I’ve been diffuse thinning since I was 18 (24 now). I’ve gotten on oral finasteride 1.25mg a day for 7-8 months now. I haven’t really noticed any effects from finasteride, I’m still shedding the same amount as I used to before starting finasteride, I’ve also been taking pics every 3 months and my hair still looks the same. I wanna add minoxidil and I’m not sure if there would be any benefit to also adding finasteride to min. I’ve also considered switching to lower dose dutasteride, (if I can find dut) and using topical fin/min combo.
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I have been severely diffuse thinning since 17 (20 rn) yet I only take dutasteride 0.5mg per day, for roughly 2 weeks though. I don’t think you need to pair both at all.
Following is NOT a medical advice. However, if you do NOT experience any type of side effects and your internal organs are in good condition please ask an internal medicine or GP.
Oral minoxidil 2.5mg+Oral Dutasteride 0.5mg, this combo is what I use (I pair it with proscar 5mg divided to 5, 1mg per day but take it for only a month and later will ditch it until dut kicks in and takes effect.). If you have a fungal scalp infection you may also consider ketoconazole 2%. I also recommend getting on A)Biotin etc. (these won’t treat AGA but make your already-existing hair look better and support them) B)Fix any vitamin deficiency/nutritional deficiency you have RIGHT NOW.
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