19M – 3-month progress on finasteride + oral minoxidil. Shedding stopped.
Age: 19
Treatment timeline:
March 31: Started Finasteride 1 mg every other day + Oral Minoxidil 2.5 mg once daily.
Late May: Increased Oral Minoxidil to 2.5 mg twice daily (5 mg/day).
June 17: Switched Finasteride to 1 mg every day.
Ketoconazole 2% shampoo: Every other day throughout the treatment.
Photos:
Photo 1: Day 1 (March 31) – Before starting treatment.
Photo 2: Shedding phase (around late April to May) – My hair looked noticeably thinner than at baseline.
Photo 3: After increasing oral minoxidil to 5 mg/day – Shedding had stopped, hair fall dropped significantly, and I started noticing many small, fine hairs along the hairline.
Photo 4: Most recent photo – About two weeks after switching to 1 mg finasteride daily. I think there’s a little more improvement compared with Photo 3