5mg Finpecia ordered, pill cutter bought -- it's time

[25 going on 65]

tbh your hair does not look receded to me from baseline, more like you have lost density along the hairline (mainly where I see this is in the pic of the left side)
Actually I feel like I have noticed this effect slightly in my hairline corners, since starting dut. Or maybe I am just paying more attention now to my hair again. But when I get out of the shower and play with it in the light, it seems like the density possibly has taken a hit in those areas?
The weird thing is I also have noticed these tiny vellus hairs growing almost all the way up to my juvenile hairline. Again I am not sure if this is from dut or if I just never looked close enough before. But cosmetically they are 100% insignificant, very small and blond (my hair is dark)

Hopefully we will both get back to baseline and then some....I forgot how f*cking annoying it is to wait for full results on DHT blockers. I was depressed for months on fin until I started seeing a major improvement at 8-10 months or something like that

[BigThinker]

Yeah. Definitely losing density at the the hairline from corner to corner.

Really I should only be expecting to have gotten worse from baseline at the 2.5 month mark, so I'm not stressing it too bad. We'll see.

[PatientlyWaiting]

tbh your hair does not look receded to me from baseline, more like you have lost density along the hairline (mainly where I see this is in the pic of the left side)
Actually I feel like I have noticed this effect slightly in my hairline corners, since starting dut. Or maybe I am just paying more attention now to my hair again. But when I get out of the shower and play with it in the light, it seems like the density possibly has taken a hit in those areas?
The weird thing is I also have noticed these tiny vellus hairs growing almost all the way up to my juvenile hairline. Again I am not sure if this is from dut or if I just never looked close enough before. But cosmetically they are 100% insignificant, very small and blond (my hair is dark)

Hopefully we will both get back to baseline and then some....I forgot how f*cking annoying it is to wait for full results on DHT blockers. I was depressed for months on fin until I started seeing a major improvement at 8-10 months or something like that

It's probably the dut, because the same thing is happening to me. I have tiny hairs growing up to an NW1 hairline, but strangely only in the widow's peak area and my right side temple. The hairs are cosmetically insignificant and can only be seen if you take a close look at my forehead, but they are not blonde, they are black and they are following in the footsteps of the hairs above them, that weeks ago were cosmetically insignificant and are now shaping up as terminal hairs.

Dut is a very powerful drug, and I am a very good responder to it I guess. The process of thickening or regaining hair with hair loss treatments is very very slow, and it has always been for me in the past. But not with Dut, everything is happening fast. I'm truly shocked.

[BigThinker]

It's probably the dut, because the same thing is happening to me. I have tiny hairs growing up to an NW1 hairline, but strangely only in the widow's peak area and my right side temple. The hairs are cosmetically insignificant and can only be seen if you take a close look at my forehead, but they are not blonde, they are black and they are following in the footsteps of the hairs above them, that weeks ago were cosmetically insignificant and are now shaping up as terminal hairs.

Dut is a very powerful drug, and I am a very good responder to it I guess. The process of thickening or regaining hair with hair loss treatments is very very slow, and it has always been for me in the past. But not with Dut, everything is happening fast. I'm truly shocked.

tbh your hair does not look receded to me from baseline, more like you have lost density along the hairline (mainly where I see this is in the pic of the left side)
Actually I feel like I have noticed this effect slightly in my hairline corners, since starting dut. Or maybe I am just paying more attention now to my hair again. But when I get out of the shower and play with it in the light, it seems like the density possibly has taken a hit in those areas?
The weird thing is I also have noticed these tiny vellus hairs growing almost all the way up to my juvenile hairline. Again I am not sure if this is from dut or if I just never looked close enough before. But cosmetically they are 100% insignificant, very small and blond (my hair is dark)

Hopefully we will both get back to baseline and then some....I forgot how f*cking annoying it is to wait for full results on DHT blockers. I was depressed for months on fin until I started seeing a major improvement at 8-10 months or something like that

Do you order your dut from inhouse?

What dose/frequency? I'm ready to take the plunge.

[PatientlyWaiting]

I get it from inhouse. 0.5mg a day.

[25 going on 65]

Do you order your dut from inhouse?

What dose/frequency? I'm ready to take the plunge.

I get mine from a pharmacy. Got an rx for it. I should warn you it is $400+ for a 3 month supply....Aames said he got blood work done and his InHouse dut seemed to be working well, his DHT was very low. But I am paranoid about going outside of licensed pharms for some reason so I just use brand name Avodart
I take .5 mg every day.

Dut is a very powerful drug, and I am a very good responder to it I guess. The process of thickening or regaining hair with hair loss treatments is very very slow, and it has always been for me in the past. But not with Dut, everything is happening fast. I'm truly shocked.

Glad to hear you have good results. I have not been impressed with mine so far but it has only been 3 months so I just need to be patient.

[PatientlyWaiting]

Happy to hear that you are getting good results. What's your current regimen except dut?

Thanks. Fin 1.25mg and Rogaine twice a day.

Glad to hear you have good results. I have not been impressed with mine so far but it has only been 3 months so I just need to be patient.

What has happened so far? Slowed down, stopped hair loss, shedding?

Do you use Rogaine/minoxidil 2x daily? I think that's very important even for dut. When I was using fin+minoxidil I didn't get results fast, it took like 8 months to see new hairs pop up. Fin alone got me nothing at all, except stopped/slowed down the hair loss, which in my case is nothing. But Dutasteride+Rogaine are really good together.

[25 going on 65]

What has happened so far? Slowed down, stopped hair loss, shedding?

The thing is my hair loss was stopped on fin/keto. When I started dut I had more/better hair than when I started fin 2.5 years before. Since starting dut I do not know if anything has changed....like I said I suspect I may have taken a slight hit in density in my hairline corners. & then there are all these little blond vellus hairs that do nothing cosmetically, but they are growing almost to the point of my juvi hairline (not totally sure if they were there before or if I am just looking closer now)

Do you use Rogaine/minoxidil 2x daily? I think that's very important even for dut. When I was using fin+minoxidil I didn't get results fast, it took like 8 months to see new hairs pop up. Fin alone got me nothing at all, except stopped/slowed down the hair loss, which in my case is nothing. But Dutasteride+Rogaine are really good together.

All I take is fin+dut+keto. I really want to see what results minox could give me but I experimented with Kirkland's for about a week once and did not react well, I think I was allergic or something. Also people have these stories about their skin getting worse on minox....has that been your experience? I am OCD about image so that kind of thing makes me paranoid

[BigThinker]

Well, guys, I didn't pull the trigger on the dut.. yet.

Do you guys think it is more reasonable to wait longer,or to just get on it?

However, I do need to order some keto. Can someone link me to the shampoo they order? I'll add that I really don't care for how my current 2% keto shampoo leaves my hair right after use, but realize that may be a necessary evil.

[Henkeh91]

It's probably the dut, because the same thing is happening to me. I have tiny hairs growing up to an NW1 hairline, but strangely only in the widow's peak area and my right side temple. The hairs are cosmetically insignificant and can only be seen if you take a close look at my forehead, but they are not blonde, they are black and they are following in the footsteps of the hairs above them, that weeks ago were cosmetically insignificant and are now shaping up as terminal hairs.

Dut is a very powerful drug, and I am a very good responder to it I guess. The process of thickening or regaining hair with hair loss treatments is very very slow, and it has always been for me in the past. But not with Dut, everything is happening fast. I'm truly shocked.

Happy to hear that you are getting good results. What's your current regimen except dut?