I Stopped Propecia for a Month, Then Restarted — It’s Not Working the Same!

I am only 18 but I have been noticing hair falling out since I was little, and it only became more pronounced a couple of years ago. Last year, I began taking Propecia and I was on it for about four months. It was so expensive that I stopped for one month but decided that I really needed to continue with it. I have now been back on it again for just over a month, but I’m still noticing a large number of hairs falling out daily. After stopping treatment for a month, will I never experience the previous effects of Propecia, or do I just need to be patient for it to start working again?

Other men, older and wiser than you, have come to me almost in tears about the same experience they had when they stopped using Propecia and experienced an accerated hair loss. Usually, they stopped for longer than a month. In theory, the drug should remain in the hair follicles to some level up to a month or so, but the blood levels disappear in a day. It is unfortunate, but if you are losing hair from stopping the drug, your hair loss may be permanant, though it is possible that much of it may reverse because of maintained tissue levels. It is probable that some hair may come back if you go back on the Propecia immediately to replenish the tissue levels of the drug in the hair follicles. On the brighter side, Propecia may prevent further hair loss.