Finasteride for hair loss around ears and at the nape of the neck.

[ThinningHairFML]

I was told my DHT level is 17 with a normal range of 16-79. My other bloodwork came back fine, apparently.

Asking around, it appears that my hair is really sensitive to DHT and that Finasteride wouldn't help. I don't know how true that is though.

[cichlidfort]

I was told my DHT level is 17 with a normal range of 16-79. My other bloodwork came back fine, apparently.

Asking around, it appears that my hair is really sensitive to DHT and that Finasteride wouldn't help. I don't know how true that is though.

DHT sensitive hair is the REASON why we take finasteride. Don't listen to whoever told you that.

[ThinningHairFML]

But if my DHT is already low, wouldn't lowering it even more make me more susceptible to side effects?

[cichlidfort]

But if my DHT is already low, wouldn't lowering it even more make me more susceptible to side effects?

Are you currently on FIN now? If so, for how long and what's your regimen?

[ThinningHairFML]

Not yet. Dermatologist appointment tomorrow. Doctor sent me there because I have a vitiligo spot on my neck that's been there for years and is about a quarter in size. I'm really only going to ask about my hair though.

I've been using Nizoral 1% for a month and I seem to be losing more hair than when I started.

If I do decide to start taking Finasteride, I plan on taking something minuscule. Like .125mg at first, or maybe .25mg at most. I know .125mg is almost a pointlessly small dose, but my hair loss isn't drastic at all outside of the back of my neck.

[hairlosskills]

Thinning have you had your ferritin levels checked?

[ThinningHairFML]

No. Looking at symptoms, I think my levels are fine anyway.

What I don't get about DHT is that my levels are kind of low, but my sex drive is fine.

[ThinningHairFML]

Dermatolgoist thinks it's Alopecia Areata, but I'm almost certain she's wrong. She was more concerned with my not-yet-filled-in beard hair and tiny vitiligo spot. She immediately jumped to the conclusion it's an autoimmune thing and gave me a topical steroid lotion to put on my face and scalp to see if my hair gets any better.

So I have to wait six weeks before going back for her to inevitably tell me that it's not working and that I need injections that won't do anything for me either.

Why she'd look at my thinning scalp, hairline, sideburns, and nape of neck and think "Yep, autoimmune disease." is beyond me.

[hairlosskills]

Dermatoligists dgaf really and never get to the root of inflamation but they instead blame the inflamation itself. Thinning i recomend you go see a trichologist, and theres one that has been on the bald truth talk show who hasd ealt with your kind of hairloss before and he shows evidence that he can aid the reversal of thinning DUPA. His name is william gaunitz. I suggest you see him, hes the only hope for male thinning of the sides and back

[cichlidfort]

Dermatoligists dgaf really and never get to the root of inflamation but they instead blame the inflamation itself. Thinning i recomend you go see a trichologist, and theres one that has been on the bald truth talk show who hasd ealt with your kind of hairloss before and he shows evidence that he can aid the reversal of thinning DUPA. His name is william gaunitz. I suggest you see him, hes the only hope for male thinning of the sides and back

DUPA is different then retrograde alopecia. I have retrograde alopecia but not DUPA. DUPA for those that don't know what it is is diffused unpatterned alopecia. Basically, you lose hair EVERYWHERE. There is no donor site. With retrograde, you lose hair on the sides and nape of your neck but you still have a donor site. Way better than DUPA.