I think that your dermatologist is off base. The medical facts do not support him and the earlier you start Propecia, the less hair you will lose. Propecia should be started at the early onset of hair loss. Hair loss is a one way street, progressing only to more balding when it is caused by […]
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There is a wide audience of young men (over a million) who have taken Propecia and we know that in the very young man with active miniaturization, the process may be reversed. This occurs mostly in young men in their 20s. I would guess that if we castrated 1 million men who are balding in […]
I believe you are probably safe, as you have not taken the drug long enough to get the benefit you would lose by stopping it.
Finasteride does not stop working, but your hair loss can continue while you are taking it. Some people report a noticeable decline in the benefits they saw from Propecia after the 5 year mark or so, but that just means your body is winning the tug of war over genetic balding. If you stop the […]
If you don’t know why you stopped taking Propecia, how are you sure you remember when you actually stopped taking it? I can’t give you an end date for the catch-up loss, as I wouldn’t know how to determine one. The hair loss may never catch up, even with just a 2 months hiatus. You […]
You are likely experiencing “catch-up” hair loss, which occurs when one stops taking Propecia after being on it for a period of time. The hair loss noted when the drug is stopped will be the same as if you were never on it at all. By stopping it, you are bringing yourself back to the […]
On again and off again Propecia (finasteride 1mg) does not get you all of the hair back that you lost when you stopped the drug. You need to stick with a knowledgeable doctor and maintain taking the drug daily. Taking Propecia should be a lifetime commitment. Anything less will eventually push you into what I […]
Think of a timeline that you are progressing on (your timeline), then look a couple years down that line — assuming you took Propecia (finasteride 1mg) for the first year and then stopped it, you will be in exactly in the same place as if you never took it. I always tell patients that when […]
We do not bald symmetrically, so your observations are correct. The patterned hair loss which everyone references generally does not occur uniformly. Miniaturization varies by part of the scalp and the genetic patterns you inherit. Although most hair loss is started with signs of miniaturization, sometime this miniaturizing does not show and the hair loss […]
Symmetry is the key ingredient in the perception of beauty. Unfortunately, most of us are not perfectly symmetrical and it is not unusual for the tranformation to a mature hairline to be unsymetrical. Your eyes, nose, ears, teeth, and even hairline is never perfectly symmetric. When one start to lose hair from MPB or even […]
These are important questions. First of all, Propecia (finasteride) at the 1mg dose adequately slows down hair loss in all men undergoing genetic hair loss. I am firm about this opinion so if you are thinning, then finasteride is a critical correct step in the process. If you stop taking it, you develop what I […]
Propecia is under U.S. Patent laws and there aren’t any generic brands legally available in the U.S. While I realize many people may take the generic brands, there is no way for me to assure you that you are getting what you are paying for. Furthermore, I cannot comment on a drug which you do […]
I often see men like yourself very upset when they come to my office after stopping Propecia. I always tell my patients that if they stop taking Propecia, they need to plan for ‘catch-up hair loss’, meaning that the time of taking the drug is wiped clean and the hair loss accelerates to where it […]
I am not sure what you are asking. I assume that you lost hair after you stopped taking Propecia and minoxidil and that you noticed that more hair is falling out, yet you still have a full head of hair. Stopping these medications should not cause you to lose more hair than you would have […]
The time it takes to play catch-up is about 3-6 months. Forgetting to take the pill a day or two might have a marginal effect on you.
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