https://news.uci.edu/2022/06/30/uci-led-team-discovers-signaling-molecule-that-potently-stimulates-hair-growth/
To the people who are on it, how is it? How long after starting did you see improvement? And what’s your dosage? I could never comply to topical twice a day and the side effect profile does not seem bad given it’s mainly hypertrichosis at a low dose. Of course I am on fin as well nearly 5 months in, but I need growth and I am young so I was a Norwood 1 not so long ago so I believe I can recover (19M)
Oral minoxidil pills work by giving you some hypertrichosis, including your scalp. Many men find that some additional body hair is not a problem if they get their head hair back. Now with that said, if you really have a Norwood Class 1 pattern of balding, you should not start treating yourself for hair loss because the Norwood 1 pattern is probably a juvenile hairline that most men lose with maturity.
My finasteride pills that I received are 5mg each and are shaped weird and are awfully small . How could I cut these into 1mg pills or say 0.5. I could cut it into 4s then Halves to get 0.6 but I am not all too sure?
Finasteride 5mg is the generic Proscar, but you can purchase generic 1 mg finasteride pills. If you wanted to go down to .25mg (1/4 dose), then I would suggest that rather than cut the pills, take one 1mg pill ever 4 days. In my opinion, the key to low dosing is to target the weekly summary dose.
Donor site depletion reflects poor planning with FUE when the donor supply is not analyzed properly. Watch this video to learn from this man’s experience as he tells his surgery story
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I believe that the real cure will be a genetic one with Crisper; however, we haven’t yet identified all of the hair loss genes so it will be some time to get where we need to be.
Very nice improvement will only get better in time. Stick to your plan as it is working
This is one thing that concerns me about finasteride but also about topical finasteride. I’ve long considered topical finasteride as a safer alternative to finasteride, but then I think, ‘what if it rubs off onto a partner who i don’t yet know is pregnant’ or to someone else via furniture, pillow cases etc. I’d be very concerned about harming anyone else…
The timing of the application may solve it. For example, if you don’t have a partner, apply at night and wash it off in the morning. IF you have a pregnant partner, apply it when you go to work and wash it off when you come home.
I have DUPA (confirmed by dermatologist). I wanted to know if DUPA sufferers are suitable for beard transplant ? I hope I’m not taking too much of your time. Thank you and have a nice day !
Have your dermatologist look at your beard as these hairs can be used for a hair transplant. You can also use body hair, but the hairs are not the best because they don’t grow long and spend half of their life in sleep mode (telogen).
According to a google search, the number is about 3 million. In the United States the number is about 1+ Million men
Does everyone who has an FUE mean everyone that the follicles get transfered from the donor zone, have small scars and loss of the hair grafts from where it was taken? I noticed a lot of ppls donor zone regrowing after surgery so im a bit confused
It would take an act of G-d to grow hair that has been removed from FUE. Doctors are not G-d. Small scars occur with FUE, that is just what it is and the follicular units are gone forever in the donor area.
These pictures say it all
I have Afro hair, would the FUT approach be the best? What’s your experience regarding FUT scars for African patients? Thank you for any thoughts
FUT scars are fine with African hair types provided that you don’t have a Keloid history. There are other factors that determine the scar including (1) laxity of your scalp, how the wound is closed (I prefer staples and leave them in 20 days for half and then 1 week for the other half), and (3) the use of deep sutures for a two layer closure. These are technical details not clear unless you are a surgeon yourself.
Nice early growth of short hairs at the hairline which will only get better over the next 6 months
Finasteride does two things when you are having a hair transplant:
1- It prevents shock loss (loss of the hair you would have lost in the coming two years which is accelerated)
2- It stabilizes the progressive nature of genetic balding
So yes, giving up these benefits is not uncommon and you can have a hair transplant without finasteride.