What has finasteride done for you?

[KeepTheHair]

Please I am curious what results everyone experienced when on this drug. You can give me dutasteride feedback too.

Just say your age, your norwood, how long you took the drug and if you saw any results. Also mention if you used other treatments with it. The more info the better I am really curious.

I will start. I am 20 years old, been taking finasteride only for 4 days now, so no results yet. I am using rogaine in combination with it.

Thanks guys

[teg_101]

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Hi there, I'm 27, and I have been taking Finasteride for the past two years, and I was in between a NW 2/3 prior to my surgery. From what I have read, and from advice from others, it will take as long as three months before you start seeing any real progress from taking the drug, and could take upto 12 months to see the final result. To be honest, I took the pill for an entire year, but continued to see loss, so I stopped for a while. After the surgery, I jumped back on to it, and have been steadily taking it for the past five months. This time around, it appears that I'm seeing some positive results..

[KeepTheHair]

These stories about people losing hair while on finasteride is kinda scary to me. Since I really can't lose anymore hair! It would just look terrible on me.

I hope some more users give some feedback.

[Fixed by 35]

I wouldn't be too concerned. Shedding is normally on hair follicles you were at risk of losing anyway. In other words, you'd look just as bad pretty quickly without the Propecia, except you'd have no prospect of getting it back.

If you're really worried, get Toppik. Using it is surely not as bad if it's only temporary?

[KeepTheHair]

Don't think i need toppik just yet.

Also I have read a lot on finasteride, it is not suppose to make you shed like minoxidil.

Btw fixed, what has dutasteride done for you etc?

[Fixed by 35]

Dutasteride has kept me stable but no regrowth. No side effects either though.

I don't think any of these pills does a lot to be honest, I just want to stabilise so that I can consider an HT.

[Locke]

Dutasteride has kept me stable but no regrowth. No side effects either though.

I don't think any of these pills does a lot to be honest, I just want to stabilise so that I can consider an HT.

Do you take dutasteride along with finasteride? Or did you try finasteride first then moved onto dutasteride?

[thegator]

i have been on finasteride for almost 6 years. i saw TREMENDOUS amounts of shedding when i first started that lasted probaby 3-6 months. a year after that i had much thicker and denser hair. since then i have definitely lost a bit of the growth but im very very pleased with being able to maintain as well as i have

[KeepTheHair]

Always nice to hear a positive story. Thanks for sharing!


I am 32 days in. I am not shedding a lot of hair at all anymore and finasteride looks like it will help me at least maintain.

[heynow1234]

on propecia for 16 months, hasnt really done much. Front is a lot thinner, maybe its slowing stuff down. Going to add Rogaine in June, i fear the shed

[KeepTheHair]

Where did you get your finasteride?

[heynow1234]

I take Legit prescription propecia made by merck. I get it from drugstore.com

[KeepTheHair]

Sucks that you are still losing hair man... You are probably one of the unlucky few.


If I lose more hair, my life will be somewhat "over"


My quality of life has already been ruined by this crap... geez

[heynow1234]

yeah it does suck, unfortunatly i get the feeling my results are probably the same as most guys, that it just slows it down. Im pretty sure that my hair would be worse without the propecia, it just hasnt gotten any better and is still slowly getting worse

Didnt you just start minox? Thats prob why your hair looks like shit, give it sometime

[KeepTheHair]

I started minoxidil about 38 days ago I think. Yes, too soon to have results yet.


I am definitely giving it more time. A lot more. I am shedding almost NO hair at this point...which is my source of inspiration. I will find maybe 1-2 hairs if I rub my hands through my hair! I used to find 50, easily.