Finasteride, Minoxidil, and Needling since march, still losing hair?

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Hi, so i looked in the mirror and saw what looks like a nasty empty-looking patch near my crown. I had my hair pointed out by a friend in about march, and got onto finasteride and needling quick, with minoxidil arriving in april.

What’s going wrong? I’m doing 1mg fin, the kirkland minoxidil drops twice a day, and needling twice a week.

Only possible problem ive seen is that i could have been needling too deep, as up to a couple weeks ago i was doing 1.5mm (obviously not at the start, i just thought as id been doing it long enough id be used to it), and id bleed pretty frequently. Ive since dropped back down to .6, but is this enough to make a difference?

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fin and min can cause shedding early on (3–6 months) as weak hairs get replaced, and the crown is always slow to show results. Needling at 1.5mm was probably too deep, switching to 0.6mm was a good call. Just stick with your routine and give it 9–12 months

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yay okay! thank you!