Does finasteride eventually stop working over time to either regrow or maintain hair for everyone that takes it as their genes for balding take over?
Finasteride maintains benefits; however, your hair’s ability to stop its eventual pattern may not be stopped by finasteride, just slowed down. I have seen men on finasteride for 15-20 yrs stop it, and they lost significant amounts of hair as a result suggesting even that far out (20 years) doesn’t stop finasteride’s effectiveness
Microneedling can work independently of medications but could be a better or faster response.
Great result with the disappearance of the corner recession. It also appears that the hairline has filled out, suggesting that it reversed miniaturization in the hairline.
If you are going to take minoxidil pills, there is no need for the topical.
Note that this young man has a widow’s peak, which is a remnant of his juvenile hairline. He also has his corner hair from his juvenile hairline, which appears to be weaker and will eventually fall out as his hairline takes on a “V” shape (see arrow). Some men falsely think that this is balding, but I tell them that this is a maturing hairline is process.
The arrows point to the areas where his hair grew back. Nice job!
Your crown is fuller, and best of all, the hair thinning didn’t progress.
This man is clearly sensitive to the medications and the microneedling
The average Indian has a lower density than a Caucasian of about 1.9 hairs/follicular unit (the Caucasian average is 2.2 hairs/follicular unit), so unless his hair is very coarse, his donor area is clearly depleted. He may find that he doesn’t have enough hair to cover the donor area. Additionally, this man’s FUE was taken outside the donor area. His entire remnant Class 6 pattern was harvested. If he develops a Class 7 pattern of balding, then he will lose more than half of the hairs transplanted.
I am 37 years old and had this balding for 10 years. I started using 1 mg PO finasteride daily 1 ml topical minoxidil twice daily 1 biotin vitamin daily, Saw palmetto shampoo, plus 0.5 mm micro needling at home 2-3 times per week.
I would increase the microneedling needles to 1.25mm and reduce the treatments to once a week. That depth gets to the stem cells that control the growth of the follicles to react to the wounds. You also might consider switching to oral minoxidil. Speak with your doctor. The photos suggest that the stem cells are still there and alive, so push the depth of the microneedling t where the stem cell reside.
David Beckham’s photo in the Telegraph shows a very normal hairline with possibly some frontal thinning. The shape of his hairline is normal and the temple peaks are prominent. The picture on the right must have been created for some nefarious reason. The picture on the right shows an abnormally shaped hairline; however, it was likely photoshopped? We can’t always believe what we see.
This 40-year-old male reversed his hairline recession with minoxidil 6%, 0.3% finasteride topical solution as well as microneedling. I suspect that without the microneedling, he would have had no response. Microneedling is a fantastic treatment for almost any age man with balding. The problem with microneedling is “Will it last” and if so, how long without continuing the process.
My hair, black and white picture, which has receded in similar pattern to the colour picture attached. It’s styled so the front is swept to the side and I think highlights my receded hair line, Norwood 2/3, or at least doesn’t make it look good.
I want to keep my hairstyle natural looking while making the hairline look as good as possible. for example I don’t want to push my hair forward just to cover the hairline. Has anyone been in a similar position have any styling tips or ways they get their haircut at the hairdresser’s to make their hair look good without changing the style too much?
That is a good positioning of a mature hairline design, something I have been creating for over 30 years with hair transplants. This is a realistic hairline. The number of grafts to create this hairline would be 1200 if your hair was coarse, 1500 if your hair was medium, and 1800 if your hair was fine.
Does my hairloss related to high testestrone?i just got my bloodwork and my testestrone was 1130 ng. I taking finasteride for 8 month. I didn’t take DHT test but I have plan to do it in future. Currently I am in middle of the situation that i don’t know my hairloss is because of finasteride shedding or high testestrone or dht.
Hair loss has not been correlated to normal high testosterone levels. Exogenous testosterone, which changes your normally high testosterone levels or a person’s normal testosterone levels, will produce hair loss.