Taking Biotin, Fish Oil, and Lysine — Now My Hair Is Falling Out Faster

I am 30 years old,and have been dealing with thinning hair since I was 16, mostly in the front.

My question is, can certain vitamin/amino acid supplements increase rate of hair loss? I recently added Biotin, Fish Oil and Lysine to my normal supplements which include a multi-vitamin,C, folic acid and B-12 and it seems like my hair is falling out faster lately.

Also does dividing 5mg of Proscar into roughly 4 tablets work as well as Propecia since they are the same drug?

Thanks!

“Excessive intakes of nutritional supplements may actually cause hair loss and are not recommended in the absence of a proven deficiency”, as published in Clinical and Experimental Dermatology.

I might suggest that you stop taking these supplements. Dividing 5mg finasteride tablets into four 1.25 mg portions can be slightly difficult for some (it is even more difficult to cut it into five pieces), but should absolutely be as effective as the 1mg Propecia product.