I am a non-reponder to finasteride

I was hoping that you’d be able to give me some feedback on my situation. I have been on Finasteride for the last 12 months of so, to counteract frontal loss. I have continued to thin out all over in the past year. I tried to remain diligent.. In this 12 month period, I’ve had a couple of 2-3 week breaks, changing from 1mg to 1mg  and then 0.5mg. I was curious as to whether you feel that this could be the cause of my thinning? Otherwise, am I a non responder? and in this case, do I have anything to benefit from trying avodart? Currently, i’m not taking rogaine as i do not want to be reliant on using it. My current plan is to use 1mg finasteride EVERY day, for the next three months, to hopefully see some benefits. Thanks for your insight, it’s incredibly appreciated.

On people who do not respond to finasteride, I may try dutasteride, but usually the non-respoders don’t respond to dutasteride either. You may be getting some benefit, like slowing down the thinning, but it is possible that you can’t break the cycle you are heading to. That is why hair transplantation works, especially in those people who can’t get response from medications.