Could Propecia Completely Reverse My Crown Hair Loss?

I’m a 52 year old male in good health. I had a series of small transplant sessions – first 3rd of the head with last one being 8 years ago. Was completely satisfied until the last year when hair throughout scalp has become thinner and crown more “shiney”. Could propecia reverse some of this change over the last 18 months or so?

Finasteride (Propecia) is well known to slow down or even reverse thinning of hair in the crown area. While I have seen patients with (as you call) ‘reversal’ of balding in the crown area, it is patient specific. Every patient is different and results will vary.

In a previous post, we have shown such a patient who maintained the full reversal of his hair loss for 10 years on Propecia. Of interest, this patient still has 40% miniaturization in the crown hair even though it is not visible with the naked eye.