I tell my patients that they can expect to see 80% of the growth in 8 months to styling length so be patient, you still might see the growth
5 months finasteride (photo)
5 years on finasteride and will now stop it
I’ve been in fin for 5 years and maintained everything I had, even grown some back. Hairline looks great. A little thin around my right temple, but other that, great. Reason I’m stopping, is I’m having some slight pain when ejaculating and the wife and I have been trying to have another kid for almost a year with no luck. Semen seems to be hit or miss. Sometimes it looks thick, other times it looks thin and watery. Anyways,I’m 30 now, and just going to shave it all off. I’ll try to keep you guys updated if curious. I have stayed away from here from the fear mongering as it wasn’t healthy for my mental health, but wanted a place to post.
You should think twice about the decision to stop finasteride after 5 years of use. You will lose all of the hair you would have lost over the past 5 years once you stop the medication. I have seen many men regret the decision. Watery semen is a common occurrence. I am writing this to let you know the consequences of stopping finasteride.
2021-08-24 01:53:372021-08-21 10:37:175 years on finasteride and will now stop it
I Had 5000 FUE Grafts and Now Can’t Wear My Hair Short Anymore
An FUE surgery of 5,000 grafts is most likely too many grafts for the donor area in 98% of the population. As a result, you have a problem with over-harvesting which produces a see-through donor area. The original density may have been too low to support the number of FUE grafts you had done. You now have a depleted donor area, and since your hair appears short in the photo, this problem is made worse. If you let your hair grow out more, maybe it will cover this overharvested donor area. One reasonably good solution is Scalp Micropigmentation.
Whatever you do, do not do another FUE as your situation will become worse. FUE is often promoted as a scar-less surgery, but clearly, it is misleading as in your situation. You can either let your hair grow longer to cover it or get Scalp MicroPigmentation which will camouflage these bald areas exceptionally well.
5 months on finasteride (from Reddit)
The lighting on the pictures should be better to be sure of what we are seeing, but what it looks like is great. I expect that it is real
5 Months on Finasteride and Minoxidil Results (from Reddit) with Photos
This shows the value of these two medications when used in combination. The pictures tell the story.
2018-09-19 05:30:272018-09-19 06:51:145 Months on Finasteride and Minoxidil Results (from Reddit) with Photos
5 months on finasteride (photos)
Understanding what we are seeing is not good with photos here., but a HAIRCHECK test ( https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/ ) would give an actual number to what you think may be increased hair growth. These numbers don’t lie but photos can be misleading. You can see how photos can mislead you here: https://baldingblog.com/photos-taken-20-seconds-apart/
2020-04-17 10:34:472020-04-19 07:42:535 months on finasteride (photos)
5 Months After My Transplant, Nothing Has Grown In and Now I’m Losing Hair All Over!
Hi Dr. Rassman,
I find your blog to be incredibly informative and helpful to those with concerns after their hair transplants. I decided to undergo a transplant exactly 5 months ago as preventative maintenance. 1,700 grafts to fill-in the thinning top portion of my head. I still have hair on my head, but under direct light you could visibly see through to my scalp. I followed my doctor’s instructions and had no major issues after the surgery.
At 5 months, the incision scar is still pink and I have occasional pimples on the top of my head (with what seems to be a noticeable increase in grease on my head). Also, after the surgery I had shock fallout. But it seems that ever since my surgery for the last five months my shedding has been consistently increased. Not just from the top of my head, but all over (sides and back). I have yet to see any growth from the grafts. But I have noticed white streaks in my hair. I have pitch black hair, and there are now random strips of white developing throughout my hair (I had never had white hair before the surgery). Is it possible that the shock of surgery would cause some of my hairs to begin to turn white?
And I’m also concerned at this point that my grafts will not grow in and that I will continue to get thinner and thinner since my fallout has increased. Thank you for your input and advice.
In my practice, we never recommend a hair transplant surgery for “preventive maintenance”, mainly because most patients would not likely see much of a result as they continue to bald and run the risk of being worse off. There is also a good possibility that the surgically induced hair loss might make it look worse, something we call “shock loss”.
If you are really losing hair on the sides, maybe something else is going on like diffuse unpatterned alopecia (DUPA). Shock loss doesn’t usually cause hair to fall out from the back and sides of the head. White hair does appear with stress on some people, but I really do not understand the cause. It sounds like you need a good doctor to talk with and be examined by. Perhaps the surgeon that did your transplant would be a place to start.
In general it takes about 6 to 8 months before you can see results and I tell my patients that most people can see 80% of the impact from a hair transplant in 8 months. You should notice growth beginning about now and see improvement in the next 3 months. If you are young and had the transplant without taking the drug finasteride, and assuming that your preventive hair transplants were not really needed, then you will most likely not have as much hair as you did before the transplant (based upon what you are saying here). Hopefully though, over the next 3 months you’ll see some gains.
5 month finasteride then dutasteride (Photo)
2020-10-14 02:43:342020-09-28 08:49:025 month finasteride then dutasteride (Photo)