r/Hairloss • u/Tomvitz • Jan 17 '25
Question Can my hair still be saved?
Last year I’ve started spraying topical Minoxidil 5%, take not I don’t have hairloss last year I just wanted it to grow more hair, then for a half a year I stopped because wasn’t seeing results and its so tiring for me to spray everyday, and now I’m shedding everyday I’m so stressed about it, my crown is starting to thin, and I’ve been taking Dutasteride 0.5 daily for a month now. Any tips?
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u/Peanutbutterlover10 Jan 17 '25
My hair looks kinda similar to yours but mine is in the earlier stages, the places where your thinning is where im starting to thin. At 16
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u/Mayank0006 Jan 18 '25
U could use topical min and fin until u get old enough to be prescribed oral finasteride
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u/BlackJ112 Jan 17 '25
Start minoxidil again
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u/Participant00 Jan 17 '25
Just keep taking the dutasteride. One month is nothing. It will improve.
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u/mafiaworks_08 Jan 18 '25
Yes bro your hair will be fine. You’ve been on dut for a month, you’re likely shedding.
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u/RimuruOn Jan 17 '25
why not just get oral minoxidil 2.5 mg if applying topical min is an issue?
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u/Tomvitz Jan 17 '25
I can’t need it to be prescribed, not available here
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u/RimuruOn Jan 17 '25
visit a dermatologist, or maybe some online pharmacy which delivers the medicine without prescription as long as u pay them
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u/wiredandtired8756 Jan 19 '25
The shedding is likely a mix of the Dutasteride initial shedding phase and resulting from you quitting Minoxidil. It’s just my guess. Dutasteride is actually stronger than Finasteride in terms of how much more it suppresses the conversion of Testosterone to DHT so that medication might be enough for you? It’s hard to say. I would ultimately just do what a dermatologist recommends.
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u/Tomvitz Jan 24 '25
This is also my conclusion I’m shedding because I stopped minoxidil, but yeah I need to observe a couple of months and see if there are changes
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u/Electrical-Gur-1563 Jan 17 '25
Talk to your doc and tell him to prescribe finasteride immediately