Switching back from dutasteride to finasteride experiences?

[eddy2oo6]

Did anyone switch back from dutasteride to finasteride?
What happened?
And why did you do it?

Thanks

 

[MPBWarrior]

haven't done it but u might get a shed.

 

[Renegade]

I did. It was because I thought finasteride would be more effective for the front hairline. It's been 2 months and my crown/vertex is SO MUCH THINNER now, so I will be going back to dutasteride as soon as fincar runs out. I don't really know about which is better in the long run for the hairline but I can't possibly put up with a diffuse NW5 crown! So, the hell with the hairline if that's the cost. I'll just blast it with minoxidil, CP's, and spironolactone, if necessary!

 

[MPBWarrior]

dutasteride+a good anti-androgen (like prox-n) at the hairline is certainly better than finasteride alone for the front, and obviously for the crown too.

 

[hair_tomorrow]

Starting tonight - I'm switching from 1mg finasteride daily, to,

2 dutas weekly (Mondays and Thursdays?),

and 1 mg finasteride on the other 5 days.

Over the last 10 months (thanks to finasteride), I've seen a little density and regrowth on top - but losing the battle up front - especially the area immediately behind the hairline.

Hope this helps!

 

[Renegade]

Okay, it's official for me. My observations have led me to the following conclusions:

My first round of avodart began after 6 months of finasteride and lasted 9 months (using both only with minoxidil and nizoral). During that time my crown thickened substantially as well as the entire top. However, my hairline also "matured" at an alarming rate, so I went back to the finasteride a couple of months ago. Well, my hairline has without a doub't improved since being on the finasteride, but with the crown and overall top seeming MUCH thinner. Wierd thing is that I never noticed a shed (and I keep a close watch on this sort of thing). How is this possible?

Anyway, so here's what I'm going to do since I am apparently dealing with the "slippery slope" type of thing: Starting dutasteride tomorrow. Will continue full-force (0.5 mg's everday) for one month as a "loading phase." I have decided to continue with the spironolactone for a while just in case, and will be using it twice a day during this time. After this, I will drop the dutasteride down to M/W/F and take 1 mg of finasteride on the other days. During this subsequent period, I will only use spironolactone once a day until it runs out (got a brand new tub on the way).

This is only something I am doing for my situation and don't promote that all dutasteride/finasteride users to change their dosages. I just know that not everyone responds exactly the same and they must find the optimal dosage/combo for themself - I hope this will work better for me. I've certainly been wrong the past, so... Thoughts?

 

[Felk]

Starting tonight - I'm switching from 1mg finasteride daily, to,

2 dutas weekly (Mondays and Thursdays?),

and 1 mg finasteride on the other 5 days.

Over the last 10 months (thanks to finasteride), I've seen a little density and regrowth on top - but losing the battle up front - especially the area immediately behind the hairline.

Hope this helps!

Won't the 2 dutas you're taking make the finasteride pretty much superfluous though?

 

[hair_tomorrow]

Starting tonight - I'm switching from 1mg finasteride daily, to,

2 dutas weekly (Mondays and Thursdays?),

and 1 mg finasteride on the other 5 days.

Over the last 10 months (thanks to finasteride), I've seen a little density and regrowth on top - but losing the battle up front - especially the area immediately behind the hairline.

Hope this helps!

Won't the 2 dutas you're taking make the finasteride pretty much superfluous though?

I don't think so - but this is unchartered territory for me. dutasteride is a lot stronger than finasteride - and my feeling after reading many forum members' experiences is that a straight switch from finasteride to dutasteride results in a shocking shed and a lot of loss up front - which is where I really can't afford to lose any more.

I had the dutasteride anyway as I was going to add some to my minoxidil - but never did. My hope is that the 2x weekly dutasteride will give me a little more added punch in the dht fight and help me improve things along the front hairline - while staying on finasteride the remaining 5 days will allow me to continue the minute improvements I've been making along the vertex.

Time will tell.

 

[Felk]

Sounds good, i guess it's a safer bet to keep taking it just in case.

 

[MPBWarrior]

minoxidil won't help u keep the hair up front, it'll just make them thicker and maybe get a few vellues hairs growing. but it won't stop u from losing your hair up front. if you're going to start dutasteride, i suggest u get spironolactone or prox-n for the hairline.

 

[hair_tomorrow]

minoxidil won't help u keep the hair up front, it'll just make them thicker and maybe get a few vellues hairs growing. but it won't stop u from losing your hair up front. if you're going to start dutasteride, i suggest u get spironolactone or prox-n for the hairline.

Thanks male pattern baldness - but in my case . . .

I used prox-n early on in my hairloss prevention attempts and it didn't seem to help any.

Then back in 2004 when I realizied how bad things had gotten I started on spironolactone 2% (2x daily) in addition to a variety of other topicals and watched my hair get sparcer and sparcer. Maybe the 5% would be better - but I wouldn't be too optimistic in my case.

I've been cranking up my use of tricomin theray spray lately. I'll stick w/ that in the hopes to help do away w/ any initial dutasteride shed and frontal hair line worsening. If that doesn't help I might give the spironolactone 5% a try out of desperation.