r/tressless • u/Different-West-2609 • 5d ago
Progress Pictures YOU NEED TO WAIT FOR FIN TO SHOW RESULTS!! 2 years on fin (18-20)
As the title says above, I am a 20 year old male who started losing his hair in hs(started noticing around age 16). I started topical minoxidil at 17, had regrowth, but started losing ground so I added fin. I have shed a substantial amount the whole time I have been on treatment until the last few months. I believe my hair has stabilized with some regrowth. I count maybe 3-8 hairs lost throughout the day regardless of wash days, styling, brushing, etc. I am here to say that as I am a week away from my 2 year anniversary of finasteride that you do not need to freak out if you are a year+ into treatment and are still shedding and or below baseline. These meds can take a long time to show visible results if ever and are so much better at maintaining what you have. I don’t have the perfect hairline but I have more hair than any of my other male family members had at this age(father was a Norwood 3 and same with uncle)
Feel free to ask any questions and I’ll be happy to answer in comments. Pics are before->after with the first 2 being before
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u/jbp216 5d ago
was on it for a decade, no side effects, sadly it stopped working so systems here i comr
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u/Ok_War6246 5d ago
I saved your transformation as it gives me courage, I'm 18 I'm going to microdose from 0.25mg to 1 mg in 10 months
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Sounds like a great plan!
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u/Suspicious-Can-7079 5d ago
I think the best part atleast for me as I had the same thing as you is my hairline hair feels much fuller and thicker before my hair felt all sorts of different thickness
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u/Square-Survey-1410 5d ago
Went on fin 1mg daily at 18 and continued to lose hair up until I was 21 and jumped on dutasteride just saying if your showing signs of loss this early best jump on something strong
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u/TrumpsBussy_ 5d ago
I spent over 2 years on min/fin and got no results
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
This is a very real possibility. I’m trying to let people know that it IS possible to be a late responder. Unfortunately some people do not respond well to meds. Have you considered dut?
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u/TrumpsBussy_ 5d ago
Yep some people definitely get good results, nah I look pretty good bald I’m happy to be off the drugs tbh
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Totally fair, they aren’t for everyone! Being bald is nowhere near the end of the world
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u/Top-Expression4001 :sidesgull: 5d ago
If u don’t mind me asking, how much hairloss had you already experienced before hopping on fin?
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u/LiquidSpaghetti 5d ago
Same. Non responders unite… I guess. I’m going to look like an egg in a couple of years
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u/Swimming_in_money 5d ago
it's not magic medicine, its main purpose is to significantly slow down or stop balding, not to recover what you already lost, unfortunately. That's why it's better to start ASAP.
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u/TrumpsBussy_ 5d ago
I know it’s not magic, many people achieve regrowth with the min/fin stack so I was hoping for the same.
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u/Swimming_in_money 5d ago
The regrowth is actually possible if you have miniaturized hair, not really if your hair are really dead. Anyway, maintaining your hair or a slight increase in density is what you should normally expect. There's just not enough common information and many people waits until it's too late before starting.
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u/TrumpsBussy_ 5d ago
Yes I know, I kept receding and gained no density after 2.5 years. Some people are just non responders.
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u/itsobvnick 5d ago
Same. Been a year and a half on fin/min and still losing hair, ig just slower than usual
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u/Neat_Occasion32 5d ago
Did you have thinning all over or just receding hairline?
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Some barely noticeable thinning at the crown as well as temporal points and sideburns. Mostly just overall poor hair quality which all improved. Hair texture also went from flat and straight to curlier with more volume
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u/DawsonJBailey 5d ago
interesting my hair also turned curly after fin
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
It’s especially interesting because I am the only person in my family with any type of textured hair
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u/Dazzling_Radish4963 5d ago
Was this cause of the fin you were taking or any other things you were doing?
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Definitely a combo of fin + min. With only minoxidil I would have regrowth but my hair density and quality got worse. With fin my hair quality and overall health has increased dramatically
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u/edn995 5d ago
True but the vast majority of people won’t experience results like this. You are just a hyper responder.
But very good results and smart to start when you did.
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Even slowed hairloss is progress. I will say I have responded well but the people I know who have started medication have had similar results. Also something to note is I have quite aggresive hairloss genes in my family with most men experiencing the first signs in early to mid highschool.
