I Had Shock Loss, So If I Start Propecia Now Will I Lose Even More?

Dear Doctor,
i have undergone hair transplant 3 months back,and i had a Shock loss and i had lost tremendous amount of hair so much so that i could literally see my scalp starting from my hairline all the way up to the vertex. I have started using minoxidil 5% for the past 2 and a half months and have started getting my hair back.

My question here is that if i start using Finasteride now along with minoxidil (which i am currently using) will i have hair shedding again (as mentioned on various forums about hairloss on 11th and 16th week when using finasteride?)

please please kindly request your kind help as i am confused about starting finasteride and having hair shedding AGAIN. thanking you in anticipation

Shame on your doctor who should have insisted on you taking finasteride before the surgery to avoid the shock loss. You probably will not grow it back, but the hair transplant you had should offset some of the problem. Time will tell, as you’re still some time away before your transplant grows in. If you have another hair transplant within a few years, it will probably not happen again (no guarantees though), but going into such a surgery without finasteride on board will not be in your interests.

Let’s just hope that the shedding is over. Some people experience the finasteride shedding, though many do not. I can not predict what will happen to you as I do not know what you looked like before the surgery, how many grafts you had done, and I must know your age (the younger you are, the more at risk you will be).