Many articles have discussed the attractiveness of hairy men over balding men.  The most notable was a Mens Fittness article many years ago that stated that to be president of the United States (after Ike), you must have had hair.  Hair makes men appear more trustworthy, according to that article.  

24 years old. Started oral min and fin almost 8 months ago. My hair is not getting better at all. It honestley works worse at this point. I still lose over 200 hairs every day just like i did before I even started using the drugs. Was a NW2.5 when i started. Feel like I’m bout to reach NW3.5.

It would be best if you got an expert to evaluate you. I have heard many similar comments, but when I examined the person with those complaints and took a careful history, I found the solution to the problem. There is no substitute for an expert with years of experience; even the collective Reddit.com/r/tressless community doesn’t necessarily focus on YOUR problem.

What some men call a Norwood Class 2.5 pattern, they need the correct diagnosis. Your hair loss may be from all around your head or, without disrespect, in your head. The average Caucasian male loses 100-150 hairs daily and regrows that same amount.  You never sent photos, so I will work in a Black Box scenario. 

Im acting a bit dumb in the title. I know that you should stay on medication after a hair transplant because otherwise the remaining hair might thin and fall out leaving you with patches of hair. But I also often hear that the transplanted hair will also fall out. Now this does make a little less sense to me when you follow the common opinion that the hair on the back of your head is more resistant to DHT. If that’s the case, shouldn’t they last forever like they do with most people (even with aggressive hair loss there remains the beloved „horseshoe“). This would only make sense to me if there was indeed another difference between the back and top scalp. Not to indulge in bro science but it seems to me that DHT sensibility isn’t the only thing here.  Am I missing something?

Although the hair around the back and sides of the head is generally thought to be lifetime hair, that may not be correct as people age.  This lifetime hair often reduces in numbers with age and hair thickness (Age-Related Thinning).  Now, from a practical point of view, the problem is not the hair transplants in a 10-20 year horizon for a young man having a hair transplant; the problem is with the residual hair as hair loss is progressive, so medications treat your remaining hair that may be impacted by the progressive nature of hair loss. 

I’m age 38 and started to use minoxidil 2 times a day as well as 1 mg Finasterid daily. I also do derma rolling with 5mm needles 2 times a week and take keratin vitamins daily. I wear my hair long and made huge progress.

This is an amazing reversal. I congratulate you for your persistence.  For my readership, pre-menopausal women must not get pregnant if they choose to take finasteride, or their baby may have sexual identification issues.  I would advise you to reduce your dermaroller depth to no longer than 1.25mm.  Longer, like the ones you are using, will likely cause deep scarring in the dermis. 

 I’m 23 and in the past 4-5 months my hair got extremelly thinner all around, especially on the top of my head. I notice it when my hair is wet or when light shines onto it. My temples also arent doing great. My hairdresser and family say it isnt that bad at all, but i think they might be lying to not hurt my feelings. I try to convince myself that it is because of stress (i had a pretty rough year) but considering my fathers part of the family it might not be the case. Honestlly i have no idea on how to deal with this at 23, i know that i cant. It is already hurting my confidence big time, and while i already had a really hard time dating, it will now only get harder as my confidence will drop. I know that there are way worse things in life and many people go bald, but i just cant see myself adapting to being bald in the near future. Sorry for bad english or if this was a bit long.

I have started taking Fin 1mg for the past 20 days. I was suffering from mild depression, nothing serious but last few days I am having more depressive thoughts. Does finastride cause or increase depression?

Yes, men who have depression might consider not taking finasteride and try oral minoxidil as an alternative drug, as finasteride can induce more depression.