There is no doubt that Propecia will play an important role in preventing shock loss from a hair transplant surgery. With regard to the cancer issue, the study that I am aware of shows what appears to be a more aggressive cancer with people taking Propecia, but that conclusion is based on the interpretation of […]
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In your first paragraph, you mostly defined the way the balding process impacts the scalp. The loss of blood vessels and the development of atrophic changes along with the fibrosis is the result of the disappearance of hair. Without the rapidly growing hair ‘organ’ there is no need for the infrastructure supplied by (for example) […]
Yes, through people that have written in to this blog, I have heard that this is a side effect. I have had one patient of mine who (like you) reported reduced body hair with Propecia use. I just wish it would have done that for me because at times I feel that I look like […]
There is no way to tell other than to wait it out. Most men can regrow what they lose after stopping Propecia for a month. What I want the readers of this blog to note is that the hair on this man is being held on his head because of the Propecia. Had he not […]
Swimming and chlorine in the pools will not produce hair loss. Two months on Propecia is not enough. To get benefits that you might be able to see, it takes a good 8 months. Of course, that implies that hair will regrow, but this drug works well to arrest hair loss which will not show […]
I am guessing that Johnny Depp did not have them either as I have no direct experience with him. I haven’t read anything where he has said he’s had hair transplants, so I couldn’t say. If he did and I did it, I would not be able to say that I did him because it […]
Dandruff can not cause balding unless you pick at it and then you develop traction alopecia. People who pick at their flaking areas may have an obsessive disorder called trichotillomania. Balding and hair loss are usually genetic. Too many people are using drugs like you listed above that do little to address the dandruff (no […]
You may be going through a rapid hair loss phase and it is possible that if Propecia is working, it may not be working enough to stop the recession. We know that this drug traditionally works better in the crown, so I would not be surprised to see it less effective in the front (particularly […]
There are no prostate cancer and minoxidil linkages that I know which contribute to prostate cancer. You may be thinking of finasteride (Proscar). The issue at hand it that on the 5mg dose of finasteride, there is a reduction in cancer of the prostate in people taking the drug after 7 years.
I would strongly suggest that you continue to use Propecia for the long term. If you stop it, there will almost certainly be fairly extensive hair loss based upon the fact that you had good slowing of the hair loss from using it. The protection that Propecia gives you will disappear once you stop it […]
I would worry about an allergic response to Propecia. Swelling of the lips could point to such a problem. I would assume that some doctor has prescribed the medication for you, so see that doctor and ask for more information from him/her. At 20, you need your hair mapped out for miniaturization to determine what […]
There are no studies I am aware of that show such information. There are some general observations that I have made about finasteride which are strictly my opinion, however. Finasteride works better: in younger men or when the hair loss is more recent (less than 2 -3 years) in the crown for restoring hair to […]
I am sure that Propecia keeps it effectiveness over many, many years. The issue is one of your progressive hair loss that comes with the genetic male hair loss process. The thing that we do not know is whether the loss stabilizes at a final pattern that will be better than had you never taken […]
Everybody reacts differently to drugs. The shedding that you are talking about is very rare and a transient process when it does occur. You may be over-reacting to what you read. I cannot predict how you will respond, but if you have genetic balding, then Propecia should give you some relief within a few months […]
There may be value in some of these, but there is no clear proof of value here. If you want a DHT solution to its impact on hair loss, then Propecia (finasteride) is the best solution for men. Anything else is speculative. I tend to look at taking these remedies as if your hair follicles […]
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