If you had unwanted side effects with a medication, you did the right thing by discussing your options (weighing out risks and benefits) and stopping the medication. The catch up hair loss can happen over the next 6 months after stopping Propecia and that is something that cannot be completely stopped. Starting another type of […]
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You cannot expect results when you take a medication inconsistently. The recommended regimen for Propecia is to take the medication daily. You need to stick with a knowledgeable doctor and maintain taking the drug daily if you want a chance at some results. Taking Propecia is also a lifetime commitment so you need to understand […]
You’ll probably end up with the same hair loss that you would’ve seen had you never taken the medication. It could take months before the hair loss catches up after you stop taking Propecia, but we do call it “catch-up hair loss” for a reason.
This is the first time I’ve heard of someone stopping Propecia after many years and their hair actually getting better. Normally, the story is just the opposite and catch-up hair loss occurs after stopping finasteride. I have no way to know if you even had genetic hair loss in the first place. If you had […]
You have experienced what I’ve called “catch-up hair loss” which means that the full benefits of finasteride and/or minoxidil may be lost within a few months of stopping the drug routine. Your hair loss then catches up to the point you would’ve been at had you never used any medications. I can not tell you […]
As a general rule, catch-up hair loss happens in the first 6 months after stopping Propecia. It occurs over several months, and usually brings you back to wherever you were in the hair loss process when you started the drug. The degree of hair loss or how much your hair will recede is based on […]
Perhaps you need a good diagnosis of what you have. Do you have diffuse patterned alopecia (DPA) or androgenic alopecia (AGA)? I suppose you can have both, but that would be rare. It’s important to determine the proper diagnosis, because diffuse patterned or unpatterned alopecia is generally a contra-indication to a hair transplant surgery. The […]
I previously wrote about why I stopped taking Propecia, and for those curious about my own hair loss I explain here and here. When I (Dr. Rassman) started my hair transplant process for my thinning crown, Propecia was not available. As the medication made it to market, I took it with hopes that I’d grow […]
I think you might not be on the right track, as you seem confused about what is going on with your body. I highly recommend that you see a physician or follow up with your doctor who prescribed the drug for you. Propecia is the brand name of a drug called finasteride in 1mg strength, […]
Any hair you lost in those 4 or 5 months would not be regained by getting back on Propecia. That thinning is sometimes referred to as “catch-up” hair loss, which is the loss that would have occurred if you never took the Propecia in the first place. You didn’t lose more hair than you would […]
If you stop taking Propecia it might take around 3 months or so for the loss to “catch up” to where your hair would have been if you’d never taken the medication in the first place. Then again, some men have reported to me that it took 6 or more months before they saw anything […]
That’s an interesting question. I do not know for sure, but I suppose in theory the catch-up hair loss with Avodart (dutasteride) may take a bit longer considering the long half life.
Let’s say you now show a Norwood Class 3A pattern and have been on finasteride for 10 years. Upon stopping the medication your hair could remain the same… or you could begin to show progress to a Norwood Class 5, 6, or even a 7. The catching up of the hair loss just means you’ll […]
There is no drug in the world (yet) that completely stops hair loss. Avodart and Propecia work in similar ways (the two drugs are not drastically different in the mechanism of action) although there are reports that Avodart is better at stopping hair loss, particularly when Propecia benefits have been exhausted. I personally have not […]
Thank you for following the site, but unfortunately, I really cannot give you a definitive answer. You are likely losing hair due to genetics, but the degree of your balding is yet to be determined. Maybe you are destined to be a Norwood Class 3V and will stop there. Maybe it’ll get worse. I really […]
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