I started applying topical minoxidil (only once a day instead of two) 6-7 months ago and about 3 months ago I switched to 2.5mg oral minoxidil. Before that, my hair really wasn’t that bad, I had been taking finasteride for 3 years, since age 18 which had completely stopped most hair-fall. I just started minoxidil cause I thought there might be some thinner area on front top so might as well.
After a month or so of using, my hair started falling very rapidly. I know a shedding was to happen but this was VERY dramatic. While the hairfall mostly stopped in like two months, there has been absolutely zero improvement since, meaning my hair looks MUCH worse than when I started it, and changing to oral minoxidil hasn’t changed anything. I wish I never started it was really not that bad but now it’s pretty bad, I hope I didn’t permanently mess up my hair.
I’m thinking of maybe stopping cause it has been a while, I know shedding was to happen but this strong and the fact that I don’t see even baby hairs suggests to me that its maybe not working and just making my hair worse.
Any advice for my next steps would be greatly appreciated, am I screwed or just impatient and too worried? I’d accept it later in life but I don’t want to be bald at 21
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