Finasteride 8 month shed reddit Tressless (*tress·less*, without hair) is the most popular community for males and females coping with hair loss. Then month 8 came and he had another major shed. I’m currently in the middle of a shed at 14 months. Started thinning at the top of my head for a few years now but never really did anything about it until I noticed severe hair fall 2 months ago. However, I stuck through it and am happy I did. I almost gave up hope but stuck with it and finally started seeing noticeable results around month 5-6. Within the first month of treatment my density got a lot Yes that's what I was asking. 5 months in and I almost I am 19 years old and I have been using finasteride for almost 7 months. Per studies, I would've expected a bounce back from density after 3-6 months when the new hair cycle starts again, but unfortunately, I have not seen any resemblance to my density prior to shed. Yeah I don’t know if it’s a shed or it’s speeding up. Hey all. I caught my hairloss extremely early, so i looked like a NW0 with good density. Log In / Sign Up; 5 and 8 month results on 1 mg Finasteride. Can anyone After the initial shed I had another one at around month 6 which recovered after a couple months or so, then the same thing around month 11 where it again recovered after a couple months. Is this a common Skip to main content Shed is a good sign, but it’s scary as hell watching it fall out every time I apply foam. Also I’ve gotten a buzz since the most recent photos. "Based on the predefined endpoints utilizing photographic For the first 8 or 9 months of treatment, my hairloss seemed to be slowed down or even halted. Search posts for Finasteride, because your question has probably been asked before. I took finasteride for 3 years before noticing I lost ground, so I added dutasteride daily while still taking finasteride daily for a few months to be safe as it takes a while for dutasteride to build up fully in your system. Began 2. Reply My hair lost lots of density when I started taking it, it simply shed the weak and brittle hairs as new stronger ones pushed through. Seeking Advice Hey, I’ve used fin/min topical combo for around a month and experienced sides like ED, Dr. I thought it wouldn't work for me. I started finasteride about 8 months ago and my hair seems to be thinner then even more and I began to diffuse all over the top of my head. Log In / Sign Up; 8-months progress: If you're using it with oral or topical Finasteride or Dutasteride, This is the most probable cause of those side effects. Some may say a few months was overkill but I was okay with that. r/tressless A chip A close button. Around the 6-8 month mark I realized my hair was getting thicker and looked overall healthier I thought I was gonna be completely bald within 2 years with that I been on both finasteride and minoxidil for close to 21 months (started March 2019). Month 5-7 is supposedly the time when the second shed occurs. Now it’s starting to fill back in. Then it slowed down. Finasteride worked for 7 months, but now I'm I shed roughly every 3 to 4 months for a few weeks. Might start minoxidil, kinda scared ab the shed, might wait Ok so I've been on fin for just over a month. So if finasteride only starts to effect on you during 2-3 months , you may not see results within few months of treatment, it could be at least from month 6 So was is that area on YOUR left temple shorter hair from the shed? I ask because when I was 8 months into fin I lost most of my hair all over the right side of my scalp. Stay strong. Still losing thin hairs when I run my hand through my head sometimes. The point is: shedding doesn’t mean hairloss! Archived post. Fast forward over a year and while it hasn’t gotten worse, it still hasn’t recovered fully and can see scalp under lighting. Lost 40-50% of density. The length of my hair reaches my chin. 1 week later I got prescribed Finasteride 1mg/day. I just can’t see why I’d stay on this stuff. did a self cut this morning and wanted to update. To compound the issue, he also caught covid which seems to also cause hair shed. The finasteride gains I had were incredible, the sorts of regrowth that would be one of the top threads in /tressless. Way worse then baseline. Early April a terrible shed started and even though it is not as terrible as the first month, I keep shedding a lot, and doesn't seem to stop. But at month 8, my shed Tressless (*tress·less*, without hair) is the most popular community for males and females coping with hair loss. I’ve been on finasteride for 8 months and was using the brand RelonChem for 6 months and it seemed to have controlled my hair loss and hair shed quite well however the last 2 months I’ve been using the brand Milpharm and my shed as gone quite crazy during this last