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Could Prozac have triggered my baldness?

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Hello. I was on Prozac when I was 17 years old. That is also when I started noticing receding hairline and some acne on my forehead.later by age 20 I was told I was a Norwood 5 got off Prozac is also when I really noticed shedding and got on finasteride and the shedding stopped. I do have family history of AGA on mother side.My father has been on Prozac since the 1990s and also has AGA but he's a nw3 vertex. Could Prozac have triggered my baldness?Is it common for a 17 year old to start balding?

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