Propecia and Effectiveness

Thank you very much for your posts and the great help that you are offering to your readers and far beyond. You have stated in previous posts that Propecia halts the loss of hair but at the end the gene will win and the outcome will be as it should have been without taking Propecia. This is in a way depressing but do you have any statistics to what period of time Propecia remains effective. You mentioned previously 5 years for Propecia to peak. What will then happen after this 5 years period, will it lose its loss of hair benefits and hair starts falling again. Will it still beneficial to take it then. Thank you

Thank you for following BaldingBlog but there are some key misconception and understanding in your question.

Propecia (finasteride) does not halt hair loss forever but often slows it down, particularly in younger men. Genetic male pattern balding will take its course and you will continue to lose hair over time. Some men will have great response to Propecia and it can halt hair loss for years (as it did with a patient who I just met with who used it for 8 years and halted his hair loss but eventually genes will win out.

Propecia does not peak in 5 years. The clinical trial of Propecia was for 5 years. It showed that over the 5 years, men who took Propecia lost less hair than men who took a placebo.

Everyone is different in their progression of hair loss as it is written in their genes. Everyone is different in their response to medication such as Propecia. Thus the benefits of Propecia and its effectiveness is dependent on the individual.