Propecia’s Effectiveness on Different Ethnicities

Hi, I am a 23 y.o. male and I have been experiencing steady hairloss since Jan 2005. Baldness runs in my dad’s side of the family. I have been on Rogaine for the past year and it hasn’t stopped the loss but only slighlty slowed it down. To be fair I have only been using Rogaine once a day for quite a while now. My hair loss seems to be even across the top of the head and I am not noticing too much of receding of the hairline just hair loss on top of the head. The loss has increased in the last three months ever since i started my new job and started getting a little more stressed. While the stress is manageable, hair loss is making me uneasy. I recently got a prescription for Propecia. My questions

1. Will Propecia be effective given I have been using Rogaine for a while
2. Does Propecia result in additional stress
3. I am Indian – is Propecia known to be more/less effective on different ethinicities?

Thank you.

Here are the answers to your questions:

1. Yes, Propecia is working through a different mechanism and will have additive effect if being used with Rogaine, and will be still effective if used after stopping Rogaine.
2. I am not sure if I understand your question, but if you are asking about side effects of medications, it has been explained in several posts in this blog and emotional distress or anxiety is not one of them.
3. Propecia was not exclusively studied on Indians, but there have been some variations in response to it in different ethnicities. The effectiveness of the medication on vertex baldness has been compared in different ethnic groups as below: