I'm changing from Finasteride and upping the juice to Dutasteride

[THECOMEBACKKID12345]

i would try both definitely but i am 15 and finasteride could be a problem. Money is also an issue since i am dependent on parents money and they think i should deal with it

[doc]

As a physician (though one not in a field remotely related to dermatology or plastic surgery), I think that OP is very foolish to go to dutasteride with the hair he has in that photo, assuming the front of his scalp has comparable density. Dutasteride has not been well studied as a tx for hair loss (have its long-term adverse effects been studied at all?). I asked a dermatologist a couple of years ago about starting Dut because I felt that the finasteride wasn't cutting it anymore, and he persuaded me - at just 26, when balding is TRULY traumatic - that Dut would be an ill-advised route to take.

For crying out loud, just get a mini FUE procedure. About 150 grafts would make the area of concern (which seems little more than a slowly thinning whorl) look pristine.

[JohnMPB]

As a physician (though one not in a field remotely related to dermatology or plastic surgery), I think that OP is very foolish to go to dutasteride with the hair he has in that photo, assuming the front of his scalp has comparable density. Dutasteride has not been well studied as a tx for hair loss (have its long-term adverse effects been studied at all?). I asked a dermatologist a couple of years ago about starting Dut because I felt that the finasteride wasn't cutting it anymore, and he persuaded me - at just 26, when balding is TRULY traumatic - that Dut would be an ill-advised route to take.

For crying out loud, just get a mini FUE procedure. About 150 grafts would make the area of concern (which seems little more than a slowly thinning whorl) look pristine.

Um....the OP has had numerous (10+ If I remember correctly) hair transplants. He works for several hair transplant doctors so he probably talked to them before starting. You are right though, we do not know the long term effects of dut.

[Spex]

Thanks for the concern but I'm confident in my experienced opinion.
Cheers

[BaldingHelpMe]

Spex,

I'm also a long time finasteride user (12+ years), 2 years ago, I switched to Dutasteride, and since then my frontal area has thinned a lot. The inital shedding has past now, and the shedded hairs seem to slowly growing back, but they grow very slowly. With all the research I have done, dutasteride should be better than finasteride, but after 2+ years of taking dutasteride, I don't see it better than finasteride. I'm really concerned with the frontal area getting not better.

I regret switching, but since I've switched already, I'm not going back just now. I'm still taking dutasteride, and thinking of giving it another year or so.

What is your experience of the switch? Do you notice frontal hair shedding?

[michel sapin]

hey spex , what would you recommend to me, i have been on propecia for 4 years nwo with no result on my hairline or crown ; should i upgrade to dutasteride ? I am afraid of the side effect gynecomastia with duta because it inhibits more dht . thx
And i alread get a slight gynecomastia with finasteride .

[Spex]

Hi guys,
I hope the shed has calmed down for you since the switch and things are back to before. Baldinghelpme.
Its a personal choice but personally glad i did the with as only gained benefits and not had any of the supposed potential side effects.
You could try increasing the finasteride dose up to 1.25mg and see how you get on if already only on 1mg.
I can only provide you my experience and opinion with Dutasterdie which is a positive one.
Regards
SPEX

[hdude46]

Spex,

I'm also a long time finasteride user (12+ years), 2 years ago, I switched to Dutasteride, and since then my frontal area has thinned a lot. The inital shedding has past now, and the shedded hairs seem to slowly growing back, but they grow very slowly. With all the research I have done, dutasteride should be better than finasteride, but after 2+ years of taking dutasteride, I don't see it better than finasteride. I'm really concerned with the frontal area getting not better.

I regret switching, but since I've switched already, I'm not going back just now. I'm still taking dutasteride, and thinking of giving it another year or so.

What is your experience of the switch? Do you notice frontal hair shedding?

Has your frontal area filled in at all? I haven't heard of fin being more effective than dut. Perhaps the extra DHT inhibition shocked the system into a shed? Although two years is a long time to be shedding.

[Aclar02]

Does anyone know how to get a rx for dutasteride in the states? Is it something you request from your dermatologist or what?