A Letter from an Enthusiastic Propecia Reader – Revisited

I recently sent an e-mail (that was posted in your blog) about my Propecia usage and my stylist noticing hair regrowth. Here’s the latest non scientific endorsement:

I flew back to my home state today to spend some time with my dad (a physician) who is recovering from a successful liver transplant, as well as my mother. Both made several direct comments about my hair: how it looked MUCH thicker, that the hairline up front had filled in, etc. They couldn’t stop talking about it.

True, my hair is styled much differently (upward….no longer combed forward) and I have it highlighted…..but this is after seeing me in December over the holidays. Again: for all readers….I’ve been on Propecia less than a year….I’m pushing 40……but IT WORKS……it just takes time. All the FREAKY, paranoid e-mails are going to scare off others. As I mentioned, when I hit the one year mark, I’ll shoot some pix to you….

People will always be worrisome about any medications, and that’s normal. The Internet has many put-down comments on finasteride (Propecia) that many of our patients coming in for a first visit seem to be anti-Propecia programmed when we first meet. It’s good to have some success stories posted to try to balance much of the negative reporting we see almost daily on the Internet. There are many men with good results from this drug (my son is one of them). Thanks for sharing your insights.