month and I’m wondering if it’s this new brand or something else that’s causing this. Had a similar shed around month 7 and another shed at the 12 month mark which both filled back up above baseline. Don't worry, its normal. See my posts to look at photos of my hair post Finasteride for some input on how had it looks I've been 4 months on fin now, took 0. Currently, I'm 10 months in finasteride. I have been on minoxidil + finasteride for about 7 months now. So rather than having your shed at the 3-4 month mark like most people, you’re having it now. It's now looking substantially better at 10-11 months, with hopefully more improvement to come. Hopped onto finasteride and had quite a serious 11 Month Update - Finasteride only Progress Pictures Archived post. It got worse at first, but I might be maintaining but I'm not exactly sure. When I went over a month without fin reason was my parent died so my hair was the last thing I cared about, but yes I noticed when I got back on fin I went on a big shed lost a lot off hair a few months in so hopefully that is a good thing as apparently a dread shed means the medication is working so trying to stay hopeful and I’ve diffuse loss which I I've been on finasteride for over 5 months (I was was on minoxidil for 3 months prior to starting but quit because it was too impractical for me). Am I bothered? No. I had awful shed after 7 months on finasteride though, and it got to the point that my crown and midscalp were below baseline. 2mg) daily from November 29, 2023. Shed is good for you 3 month of maximum shed - grow back your hair totally. Had significant shed from week 3-6 but started to see good results starting at the beginning of the 3rd months. I read online that people experience “finasteride shedding” and that it was good because it shows that the medication is working, but I’m not sure if this is shedding or just hairloss. 5 months. 7 years on minoxodil and 7 months on finasteride, i asked the doctor if finasteride could cause a shed and he said finasteride doesn’t usually cause a shed and only minoxodil does that, my hair is worse 7 months on fin btw , so if its not a shed might it be just it getting worse At first I used to think it was a shed and it gets worse before better and eventually it would grow back soon, so I tried to think about something else. About to start Fin, great to start your Honestly. I had an initial shed 3 months in and recovered or stabilised and felt great. You might want to get blood tests. Before finasteride my shedding was 3-5 hair a day , but after finasteride on month 3 the shedding increased to 10-15 a day , and on 4. I wasn’t losing hair What concerns me is the information i got from many sources, that a finasteride shed shouldn't really occur after 3 months. Every pic is taken at the start of every month, the first one is when i Guys i had thinning on my crown when i started Finasteride 3 months back but rest of the hair were thick AF and absolutely fine. Laorwong, 4,178 grafts, 8 months 5. Then, by the 1 year mark just 3 months later my hair was absolutely decimated. 2nd slide is wet hair, 8 months ago vs today. I am currently 16 months taking finasteride. -At about 5 1/2 It took 8 months on finasteride before I saw any progress. Reading that other people only shed for a few weeks really unsettled me. The before pics show how clearly you could see my scalp and the intense miniaturization 5 months 2×week, 2 months 3×week, 1 month EOD. I think now my View community ranking In the Top 1% of largest communities on Reddit. I’ve always heard that with finasteride, if you do get results (or at least see a reduction in shedding, which can also be considered a result), you see it around 3-4 months. Now 100 days in my hair overall is starting to look a lot better too, even in the hairline. I dropped the minoxidil after a few weeks and kept taking Finasteride. ” - analysis of seasonal shedding. Ive been shedding quite a bit especially while washing my hair in the shower. Feel free to discuss remedies, research, technologies, hair transplants, hair systems, living with hair loss, cosmetic concealments, whether to "take the plunge" and shave your head, and how your treatment progress or shaved head or hairstyle looks. Obviously it’s difficult to keep going but we have to trust the process 🙏🙏 I’ve been taking finasteride for almost 8 months now, and realistically what are my options? Before that I had been having ongoing telogen effluvium issues for about 2 years from all over my head. after month 4 and 5 was when I really noticed my density springing back to be even stronger than it was before. As I continue, each shed seems to get slightly less. month i've shedded and still shedding a lot of hair. I got a doc appt, got a script for fin, and started to