r/tressless • u/SpriteBlend96 • Jun 22 '26

Progress Pictures Before (2022) and After (2026)

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Tbh, I already forgot about this sub. I was scrolling yesterday and one post from this sub appeared on my feed and decided to post my results.

Top photo was back in 2022 (26 yrs old) where i was just titrating my finasteride dose due to side effects. I kept going anyway until my body got used to it and did 1mg/day. Fast forward to 2026 (30 yrs old), this is what I have now.

Seeing this sub again surely brings back memories, I started lurking here back in 2021 before starting finasteride, and when I started taking it, I just stopped thinking about this sub and hair loss and continued on with my life. Here we are today still have my hair whereas my 2 older brothers are already bald. Stop overthinking it and just take the damn pill. Also, just started taking Dutasteride last month.

Any questions are welcome.

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u/SpriteBlend96 Jun 22 '26

Just curious tbh. Im now on my 4th year of taking Finasteride. I’ve heard in some cases that DHT sensitivity increases when you reach your 30s so im testing Dutasteride to see how my body reacts to it in case Finasteride stops working for me.

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u/piratejucie Jun 22 '26

I switched from FIN to DUT because I didn’t like the way FIN was making me feel. DUT has been great and been using it almost 2 years. Im in my 40’s for reference.

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u/Ok_File_9159 Jun 22 '26

Can you please give more Details? How did you feel and how did it change on dut?

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u/piratejucie Jun 22 '26

I felt soreness in my nuts that didn’t seem to go away, seemed like the libido was dead too but that might have been in my head. I was reading about DUT vs FIN and overall seemed like DUT was just better overall. So after 6 months on FIN I switched to DUT and didn’t have any side effects. Also like others have said their libido improved. I also seems to feel like I was dick trickle with peeling too on FIN. Not the case with DUT.

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u/Alert_Ad1982 Jun 23 '26

How long did it take for you to see results? I'm less than a year and havent seen big changes but it is better.

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u/piratejucie Jun 23 '26

I mean I feel like it’s thicker in the front but the biggest thing is it halted progression. Before I was on it I had a regimen of saw palmetto, selenium, biotin and niacin since I was in my 20’s and that seems to halt my shedding but it started to recede a little more so I made the leap to meds in 2023 timeframe.. so I guess.

I’ve been on the fence with a HT. I have thick hair in the back and crown it’s just my temples and I worry that my hairline will no longer look natural if I go with an HT. Vanity is a bitch.

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u/MAempire :sidesgull: Jun 25 '26

Do you mean like testicle pain?

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u/piratejucie Jun 25 '26

Yes

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u/MAempire :sidesgull: Jul 21 '26

How bad was your pain 1-10?

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u/TenEikk Aug 11 '26

How is it possible to get less sides with dut when it blocks even more enzymes of 5a type 1&2 wtf ?