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I use legit brand Merck propecia, it has saved my hair for the past 4 years stopped my hairloss and regrown hair.
On the other hand I hear horror stories people switching brands causes them to shed, I only use mine every other day and still effective plus I save money.
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Originally Posted by Stressed
Just wondering if there is any possible scientificly proven or logical way that propecia could accelerate hairloss? I have been on it for 9 months now and my hair has gotten much worse particularly infront just above my forehead. Each day my scalp itches like crazy and i pull hairs out on an hourly basis. The fact that it has gotten worse is not in my head, it is based on constant checking and a photo diary.
Hey Stressed, sorry to hear you are going through this. The same thing happened to me, the only difference is that propecia worked for me for a short time before it went bad. However, that being said, it definitely altered something in my scalp's chemistry and made my hairloss worse. A big shed hit after 7 months and my scalp started to tingle, itch, and burn. My hairloss became diffuse and still continues today (I lose about 100-200 hairs/day). I have read countless stories from others this has happened to so don't listen to anyone that says it's impossible. After about a year of the accelerated loss I switched to dutasteride 0.5 mg EOD for 5 months which did not help. I have tried RU which halts the shedding for about a week and then it resumes aggresively. Minoxidil was the only thing that has really been effective since the big shed started but I had to stop recently because it caused chest pain and tachycardia. I am now going to try neogenic and a pgd2 blocker. Here is a thread with others that had the same experience, I have numerous others as well...Good luck man
http://www.hairlosshelp.com/forums/m...VIEWTMP=Linear
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Thanks for the replies. Im starting to think it could be something else causing the hairloss because it sometimes occurs on the sides and the back.
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I dont know what to do!! 10 months on fin and my hair continues to shed like crazy! Should i stop???
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Originally Posted by Stressed
I dont know what to do!! 10 months on fin and my hair continues to shed like crazy! Should i stop???
Ever recovered?
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Yes I have recovered completely from that shed. My hair does not shed at all anymore and I think I have not lost any hair from then till now. I dont think I have had any regrowth but fin is definately working well. I think that initial shed 2 years ago was normal.
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Originally Posted by Stressed
Yes I have recovered completely from that shed. My hair does not shed at all anymore and I think I have not lost any hair from then till now. I dont think I have had any regrowth but fin is definately working well. I think that initial shed 2 years ago was normal.
Holy cow. thank you for answering. Your four sentence reply 2 years on gives so much hope to everybody going through the same initial shedding/thinning from fin. Why are you even still on this forum lol
edit: also, I know you said you didn't see any regrowth, but did your remaining hair thicken up at all?
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Originally Posted by Stressed
Yes I have recovered completely from that shed. My hair does not shed at all anymore and I think I have not lost any hair from then till now. I dont think I have had any regrowth but fin is definately working well. I think that initial shed 2 years ago was normal.
Thanks man for your reply! One last question. Since taking fin my existing hair that dont shed got really thin in diameter, less dark and miniturized. Is this something you experienced as well?
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Originally Posted by justsomeguy
Holy cow. thank you for answering. Your four sentence reply 2 years on gives so much hope to everybody going through the same initial shedding/thinning from fin. Why are you even still on this forum lol
edit: also, I know you said you didn't see any regrowth, but did your remaining hair thicken up at all?
I haven't been on since I stopped worrying about my hair. I honestly don't really think that my hair got thicker; although it may have but not significantly. All I know is that my hair loss has seemed to have stopped since then. I haven't gotten to using Minoxidil yet which probably has a greater chance of thickening up the thin areas.
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Originally Posted by Sanchez123
Thanks man for your reply! One last question. Since taking fin my existing hair that dont shed got really thin in diameter, less dark and miniturized. Is this something you experienced as well?
I used to often think that was happening to me during the first year on fin. I was always paranoid that it was actually causing hairloss. So if you think that your existing hair is thinning as a result of fin you are probably wrong. Those hairs could have just been in the process of thinning before you started fin.
Stick it out for a year or two, try to stop thinking about it and over analyzing your hair as much as possible. Before you know it another year will pass and you will look at your hair and realize that it has actually worked really well.
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