Why does everyone say it takes 3, 6 or more months?

bighurt

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from dutasteride.cc

"How is Dutasteride different from Propecia?

Both medicines work in a similar way. However, Dutasteride inhibits the activities of two types of 5-alpha-reductase enzymes. In contrast, Propecia (Finasteride) only inhibits one type. Dutasteride has been shown to decrease levels of DHT by 90% after only two weeks, making it a more powerful and faster-acting weapon against hair loss and BPH than Finasteride. "

this is an internal medicine. within the first 10 minutes of ingestion, the drug is entering your blood stream and should start to have an effect on DHT shortly thereafter. I have been using generic dutasteride for 37 days and, if anything, things have gotten worse. why does everyone say that i need to give it time? if the drug has been in my bloodstream every day for the last 37 days with no effect, why will it all of a sudden start to work 2-3 months from now? does anyone have any basis in fact behind this theory, or are you all just regurgitating things you've heard/read?
 

Aplunk1

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Hair cycles.
Do some research on it.

Your hair might appear to be shedding, etc, for many months as it goes through various cycles of dormancy and activity. I suspect that the optimal results from dutasteride would be achieves at the 1-2 year mark.
 

iamnaked

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Healing, growing any part of the body takes time. I don't see why hair ought to be a special exception to the rule.
 

Slartibartfast

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The drug has already started to work by lowering your DHT levels, it's just the effect of this on your hair takes time to show through. Like Aplunk said: familiarize yourself with the mechanics of the hair cycle, for that is the science on which this "theory" is based; of course there's also plenty of anecdotal evidence from those of us with years of treatment under our belts.

Slarti
 

Slartibartfast

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Careful Dave, else there'll be a bottle of ginger hair dye and a pair of curling tongs visiting you as you sleep.
 

Jacky81

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"DAVE" sucks - Michael rules! :lol: :lol:
 
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