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Hair currently shedding badly. Should I up my dutasteride dosage to everyday and drop finasteride?

TylerDurden
I've been combating hair loss for the past 5 years. Last year I had a second HT (repair), and over the course of the year my hair loss got worse. Combined with the effect of finasteride giving me brain fog, I stopped for several months. I started back at the start of this year with 5-HTP and have added 0.5mg dutasteride once a week to my regime, as well as 15% dutagen minoxdil and RU once a day (morning/night). Since adding all these new regimes over the past month, my hair has shed quit badly.

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