I’ve Taken Propecia for 4 Years Before Any Signs of Hair Loss — Will Stopping It Give Me Catch-Up Loss?

Question regarding catch-up hair loss and propecia. I have been on propecia for 4 years now and have not seen an affect of balding. Im a 27 year old male with no sign of hairloss as of right now. I started taking it because my mothers father was bald as well as her brother. I had no signs of hair loss. Right now Im about to attend a school for work (military) that does not allow prescriptions. My question is how long do most people have before they see severe catch-up hair loss?

I don’t know why you would take a prescription hair loss treatment if you didn’t have signs of hair loss — or I guess the better question would be, why would a doctor prescribe it to you? Finasteride should not be used as a preventive medication; it should only be taken once hair loss is evident. Since you started taking the medication with no hair loss present, I don’t know if you do have genetic hair loss that Propecia protected you from, or if the hair loss gene skipped you altogether.

If you have genetic male patterned hair loss, and have been slowing or stopping the problem with finasteride/Propecia, you may very well have “catch-up” hair loss and see the impact in 1-4 months.