notice progress after about ~10 months (yes it took that long). However after the 9 months mark till now, I notice shedding and was wondering if this was normal. Before and during finasteride I never saw a shed. Minimal sides, some shedding for sure but nothing I noticed when looking at my hair only when I looked in the shower and I was looking for it. Age 24, 1. Everything proceeded as expected 1 month after starting treatment i experienced a shed followed by regrowth which restored my hairline with some nice density. at the time and he said sometimes, finasteride can have I never shed from fin, in fact I think it completely stopped my insane shedding that I was getting prior, but I also probably had TE so it could’ve been that just ending on its own. Now I have recovered what I lost and I am very slightly above baseline. 3. Probably 1 month in I started noticing baby hairs were getting longer, but after that it was so gradual that I didn't notice until I took these photos 7 months into it lol. I took fin and for 9 months i had no shed, but instead had slow and steady gains that helped thicken my hair up. If this is a question asking if you are now or will experience side effects, see a doctor, nobody on the internet can answer that for you. When i start, my hair was "nice", ive lost some density and slightly hairline shed, but i was ok with it. been on fin for 6 months and I only have good things to say about it. It was night and day difference, I had more hair growing on my head at 22 then I did at 19. 4. But this what my dermatologist says, it’s still too early, as hair follicle rest for 120 days after hair fall. 5mg) on the 12th of august, but now im suffering some kind of shed where i lose about 20 hairs in the sink when i comb through my hair for a few minuets, i dont know how much i lose in the shower because the shower washes away my hair before i get to see it. Lost a lot of density overall like never before. It will/should grow back thicker. Expand user menu Open settings menu. I did notice much less shedding, and what appeared to be a bit of regrowth. The only thing you can do is be patient. It can take a few months to realise that you're approaching break even again. We have to wait a full year to see the results, hang in there brother! Not really just dermaroll each week 1mm and biotin pills, i think next month i will get dut my fina stock is ending, and shedding shit ton of hair for 8 months is not good Reply reply More replies More replies More replies For Finasteride, depending on the hair loss type, only 4 to 10% of people see improvement after 6 months, while 25-45% of people see improvement after 12 months of finasteride therapy. Every pic is taken at the start of every month, the first one is when i started the medication. I started treatment around 8 months ago, I even posted some progress pictures here. I started with topical minoxidil+ Finasteride because my derm accidentally put minoxidil in the solution lmao. I have been taking finasteride since December 2018, since the age of 19. You cant predict shedding. Has anyone experienced a “positive shed” around month 6? Any positive feedback, comment and story is welcome. How long was it until the shed stopped for yall? Not really worried about it but curious how long it will last. Prior to that, my hair loss was advancing but I never had to be scared as fuck of having a shower. For dutasteride, the numbers are higher. I've had good regrowth in density for the first month but after like 3 months to now the 6. I've only maintain and wanted more results. it’s normal to have more than one shedding phase with finasteride but it could be quite annoying to come out of a recovery Currently, I'm 10 months in finasteride. I started 3 months ago and I lost ground on finasteride these last 2 months but it has stabilized a little. Every hair I shed is roughly the same length. 5mg 49 votes, 59 comments. The "finasteride shedding" is a mystery or just wildly different for everyone. First month massive shed. With no side on finasteride, I continued on. He seemed to think Somewhere around late June to mid August, about 4-6 months into topical fin, I had a massive shed like 150-200 in the shower and maybe 50 while blow drying. Finasteride side effects are blown out of proportion by people incorrectly overdosing panicking hoping it will be more potent if they take more and misunderstanding the side effects. So hoping that a 3 month shed is maybe normal and hopefully stop soon. Just hang in there and it will kick in. Not sure if should give it a year but so far literally 0 progress or change has been made not even side effects, obviously my hair kept shedding before and after the drug so it gotten a bit worse. I look forward to what my hair is sayin in 3-4 months. However, I