Why is terminal hair shedding on dutasteride?

[zzzzz]

I started taking dutasteride 29 days ago, and probably after the first week my shedding increased noticeably and has been that way since. I am shedding a ton of miniaturized hairs, which doesn't bother me, however I notice hairs that appear to be rather thick on my hands as well that I am assuming are terminal hairs. I thought the general consensus was shedding increases after starting treatment because hairs are inflexible and when a follicle grows due to an absence of dht the hair must fall out and it must begin a new cycle with the new, thicker hair. But if a terminal hair is shed, this hair isn't shedding because it is going to grow out larger than before like a miniaturized hair would because it is already the maximum size. Anyone have any knowledge of this and why this is? Should I be shedding terminal hairs as well?

 

[zzzzz]

No one has any info on how good responders usually shed after beginning treatments?

 

[opti]

im shedding terminals on dutasteride too..kinda sux!

 

[bibz]

I'm on dutasteride 0.5mg morning and 1mg finasteride evening, 5 month in... And holy **** I'm facing a CRAZY HUGE SHEDDING!
I was a Norwood 1.3-1.5 before starting that regimen, I'm NW2 today with a severe thinning all over my scalp. But the weird thing is that in my right temple there is some new hairs that show off a Norwood -1 like when I was children, so fingers crossed !

 

[Diffuser44]

dutasteride and finasteride!? You have some balls... for now at least.

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I mean. Does your body even produce any dht at this point?

 

[bibz]

Dude keep checking horror's stories from propeciahelp if you want. It's 5years since I'm fighting hairloss with Anti-Androgen, I'm still alive as my penis don't worry for that

 

[Diffuser44]

Dude keep checking horror's stories from propeciahelp if you want. It's 5years since I'm fighting hairloss with Anti-Androgen, I'm still alive as my penis don't worry for that

Good for you.