Why Do You Keep Saying Propecia Doesn’t Work in the Hairline?

Propecia does work in the front!! Why you keep saying it doesn’t or is of little help that confuses everyone! If you mean that for example you are a NW3 and want to become a NW2 then its true Propecia won’t magically grow those hairs but in very rare cases im sure it has. But if your front is thinning it CAN STOP those hairs from continuing to thin and even thicken up some if its early.

I started mildly thinning in the front 2 years ago at age 21 1/2 and as soon as I started taking Propecia it stopped it completely! Today I look exactly like 2 years ago. I was hoping for some thickening up as well but that didnt happen though.

Also from my understanding dht causes hair loss in MPB so in that case why won’t Propecia help the front to stop hairline recession!?

I’ve been consistent with my message about Propecia and the frontal hairline. Here’s a post from over four years ago, where I say the same thing — the medication doesn’t regrow at the hairline in most cases. Please understand that there is no cure for MPB. If you have the gene and it expresses itself, you will go through some degree of hair loss… and Propecia can drastically slow this process down.

Propecia works great on the top crown area as research shows, but it doesn’t work as well in the frontal hairline for most men. I don’t have a reason as to why this is the case, but I’ve speculated in the past.

On rare occasions we have seen reversal of frontal hair loss from Propecia, and I’ve even written about it before on this site. If you are one of the lucky patients that saw benefits in the frontal hairline, that’s great, but even as you noticed, it did not thicken the front. It’s obviously not impossible for the medication to work in the front, but the likelihood of seeing major regrowth in that area is slim.