Convince me that I can drop dut

[Plan C]

Hi all,

I've been using 100mg RU daily and 0.5mg dut daily for 6 months now and, bar a few scares, I've been pleased with the results. Whilst I can't say that I've regrown any hair, my hair loss has slowed down dramatically; perhaps even stopped.

Recently however, I've been contemplating dropping dut. I'm only 20 years old and I don't know how I feel about messing with my body at such a young age. When I initially started taking dut, it was out of panic. I'd done a year on finasteride and had made no progress with my receding temples. Now that I'm using 100mg RU, plus the following lotion...

MINOX15%/AA1.5%/FINASTERIDE 0.1%/R.A. 0.025%/PROGESTERONE 0.25%/HYDROCORTISONE 0.1%/BIOTIN 3%

...every day, using dut as well seems like overkill.

Do you think I could cope without using dut? If so, should I begin to take fin instead as a precaution, or stop taking 5α-reductase inhibitors altogether?