No Side Effects or Benefits Seen After 2 Months on Finasteride

Hi Doctor, I’m currently using Finasteride 5 Mg (divided into 4 equal parts) and its been more than 2 months i have started using this and it seems my hair loss is not arrested. I had taken a head shave 4 months back and my hairs were not falling out as it was short and now it has grown and im experiencing the hair fall nowadays. I’m counting the falling hair follicles every time i get up from my bed and every time when i comb it (looks like its 20 – 25 follicles per day). I strongly believe finasteride will work for me (Just being +ve) but I’m also worried. Does it take some time for my body to get adjusted for this medicine or is it not working for me ? To add on to this, i notice that i have the same libido and im not experiencing any side effects. Overall Im confused but i have not stopped taking finasteride daily…..

It takes 8-12 months to see the benefit from finasteride on miniaturization, not necessarily on the amount of hair that falls out. Some people believe that there is no impact on hairs falling out because the normal daily shedding of hair averages about 100/day. In other words, the benefits of Propecia are on the miniaturized hairs, which either will grow thicker, or hair may even regrow if it has recently been lost.

My advice — wait it out, as two months is way too early.