No results yet in 6 months: topical Finesteride 0.25% + Minoxidil 5%. Let me know your thoughts / advice

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Hi all,

I’m reading these topics since quite some time. Since about a year I found out my hair is thinning on top of my head. I still have lots of hair and nobody really sees that I’m thinning. Therefore, I would like to maintain what I currently have. I went to the cosmetic doctor, and he prescribed me the topical Finasteride 0.25% + Minoxidil 5%.

I’ve been using this formula since March of this year and wasn’t really worrying about anything. I felt good, wasn’t checking my hair too much and my confidence level was where it should be. But since a couple of weeks, my hairs are falling out on a higher frequency, which makes me aware again of the process. In the shower, I’m losing about 5-6 hairs almost every time I’m touching it, which makes it in total around 20 hairs in total or so. While styling my hair, I lose another 5 hairs per time. And even during the day it feels like there are hairs all the time. These things can get into your head and makes me really aware of the process I’m in. Maybe I’m overly concerned.

This makes me worried again and therefore I would like to share my thoughts with you guys. Why is my hair falling out again? Is this a shedding phase? Is that normal after 6 months? And can I expect regrowth in the upcoming period? Just curious about your opinion or any experiences.

In general my hair is looking quite good and so far no one have ever seen that I’m losing a bit of hair. But I would love to keep it like that.

Thanks guys and I’m curious about your opinion.

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To be honest, oral treatment is simply better. I would honestly prefer to use oral dutasteride along with topical minoxidil with tretinoin. You can microneedle as well.

Oral minoxidil could also be helpful too but just make sure to get your heart checked every three months in the first year of use and then every 6 months there after.