Over time (sometimes years or decades), the finasteride MAY become less effective. Everyone is different. It is clear, however, that you must stay on the finasteride if you want to keep your hair as finasteride is a lifetime commitment. Many of my patients in their 60s stayed on finasteride and the few that stopped it, told me that they lost huge volumes of hair within a couple of months so they went back on it. This suggests that the finasteride is working well into a man’s 60s.
Some background: I’ve gotten perms 1-2 times a year for the last 9 years to try to increase volume for my thin hair. I got a root perm done in November but my scalp felt like it was burning so I decided to stop them altogether.
Now I noticed my scalp has been pink (thought it was a sunburn at first but it’s been 3 weeks and no flaking or changes) and I have this bald spot around my hair part. The hair around it is so thin and sparse if you look close. I changed my hair part to cover it up but I’m worried the hair loss is irreversible. I’ve been noticing also that I lose a lot of hair in the shower.
I ordered a silk pillowcase after a friend recommended it, and I currently use sulfate and paraben free moisturizing shampoo from Costco, OGX biotin & collagen conditioner and Aveda invati advanced scalp revitalizer spray but I’m not sure if it’s helping.
I thought initially it was from stress but this is way worse than anything I’ve experienced before. Any input or recommendations would be appreciated. I’m wondering if I should go to a dermatologist or change any of my hair products.
Hair treatments used to color hair can cause chemical burns to the scalp and kill off hair. If that happened to you, it will not get better. The best treatment for a permanent loss like is shown here: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/gallery/smp-for-women/ Permanent burns can happen with a variety of hair treatments, using any bleaching agent in particular.
No, I don’t believe that these results are permanent. Take a look at baldingblog’s link on Reddit which has a great review of microneedling. https://baldingblog.com/review-of-microneedling-extensive-thorough-from-reddit/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9989033/Italian-man-mysteriously-dies-heart-attack-hair-transplant-operation-Turkey.html
I hope that when his body is home, that the cause of death will be identified. It is easy to call it a heart attack, when it could have been something else. There have been other deaths during hair transplants, one in Los Angeles was due to an overdose of an anesthetic drug, for example. Many of the Turkey clinics don’t have a doctor who understands dosing anesthesia medications.
The article reports that the body was covered with blood. The body covered with blood? That doesn’t happen with FUE unless you don’t use the right medications that contains epinephrine which constricts the blood vessels and allows clotting to occur. Maybe he bled out? Alternatively, let’s say it was a heart attack in a young man. This can happen but the surgeon (if there was one) should know how to resuscitate such a patient. This is basic stuff! Without an expert making autopsy results known, we can only guess.
If you have thinning and possibly PCOS, treatments like Scalp Micropigmentation works very well to make your hair look fuller: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/gallery/smp-for-women/
Been on it for 8 days and the last couple of days I noticed my semen is really watery. I have no side effects other than that. I did some research and notice it’s a really common side effect, I’m just wondering if it will keep happening for as long as I take Finasteride or if you have heard of it resolving itself in patients who continue to take it? Thanks for your time!
It usually remains. A few people told me it got less watery, but that is the exception to the rule.
How long do I have to wait to see the benefits of dutasteride and finasteride, both taken daily?
Sometimes these medications don’t work. It takes a full year to see benefits. Taking both dutasteride and finasteride just increases your potential side effects. Twice a week dutasteride is fine by itself. Check with your doctor
Yes, ever since I have been seeing the wonderful results of microneedling on Reddit, I have become a fan of it, especially for the men under 24 years old when hair loss is more easily reversible.
Stopping finasteride after 8 years will create ‘Catch-up Hair Loss” which means that the gains will be lost and the hair you would have lost over the past 8 years might all occur in 3-4 months. Scarry!
Good response from just 4 months on oral finasteride and topical minoxidil
Great results from finasteride and minoxidil in a 31 y/o male in just 7 months. I was asked yesterday if balding can be reversed, you have answered the question, at least for now.
These scars reflect that your surgeon used a large punch and took it from a location that is not permanent hair. This is best treated with Scalp Micropigmentation?
The neck hair is not permanent hair so as this man gets older, he may see his neck hair disappear and so will these grafts in the recipient area that came from the neck because these hairs ‘don’t know’ that they are not in his neck.
Very nice increase in fullness from the combination of finasteride and minoxidil. I am sure that many of the miniaturized hairs were reversed with finasteride and minoxidil grew new hair as well. Congrats! Stay the course
I’m a 30 year old guy with diffuse thinning hair. I started to take finasteride about 3 years ago and to be honest I’m not certain if it did anything for me as I didn’t have any regrowth during that time. However I’ve been able to greatly regrow a lot of my hair through microneedling over the last 2 years. I wanted to get your take on wether the hair I regrew with microneedling could be permanent? I reduced my finasteride dosage from 7 mg per week to about 3mg per week about 6 months ago and haven’t lost any ground. Your educated guess? Thank you!
I don’t believe that anyone knows for sure about how long microneedling induced hair will last. I am guessing it will last about one hair cycle (Max) which in a young man could be 3 years.