Author: Dr. William Rassman

I tell most of my patients that they should use both medications when the area you are treating is small as in this man. Faster than normal response but I can’t tell which of the two medications caused the new hair that is clearly there.

5 weeks on fin and min. Couldn’t be happier so far. from tressless

Great story. When you start early with the approach you used (like prior to the age of 21), the likeliness of these types of results increase significantly. Many times, different hair forums focus on the worst problems that people experience and too few come forward to tell their positive stories, which I know are much more common than most people realize. Congratulations.

The drugs do work. My hair regrowth journey (with pics) from tressless

This is a great video which shows many photos of what to look for in patients, the doctors work and how they do it, the importance of the microscope in every FUE, etc.. The speaker had the worst hair transplant from the 1990s on his own head and had it fixed, but probably put the hairline a tad bit too high. He missed two important nuances of the FUE. (1) The skin of the FUE grafts is trimmed under the microscope. By trimming off most of the skin, the cobbling of the skin, something called cobblestonning (like the old streets which used bricks instead of pavement) produces small elevations of the graft at the point where the skin enters the scalp. (2) The grafts are always placed flush with the skin so that bumps never appear at the point where the grafts enter the scalp. Nevertheless, this is one of the best videos I have seen for evaluating a doctor.

My husband began balding at 24. He is epileptic and a switch to a different anticonvulsant exacerbated what doctors say is genetic hair loss. Within a year, he lost 50% of his hair. Because he lacked health insurance, his doctor refused to allow him off the medication. It was not until it stopped working that we again switched.

Although he stopped taking the medication, his hair never returned. It continued to shed in tremendous amounts. Along with it went his self-esteem and all the things he liked about himself. In June of 2018, we met with a dermatologist that suggested finasteride and Minoxidil 5%. The first photo is from then, when he first began taking 1 mg/day. It is still his current dose. In addition, he uses Kirkland Minoxidil twice a day and Nizoral shampoo three times a week. In addition, he does microneedling once a week. He sure has come a long way and I am proud of him.

Nothing like staying the course

They say than pictures are worth 1000 words, Great results from using finasteride and minoxidil in combination. If he would have been transplanted, the hairline would be lower, halfway between were it is and the highest crease of his furrowed brow which he nicely shows.

I’m a 26 year old male, 157 lean, healthy diet, active lifestyle.

Many users may not want to hear this, but your lack of side effects may well be your ignorance of them. Finasteride affects your hormones, no argument—that is its entire purpose.

I used it for a year, and it 100% worked! Hairline strengthened, had a full head of hair, and even all grew faster. Body hair reduced as well for an added bonus. I was monitoring any immediate changes in mood/cognitive function/libido but sensed nothing different over the 12 months. This is only because they were so gradual.

I stopped taking it two weeks ago, I feel like I used to in college. It feels like I’ve always had a cup of coffee compared to needing to “wake myself up” before doing anything requiring thought or strength. I’m not sore as long after lifting, and I’ve already gained about 5 pounds of lean mass, as if my body was holding out on me all year. I’m sleeping completely through the night compared to waking up multiple times. I also am constantly horny again.

All these gradual changes I went through, I never noticed or completely rejected because I so badly wanted them to not exist. It worked, but just know you could be a better version of yourself (with less hair) if you hopped off fin.

Ignorance is bliss, however, and beauty is pain. I may start taking it again in the future, but I’m enjoying the DHT right now—it clearly serves a purpose in your body.

When you stop finasteride after getting good results from it, all of the benefits will be lost over a few months and if there was potential progression of the hair loss, you will see that too.

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