19M on Minoxidil for 3 Weeks, Considering Finasteride Due to Recent Shedding

i’m 19 now, have been loosing hair for two years and started using min about three weeks ago. first thing i’m worried about is that for the last few days i started loosing quite some of thicker hairs i had and was wondering if it is because of min or i probably might just be getting more cooked with every day? second question is whether or not it is a good idea to start using fin now and not waiting for three months to see how min works. some additional info: my dad had terrible hair at 55 bot he’s not completely bald in any particular area. here’s my blood tests:

• Total testosterone — 29.46 nmol/L

• Free testosterone — 48.0 pg/mL

• SHBG — 27.9 nmol/L

• DHEA-S — 11.3 μmol/L

• Estradiol — 95 pmol/L

• TSH — 1.97 mIU/L

• Free T4 — 14.44 pmol/L

• Prolactin — 250 mIU/L

• Ferritin — 71 μg/L

• 25-Hydroxyvitamin D — 23.7 ng/mL

Discuss this with your doctor, but you should hop fin asap. Your hormones look good, min will not stop hairloss, you will only gain hair density while hairloss keeps progressing. Be quick, you will probably completely reverse your hairloss

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