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From the New York Times, this article discusses verteporfin, a new miracle drug for preventing scars: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/health/surgery-scar.html

According to the article, this drug is not yet FDA approved for use in humans for the prevention of scarring.

Is there a way to predict if you are going to respond or not? Like are there any patterns of hair loss that Finasteride significantly does not work for?

Not everyone responds to finasteride. You may not be a responder; however, if you are going to take it, stay on a regular routine and do it for at least a full year. Privately, I have been told that a new test will soon be available that will tell who will and who will not respond to this drug.

The more FUE grafts that are taken from the donor area, the more see-through the donor area is. This is what happens when more doctors and people push the FUE to greater and greater numbers; more balding appears in the donor area. Your history of 4,400 grafts suggests that your donor density was low, which would create this problem.

I’ve been noticing so far that for the past 6 months while on fin my erections have been getting less hard. is this normal or has anyone else experienced this?

2-4% of men taking finasteride will experience some level of ED. The options could be to reduce your dose to half of a quarter of the dose and continue it for 6 weeks at the lower dose, increase it gradually but stop at taking one pill every other day (half the dose is 80% as effective). Alternative number 2, stop the drug

Yes, if you are shedding and shampooing, the fallen hairs that are in the hair will fall out. IF you are rough, more hair will be pulled out so use gentle techniques when shampooing especially if you are losing hair already.

Is it normal to lose hair while shampooing ? from tressless

Yes, women can use 10% minoxidil provided that they don’t get facial hair, which is a known side effect.

We now know that there is a gene that contributed to Alzheimer Disease. It is called ApoE4 and is found roughly in 15% of the population. Although males carrying the gene are only slightly more likely to get the disease, women had a 180% increase in the incidence of those carrying the gene. The gender specific nature has not been explained. Why am I writing this for a Hair Loss Blog is because we all have parents and you might find that this information becomes valuable if your parents are over 60 year old.