteride for awhile and you'll start to see a miracle happen.

I myself thought there would be absolutely no drugs out there to benefit my dying hair, but boy was I wrong.

 

[Caerus]

Well what I'm trying to say is why would the science backing dutasteride contradict itself? It simply isn't the case, I would love to show you my newly formed hair-line.


my advice- stick to dutasteride for awhile and you'll start to see a miracle happen.

I myself thought there would be absolutely no drugs out there to benefit my dying hair, but boy was I wrong.

how much has it worked for you and what kind of male pattern baldness do you have?

 

[AussieExperiment]

Shed

How many people have made the switch from finasteride to dutasteride. If I shed on finasteride and then make the switch to dutasteride do you think I will go through another shedding phase? I would hope that because my body had already experienced the biggest drop in DHT as a result of finasteride that any shed caused by changing to dutasteride would be smaller. What do you think?