How Long Does it Take For Propecia To Work?

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• I have taken Finasteride for 18 months and still haven't seen any improvements. I also use Minoxidil 5%. I'm beginning to feel like I'm wasting my time and money.

• I hv been on finpecia(finasteride? For three months and 10 days now… the hairloss has reduced a bit… when i try to style my hair now i shed hair at tyms… though earlier i used to shed 3-4 hairs after running my hand through my hair single time. Now i dont lose that much hair. Bt still now also suddenly and rarely i lose abt 3-4 hairs while styling. Does it mean dat finasteride is not working? And if i dont shampoo for 2-3 days can it cause more hairs to fall? And finally… can Frequent masterbutation reduce the influence of finasteride?

• @Chris

  Propecia / finasteride involves multiple shedding instances, it is throwing out the weak follicles, strengthening the strong follicles, making them thicker, slowing overall hair loss, and ability to foster regrowth if taken daily with other regimen

  Seek Saw Palmetto out. It's a DHT blocker. Take it with Propecia/finasteride, rogaine, red pimento oil, multivitamin, b complex, 4000iu D, fish oil, and anti-breaking conditioner (made for women but it's the best conditioner I've ever tried so I'm using it).

  Nioxin 1 treatment, sans the conditioner, which I am using a different one of.

  I apply the Red Pimento oil once or twice a week, put on a cap, or use a hair dryer to heat it up, stimulating follicle growth.

  I have places where I had completely dead-looking follicle sites, and after red pimento oil I grew the hair back.

• I also take propecia. I have taken it for at least a year.

  I still have shedding phases but depending on how active I am and how actively I am taking care of my hair affects my hair.

  Currently it is thinning and fragile, and I am using Nioxin on top of Rogaine + Finasteride. I just started though, working out more, taking lots of vitamins, drinking lots of water, taking enough proteins and vitamin D, Saw Palmetto...

  Point is, I have the MPB (Male Pattern Baldness), or baldness for short, gene in my genetics. My dad is bald. He started going bald at 27. I noticed my hairline receding by the time I was 22. Then again I was in college and drinking a lot so that might have accelerated the hair loss.

  Got on propecia / finasteride at the age of 24-25. Seem some results, but for it to work at full capacity and achieve maximum fullness, thickness, and regrow of hair you have to take it for about five years.

  I like having hair on my head. I think it's a good feature. If all else fails I will get an FUE hair transplant

• Hi
  I am 26 years old and have inherited an androgenic hair loss from my father. I have lost too much hair and I am a NW5 now. It has been four and a half month since I've started my treatment (Biotin+prp+finasteride 1mg+minoxidil solution 5%+Nizrol+Alpecin C1). At the beginning, I completely shaved my head and noticed afterwards that some hair follicles are growing at a much slower pace, resulting in some hair being shorter in length than the others. Like others, I also experienced an initial fast shedding which almost stopped after 2 and 1/2 month.
  After 4 month of treatment, I noticed my hair thickening as well as some new hair regrowth. I also received some compliments from my family and friends on my hairs being improved.
  What makes me very much concerned is that during the past few weeks, my hair has started shedding AGAIN!!! (especially the short (not fully grown after shaving) and thin hair follicles). Do you think that it's normal at this stage?
  I am also experiencing some hair loss at the sides and back of my head. I am really worried about my hair loss problem. Should I still continue the medication?

• I'm using finasteride 1mg for about 6 months, still nothing is happened. I have visited a doctor, she told me that after every 3 months of usage, I have to stop using the pills for one month and again start using it for next three months. so every three months there should be a month resting and not eating the pills. Is it correct? or I have to use the pills regularly, every day?

  Thanks,

• Hi I took Propecia for four months and in this time a lot of shedding occurred. I had to stop because I was experiencing strange side effects but a year had passed since since then and the hair I lost from the original shed never came back. Does shed hair come back if you stop taking propecia?

• Hi there everyone. I am only 16 years old. My hair is quite thin and most of my family has male baldness pattern. I want to start using propecia as I see it is better to start early than late. The only thing that worries me is the possibility that it causes more hair loss in addition to that is the 3 month shedding at the beginning. I am not worried about the side effects. I finished my puberty too I still don't have a beard yet but I won't mind not having one lol. Do you guys think it is sensible to start using it?

• Hi David,
  I've been using generic finasteride for about three months now, I'm a week into my fourth. At this stage, the shedding phase should have stopped I presume but I'm still shedding a lot of hair daily (about 100-150). Does this mean that the medication isn't working and that I should stop taking it?

• i use fernistride and minoxidile together for almost 3 weeks and my hair turns grey and also i noticed a lot hair shedding 70 a day should i worry about it and can a shampoo also help along with these medicine to stop hair shedding if you can tell me little bit about shampoo and my worries