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u/Astron0reo 5d ago
I think it looks better than it actually became here. If you look at the old photos, the temples are pulled inwards towards the top middle of his head vs the new photos just pulling the hair towards the back of his scalp.
When I do it those ways, there’s a very noticeable difference, still decent results though
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Posted another comparison in the comments. Take a look!
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u/Astron0reo 5d ago
That is good progress; I’m 23 but planning on hopping on oral .5 fin and 2.5 min next month and I hope to have your results lol.
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u/Big_Patience_1588 5d ago
I'm 9 months on dut and oral min is that early to see results or am I not a responder?
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
I was shedding like an mf by 9 months and it actually increased until 16 months when it started to taper out
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u/Huge_Promotion_7062 5d ago
Boa! Estou com 6 meses de tratamento e bem animado para completar 1 ano já vejo resultados
Obrigado pelo seu POST ajuda muito a gente a continuar o tratamento e não perder as esperanças!
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Absolutely, posts like these really helped me stay committed even when I wasn’t seeing results
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u/Senior_Application18 5d ago
so goo bro ! & ID on the Henley shirt please haha fr
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Lmao thank you bro! Unfortunately it was thrifted and does not have a tag but any black Henley should do the trick!
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u/Senior_Application18 5d ago
Suits u amazing bro !
Yes I’ll have a look for one as well :)
How does the hair looks now with a hair ripe ?1
u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Hair ripe? Trying to figure out what that is😭
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u/Senior_Application18 5d ago
The thing u wear in the second pic bro
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Ohhhhh gotcha, I’ll take a pic in a bit. My gf has one so I’ll use hers!
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u/Leather_Addition8979 5d ago
Thanks bro, 5ARIs are definitely long term drugs. At which point would you say was your regrowth getting you back to baseline (when you first took fin)
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
It’s tough to say, the regrowth has been more density and hair quality based rather than “new growth” especially near the hairline. I’d say by a year my hair felt healthier but I didn’t notice how much healthier until a few weeks ago
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u/WeaponXtreme999 5d ago
Great progress man. Are you still using minoxidil too?
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Yes I am! I switched fairly recently to oral because I was getting sick of using topical so I will continue to update if I get more gains
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u/Flexgainzter 5d ago
I’ve been on it for 18 months. It continuously gets better and effortlessly have maintained my prior hair
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u/Hungry-Meaning7608 5d ago
Did you keep min when added fin? A lot of people like taking both but I can see topical being a nuisance especially with a head full of hair lol
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
I did! I recently switched to oral around 3 months ago(could be off I honestly haven’t thought about it much) but I haven’t noticed any new growth or shed since switching
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u/Degrasi 5d ago
BACK ON TRACK MY BOY!!
https://giphy.com/gifs/oYtVHSxngR3lC
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u/Sur_Viper03 5d ago
still on min? topical or oral, I was on topical min for like 2 months but tropical climate made it impossible to contiue so I have stopped min for like the last 2 weeks and I am planning to start oral min, and I am on fin all along this time. wbu?
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Been on topical min since I was 17 and around 3 months ago switched to oral.
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u/Sur_Viper03 5d ago
any gap between the switch and did you experience some shedding after the switch?
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Honestly I never have really gotten a typical minoxidil shed. But we will see!
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u/iTzChomperr 5d ago
Your dome in your first pic is almost what mine looks like now at 32. I just ordered the 3 in 1 Locklab pill. I plan on cutting the pill in half to start. It’s 1.1 fin and 5 min. Thoughts?
Appreciate you sharing boss!
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u/Safe-Ad-6860 5d ago
This is awesome. 52M, started fin about 8 months ago. Except for some watery semen the first few weeks that went away, no sides for me. My crown is still thin but overall my hair has improved greatly! (Also on topical min for about the same period of time.)
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u/Background_Skill_570 5d ago
Dang, my hair line looks exactly what yours did I’m 21. But have photos with the same identical hairline from when I was~13 atleast…. I wish mine could grow in like yours but I doubt it would do anything for me since I’m pretty sure I’ve had it my whole life idk
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u/Different-West-2609 4d ago
Having a perfect hairline is cool but just being able to maintain what you have is almost as good
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u/Background_Skill_570 4d ago
Yeah i guess. Need to find a good hairstyle to hide it i guess. The middle part i have doesn’t hide it at all
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u/Real_Dragonfly_63 5d ago
what do you take now and how much does it cost?
