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Will the hair that falls out whilst taking Finasteride recycle back in? (Photo)

sparx73Feb 18, 2018
I've been taking finasteride for 5 months and my question is Im Still losing hair in the same pattern as I was before I started taking it..no more and no less...will the hairs that are falling out whilst on finasteride cycle back in or are they completely gone because none of them Seem to be growing back at all and my scalps looking really thin.?? I'm 42 years old..Thanks Marcus

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