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I've recently become inclined to use dutasteride. I think my hair has maintained in my nearly 11 months on finasteride, but I would go through huge sheds every few months, so I thought it impossible to maintain.. Started mid-April, shed in late June, shed in beginning of January, Shedding now at the beginning of March. It should also be mentioned that I started minox in early June.
Yesterday I came across literature on finasteride synchronizing hair cycles and thus causing the shedding to synchronize, where the follicles may not reach independence until 2 years on fin. I had a lot of DHT-affected follicles so lots of shedding. Solid amount of hair but NW6 diffuse. NW2 currently.
I'd really appreciate hearing others opinions and experiences with this. I'm on the brink of using dut but I'm not sure if I should. No sides on fin.... high libido and no problems during sex, even get morning wood nearly everyday (23 years old).
Thanks. I apologize if this is an obvious question. Everyone seems to always say that shedding should have stopped by now.
Literature:
"Based on the predefined endpoints utilizing photographic methods (hair counts and global photographic assessment), peak efficacy was observed at one to two years of treatment with finasteride.
This observation of an apparent peaking effect is likely due, in part, to the previously-reported beneficial effects of finasteride on the hair growth cycle based on a phototrichogram study [26]. In that study, initiation of finasteride treatment was shown to increase the number of anagen-phase hairs and to increase the anagen to telogen ratio, consistent with normalization of the growth cycles of previously miniaturized hairs due to the release of hair follicles from the inhibitory effects of DHT [26]. Consistent with these results, finasteride treatment was also shown to increase the growth rate and/or thickness of hairs, based on analysis of serial hair weight measurements [27].
Because these beneficial changes in the hair growth cycle are dependent on when therapy with finasteride is initiated and occur rapidly, the affected hairs are driven to cycle in a synchronous manner.
If these hairs have somewhat similar anagen phase durations, they would enter telogen phase as the anagen (and catagen) phase ended, followed by subsequent shedding, in a partially synchronized fashion.
This would be expected to produce a gradual decline from peak hair count after a period of time equal to the average anagen phase duration. Eventually, as subsequent growth cycles recurred, these hairs would be expected to become increasingly independent, thereby losing their synchronous character as their growth cycles further normalized over time, leading to a sustained increase in hair count at a plateau above baseline, as suggested by the 5-year data presented here
Found this information on another hair loss forum, so I won't pretend to know what I'm talking about.
Other thread: http://www.hairlosshelp.com/forums/m...threadid=98200
Yesterday I came across literature on finasteride synchronizing hair cycles and thus causing the shedding to synchronize, where the follicles may not reach independence until 2 years on fin. I had a lot of DHT-affected follicles so lots of shedding. Solid amount of hair but NW6 diffuse. NW2 currently.
I'd really appreciate hearing others opinions and experiences with this. I'm on the brink of using dut but I'm not sure if I should. No sides on fin.... high libido and no problems during sex, even get morning wood nearly everyday (23 years old).
Thanks. I apologize if this is an obvious question. Everyone seems to always say that shedding should have stopped by now.
Literature:
"Based on the predefined endpoints utilizing photographic methods (hair counts and global photographic assessment), peak efficacy was observed at one to two years of treatment with finasteride.
This observation of an apparent peaking effect is likely due, in part, to the previously-reported beneficial effects of finasteride on the hair growth cycle based on a phototrichogram study [26]. In that study, initiation of finasteride treatment was shown to increase the number of anagen-phase hairs and to increase the anagen to telogen ratio, consistent with normalization of the growth cycles of previously miniaturized hairs due to the release of hair follicles from the inhibitory effects of DHT [26]. Consistent with these results, finasteride treatment was also shown to increase the growth rate and/or thickness of hairs, based on analysis of serial hair weight measurements [27].
Because these beneficial changes in the hair growth cycle are dependent on when therapy with finasteride is initiated and occur rapidly, the affected hairs are driven to cycle in a synchronous manner.
If these hairs have somewhat similar anagen phase durations, they would enter telogen phase as the anagen (and catagen) phase ended, followed by subsequent shedding, in a partially synchronized fashion.
This would be expected to produce a gradual decline from peak hair count after a period of time equal to the average anagen phase duration. Eventually, as subsequent growth cycles recurred, these hairs would be expected to become increasingly independent, thereby losing their synchronous character as their growth cycles further normalized over time, leading to a sustained increase in hair count at a plateau above baseline, as suggested by the 5-year data presented here
Found this information on another hair loss forum, so I won't pretend to know what I'm talking about.
Other thread: http://www.hairlosshelp.com/forums/m...threadid=98200
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