What’s a Typical Result After a Year on Propecia?

Hey doc, just finsihing my 10th month on propecia, pretty sure hair isnt any better maybe alittle worse in front. However I think propecia is working to at least slow down my loss. So my question is, after 1 year of treatment what is the state of the typical propecia users hair. Also what is their own opinion of their hair, before you look at it, do they think that their hair is better, worse, or the same? Finally I have heard that best results (thickening of hair) do not happen until 24 months, how true is that for most of your patients? Thanks!

It takes about 2 years to maximize the benefits of Propecia (finasteride 1mg), but in one year you will kind-of know what you are going to get. Reversal of frontal hair loss is not common, but stopping or slowing the hair loss is common. Response to this drug is often age dependent with the younger men getting more benefits, provided that they are not heading to a Norwood Class 7 (extreme case) by the age of 23.

The hair that reverses in the crown is just like it was before it went away, but you really can not tell one hair from the other. The degree of miniaturization is a better indicator for benefits if you want a metric on this process.