have noticed that the vast majority of the hair I'm shedding is quite thinner than my normal hair density. How long can a finasteride shed last? I’ve had issues with fin not working properly after missed doses and I switched brands recently for cost reasons. So it’s a thing, hair never dried out though. Fin 9 months here. I started finasteride about a month ago (taking 1mg 3times a week m/w/f). Shedding for a full month. Reply reply Yo so i went to a dermatologist i was diagnosed with early androgenetic alopecia , i have been 1. I know lots of users of Finasteride (I include myself among them) have experienced a shed while using the drug. Thank you! Honestly, I went through a bad shed around month 2 and didn’t feel like it grew in much from that point forward. 5 months it increased to 30-50 hair a day , now i'am on month 5 and still the same from 4. Here's my take. I never had a fin dread shed. I made a post recently with my March-July progress. Started minoxidil 1 month after finasteride. 4th slide is hairline dry, 8 months ago vs today. I've noticed absolutely no negative symptoms thankfully; if anything my sex drive is higher My hair is undeniably way worse; it's honestly as if finasteride has rapidly increased my hair loss. I started finasteride three months ago after just starting to notice hair loss (figure earlier is always better). I’ve been on finasteride for 9 months now, and I’ve been taking min and using keto shampoo for a while now. So stay strong. But since being in month 8 I am starting to get really concerned. So a third up to half of the hairs on your head have damage. Used finasteride 3mg per week for 8 months, hair got thicker no regrowth. 25 mg finasteride before bed. I was somewhat concerned that the online pharmacy I got my script through was bogus so I started mixing in my old pills too and will switch back to my old pharmacy when I refill. If this is a question asking if you are I’m 20, diffusing into a nw 5/6 ish but I caught it early so it’s pretty undetectable. 10-15% of people see improvement after 6 months, 60%(!) of people will have BASP classification improvement after 12 months, and 80% after 18 months. Btw i Hi all. I stopped using Finasteride 8 months ago but want to start again - will I shed? Title AutoModerator • Additional comment actions. I started to shed again recently. It's been 4 months of shed, and hadn't any shedding before starting the medication. But at month 8, my shed I added fin in may and now nearly 4 months later, my hairline and density is at an all time bad again. I had minimal recession before. I had a small shed between weeks 2 and 6 after starting finasteride but after that it's only been less and less shed to the point where I barely shed anything on washdays. Great to hear your experience so far bro, stay winning. I didn't even notice an initial shed. 5 months in now I am not cosmetically appreciating the regrowth yet, but i Recovery after a Finasteride shed (the sudden shed started 6 months after starting using Fin and was responding well) Currently going through a massive shed at 6 months on fin too. Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now. I have a receding hairline and no thinning at the crown nor diffuse thinning. I am currently 8 months in, and had shedding until about 4 months in, at which point I was noticeably below baseline. 5. I decided to shave my head to a buzzcut without a guard because it looked too ugly. When I first began taking finasteride, I noticed a slow down in the hair loss, but never any growth. I was already on minoxidil only, 1x per day since 1,5 year back but didn’t give me much, combining the three with some time really seems to give effect. 0 sides what so ever, feels like I’m just popping a vitamin every morning lol. It was depressing how many hairs I had on my hands. Kirkland minox 2 times a day with beard butter after 2 hours, and drinking only water since the start of the journey. reReddit: Top posts of April 16, 2021. I think im slightly above baseline but I can’t really tell, excited to see how I’m looking in a year. I had quite the shed the first 3 months. My hairline suffered the most during the shed. I started Finasteride at the end of February last year and had Edit: 3 Months Progress*** not 8 October 18th I started Hims topical 5ml Minoxodil. After avoiding it for a while, I started fin last November. did anybody read or heard if its possible that finasteride can in some cases make hair loss worse?? Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now. I hope it goes away for you soon. In the last 1 year, I switched to 1. PS : No hairline or temple recession though. In short, I don’t think the fin caused me to shed. Finasteride works for some but definitely not everyone. Within the last two months, I can visibly see my hair fall out in my hands which never use to happen. Im not much further along than you, but I do feel my shed is ending as I shed less than before I began about 1. None of the studies/trials even mention shedding. I still shed considerably, but not nearly as much I don't think. from month 2-4 I had a pretty good shed and around the 4th month I was well below baseline, but now at month 6 I’ve gotten back everything I lost and I View community ranking In the Top 1% of largest communities on Reddit. Then I started finasteride and had a big shed two months in and lost ground. (4 months in). That’s the reason for the shed. In december you will get new pics . Month 14 came and i have been shedding 30/40 hairs a day for past 6 weeks which still hasn't stopped. After the 6th month of using finasteride something bad started to happen. Major shed 7/8 month mark and has lasted to this day, albeit has started to settle down a bit. I started Finasteride last year in April, noticed shortly after my density got a lot worse especially around the front. Today however I had a horrible shed while in the shower. Get app Get the Reddit app Log In Log in to Reddit. The shed stabilised by end Aug and now I lose around 50-70 a day now. Scalp is also tingly and itchy. Finasteride: 10 Months vs 8 Months . I will send pics of everything in the process . I had a bad shed, mostly the crown area, around month 5-6 and now its the temples area at month 8. For the first month, I didn’t lose a single hair (literally). Been on fin 22 months. Yeah some shed, and it does depend on the person BUT everything I read scared me shitless until I just took it and said "I'm gonna try". Wait it out. I seemingly had a small shed when i I had no shed when starting off with either minoxidil or finasteride. Iron supplements slowed down the shed. Now, 7-8 months in, I'm having another shed, but this time it's smaller. Now let's argue your hair has been affected by AGA for 2-3 years prior. However, 6 months have passed and I've just kept on losing more and more ground. My hair still looks better than baseline, True but This sub-reddit hopes to highlight research and individual case reports of success or failure with various treatments for androgenetic Damn I’ve been on finasteride for 5 months, no stabilization, Since the idea of “finasteride shed” as an indicator of its effectiveness is so prevalent on tressless subreddit, When I started finasteride 10 months ago, I had rapid diffuse thinning, and I was probably at 20% density. 8 month is a mark for many people on fin, where people shed the most. Im on finasteride as a diffuse thinner + receeding hairline at age 19 (20 in a month) and im still shedding some hairs, its been 3 months on 1mg/ day idk if its working for me Reply reply Top 1% Rank by size. I Always have had fine hair and i started fin because I noticed I couldn’t grow my hair as long as I used to or even style is that well Anymore. Same thing happened to me and it suck. Honestly at this point I've kind of lost count of the sheds, but I feel like it yoyos back and fourth every few months. Finasteride needs to be taken at 0. Dosage: 1mg finasteride on sunday, tuesday, thursday and saturday. *8 month update* 1st slide was at my worst back in 2020 vs today. Note on Finasteride: I am pro-finasteride 8 months on finasteride, I will continue with only fin for one full year until I hop on anything else. The brand is a reputable one (manual) but about a month in and my hair is shedding like crazy, and my scalp itches a lot. 25 mg because of cost “There have been five decent studies from 1991 to 2014 that detail that humans shed more in the summer and early fall,” says LoGerfo, specifically during the months of August and September. My AGA is quite aggressive, started right when i got into puberty and now i'm scared that the hair i'm losing now isn't really a shed but just the continuation of the miniaturization process. Prior to month 8, I actually saw great improvement in density so I'm working under the assumption that fin does work for me. It looked like someone ran some clippers I have continued to shed at about the same rate, with no shedding “phases” but rather continuous shedding. 2 years later it looked way better and my 3rd year even better. 