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What is causing shedding at the 1 year mark of Finasteride use?

travis97
PLEASE READ. hi i'm 21 years old i went to a hair doctor august of last year and he told me i was a norwood 5 and so he put me on Finasteride i'm at 1 year mark this week and i've been taking it every day and its worked out great it stopped my hair loss but just in the past few days i've noticed i've been shedding like 30 to 40 hairs a day and i counted at least 10 to 12 hairs when i was taking a shower, i'm freaking out!!!!! The Finasteride stopped my hair loss i don't want to go bald!! thanks

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