As I’ve mentioned before, I’m part of an email group of hair doctors where we share patient experiences, share medical knowledge, and discuss various advances in hair loss treatments. Recently a doctor in the email group reported that one of his patients lost all of his body hair on Propecia. For whatever reason, I’ve received […]
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I’ve been consistent with my message about Propecia and the frontal hairline. Here’s a post from over four years ago, where I say the same thing — the medication doesn’t regrow at the hairline in most cases. Please understand that there is no cure for MPB. If you have the gene and it expresses itself, […]
Don’t panic! Results from a hair transplant will usually be seen from 3 months all the way up to 7 months on average. The speed at which it grows has nothing to do with success of the surgery. The waiting is the hardest part… but you’re going to have to find the patience. If at […]
A 44 year old journalist for The Mainichi Daily News took finasteride and his before/after photos are at the link above. It’s great to see some positive things posted on the internet once in awhile. The results look good, and may even get better if he continues the medication beyond his 6 month test. Thanks […]
As stated in my previous post: “Propecia (finasteride) blocks DHT. DHT is known to be responsible for secondary male characteristics, such as body hair. At least in theory, if you block DHT you would have less body hair. I have heard and seen on several occasions patients stating they got less body hair after a […]
I really do not see your logic. I mostly see your fear… fear that the drug can give you side effects. Is it worth the risk (for you)? Maybe you should question taking it altogether. There is a phenomenon known as the placebo effect… and it goes both ways. If you are preoccupied that a […]
I assumed Propecia would be coming to market after it was approved by the US FDA for clinical use in December, 1997. It made it to pharmacy shelves the following month. There had been rumblings of finasteride being a hair loss treatment for many years before this (it was FDA approved as a prostate medication […]
I have seen substantial growth from Propecia, and even a complete regrowth in the frontal area once or twice in my years in practice. Regrowth in the crown is much more common and expected in men under 30 years old. As for forums vs scientific data, well… let’s put it this way. If you got […]
Hair transplantation that failed is a subject you should discuss with the doctor who performed it. This doctor should give you a reasonable opinion as to why the failure occurred. When a hair transplant is unsuccessful, it is almost always caused by technical failures of the surgeon and his team. On rare occasions, the patient […]
You sent a lot of photos, but unfortunately most of them were from a distance and poor quality, so they don’t help me see much. The two best photos are shown below (click to enlarge) — the left photo is from 1 day post, the right photo is from 7 months post surgery. There does […]
If there was confusion, allow me to clarify. Propecia should work better in men who are actively balding and have progressive miniaturization of their hair. The thicker the hair shafts are in the miniaturization process, the better the Propecia will work. People who have ‘twigs’ for hair (those at the end of the miniaturization process […]
Why don’t you call your doctor who performed the surgery and ask for a follow up appointment? If I paid for something that didn’t turn out the way I thought it would, I’d contact the seller. Although you could apply that logic to buying a used car, this same principle goes for cosmetic surgery. If […]
I really think the driving force behind many of these products is the ability to make easy money. If I posted a study on the internet consisting of 2 people and said fertilizer applied to the upper lip caused a moustache to grow in thicker 50% of the time, I’d imagine there would be a […]
I do thank you for reading the site and I am more than happy to give you general information, but shouldn’t you be asking your post-surgical questions to the doctor who performed your surgery? Answering such specific and personal post-operative questions (simple as they may be) could be potentially misleading just by the fact that […]
The only oral medication that has been FDA approved for treating genetic balding in men (androgenic alopecia) is Propecia. So as the default, I guess it is the “strongest” medical treatment option at this time. This does not mean it will reverse or cure balding. In fact there is no cure! We are physicians. We […]
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