Hair falling out since taking Propecia - Hair Problems Message Board

Jarred2004 · 08-08-2006, 08:40 PM

Hey all,

I'm 20 and I've been on Propecia for over a month and a half and I swear since I've been on it my hair has just been falling out and shedding and it is thinner than before I started. Is this normal? Is the hair maybe reacting to the hormone? Maybe it will grow in thicker or stronger? This is what I am hoping. Anyone taken Propecia and had this happen to them? It's kinda freaking me out b/c I look worse than before I started. Thanks!!

sponsoredbynobody · 08-09-2006, 05:38 AM

I have been taking it for just about 2 years now and at the beginning I really noticed shedding...apparently its totally normal.

In fact, I think that over the course of two years, I shed a LOT of hair, even though it is way thicker on top than it used to be.

Propecia definitely worked for me.

The other thing is that I noticed my front is still losing, not at the arte it was I dont think but I shed way more in the front than anywhere else...I might have to start on the rogaine soon.

I also took saw palmetto for a long time, and Omega3-6-9, zinc, etc.

Don't know if it helped but it can't hurt!!!

hi5 · 08-09-2006, 03:00 PM

Gentleman, let me give you the age 32 perspective.
I watched my hair slowly go, starting from age 19 or 20. I do mean slowly, but just enough to cause me grief. lol
Did Rogaine (around age 24, for about 2 years) and Propecia (around age 26, for about 4.5 years) throughout the years, but I still "looked" balding to anyone who saw me. For the last few years, I was convincing myself that the money was ok to spend because I was "probably" maintaining hair, but I hated how I looked in any picture that showed me with a recede or bald spot.
Finally, at age 31... I finally had enough of propecia. I just started shaving my head completely. And my fear - most balding men's fear - of not finding a woman could NOT have been further from the truth. Apparently, I caught the eye of a great looking woman - and I had a shaved head and a "Scott Ian" beard.
Not the end of the world guys... even you 20 year old guys, who can pull the look of better than some older guys.