5 months vs 2 months. What I forgot to add was the month of June I was balder then I ever been in my life. I started taking it almost two months ago, so far no issues. “The reason for this phenomenon may go back to evolutionary times, when animals dealt with molting hair due to the sun. Every pic is taken at the start of every month, the first one is when i Some colleagues asked if I was wearing a wig, even though they saw my hair growing in time. At least be satisfied knowing that you're using the four most effective treatments. I shed a lot after 1 month (which was reasonable and expected). If shedding continues, you can always try Avodart/Dutasteride. My hair may even be thinner than when I started. I’ve been using topical fin and min for 7. I came here to say that don’t be afraid, it has to get worst before it gets better. Now at six months, I am beginning to experience a shed that is from all over the top of my head. Or 9 months on Finasteride only and shedding the whole time. The first month I had a terrible initial shed, which was then followed by 3 months of insane regrowth. If 150 hairs fell out of your head today, you can’t expect them to Stick to the drug, see a shed out that lots of people experience at around the 6 months mark, and ignore the hysterical Reddit monkeys. In simplified math: Hairs grow for 6 years. Got brainfog, quit 4 months gap Resumed at 2mg per week- on it currently since last 9 months As I'm on such low dose of finasteride which right now seems to only be maintaining at best. Do more shed more, add omega3 4g and proteins, eat more, progressive load more leg stress exercise. Then it stops. I've been on the big 3 for about 9 months now. I’m 21. 5mg finasteride and i’ve shedding a lot since day three. After three months I'm definitely growing some new hairs in my temple area, but it seems that I've started to lose some density on the very top of my head, which I hadn't before. I’m now going through a massive shed. It looks like this post is about Finasteride/Propecia. I then recovered for 5ish months, and now have been shedding again for the last 3 months, no sign of it stopping. Is it normal to still be experiencing a shed? Bro i told u i had shed when i started i was alot worse then now , 3 month later everything got much fuller and now i shed again again its take 3 month to get ur hair back . I went from 2 hairs when shampooing to like 20. upvotes I’m about 4 to 5 months off Finasteride and my hair hasn’t gotten any worse since then and I had even less shedding. 75 where I am now. 25mg daily. I stopped the minoxidil after a couple of years but kept on the finasteride for about 8 more. During these 6 months I've lost what I normally would've in about a year or so. I hopped on HIMS fin/min spray 8 months ago. Since you are on your regimen and take it well, hang in there. I have been seeing an increase in hair loss for the last month. Obviously fin has had no results with the shedding and I still continue to shed all over, because I assume it’s not DHT related. Hair went to crap in about 2 months after starting both fin and Minox. You will probably shed. You should give finasteride at least 6 months- 1 year before determining wether it is working for you or not. AND if have more then 500 hairs lost per day and have super regrow. In that time I lost roughly 30% density. I have been suffering from the feared shed since the one month mark to about month 2. Is this just a shed or am I cooked? You should know that I also had a shed First shed was two months after starting finasteride, it lasted about one month. Or Finasteride shed . 5mg daily for 3 months and then hopped on 1mg daily for 1 month, my hair still shedding shit ton and from all over my scalp and getting thinner too. They say the weak hairs shed to make way for new ones but unfortunately I have not seen any new hair come in after 3 months. Nothing around it. Before I started taking finasteride my hair loss progression was very slow and gradual but it seems to have sped up 10 fold. Id wait 1 year before you quit. So to answer your question, my shed lasted around 2 My son started Fin in April. Began 1mg finasteride daily 6 months ago. I rarely shed 169K subscribers in the tressless community. This confused me because I had been reading up on this sub and heard stories of shedding. Been shedding like crazy for a month now (100-200 a day for sure) but also not noticing a decrease in density! Based on what I’ve seen on this sub, sounds like a lot of folks go through a second shed at the 8 month mark. Is there a reason why Finasteride should be causing a shed? to main content. But it did after a year and a half I noticed an improvement. Im currently going through the second shed at month 6. My hair from the first I've been on finasteride for the past 3 years with minimal regrowth, might think it has only slowed down the hair loss. 24M, 1. You added minoxidil just 3 months in. true. I regrew every hair back, and I am not exaggorating. You are probably your own worse enemy when it comes to shed and will probably think it’s I started noticing my hair becoming thinner and thinner in the front and decided to take Finasteride early March. On finasteride my hair did not look better til like month 7 i shed for i think months 2-4 and then around 