I’m Noticing Small Hair Growth at the Hairline After 3 Months on Finasteride

Hello Dr. Rassman,

I am a 22 year old male, most likely a Norwood Class 2. I have recently begun taking 1.25 mg generic Proscar, which I started about 3 months ago. I have recently noticed there appear to be some new very small, light, and almost invisible hairs growing at the corners of my hair line. When I say these hairs are almost invisible, I mean that they are very, very hard to see, but in the right light they do show up.

Could these hairs be growth from Proscar? Does initial regrowth usually begin as very fine, light hairs, and later grow in as thicker hairs? Finally, I have noticed that a small number of my thicker hairs are not always uniform in width, one end of a hair my be extremely thick, while the other is thin, and even a different shade of color.

Thanks for your time, and keep up the excellent work!

Let’s not check this out hair-by-hair. If you wait out the full 8 months to 1 year you will see just what you are getting. Patience is a virtue in this business. Do you ever actually see grass grow in real-time? I mean, to see it you need to take a step back and wait to see the change over a few weeks for the grass (and months for the hair).

It would be a very rare thing for you to see growth at the hairline, particularly after just 3 months. But I suppose it isn’t out of the realm of possibilities…