If Propecia Doesn’t Work, Is the Hair Loss Unrelated to DHT?

Is it possible that if you are one of the people who didn’t respond to propecia that your hairloss is unrelated to DHT? I’ve read the Diffuse AA can look like diffuse patterned baldness and even chronic TE can end up looking like thinning on top. I’ve tried propecia for a long time now coming up on 16 months and my hair on top is gradually thinning.

a little background for you, I have lived with anxiety, stress and depression problems for a long time and think that having these problems chronically has lead to hair thinning. I only have slight recession in the temples but everything else is evenly thinning on top. In summary, for the 10 percent or so that Merck reported as not responding, could they have hairloss unrelated to DHT? Thanks.

As you suggested, there are many causes of hair loss that are not DHT related. I have no way to know the reasons for your hair loss, though. That being said, there are patients with genetic hair loss that just do not respond to Propecia and this can be tested for with the HairDX Finasteride Response test (written about before).

You need to get a proper diagnosis from a good, caring doctor. I can not help you without examining you, at which point I could map your scalp and conduct a hair bulk analysis in our office.