SO finasteride doesn't work in the 'temples'

[burtandernie]

Having tried a lot of natural stuff myself I would say none of it works. I think most men in the past hundred years probably try the diet and natural route first since people generally dont like drugs, and diet is something under your control that is easy to change.
I do suspect saw palmetto might do something but I question if that standard dose 320mg is enough to do anything for hair. You need major androgen changes to get results like propecia. If saw palmetto lowers DHT by say 10 percent its just not enough to get any hair results. I personally think the natural route is a waste of time just because none of it is the strength you need for results. Some of might have some effect though
Propecia works everywhere but I do think temple/frontal hair is more sensitive to androgens than hair at say the crown which is why that goes first most of the time.
The bottom line is propecia right now is still the best thing that exists by far and its a lot better than nothing. It works to some extent everywhere so its better to try that and buy time for something better. You only have 3 or 4 years on propecia tops before better stuff is out

[Ziggyz123]

Propecia DOES NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE. I have used it for 1 year and 9 months. At the one year mark had massive loss and scalp pain. I lost my hairline and my crown thinned significantly. When I started, my loss was only limited to one side of right hairline. Now I lost my left and some of my crown. Therefor, propecia did NOTHING for me. I still use it, but I am going to be quitting when I get a transplant. I don't understand why everyone is in disbelief that it can make people worse. When I started shedding my eyebrows were sort of shedding as well which is a sign that it was hormonal. Propecia did something to me for sure and I got a hell of a lot worse on it.

Be safe and GET BLOODWORK even those that order from Inhouse. You need to be aware of what it is doing to you so you know what to add or what to drop. I have no baseline unfortunately because my derm is an ass hole.

[anarki]

I'm on finasteride for 3 months now. When I'm doing a pull-test on my temple area, usually I can see 2-3 hairs between my fingers. It's going on for weeks now. And it looks like it's happening on my temples only. Is this shedding or fin can't stop my hair loss in this area? I'm 36 and about a Norwood 2.5. I think my hairline looks worse now than 3 months ago.
Plus my eyebrows are shedding as well. Should I quit?

[gutted]

its very difficult to grow hair on the temples, partly because it gets lost very early in the baldness process. Im thiinking of using 5% minox to see if it will help me in this particular area but its not said to work in this area either. Im guessing fin wont either.