Guy switched back to fin after Dut destroyed his hair (photo proof) Progress Pictures 10/22/2025
A person experienced hair loss after switching from finasteride to dutasteride and returned to finasteride, adding oral minoxidil. Dutasteride may increase scalp testosterone, worsening hair loss for some individuals.
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community Another update. Almost a year on Dutasteride and Oral Minoxidil, after several years on finasteride and topical minoxidil. Iโm fairly certain my hair is objectively worse than it was 5 months ago.
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