Medications and hair transplants
So I just finished my procedure 2 days ago and just today went in for my final kinda checkup. I always thought that after the transplant you would still have to use fin and mono but my doctor said otherwise. He told me that men generally stop losing hair at the age of 28-35 and after that all the hair you have will stay basically forever.
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Hair loss is progressive throughout your lifetime (assuming you have genetic balding). Generally, most hair loss occurs in men before they are 30; however, fewer men will start losing their hair in their 30s, 40s, and, much less frequently, in their 50s. Drugs like finasteride, assuming you can tolerate it, are lifetime commitments. I have had patients on these drugs into their 50s and 60s, and a few stopped them, regretting the hair loss that followed. Oral minoxidil may be similar to finasteride in its long-term value; however, good, long-term documentation is not available for minoxidil. After a hair transplant, your native hair is subject to progressive hair loss. Those who had a hair transplant and took finasteride probably noticed that they didn’t develop post-op shock loss because finasteride protects against it. For those of you who had a hair transplant, I am sure I would hear horror stories of shock loss from their native hair because their doctors were not proactive in preventing this often devastating condition.
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