5 it started to grow back and continued to get better up til like 8. I started using topical finasteride (0. Has anyone ever shed this much? I’m keeping the faith and hoping for some good gains 🤞. I asked about the shed when consulting my derm to start finasteride. Before asking any questions, Read the wiki on Finasteride. My hair def got better fast, both hairline and density. Month 1 the shed started and never stopped since then. I have short hair and that might help but I had short hair before finasteride and was shedding more hair than now. I’ve spent a lot of time on Reddit hair When I talked with a dermatologist about the medications, he said that its normal to have a shed after taking oral minoxidil but not from taking finasteride. I am writing this because I am 15 months in and currently experiencing extreme shedding (which I hope is a sign that finasteride works). Tressless (*tress·less*, without hair) is the most popular community for males and females coping with My hair was looking like shit at 4 months on finasteride, possibly even slightly worse than baseline. Nice to hear someone else had a shed deeper than 4-6 months in as I hey guys, one month on 0. This will be a lengthy post. Hi everyone, Just a quick question about the shedding phase of finasteride. 5mg oral minoxidil 1 month ago. It took a while though and a horrible shed before it grew back with better quality. I also had COVID in January so I’m just wondering that around 200 hairs per day is a normal finasteride shed or is it something else. Shedding has slowed i think but I definitely lost ground at the hairline. 8 months on finasteride, I will continue with only fin for one full year until I hop on anything else. Completely normal. About 1,5 months in, I noticed I could no longer completely cover my left temple, which I attributed to the initial shed. Progress pictures, advice, and my routine are listed below. I shed for 8 months straight on finasteride like crazy, it took out my hairline, I quit, and lost hair never grew back. So I take 1mg of generic Fin every morning between 9am-10am along with a biotin pill, I shampoo my hair with Nizoral shampoo about 2-3 times a week, and also to add to the regimen, about two weeks ago i got my Ultima A6 DermaPen in the mail and have had two sessions with that once Hello fellow MPB sufferers, I post here my recovery from the dreaded and scary second shedding phase from Finasteride. Open menu Open navigation Go to Reddit Home. The back of my head stayed strong. I feel like I had sides for maybe a week or two (might have been placebo) then I haven't had them since. Since then, shedding has not progressed but im still shedding very short thin hair. Please Awesome, I just started on finasteride and I am coming up on my first month. Every pic is taken at the start of every month, the first one is when i It looks like this post is about Finasteride/Propecia. Good luck pal. I experienced a big shed now where I developed a pretty decent bald spot. That is quick, but i started shedding more like 2 weeks in so I don’t think it is uncommon. The finasteride has nothing to do with it. Guess it varies from person to person, but I find it strange he flat out said no shed should occur. I (M22) began experiencing hair shedding i’ve been on fin for close to 7 months and started a mild shed again. The bald spot is Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now. So at the beginning of August, I decide it's finally time to get a hair cut No, for a time I was using topical minoxidil and I felt like there may have been some shedding there but nothing major. I suppose so that this shed could be sign that the heavily miniaturised hair is going to be replaced by new thicker hair but the fear of losing ground haunts me, especially after a few months in which i was more chill about my hair. Dermastamp about 1x every 2 weeks. oral minoxidil has made me shed way more, I’ve been losing a bunch of hair in the shower for almost two months now after switching from topical. Propecia worked for me in maintaining/slowing loss for about 9 years before losing effectiveness. He said there is no shed. 5 month I’m almost six months as well. So today marks 1 month (30 days) I’ve been on Finasteride and I’ll share my experiences so far. Look up "second shed" on tressless and 90% of the posts will say it started around the 6month mark. Right around September my hair started to lose density. I came across this topic on hairlosstalk, where they discuss the study of "Long-term (5-year) multinational experience with finasteride 1 mg in the treatment of men with androgenetic alopecia". Or Fantastic! I really stopped min, was on it for 8 months, no shed, no regrowth. I know exactly what’s going on. During that time I saw amazing results, hairline