Been on Finasteride for 9 years, Shedding again

[GoingBald34]

Update:

I didn’t want to be the one who disappears never to be heard from again. So I’m back to update you and give hope to those who are losing the battle on finasteride or are still shedding on Dut many months in. I apologize if I never updated as I stated, there was nothing really positive to post. It was bad, real bad.

In short, Dutasteride stopped my hair loss dead in it’s tracks around 6.5 months in. In those 6 months, it was the darkest times I have ever witnessed. I would wake up to dozens of hair on the pillow, 300+ hairs in the shower daily. I could literally gently pull anywhere on my scalp and always end up with 1-4 hairs. I was counting hairs daily, hair loss had overtaken my mental state of mind. I was losing a grip on life and reality.

This continued daily for 6 months. I dreaded taking showers, hair was everywhere. On the pillow, bed, sink, toilet seat, shampoo bottles, on my pants, phone screen, in the car, in my food. I lived and bathed in hair.

Yes my density took a major hit, the edges of my hair line regressed and thinned overall, but now I start the recovery process. I may never have the density I had just 7 months ago without some major regrowth or some kind of transplant, but it’s a liberating feeling that my hair loss is now ZERO. Dutasteride works, and it works well for those who respond.

Best of luck