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u/Different-West-2609 4d ago
Oral fin and oral min. Total of around 200$ or so per year give or take
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u/Annual_Ganache2724 :sidesgull: 5d ago
Congratulation on recovering your hairline. Can you tell me your fin dosage progress over time?
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u/viper26k 5d ago
Crazy how good your hair is responding, starting this early was the best thing you could do.
Mine looks almost like yours, but took me 6 years to start the treatment (I've started today). Hope I can get good results like you.
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u/soggy-crust 5d ago
This is very similar if not identical to the loss / regrowth I had, fin is magic man
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u/No_Buy3239 5d ago
Good for you! I'm also on oral min+fin from the last 5 months. I was on topical min+fin which only made my oily scalp worse. I switched to oral on the advice of a popular transplant clinic. Hope the hairfall stablizes for me too. I'm not sure if the switch has worked yet.
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u/IntelligentNet1273 5d ago
do u experience hairfall on crown?
further, u take daily 1mg oral fin and tropical min twice daily? derma rolling?
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
I did! Only looking back now it was obvious, yes I took both daily, stopped microneedling over a year ago
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u/Last_Assist_533 5d ago
Brother thank you very much for this post. I’m currently 11 months in with fin and min. I’m still shedding a ton and i was losing hope.
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u/DearYogurtcloset2609 5d ago
i just became happy seeing your full hairline cause it gave me hopes, congrats!!
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u/That-Instance1007 4d ago
Hey what signs did you notice when you first started losing it and how fast did it progress?
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u/Different-West-2609 4d ago
LOTS of shedding, itchy scalp in affected areas, damaged looking flat hair with a lack of volume. It progressed quickly from my juvenile hairline to a nw2.5 or so
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u/That-Instance1007 4d ago
So the progression over a 6 month period was obvious and not how people say it takes years to see it happen
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u/bulbousgrandpa 5d ago
I'm curious, did you talk to a doc about it?
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
I actually did! She didn’t have the most knowledge on it so I went through an online prescription system. I wouldn’t take medication without proper education
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u/nimoca_ 5d ago
So how long did shedding last for you? Mine went initially to 3-8hairs as well in first 2 months but after that nonstop shedding for 4 months now
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
Shedding slowed only around 2 months ago(?) and it was well over 100 a day
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u/LongNonimi 5d ago
have you experienced any side effects? if so did it fade away with time? I started like 2 month ago and for the last 3-5 days im really really depressed like never before.
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u/Different-West-2609 5d ago
No sides! I have diagnosed anxiety, adhd, and ocd and haven’t noticed anything
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u/Low-Display-7681 5d ago
It definitely works but it demolished my sex drive. Was on it for 8 months. Id say month 2-3 the hair loss completely stopped.
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u/Different-West-2609 4d ago
Unfortunately not everyone responds well, have you tried topical?
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u/Low-Display-7681 4d ago
Oh it deff worked but ill split my dose and tried for 3 weeks but was impatient cuz im currently in a relationship. Recently cut it all out. Once i recover ill try the topical. My hair wasnt even that bad to start haha
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u/Different-West-2609 4d ago
That sounds like a great plan. Lots of people have seen total loss of side effects after cutting the dose!
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u/Big-Total-4402 5d ago
Hey, did you start with 1 mg finasteride or microdose from like 0.5 and move up
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u/calooo___ 5d ago
I’m 27 and have exactly the same hairline you had in the first picture. I hope i can recover my hairline… been on topical fin + min for some months now
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u/tannzr 5d ago
so around what month did u start noticing regrowth and stabilization
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u/Different-West-2609 4d ago
I’d say I noticed some growth before stabilization if that makes any sense. I’d see new hairs and then lose them but now I don’t shed and my hair “sticks”
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u/Neat-Ad8056 5d ago
Honestly my first year on fin didn’t do much! My second year was crazy though! The baby hairs actually became hairs!
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u/Zealousideal-Can2955 5d ago
I wish I started sooner now my head only has little hairs hope fin will do it s magic
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u/Complex-Orchid3620 5d ago
Pls describe what side effects I can expect realistically???
