Author: Dr. William Rassman

I took my first 0.25mg of fin yesterday, and today I can’t get an erection. I have no idea if its the compounding fear in the back of my head to check if I have side effects that is preventing my dick to get hard, but I struggle to get “into” porn that would usually get my blood pumping to my member almost immediately. Again, have no idea if its fin or if its in my head, but still I want to wait out the finasteride and see if my dick gets hard again. If it does, then its the fin that caused the ED.

With ED developing in just one day, I suspect you are dealing with a powerful placebo effect, rather than a drug effects; nevertheless, it should be out of your system in less than one month, but I have seen lingering effects last 2-3 months on occasion. I would stop the finasteride.

Firstly your site has done wonders to increase my knowledge. However, I first noticed losing my hair at the age of 27 in the crown. I am now 37 and the loss has increased dramatically all over, so much so that I am receding into my bald crown. My hair grows unevenly but now only hair on the top grows but at different lengths and rate. My receding hairline is now moving into the middle of my head which is now very thin. Miniturisation is throughout. I thought that this process would have slowed into my late thirties. Should this be the case or is this a very long balding process? In fact it has sped up over the last 18 months, Is this normal? Been on propecia 4 1/2 months with little effect. In my situation will propecia have some impact at all? Thank you very much

First of all, I would expect that you should see slowing of the balding process about now. The full value of Propecia takes a full year or so. We use general rules about balding and although most men slow down their balding process in their 30s, some don’t follow the doctor’s rules. Hair loss is a progressive process in most men, but fortunately it slows down to a ‘crawl’ by the time most men reach their 40s. You should be followed by a good doctor with yearly miniaturization studies. At the least, it will give you a good metric as to how you are doing. Good photography will also help define what is happening to you. You need to have a good dialog with a doctor who can work you through the process you are going through.

Man on here I only see „3 months progress fin/min“ and those guys always transform from nw6 to a full nw1. I am currently 3 months on fin about 5 on min and I am not sure if I have any results (diffuse thinning). Maybe I am shedding maybe not i dont even fking now anymore diffuse thinning your hair looks one day great and the next day like you are bald as fck. Just wanted some reasureance if anyone of you still saw great results afterwards bc I am becoming insane.

Many times, it takes up to a year to see the results from finasteride. Finasteride always works either by slowing, stopping, or reversing the hair loss. Be patient.

Generally the statement is ok. I see many men immediately stop the loss and have have seen reasonable growth in less than 6 months on some men but I tell everyone to wait 12-18 months to see maximum yield.

I’m a 30 year old guy with diffuse thinning hair. I started to take finasteride about 3 years ago and to be honest I’m not certain if it did anything for me as I didn’t have any regrowth during that time. However I’ve been able to greatly regrow a lot of my hair through microneedling over the last 2 years. I wanted to get your take on wether the hair I regrew with microneedling could be permanent? I reduced my finasteride dosage from 7 mg per week to about 3mg per week about 6 months ago and haven’t lost any ground. Your educated guess? Thank you!

I don’t believe that anyone knows for sure about how long microneedling induced hair will last. I am guessing it will last about one hair cycle (Max) which in a young man could be 3 years.

What are the chances the regrowth I have from microneedling my scalp is “permanent”. I have diffuse thinning and microneedling has given me regrowth without any topicals.

I am fairly certain that these new hairs will not be permanent. They may last as long as a single hair cycle which is usually 2-3 years for the average young male. This is an educated guess, of course.