No, these drugs kick in quickly but it may take months to see the value of their use.
2020-06-08 04:00:132020-06-03 14:55:39Is It True That Fin/Min Don’t Truly Start to Kick in Until Around 9-12 Months After You Start Taking Them?
It’s been 5 months and the growth is not what I expected
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
Is minoxidil working if I developed arm and chest hair?
If you developed arm and chest hair with minoxidil and not scalp hair, that means that you are either taking it orally or absorbing a lot of the medication through your skin. I gather it is not working on your scalp hair?
2021-06-08 01:59:342021-01-04 15:01:33Is minoxidil working if I developed arm and chest hair?
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
Is My Hairline Receding Because of High Iron in the Water?
Hello Doctor, This is a hairline receding question. I have witnessed hair thinning and the hairline receding on the far right side of the temple. I’m certain that the same is making it’s way to the otherside and I’m not quite sure what to make of it. I am 25 years old and this thinning has gained pace ever since I moved to the eastern part of the country, some people say it’s because of the high iron content in the water here while others say it’s because I travel a lot being in marketing.
I have dense thick hair but this thinning is occuring rather quickly. We don’t have many good doctors where I’m currently working which is why I’m a bit hesitant to take their advice. I would really appreciate if you could help me out with this. Thanks.
While I can’t positively say what is causing your hair loss, my educated assumption would be that this is your genetics…. not iron levels in the water. It’s not uncommon for one side of the hairline to recede before the other, and while stress from travel might contribute to acceleration of the loss, I’d expect this is simply your genetics at play.
There are two proven medications to treat hair loss in men — Propecia (finasteride 1mg) and Rogaine (minoxidil). Propecia is by prescription only and both medications do have their limitations. In other words, you shouldn’t expect full regrowth (particularly in the hairline), but the hair loss may be halted from progressing for some time.
I Had 5500 FUE Grafts. Patients Often Ask ‘Will This Hair Grow Back’? (Photo)
The FUE procedure removes hair from the back of the head, so it can’t grow back. The amount of hair that can be removed is limited. If too much hair is removed, as in this person, the back of the head becomes thin and see-through as a result of the depleted donor area.
The number of FUEs that can be removed depends upon many factors. Most importantly, the original donor density must be measured by the surgeon before recommending FUE graft numbers. If too many grafts are removed from the donor area, balding in the back of the head (as shown here in this photo) occurs.
The initial problem, prior to a hair transplant, is that most patients want more hair moved, and surgeons are motivated by the money they receive for taking out more FUE grafts. So, without good planning, the donor area is often over-harvested, producing balding in the donor area (as shown in the photo below). I can state with almost 100% certainty that 5500 grafts would produce donor over-harvesting in 98% of the population because the original donor density in 98% of the population will not support this number of grafts (see here: https://newhair.com/donor-area/).
Is Propecia Making Me Lose My Quick Wit?
Two questions here,
- Can Propecia be taken before bed at night instead of, say, in the morning, or during the day?
- I saw some post about someone mentioning grogginess as a side effect of taking Propecia. I consider myself a pretty silver-tongued guy, sort of along the lines of Dane Cook. I speak relatively fast and somewhat witty, I’d hope. When I take Propecia I feel like I trip over my words more, thereby causing me to lose some of that quick wit. Does this make any sense or not?
- Once a day, anytime, will work for Propecia (finasteride 1mg). I generally suggest to take in in the morning when testosterone is highest in men, but I really do not have any figures on that, just my logical mind.
- There have been some reports on depression with Propecia, but I don’t know if your quick wit can be dulled by the medication. I haven’t had any reports from my patients about feelings of disorientation or foggy-headedness, but I had one person that I can recall wrote in a while ago saying they felt a little foggy when on Propecia (though it is unsubstantiated).
6 months microneedling + minoxidil (photos)
Again and again we are seeing results from 6 months of microneedling and I suspect as in this man the addition of minoxidil helps move it along. Possibly if he keeps it up, it may get better and better. This man said he got a good result on his hairline. I am surprised that he didn’t get more growth on the crown.
2020-06-24 02:06:452020-06-29 13:11:206 months microneedling + minoxidil (photos)
Is Telogen Phase the Same Length for Balding and Non-Balding Men?
Dear DR, hi,
I found your blog by searching about duration of telogen phase on Men with male pattern baldness. I’ve a pretty simple question: is the telogen phase the same for Baldness suffering peoples and “normal” peoples?
I’m asking you that because ive checked your blog, and i saw tons of guys complaining about masturbation/working out incidence on MPB. Alot said they saw some changes in the daily shedding (in good or worse) after 3-5 days only… How is that possible? I though a “dead” hair fell 100 days after the beginning of the telogen cycle. So how can they check the result of abstinence OR over masturbation only after a couple of days? Do i misunderstood something? As nobody never corrected them about this point, do that means the telogen phase for MPB men is equal to less than 2 weeks and not 2-3 months like for others men?
In advance, thank you. Regards.
The duration of the telogen phase varies in everyone. The cycle can be longer when there is miniaturization present . If a hair dies (apoptosis), it can die within a follicular unit or miniaturize within a follicular unit. The telogen cycle, I believe, is significantly longer than 2 weeks. So, for example, if you have a high density and many three-hair follicular units, one hair may go into miniaturization and at some point in the follicular unit’s cycle, that hair can die off.