What you are seeing is not the growth of new hair, but many vellus hairs (small hairs labeled 1 and some miniaturized hairs labeled
Very nice results for one year of persistence.
Started fin in January. If you zoom in, are those miniaturized hairs new? Are those hairs that will be growing in or are they hairs dying off
Too early to tell. Wait a full year and then you will know. With the balding you have, I would doubt significant growth from finasteride, except possibly in the middle of the balding area where I see existing pores present suggesting that the hair loss in this area was more recent. A hair transplant may be the only real solution for you. See some of our patients here: https://newhair.com/before-and-after/hair-transplants-men/#results
I’m a long term user of Fin since 21 years old. Can honestly say I haven’t experienced one single side the entire time I’ve been taking it. I only take a quarter tablet every night 0.25mg I’m almost 31 in a few weeks. I’ve noticed over the past month or so my libido has decreased enough for me to notice.. I don’t have trouble getting erections, and I still wake up with one as well But I can go days without feeling the need to masturbate where I used to get the urge every day. My interest in the opposite sex has seemingly waned as well, I’m more focused on working out/exercising and my other hobbies. I’m trying to narrow down what could be causing it. Fin was obviously the first thing to spring to mind, could it be after years of no sides I could get them suddenly?
Yes, some men reported this to me. The problem is that as men get older, ED becomes a problem without finasteride and so does a reduced libido in some men, so it is difficult to tell if it is the drug unless they stop it and if they stop it, then the could lose considerable hair volume.
This is not what you want to be your story. Good research with good doctors will avoid all of these problems with hair transplants and SMP. The video is painful to listen to. See this Video from Reddit:
Beware failed Bad Hair Transplant SMP(scalp-micropigmentation) Bad Reviews Part #1 from tressless
Understanding what we are seeing is not good with photos here., but a HAIRCHECK test ( https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/ ) would give an actual number to what you think may be increased hair growth. These numbers don’t lie but photos can be misleading. You can see how photos can mislead you here: https://baldingblog.com/photos-taken-20-seconds-apart/
I just tanned my head haha.
Tanning works like anything that changes the contrast between hair and skin color. The darker your skin with dark hair, the less the contrast between hair and skin color. I often recommend that men with very white skin get a tan. Dying it blonde works even better for the white guys, maybe not for darker haired men. SMP also changes the contrast between hair and skin color, see here: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/
My colleague Dr. Robert Bernstein states: “As you suggest, it would be reasonable to assume that since DHT stimulates beard growth, blocking DHT (with finasteride) would tend to inhibit its growth. In practice, this does not seem to be the case, i.e. we don’t find that Propecia has any effect on facial hair. The reason is not clear.”
I have not seen this complaint in young men either, just as stated by Dr. Bernstein.
I was wondering if there was anyone who has taken Accutane in the past and experienced hair loss as a side effect; and has anyone been able to regrow their lost hair?
I noticed from some older pictures of my hair (a few months after I stopped Accutane) that my hair loss hasn’t progressed since I stopped taking it. This has led me to believe that my hair loss was due in large part to Accutane.
Hair loss is a common side effect of Accutane. It sometimes take over a year to get improvement after stopping the medication.
I just had a36-year-old man visit me in my office. He has been on finasteride for 10 years and tells me that this drug has increased his sex drive very heavily ever since he started it.
Apparently left handed dominant people have improved sexual function on fin rather than decreased sexual sides. I’ve been on fin for a short period of time now with the only side effect being a slight ball ache. I know this is a pretty tiny study but interesting to me nonetheless. What do you guys think? Article: https://bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11580.x#ss7-title
This is a new one for me. I read the article and although the studies were relatively small, it is suggestive of the handedness issue. Thanks for the information
First you must ask yourself if it is hair that you want. If the answer is yes, then you must get an objective assessment with good numbers on (1) your donor density and (2) your hair mass index. These two factors will determine if you have enough hair to cover your entire head. Keeping in mind that if it is remotely reasonable, then you might be able to combine Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP) with a hair transplant to get a full head of real hair (see here: https://newhair.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Combining_Follicular_Unit_Extraction_and_Scalp.98621.pdf ). But if you decide to have SMP, you could do it first ( https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/), see how you like it. If that turns out that you rather have a hair transplant and if the analysis of your donor area points to a good possibility of having a hair transplant as I discussed above, you can then go the transplanted route. Having SMP does not preclude a hair transplant.
The photos tell the story. He maintained and even improved the hairline over the 3 years on the drug finasteride
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26626191
Glycyrrhizin (or glycyrrhizic acid or glycyrrhizinic acid) is the chief sweet-tasting constituent of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice) root. Structurally, it is a saponin used as an emulsifier and gel-forming agent in foodstuffs and cosmetics (from Wikipedia)
The article doesn’t seem to say how it was used to reduce unwanted hair (not ready for prime time I suspect) as shown in these two photos
