Need Help After Switching From finasteride To dutasteride.

[Steve]

Like the title says I switched from Finasteride to Dutasteride hoping to improve on some gains I made off of finasteride, however I feel that I may of made a mistake as my hair has gone downhill since starting dutasteride.

Finasteride - 23rd November 2015 - 11th October 2016 (10 and 1/2 months)
Finasteride/Dutasteride Alternate Days - 12th October 2016 - 7th November 2016
Dutasteride - 8th November 2016 - Present (7 and 1/2 Months)

Do you think I should maybe switch back over to Finasteride or do you think I should carry on with Dutasteride and hope for an improvement?

Also, judging by the pictures do you think that the hair that I have that isn't effecting by balding is thick or thin?

Start:


3 Months finasteride:


8 Months 2 Weeks finasteride:


7 Months DUTASTERIDE:


I have quite a good method of covering up my hairline as you can see from the horrible tanlines.

The only sides I have to report were weaker erections for a while but that has since improved.

Thanks.

 

[michel sapin]

first thing you got great result with finasteride !
do you have baseline pics of your crown ? your crown look good despite your major hairline recession ( you are lucky )

then it is hard to tell if you are better or worst with duta ; did you get a shedding with duta ?

did you get sides with duta ? ( gynecomastia , libido ? ) .

 

[michel sapin]

maybe you don't realize this , but the result you got with propecia are clearly amazing .
this drug is mostly for maintenance and doesnt work well for the temple . and you got a great densification of all your balding areas , you are really lucky to respond well to the drug ( despite your hairloss at a young age )

 

[Steve]

first thing you got great result with finasteride !
do you have baseline pics of your crown ? your crown look good despite your major hairline recession ( you are lucky )

then it is hard to tell if you are better or worst with duta ; did you get a shedding with duta ?

did you get sides with duta ? ( gynecomastia , libido ? ) .

Thanks for replying so quickly!

I know, I guess I got greedy and just wanted more so I jumped to Dutasteride. I kinda think this was a mistake though, Do you think I got worse after starting dutasteride?
My hair was fine on dutasteride for the first couple of months, there was no change to my hair at all but since then I feel like my receding points have gotten worse and my forelock has thinned.

I haven't experience any sides at all with finasteride or with dutasteride, I guess i'm lucky in that sense as I know this can be a problem.

Do you think it would be a good choice to switch back to finasteride or carry on with duta for a little while longer?

Here is a timeline of my crown for you:

1 Month after starting finasteride:


3 Months after starting finasteride:


6 Months after starting finasteride:


8 months 2 weeks after starting finasteride:


7 Months after starting Dutasteride:

 

[michel sapin]

man you got great regrowth ! i am jealous .
for the duta pics , the lighting is stronger so i don't know , but it seems that you are worse with duta ( not sure ), this is really strange , because duta is supposed to be more powerful .

You are sure you don't see more shedding with duta ?

 

[Steve]

man you got great regrowth ! i am jealous .
for the duta pics , the lighting is stronger so i don't know , but it seems that you are worse with duta ( not sure ), this is really strange , because duta is supposed to be more powerful .

You are sure you don't see more shedding with duta ?

At the time I think I was just greedy and wanted more which I think was a mistake but looking at the pictures now I definitely got a lot of growth and thickness.

It is very strange that my hair seems to have gotten worse on duta and I can't think of any idea of why it would have either, I guess that is why I posted here to see if anyone has any explantion.

Maybe I am just going through a big shed which is haven't noticed. I try my best not to pay attention to my balding every single day as I know regrowth doesn't just happen over night.

What do you think I should do, stay on dutasteride for the time being to see if there is any improvement or switch back over to finasteride where I know I can get good regrowth and maintain?

 

[michel sapin]

how old are you ,? You didn't use minoxidil ?

 

[michel sapin]

dutasteride is a strong drug ( high risk of gynecomastia ), but it is supossed to work better .
But in your case i would have kept taking propecia for at least 1 year or 2 to see the full effect .

 

[Steve]

dutasteride is a strong drug ( high risk of gynecomastia ), but it is supossed to work better .
But in your case i would have kept taking propecia for at least 1 year or 2 to see the full effect .

In reply to your other post I am 22 years old (closer to 23) and I have been taking minoxidil since I first started.

I agree that I should have stuck with propecia, do you think it would be wise to switch back onto it or stick with duta?

 

[Upnadam10]

@Steve did you go back on propecia or stick it out with dutasteride?

 

[Maxihair]

+1 Any update???

 

[Upnadam10]

Steve any update?

@Steve did you go back on propecia or stick it out with dutasteride?

In reply to your other post I am 22 years old (closer to 23) and I have been taking minoxidil since I first started.

I agree that I should have stuck with propecia, do you think it would be wise to switch back onto it or stick with duta?

 

[Steve]

Steve any update?

Hey man, sorry for the really late update.
Never come on here anymore.

I went back on propecia and managed to get some good regrowth.

Had a hair transplant as well which has sorted everything out for me

 

[Upnadam10]

Hey man, sorry for the really late update.
Never come on here anymore.

I went back on propecia and managed to get some good regrowth.

Had a hair transplant as well which has sorted everything out for me

Thanks Steve! How long did you go before switching back to finasteride? 8 months? Did your situations continue to get worse?