I have been taking minoxidil 5% on my hairline for 1 year and I wanted to ask you if you think that adding finasteride will help grow more hair?
Adding finasteride will only add potentially more benefit. What you already got from minoxidil over one year is remarkable and unusual.
Very nice results from just using minoxidil plus microneedling. The corner hairline was the focus and the arrow shows his starting point
M/18 – I´ve been experiencing hairloss(receding hairline) since I was 16. I wanted to know if it’s possible to obtain finasteride without a prescription via some website. And if it is, can you link me to some legit and reputable ones?
A good doctor adds value like if you have side effects, can follow your progress with tests like the HAIRCHECK test ( https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/ ) so you will know if you are getting better or not.
Wasn’t sure if this was discussed at all. I know everyone’s response to treatment is different so let’s speak hypothetically here. In this scenario this hypothetical person will be one of the people who will have regrowth on finasteride. This will be the same person in 2 timelines.
Timeline 1: A man is balding for 10 years, sees he is now a Norwood 4 and decides to take finasteride.
Timeline 2: A man is balding for 5 years, sees he is now a Norwood 2 vertex and decides to take finasteride.
Would he take twice as long (or significantly longer) to see any regrowth in timeline 1 vs timeline 2? Or would he see the regrowth happening in the same amount of time in both timelines?
The timelines you are suggesting is not what we generally see. Your age and your genetics often determines the rate of change in your balding pattern and your response to medications.
I’ve been on Fin for 2 years, Rogaine for 6 years, and dermarolling for the past 4 months. Also been using Nizoral shampoo for like 3 years. Talked with 3 different reputable hair transplant doctors and they all said I am too young (24 yrs old) for transplant and that my hairloss seems pretty aggressive. I have diffuse hairloss and was told that my donor reserves are somewhat limited. With the current pattern I will probably end up as NW6/7. I feel like Fin/Rogaine had slowed it down a bit but it seems to be less effective then it use to be and my hairloss is starting to accelerate again. I’ve been thinking about doing PRP now. Any other things worth trying assuming money is not an issue? One of the hair transplant doctors recommended I switch from Rogaine foam to liquid since it absorbs slightly better. I’ve been on it for a couple weeks now and have had major dandruff. Hoping it will clear in a couple weeks otherwise I will switch back to foam.
P.S. I’m not looking for a surgeon to say yes. I talked with some of the best surgeons in the game, and they all said no, so i’m going to take their word for it. I will not go to some shady place to have a hair transplant.
I wrote a paper a bit over a year ago suggesting that when combining FUE (of FUT) with Scalp Micropigmentation, almost anyone can have a hair transplant (https://newhair.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Combining_Follicular_Unit_Extraction_and_Scalp.98621.pdf). A try to teach here that everyone needs a Personalized Master Plan for their hair loss and that includes a hair transplant when appropriate. Although I tend to delay hair transplants on 24 year old men, to at least 25 or 26, if the balding pattern is clearly evident, I have often transplanted someone of your age provided that the man is (1) mature, (2) realistic, (3) has realistic expectations which I help set and (4) they have the financial means to complete what they started.
Hair direction after any hair transplant (FUE or FUT) is controlled by the surgeon. Sometimes the surgeon doesn’t put the graft in the correct position and when that happens the hair grows as he planted it (wrongly if he put them in that way). I see this more commonly that one would think because not all doctors who do hair transplants really understand this very simple process.
I’m 31 years old. Last year people really started to notice my hair loss… I recently discovered FUE. I expect my hairline to further recede as I age. What age should I wait to – if I should wait – to start to seriously consider FUE (or similar measures)?
Hair transplants come in two flavors (1) FUE where the surgeon uses a punch like instrument to remove single follicular units ‘one at a time’ ( https://baldingblog.com/class-23-patient-just-5-days-after-fue-procedure-with-photos/ ), this is the surgery I pioneered worldwide, and (2) the strip surgery (often called FUT) where the surgeon removes a strip of scalp and they sews it closed. Both cause scarring, the FUE causes very small punctate scars and the strip surgery causes linear scars (usually just a fine line but sometimes these will stretch). You should ask yuour surgeon to allow you to meet some of their patients (we hold open house events monthly where former patients come in to discuss their experience and show off their work). At 31, you can do either type of hair transplant, just find a good surgeon. We offer Reddit readers 5% off plus we offer travel reimbursement programs for out-of-town patients.
