9 months too soon to quit fin?

[Frankthetank]

yeah it's pretty frustrating.

I think the worst part is that you don't know if it's playing a role or not. We don't really know if it's a) sped the loss up, b) slowed down aggressive loss, c) don't nothing, or d) will help in the future... there's just no way to know and that gives me a bit of a helpless feeling.

There is also the fear of quitting, and what that may do to the hair.

[Dench57]

Yep, taking the one drug approved for slowing down hairloss and having it permanently accelerate your MPB is great fun. The studies showed what, 86% of people above baseline after the first year. I guess the rest their hairloss was too aggressive, but I've absolutely no doubt that for a small percentage of us, it actually accelerates it faster than would've happened naturally.

[jamesst11]

It is a simple fact that it has drastically accelerated my hair loss. I will get around to posting pics before and after at the one year mark. I was a gradual thinner. I had very minimal hair loss after 31 years. Now at 33, I look like my f*ckin grandpa. My older brother basically has the exact same genetics as me and he has twice the hair now. This is frustrating as f*ck. unless, by some enormous miracle, I start regrowing the hair i've lost rapidly, I have to shave it bald or I will be sporting the donald trump.

[jamesst11]

Also to answer your question about anyone experiencing regrowth on finasteride after losing initially: absolutely that's happened.

You may hear people talking about regrowth in 3-6-9 months etc etc, but that's not the only scenario at all.

I have a friend who seen no regrowth until 14 months and his hair keeps getting better now.

The key to treating hairloss is patience. It really is.

can you give us a brief summary of your friends experience? Did he lose a lot of hair initially while on the drug? I am done looking for reassurance, I just want some real talk. Thank you so much for your time and encouragement in this horrendously stressful and endless battle.