Does Early Success with Propecia Give Any Indication on the Future?

Doc,

Thanks for the great blog.

I started taking Propecia about 7 months ago at age 21 and have had great results. I’ve had some regrowth even at my hairline.

Is early success any indication of future effectiveness/longevity? I’m trying to gauge how much time I can expect Propecia to hold off baldness. Have you found any sort of correlation with your patients?

Thank you.

It appears that people who had a good response to finasteride early do get better long term results. Like I’ve said before, I’ve had patients on this medication for over a decade with continued great results. I won’t be able to know what kind of time frame of success you’ll have, though.

If you’ve had regrowth at the hairline, that is fairly rare, but exciting!