I currently have a full head of hair, but have noticed that my hairline continues to recede into a widow’s peak. I’m becoming increasingly self-conscious of this and recently bought rogaine to see if that will help. Has anyone here used rogaine for a similar problem and did it work? I read the warnings on the Rogaine box and it made me a little hesitant to use the product since my hair loss isn’t on the crown of my head nor do I understand why I’m losing hair (other than the fact that my maternal grandfather was bald).
The appearance of a widows peak indicates that your hairline has only receded about half way to a mature hairline. I wrote the book on this here: https://newhair.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/phenotype-article-published.pdf Send me your photos if you like to info@newhair.com.
I’m on finasteride, but if he’s a Norwood 7 then I will never be able to get my hair back via a hair transplant so I would need something better then a hair transplant.
I keep focusing on the Personalized Master Plan which is geared to keep hair on your head no matter what. That can happen with almost anyone, but you have to get a good, reliable, honest doctor who you can trust to build the plan for you. There have been very few men that I could not achieve this goal with.
Just picked up two dermarollers. One that is 0.5mm, and one that is 1.5mm. 0.5mm seems fine, peach-fuzz length, I’m fine with it. 1.5mm seems like it is going to puncture through to my cortex
Logic would dictate a depth of about 1mm as adequate as the scalp epidermis is only 0.5mm thick so needles need to go down to a depth of at least 1mm just below it to where the stem cells can get activated. Use minoxidil with it as it helps.
This is a very nice result after a year of persistence. This shows how well focused you are in achieving your goals
hi doctor, i’d like to apologize’ first because i dont have good progress pics to post but i’d still like to get some advice
i’m a diffuse thinner and i’ve been using minox for 9 months and finasteride for about 7 month. was losing 100+ strands of hair daily when i shower but since last month the hair loss has gone down to around 50+ strands, should be a good thing right? but the problem is that my hair density and volume are way below baseline and it worries me a lot
what should i do, are there any other options? keep it up and just wait and see how it goes? i’m worried that my hair loss didn’t actually “improve” and i’m losing fewer hairs simply because i dont have as much hair to lose now compared to before, if you get what i mean.
There are thickening agents you can buy which will make your hair look much better. These medications will hold the hair you have and not regrow new hair. You need to see a doctor and get a Personalized Master Plan for your hair both short term and long term, knowing where you are going will be helpful for your future planning.
this is my grandfathers brother. I don’t have a picture of his crown but from this picture could tell me please if he’s a Norwood 6 or 7? I’m praying you will say 6.
Without seeing the back of his head I can’t be sure but from the sides, it looks like a Class 7 pattern. You need a Personalized Master Plan with a good hair restoration doctor. White hair generally does very well with transplants, especially if it has a medium or coarse hair texture
If you are over 30, the risks of shock loss after a hair transplant decrease with each year over 30, so a 35 year old will have significantly less risk of shock loss than a 30 year old, and 40 even better. This is because the miniaturization that is present in younger men, is significantly reduced as a man ages and it is these hair that get shocked. The doctor can tell you how much miniaturization you have at risk by a proper examination of you.
Finasteride is not reported to come across in the sperm; however, if you are wanting to be extra-sure and you are planning on pregnancy, since finasteride has a half life of only 6 hours in the blood stream, you can assume that within a day or two after taking it, it will not be in your semen. To take advantage of this, you can stop finasteride mid-cycle, starting it on the day of her period for 10 days, stopping it for 10 days and the restarting it again. Women ovulate mid-cycle at about 15 days post period. The finasteride stays in the hair follicle for at least 7 days, probably more so stopping the medication should not be in the blood stream or semen at day 10-20 following the start of her period.