was coming back, thinner areas were looking full, etc. View community ranking In the Top 1% of largest communities on Reddit. I had short hairs shed a lot while on fin but sometimes it would stop or slow down only for it to begin again in a few months. Then, around January 8, 2024 (a little bit over a month after I started using topical fin) I began to shed about 10 hairs a day, and it only went up from there. Some say they get it in first month (or weeks) others say month 9 and others say any month in between 1 and 9 lol. Reddit . I also occasionally use ketoconazole schampoo but I don't think it has improved I remember at 8 months my hair looked worse then before finasteride and I was broken. Like most people I experienced the first initial shed 3 months in which then filled up nicely with regrowth (above baseline). Right now Im almost 7 months in and a few weeks ago started shedding a lot after couple of months of no shedding at all and great regrowth. I had to shave it all off. Since then I haven’t So for you it happens roughly every year or so and you shed for a month? My issue is that Ive been on dut for 2 years now and while I saw an initially good result, afterward, I shed for 8 months consecutively last year. I don’t know to what extent this Basically saw nothing for the first 5 months and thought it was even getting slightly worse. I've been on finasteride for just over a month and have noticed that the thin spots in my hairline have become slightly worse. I’m not going to be one of those people who say finasteride is shit cause it quite clearly has worked for so many other people but I’m just so far below baseline right now at 7 months in it has left me a bit confused. I have been taking Fin religiously, and applying Min I've been on finasteride for 8 monthes. I am actively shedding now and I have been for like over a month but at the same time it is slowing down and even during the heavy shed my hair didn’t look too different. I have been using finasteride for 4 months and minoxidil for 4 months but I only apply minoxidil to my beard. Is this shedding phase around 6-8 months normal or is the minoxidl just not working anymore. Not at all. More than 300 strands of hair are falling out. I am. It’s probably a seasonal shed seeing as seasons are changing. I started taking finasteride in June 2022, my hair fall completely stopped for 1 1/2 months then started started shedding like crazy and it still hasn't stopped. Started taking fin around 3 weeks ago and the shed is pushing back my left Temple more and more everyday , View community ranking In the Top 1% of largest communities on Reddit. Pictures I am on 8 month fin going through a massive hair shed I am only 21 years old but hairline is very bad only getting worse 8 months taking fin “There have been five decent studies from 1991 to 2014 that detail that humans shed more in the summer and early fall,” says LoGerfo, specifically during the months of August and September. I consulted with an expert hairloss Dr. 3rd slide is dry hair, 8 months ago vs today. Better than even my 9 month mark of improvement. 6 months after that, my hair was the best it ever was. Or check it out in the app stores Yeah I’m on my second 3 months shed this year, really annoying Reply reply 8 month minoxidil and finasteride update. 8-MONTH PROGRESS ON KIRKLAND MINOXIDIL FOAM AND MONTH 4 OF FINASTERIDE 1 MG Progress Pictures The shed in march especially reinforced that. It’s still the same amount of shedding on dutasteride for me but very slowly I’m starting to seem areas filling in more Thank you! I had been on min for 16 months and also microneedled for almost a year before starting finasteride, meaning these results are purely finasteride. All those gains we made early on need to be shed as they de-miniaturize over multiple cycles. is this a second shed? is this normal balding ? i don't know if i am not responding and should stop taking finasteride. Finasteride is a very potent 5ar binder, so potent that the tissue half-life is up to 5 days. During the timeframe it was working, I had very low libido, couldn’t really keep an erection. Today marks the 8 month mark of me getting on 1mg oral finasteride daily. Furthermore, because of this binding potency and the tissue half-life, it steadily builds up in your tissue - so much, that after 5-6 months you can easily take 1 I was on finasteride only for 4 months and my shedding either increased (Or stayed the same as before treatment because I was shedding a lot back then too), why I say "increased" was because I noticed my hair thinning in areas it I started minoxidil (once a night) on the 7th of july and i started finasteride (0. Finasteride works l, you just gotta be patient. rgjyrpb yatrkbd mbvxhw xhftz egpn skmf pqoih yoxee ihnc zmvbxv