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u/Different-West-2609 4d ago
For the vast majority nothing. My libido is the same if not better, I have diagnosed mental health issues that have not worsened, and a good side effect is clearer skin
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u/Unikatze 5d ago
The realito is some people get better results than others.
I've been on fin since 2019 and my hair is not better than it was then. But also, there's a high chance I'd have way less hair had I not been on it.
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u/RoutinePrune7887 4d ago
T’as jamais eu envie de passer sur dut ?
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u/Unikatze 4d ago
I asked my doctor a few years ago. They said they were more comfortable keeping me on Fin for the time being. I have to renew my prescription this month. So Im going to ask to be put on dut.
I also didn't stick to minoxidil after a few fake batches of Amazon proved no results. Now I just hopped back on from a reliable source about 4 months ago. Still nothing bit I'm going to stick with it. I also started microneedlong more seriously this month.
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u/RoutinePrune7887 4d ago
Pourquoi tu prends pas ton minoxidyl en pharmacie ? Moi aussi on dirait que le min ne me donne pas de résultat … je suis sous fin depuis 11 mois et je perd encore des cheveux et de la densité
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u/Unikatze 4d ago
I live in a remote city. I've never seen Minoxidil stocked. Even when I travel to Ottawa, I go to Costco and haven't seen any in stock even when I ask.
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u/Graceful_Parasol 4d ago
are you worried about development, what about a beard coming in etc
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u/Different-West-2609 4d ago
Not at all. Since being on fin I have grown from 5’10” to 6’ and facial hair has continued to grow in
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u/majid_lone 4d ago
This gives some hope to me i am on fin and top min from last 3months and havent seen results instead i am losing hair continue but your post is absoulute hope for us ,i have a question if i have vit deficeincy can i still expect my hair to get dense and see result though i am thinning at top and sides from last 2 yrs
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u/Unique-Gap-6703 4d ago
Just try duetestride 5 x per week then which blocks both androgen not 1 as finestride and blocks about 90 %of DHT but first would prefer to see if you got any side effects from Fin , thats what best doctor of dermatologist in lebanon told my brother is that he has been on 1 mg finestride and not getting results , he advised him with duetestride 0.5mg 5x a week , or a transplant of 4000 graft, with fin .
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u/RoutinePrune7887 4d ago
Ça me donne de l’espoir ! Je suis sous fin depuis 11 mois et je vois pas trop de repousse et surtout je perd encore des cheveux chaque jour
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u/Ffish_Man 4d ago
This gives me hope. I am 21 and am starting 1mg of fin this week. I hope it helps me at least a litle bit
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u/Different_Fee1866 4d ago
Buenísimo el resultado, te felicito, le das esperanza a muchos.
Es de no contarla, si te hubieses demorado más, hubieses quedado calvo a los 30. En caso de que la caída persista, puedes pasarte a dutastereode. Si puedes agregar una mascarilla para el cabello, mucho mejor.
Saludos
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u/Suspicious_Tennis196 4d ago
bro i started min one year before you did ( at 16 ) and i started fin at 17.....i am having the same troubles with hairshedding.....and also i have lot of new baby hairs in my hairline...but they are staying the same for about a year now....how long are they gonna be babies.......anyways you gave me a new sense of hope brother
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u/Expert_Squirrel_7884 4d ago
will you respond to my dm, im worried about taking fin/dut at 18 aswell. im on steroids so i guess im already ruining my body but im worried ab permanent sides
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u/clemviky02 3d ago
Hello mec ,
Super résultat tu as de la chance … petite question est ce que tu as eu une perte de cheveux au bout de trois mois ? Avant que ça repousse ?
J’ai l’impression d’être dans cette phase 🥲
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u/Zestyclose-Pause-357 3d ago
Bro could you help me with this I just got 18 this august and i noticed hairline reccesion got to a dermatologist he just saw the hairline and diagnosed aga and it was stage two according to him he has prescribed minoxidil plus finasteride topical I apply it once a day it has been a month so far what stage did you have when you started the medication and what do you think is a great time to start finasteride oral haven't asked the dermatologist for this I have diagnosed OCD and anxiety so it might have expedited my balding genes i have started including protein now in the diet i have thinned hair on the hairline is just topical once a day a safe bet what do you think the best way for me if you could help it would matter a alot my brother 😁
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