I’ve notice that men with Down syndrome are always going bald at an early age. Does anyone know why this would be? The only hormonal effect of Down Syndrome that I’m aware of is low thyroid. This may be a possible avenue for research. Maybe baldness is, in part, a thyroid issue.
About 50% of men will experience balding in their lifetime. That includes men with Down’s Syndrome.
At 19, hair loss is very recent, so men of this age are very sensitive to finasteride and in this case also minoxidil. He reversed his hair loss in just 6 months on this combination of drug.
It has fascinated me that some babies are bald and some have wonderful heads of hair. Does this tie to future balding? This is an interesting question to ask.
Do you have advice for someone who gets water retention in the face even from 1.25 mg oral? I had no other side effects but stopped due to the puffy face. Is there a safe/simple way to mitigate that?
Maybe this medication is not for you. Theoretically, swelling can occur in hidden areas of your body, like around the heart. Speak with your doctor.
Been on minoxidil 5% only . Haven’t been consistent with the treatment
You clearly understand that consistency is critical. Low dose oral minoxidil is better than topical minoxidil as only 40% of men respond to the topical. Oral is also easier.
Young men with recent hair loss, like this 17-year-old male, most often are very sensitive to finasteride and can get a complete reversal in a very short period as shown here. This is an amazingly good response.
I do not doubt that this is the result primarily of using microneedling, supported by minoxidil and finasteride. Microneedling can bring out fantastic hair growth, in your case in just 4 months. The question, of course, is when and if to stop the microneedling. I suggest that it should be continued monthly, almost indefinitely, or the value you are seeing might disappear. These results are comparable to a hair transplant, but with hair transplants, you can just forget about supporting the results as they keep growing without drugs or microneedling. Congratulations, this result is outstanding.
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Hair has been cloned before. I was told that the problem encountered was when they put the cloned hairs into mice, they all died of infected hair follicles. This was because the hairs grew in all directions and didn’t orient themselves properly; hair grew out of skin. Think of hair as a complex organ that knows up from down and develops groups of hairs that work together in this hair organ with appropriate supportive vasculature and nerves. If it all doesn’t go up uniformly and grows down instead (relating to the scalp surface), an infection may occur as this foreign body (the actual hair shaft is a foreign body to everyone’s scalp) causes problems. The game isn’t over in a basketball game until the last pass is made and the clock runs out. Let’s see what they come up with. I wish them good luck!
Yes. Finasteride does seem to work more often in the crown when the frontal area has no response. I have seen finasteride reverse crown loss in men as old as 70.
The miniaturization doesn’t exceed 20%, which is, therefore, by definition, normal or marginal. To be exact, repeat the photo with the hairs cut short against the scalp so that an accurate count can be made. Vary the location as well so we will be looking at more than one place. Also map it against a photo so I know where the photos is coming from.
I take minoxidil, finasteride, and tretinoin and want to add microneedling. Will I have to continue miconeedling if is works on my head?
If microneedling produces hair, it is likely that microneedling will have to be continued on some maintenance schedule for your entire life. So, for example, if you start doing it once a week for 6 months and get the growth you wanted, you could step back to once a month, which might suffice. I certainly will not guarantee this.
My situation is that I used minoxidil for 1.5 years, so imagine all that time I wasn’t a responder. Can it make my hair worse since I’m just applying alcohol all the time? I’m asking about my situation cause I have been on fin and min and my hair is worse.
If you used topical minoxidil, only 40% of men have the enzyme in their scalp to convert minoxidil to minoxidil sulfate, the active form of minoxidil; however, if you have taken it orally, 100% of men should get some response to the drug because the liver creates minoxidil sulfate, the active form of the drug. If you had no response to the oral, then you are not a minoxidil responder.
There seems to be a lot of different opinions floating around regarding it’s long term effectiveness … With consistent use, does it maintain it’s therapeutic effects, or does your genetically predetermined Norwood level eventually develop as you age despite taking it? I’ve seen some people state that it continues to have it’s effects for as long as it’s taken but then others state that it only delays the inevitable and if you are let’s say genetically programmed to be Norwood 5, that you are going to eventually go there despite finasteride use? What is the actual case? (I know there’s different variables and there’s a small percentage of people who are non responders, but I just mean in general).
Finasteride always works to (1) slow hair loss (2) stop hair loss or (3) reverse hair loss. The aggressiveness of the body’s genetic hair loss is a variable. Apoptosis (cell death) occurs with genetic alopecia. We believe that each hair on the head is programmed to grow only a certain number of hair cycles. Once those cycles are reached, the hairs die. Finasteride seems to alter the duration of these cycles, possibly the number of hair cycles you can achieve, but this is just a guess. Good question.
Hair loss has nothing to do with nutrition and this man proves it.
Weight loss doesn’t mean starvation. This man likely had achieved a good balance with fewer calories than he usually took and kept good nutrition. It is wrong to think that because this man didn’t lose his hair, others may not have been well managed during the weight loss routine. Also, this man most likely didn’t have the genes for genetic alopecia, which might have precipitated hair loss.
Fin at a young age, 18, 19, 20, etc. Should you do it? Messing with your hormones at such a young age doesn’t seem like a good idea. Does it mess with them as much as people say and would you advise someone of that age to take fin if they’re balding?
I routinely prescribe finasteride to young men as I find it is often very effective. The time the hair loss is caught has much to do with its effectiveness. The earlier the hair loss or even before hair loss while the hairs are miniaturizing, the more the hair responds well to finasteride. Few men have complained about hormone issues to me. I have prescribed thousands of men this drug (all ages), and I notice those who lost hair within the past 2-4 years get the best response, while men who lost hair ten years or more only sometimes responded with hair regrowth. Even men in their 40s, if they start finasteride just after their balding starts (late balding men), should get a good response to finasteride.