I’m in a bit of a predicament now. I can feel my hair getting thinner over the past year, but visually, my hair density still looks somewhat the same as before. If I were to take a picture right now, no one would even suspect I’m thinning because I still have a full head of hair. In fact the dermatologist I visited just took a look without using a trichoscan thought I was crazy and just prescribed me Minox unwillingly.

From what I have seen here, almost everyone hopped on Fin only when they start to see visible thinning. I haven’t come across anyone who has a head of hair on Fin. Despite people saying that prevention is the best, it seems that people only start medication once thinning becomes noticeable?

Finasteride has been shown to slow hair loss significantly when compared with men who didn’t take it. The spread between the two groups last years, showing that people who lose hair on finasteride lose it slower than they would have had they not taken in. Another way to look at it is that men on finasteride kept their hair longer over more than a decade than men who didn’t take it. Here is the graph that shows this: https://baldingblog.com/5-year-growth-plotted-with-propecia-compared-to-control-group/

Great result from the combined use of finasteride and minoxidil

So do I buy hair transplant or college intuition I’m 18 and have male pattern baldness

So do I buy hair transplant or college intuition I’m 18 and have male pattern baldness. There are a lot of approaches to hold on to your hair at 1 years of age and these work well.  A transplant is a hopeless last resort after the age of 26

 Due to hairfall my scalp is visible in my temple area. Rest all is fine. Should i go for fin and min treatment?

Lighting, a short hair cut and straight hair can produce what you are showing. If you had your hair cut to the same length in the past with the same lighting and it was different, then maybe it is hair loss. Before you start a lifetime treatment for hair loss, see a doctor and find out if you have genetic balding first.

This man has had an excellent early response for crown balding in just 3.5 months.  As time goes on, it should only get better

There is so much fear mongering around it, but the chances are so slim that you will ever have permenant side effects. It will honestly take such a weight off your shoulders knowing your hair loss has been halted or at least significantly slowed. So just take it already, forget about your hair loss and live.

Life is too short to spend every second worrying about your hair. It is one aspect of who you are. Even if fin/dut doesn’t work for you all it means is a different haircut. And if anyone doesn’t like you for being bald then cut them out of your life.

Assuming that Post finasteride syndrome is real, I advise patient that if they get sexual side effects, to stop the medication. The alternative oral minoxidil is a reasonable choice followed by topical finasteride.

Sometimes I get a decent amount of hair in my brush or when applying product to my hair, and I get worried that I’m accelerating any balding I have.

If you brush a little rough and tug some hair out, will it grow back? I would think that it should, since the follicle it came from is still alive, right?

With vigorous brushing, you can pull out the miniaturized hairs that might not come back. For styling, use a large toothed comb or brush and that produces the least damage