catch-up hair loss

[robincurtz]

hello every one!!!
i am 25 years old now.i started to loose hair when i was 21 years old.at the age of 22 i started to take finasteride 1 mg with very good result in the first year.when i turned to 23 years old i again had increased shedding. i started to take dutasteride(.5 mg daily) and finally got stabilized my hair.i continued it to take for 1 and the half year.but after that because of financial problem i again switched to finasteride.after being 4 months on it i realized massive shedding.i again switched to dutasteride for the last two months and taking finasteride as well.i am also applying 5% minoxidil twice a day since last three months.currently on norwood 2.5 and heading rapidly towards norwood 3.my hair in the front got so thinned in the last three months that when i do close inspection and cross my fingers through hairs its looks like i would have shiny bald scalp in the coming 6 monts.i am very scared because i am an engineering student and i don't have money for hair transplant.

[CurlyBlonde]

Hey Robincurtz, I know this is three years later but I would like to know how you recovered from your dutasteride shed, did you finally end up stabilizing again after coming back onto it?

[robincurtz]

Yes, I stabilised it again... now after three year I am again loosing ground. Mid scalpel and forelock remain strong.

[CurlyBlonde]

did you lose any ground with the amount of hair, or did you not recover from your shed?

[hairlossjedi]

And if you have MAA it will continue. The only problem I have with supplements (besides half of them being bogus, or once you stop the product your hair loss (" restarts") is that they, for most, are a temporary fix. My only real solution was a transplant, I know $$ is a concern but most clinics offer financing.