Check out your family and see who you follow in your hair loss pattern. A good dermatologist with a trichoscopy usually tells you where you are going if your balding has already started, usually by the age of 25-26. Some men start their balding later in life, so this statement might not apply to those who start balding past 26. I do this regularly in my office as a service for my patients, as any good hair transplant surgeon should do.
Hi doctor, I wanted to ask if a man in his 20s or 30s with a good donor were to get a hair transplant of 6000 to 7000 grafts, would all of the grafts stay until his 80s, or would some thin due to age? Another question is, is there an age when you can tell what the final hair loss pattern will be?
The final pattern is unknown, but a good surgeon can make a good, educated guess by age 26 if you have already started your balding process. I have transplanted men in the early 1990s, and some have seen me professionally with the transplanted hair still present. Most of the men past 70, found that the hair became thinner, a condition we see frequently in many men of that age who were never transplanted. This is a condition called Age-Related Thinning. For more information read here: https://baldingblog.com/misunderstanding-on-the-relationships-between-recipient-and-donor-area-densities-in-transplantation/
You can see the early growth here. It’s very impressive. I expect more growth within the next few months. Congrats!
I’m 27 and went on finasteride 1 mg tablets for 5 months and added minoxidil topical solution for the last 3 months.
You are a great responder. I hope your present routine will keep that hair on your head for a long time.
I’m 19 and started taking oral minoxidil 2.5 mg a day in october and the last picture was in january. I would lose hair after i brushed my hair before a shower. I stopped taking it because I was growing hair everywhere. Just recently got on Finasteride. Hope this works better.
Hair growth on the face, forehead, body, legs etc.. are common side effects of minoxidil. Although you had a great result reversing the hair loss, stopping minoxidil is a wise decision with such a complication. Finasteride will hopefully do as good a job as minoxidil did without the “Hairy Complications”.
Why is the hair shaft in a piece of hair smaller in diameter than the tip of a hair?
The part of the hair coming out of the scalp is probably miniaturizing; that is why the end of the hair shaft, which is older is thicker. This tells you that miniaturization is active in that particular hair’s youngest part. The same must be true of other hairs on your head,
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14152821/urgent-warning-balding-drug-effect-werewolf-syndrome.html
Some of the photos do not reflect the exposure to minoxidil, so be careful as you read this link. There has been some discussion among doctors in this field about children who are exposed to minoxidil, possibly the foam when used by the parent. It is possibly that they find their way to apply the topical like their father did. It is always important not to expose children to any of the topical medications we use.
I have been taking 1 mg oral fin and 1ml topical minox 5% for about two and a half months (irregularly) I have very long hair, so it is a pain to put the topical on (I am considering switching to oral minox).
The hairs on your forehead are the result of minoxidil. If you stop minoxidil, these hairs will go away. I believe this is a complication of minoxidil, body hair growth outside of the scalp. Did your chest, arm, or leg hair increase as well? The topical minoxidil is likely going systemic. If you switch to the oral minoxidil, it will likely get worse.
I am going to start taking fin this week and my derm prescribed me 2.5mg Finasteride 3 times a week. however, I can’t find any similar cases here on Reddit and wanted to know people’s opinion on doing this instead of just doing 1mg every day. Thanks!
Most doctors (I’m included) will prescribe 1mgs/day of finasteride. The dose your doctor prescrobed 2.5mgs three times a week, is almost the same weekly dose as 1mg/day. The benefits are what you take weekly, so either approach works.
My father started balding in his 30s/40s, and you would assume that he would be fully bald by now. Instead, at some point, maybe in his 50s/60s, he maintained that same pattern and did not go completely bald. Did the balding gene turn off or something?
Balding men often inherit a particular balding pattern that dictates the degree to which they will reach. It is NOT common for a man who stopped balding at a Class 4A Norwood balding pattern, to end up with a Class 7 pattern (except for the rim around the side and back of the head). That 4A pattern is what they may have inherited and would likely stay a Class 4A pattern unless they got a hair transplant or some new drug appeared on the market that would stimulate those “not so dead stem cells” in the balding area. This last option seems like in the future, as new drugs are being developed that seem to restart hair in long term balding areas.
I’m on topical finasteride and topical minoxidil. I’ve got a heavy shedding 2 weeks into treatment and it stopped. 3 months later the shedding is back after I stopped the medications.. Is it normal ? I’ve got dandruff due to minoxidil and I started ketokonazole. Is the shedding due to this?
This second shedding episode is likely due to the withdrawal of the finasteride. Three weeks is about when it starts. It means that it was working. You should be committed to lifetime use of finasteride if you want to hold on to your hair. As I don’t have photos, I don’t know where you are in the process.
My crown is visible and i saw some videos where people use hair colour on their hair/scalp to hide thinning. I am currently using dermmatch which is also a dye for the scalp/ hair.
Dermmatch is a concealer that darkens the scalp to match the color of your hair. It offers multiple colors and works well.
I’ve been concerned recently as my 10-month-old seems to have not grown any hair in the last six months. He seemed to be growing well the first few months, but in the last six months, he’s only thinned out and gotten zero new hairs. I assume he’s too young for any topicals like Minox, but I was thinking a .25 micro needle would be enough to stimulate some growth. He’s also really young, and I’m guessing he might even respond better than adults.
Children often have see-through hair that looks like adult balding patterns, but that is not balding. The thickness of a baby’s hair is often fine in thickness, but as he/she grows, the thickness increases. Please don’t treat your son as he will have normal hair as he gets older.
I’m 21 and have been on 2.5mg of Min and 1mg of Fin for about 6 months now. I don’t know when but I feel like I’ve gotten less intelligent. I can no longer recall random facts as well and my mental arithmetic speed has taken a noticeable decrease. I put it down to lack of sleep originally but a family member commented on how forgetful I’ve become. I’ve also seen a massive shift in my priorities and have taken on different worries, all of which someone at my age should have so that’s relatively normal. I know I’m young so this shift could just be put down to personal development but I want to know if it’s possible for Finasteride to have caused these changes?
Some men report Brain Fog with finasteride. Brain fog is when you can’t seem to think or figure out what to do next. Or you can’t remember a name, a phone number, or an address. Is this what you are experiencing?
This type of response is what I would expect in this age group
