Why do MDs suggest taking finasteride post transplant to keep the hairs? Just for keeping the non-transplanted hairs from falling out and having lower density? Nothing to do with the new hairs, right?
Finasteride after a hair transplant prevents the miniaturized hairs from falling out permanently. This is particularly important in men under 30 when their hair loss is most active.The new hairs in the recipient area do not need the finasteride to grow, just a good surgical team.
This is a good example of what you might expect by using finasteride and minoxidil in combination
This man seemed to be responsive to the combination of finasteride and minoxidil working together to reverse crown hair loss; however, the photo qualitative difference alone could produce such changes
Is there scientific research behind this? I searched pubmed but couldn’t find anything
I have years of experience where patients developed stress and precipitated the balding process that they inherited. I have also seen acceleration of genetic hair loss with stress. I remember a man who lost a child and he went completely bald to his Class 7 pattern in a matter of months. He was 29 years old.
You are a great candidate for medications and microneedling. Your age means that the hair loss is recent and your chances of reversal of the hair loss are good.
Is it possible to transplant hair form other parts of the head so that it will eventually miniaturize once I get of finasteride? I want to avoid a bad hairline once I stop fin so would it be possible to use hairs from my scalp that would eventually miniaturize and disappear?
If the transplanted hair is taken from the 3 inch high donor area from the back and side of the head, it will not miniaturize and should be permanent unless the donor area produces a thinner hair as your get older and develop ‘Age Related Thinning’
So i started January 2019 with 0,5 mg finasteride until june 2019. Then upped to 1,25 since then. I am still shedding more than 100 hairs after showering (i shower every two days). My right temple area has receded. I do comb my hair so it is not visible. However, my question is will this receded area (so no hairs are there anymore) grow back or is it lost?
There is a good chance that the hair loss is slowing with the finasteride. IF you should stop it, you might even see it accelerate. Some men’s genes are just to strong for balding and even finasteride might not be able to reverse the process, only a hair transplant works.
Nice results in just 4 months using both finasteride and minoxidil which complement each other in the hair growth process
You are showing early growth. I am not sure of the caliber of the new hairs that are clearly growing. Give is a little more time and then you will know.
After 9 months on finasteride, the hairline filled in nicely. This shows that finasteride can not only regrow hair but reverse miniaturization
Can smoking mitigate the effects of Minoxidil since min is a vasodilator and tobacco/nicotine is a vasoconstrictor? I know there was a study in Taiwan that showed hair loss was more common in smokers, though this was only with men who had a pack a day which most smokers don’t have. Also was told by a hair clinic doctor that smoking has no effect on hair loss.
There is no evidence that smoking reverses the effects of minoxidil. Minoxidil’s benefit is not from the vasodilation, but from a drug side effect.
I show these photos so that those of you who get frustrated with your medications and worry it may not be working, be patient.
Got fin sides, quit 3 days ago. How long typically until my body is back to normal?
It could be anytime between 1 – 8 weeks. Usually 2-4 weeks is typical.
So I’m 25 and I can tell my hair is thinning. My hairline is intact, but I can tell it’s less dense in the front and on top. Not really noticeable yet unless I shine a bright light at it. My dad is 52 and he still has a “full” head of hair and hairline, but it’s noticeably thinned out in density. When he styles it and doesn’t stand under heavy direct lighting, it doesn’t look that bad at all. Even under lighting it’s not that bad.
Mine seems to be doing the same thing at this point. I’m wondering if it’s likely my hair will end up like his? Like I’ll continue losing some density, but eventually it halts and doesn’t get worse. Does diffuse thinning work like that sometimes? My grandfather on my moms side is 82 and still has a freakish amount of hair on his head. I’m pretty jealous.
As men age, the hair shafts often become thinner and that produces a see-through look without necessary balding. We wrote about this and called in ‘Age Related Thinning’
I am 22 years old and have no Beard growth or hairs on face.. I have few hairs on my chin and have mustache… At my age all have full beard and mustache… I’m worried about it… Please give me the Solution
First check with your dad and grandfather and see when their beard grew in. Then you can use minoxidil on the face or get a doctor to prescribe it for you in the oral form. It might accelerate your beard growth.