Author: Dr. William Rassman

This is a predictable response for finasteride. This drug works best on the crown and it is more predictable with response in the crown when compared to the frontal area. The older you are, the less responsive the frontal reversal will be.

Fantastic results from just finasteride and microneedling for one year.

I believe it is much better after a year. What do you think doctor?

Because your hair is curly and you can’t replicate the exact same hair style and hair length, you must use subjective evidence of the value of the year on minoxidil unless you were checked with the HAIRCHECK test (https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/) which will give you a clear measurement of what has happened to your hair over the past year. Everyone who cares about their hair should do this if you are going to take the time and spend the money on saving your hair. See this post: https://baldingblog.com/follow-haircheck-test-5-years/

This man shaved his head so that he could tell the benefits of finasteride better with photos. He had restoration of much of the crown and some or the frontal hairs. This is not unusual in most men responds better in the crown.

This is a predictable response for finasteride. This drug works best on the crown and it is more predictable with response in the crown when compared to the frontal area. The older you are, the less responsive the frontal reversal will be.

Have you seen first sign of improvement on Finasteride after one year?

This is not uncommon. Sometimes just slowing the hair loss is hard to notice, but if, while taking finasteride, your biological hair loss activity slows down, then the finasteride may become more effective. This might explain why you see improvement appearing at one year after starting the drug. This drug, in sensitive men, can give reversal of hair loss especially in the young men under 25 or even 30. It works better in the crown than on the frontal areas.

Men always worry about hair loss and young men are hung up on the 3-4% risk of sexual side effects of the drug finasteride; but form time to time we see the huge impact of this drug on hair loss reversal in young men as shown in this photos of a young man on the drug for 2 years. Many doctors are now not prescribing this drug for fear of being involved in the Class Action law suits brought by men who are suing the drug company Merck as they fell that they are part of the 3-4% of those with sexual side effects. Nevertheless, here are the pictures I am referring to.

I was taking finasteride for 2 years. What do you think?

The slight corner recession has reversed on finasteride over the two year time span.

The pictures show nice filling in hair behind the hairline. It may still get better in the next year if you keep it up.

Amazing and complete reversal of frontal thinning on oral minoxidil. About 40+ percent of patients may be candidates for this drug.