Update: 3-month progress on oral finasteride and minoxidil Progress Pictures 6/24/2025
A 37-year-old male shared his 3-month progress using oral finasteride, oral minoxidil, and microneedling for hair loss, showing significant improvement. He experienced initial side effects like anxiety, low mood, and testicular ache.
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community Almost 4 months of oral fin, topical min and microneedling
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community Progress update: Fin 6.5 months, min 7.5 months, just switched to oral
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community I don’t think my hair loss is caused by DHT – quitting finasteride after 3 months (1 mg). Need opinions
The user plans to stop finasteride after three months, believing hair loss isn't due to DHT, and will continue with oral minoxidil, microneedling, and ketoconazole shampoo. They suspect stress and poor nutrition are the main causes and seek opinions on DHT blockers' effectiveness.
community The no BS guide to saving your hair without finasteride (improvement in 90% of patients in the study) with a low side effect profile or improvement in 100% of patients but a higher side effect profile and increased dosage. The future is here?
Hair loss treatments, specifically the use of oral minoxidil in combination with micro-needling. Oral minoxidil has been found to improve hair density in 90% of patients with a low side effect profile, but using 5mg per day can result in higher side effects including hypertrichosis and edema. Other treatments mentioned include finasteride and RU58841.
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