Finasteride 1mg Users: Did You Experience Noticeable Shedding When You First Started? 9/28/2026
Starting finasteride 1mg may cause shedding, but users report it is not significantly worse than before treatment and hair often recovers. Minoxidil is more commonly associated with noticeable shedding due to its effect on hair growth cycles.
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community 10.5 months. Oral propecia, topical minoxidil (once daily) derma roller. And for the last two (2) months, I've been doing the bald showers after leg workouts... Biotin and Omega 3 age 35. Loses a lot of hair a day, over 150
A user shared their 10.5-month progress using oral finasteride, topical minoxidil, a derma roller, biotin, and Omega 3, despite losing over 150 hairs daily. They also mentioned starting "bald showers" after leg workouts for the last two months.
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