People who started dutasteride after a long time on finasteride. What are your results?
    Finasteride/Dutasteride 11/2/2022

    From the encyclopedia
    Finasteride →

    Frontline, gold standard treatment for combatting androgenic alopecia

    Dutasteride →

    Heavy duty finasteride that comes with higher risks

    At a glance
    In this question or advice post, the primary subjects mentioned are
    💊 Finasteride (oral) 1mg daily varied (4 years, 10 years, 17 years, etc.)
    💊 Dutasteride (oral) 0.5mg varied (daily, 3x weekly, etc.) varied (2 months, 4 months, 1 year, etc.)
    the tone is 😐 neutral with varied (some growth, maintained, no regrowth, etc.) results.

    Other terms

    People switching from Finasteride to Dutasteride after long-term use of finasteride and their results, including hair maintenance and increased thickness.
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