Selegiline and Moclobemide and Hair Loss

Dear Doctor, I am a 41 y.o. male and suffer from androgenic alopecia, which I am currently treating (with poor results) with Finasteride 1.5 per day and minoxidil. Unfortunately, I also suffer from social anxiety and my doctor prescribed me selegiline 10 mg per day(Jumex). I have not taken this drug as I am afraid of the side effect on hair loss. Before I was on moclobemide 450mg, which I stopped due to mediocre results and concern of hair loss (which I thought got worse due to Moclobemide). I would kindly ask you:
1) Selegiline can worsen my hair loss? How likely is this to happen. Is it a rare occurrence or a common one?
2) How long after stop taking Moclobemide can I assume that that drug is not making my hair loss worse? Thank you for the great information you provide.

Selegiline and Moclobemide are medications to treat depression and anxiety. I do not have experience in the type of medications that you are using so I really cannot say much about its effect on hair.

You must understand the “big picture”. Male pattern hair loss (MPB) is genetic. Medications such as Propecia (finasteride) can help slow down the hair loss. It sometimes improves and regrows hair. But over the long term you will continue to lose hair. Genetics always win out. The side effects from medications is not really an issue as much as it is a genetic problem. Many people try to make sense of their hair loss issue by correlating it with their diet, drugs, or other non specific factors but they do not understand that the root cause of the hair loss is mainly the genetic fate that they were born with. At this point, there is no cure for hair loss.