Propecia effectiveness and expectations

May 10, 2016
Asked By:nyk155 in Nyack, NY

I'm 45 years old and have a decent amount of hair. My thinning and recession has become more aggressive in the past few months and I have a prescription of propecia that I have been hesitant to take. My biggest fear is the shedding and overall thinning that may occur when starting. How realistic is the shed and is it possible to make my hair worse and not be able to recover it? Although I'm losing quite a bit, I'd be happy to keep what I have and possibly thicken it.

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