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Is There a Good Way to Stop Taking Finasteride?

What is the best way to stop finasteride ? all of a sudden or gradually ? , can sudden withdrawal cause rebound effect and more worsening (speaking of side effects not hairloss) ? and if gradual withdrawal is the best then how can i do so ?

thanks

The half-life of the drug in your body is somewhere between 4-6 hours. That means essentially that most of the drug that you take today will be gone tomorrow. Once the drug levels drop below a certain level, you will lose the effectiveness of the drug and it may take 1-3 months for the impact of the loss to be seen in your hair falling out. Tissue levels may maintain the effect of the drug for a couple of weeks or so.

The answer to your question — there’s no “best” way to stop the medication.

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64 Year Old Female and Just Got Well After Severe Sickness and Lost Easily 50% of My Hair.

Telogen Effluvium is the medical term for acute hair loss that sometimes returns. The return reflects the hair cycle for most women of your age, which is relatively shorter than when you were younger. 50% of postmenopausal women have genetic hair loss from the mother’s side of their family. If it does not reverse in a year, consider a cosmetic solution that is often performed in postmenopausal women who have hair loss called Scalp Micropigmentation. Stress can induce genetic hair loss in women of your age which may not be reversible. (see: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/smp-for-women/)


2018-06-22 08:51:5864 Year Old Female and Just Got Well After Severe Sickness and Lost Easily 50% of My Hair.

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Is There More DUPA Today or Are People Just More Aware of It?

Is there an influx in people with diffuse unpatterned alopecia nowadays or is the internet just making people more aware of this sort of hair loss?

I’ve been using the internet for the past 7 years and initially information about DUPA was scarce, in fact your website was the first place I ever saw a mention of it. and now you can find hundreds of topics from all over the web talking about DUPA.

when did you personally start noticing this type of hair loss?

When we wrote about DUPA in the medical literature back in 1995 (PDF here), the diagnosis required that the physician look at the donor area with high power magnification.

With my invention of the hair densitometer with patent issued in 1994 (U.S. Patent 5,331,472 – Method and Apparatus for Measuring Hair Density July, 1994) the ability to look at the donor area was made feasible. It took quite a few years and constant physician education by myself and Dr. Bernstein to show the importance of this diagnosis. Doctors who had hair transplant failures discovered DUPA and then began to be a big fan of doing the high powered examination to avoid tackling such patients with surgical procedures.

To answer your question, education takes time and the doctors slowly began including the diagnosis in the range of possibilities in patients. As a result, more and more emphasis of this technology was brought to the public. The internet and this site also probably helped get the word out.


2012-10-15 09:55:33Is There More DUPA Today or Are People Just More Aware of It?

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Is this Traction Alopecia?

I am a 21 year old female suffering from traction alopecia. Unfortunately, due to my work I have to wear my hair in tight ponytails. I believe this has caused me to lose hair around my temples. What are my options ?

I would like to know if it is present on the other side as well. Sometimes a condition called Triangular Alopecia can cause a pattern of hair loss like this, but not as large. As your history is consistent with traction as a cause, then a hair transplant is the perfect answer, regardless of the cause.

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8 months on finasteride and now I have just developed nipple pain

I’ve been on finasteride 8 months. Hair is great. Freaked out about sides for the first few months but eventually calmed down and stopped visiting this forum. My sex drive is fine; however, I do have what seems like it could be the start of gyno behind one nipple. Its either that or just a swelling of tissue there (i mess with them a lot and could have squeezed too hard once). Its sometimes has a dull pain when i press on it, but the nipple isn’t sensitive.

See a doctor for an examination as that will identify and hopefully solve the problem.


2021-02-01 08:46:428 months on finasteride and now I have just developed nipple pain

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It has been 4 months, has the hair transplant failed? (Photo)

You are actually ahead of the curve and already have growth. At 4 months you still have another 4 months to see 80% of the growth to styling length of about 1 1/2 inches. Patience is a virtue, so wait a few more months and you might be very happy yet.


2020-09-01 09:56:27It has been 4 months, has the hair transplant failed? (Photo)

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I’ve Been Bald for 15 Years, So Is Rogaine Still An Option to Try for Regrowth?

All of my male relatives on both sides are bald, and I have been bald since I was 30 (currently 45). Is rogaine still an option for a head that has been basically dormant for 15 years? I have very little growth at all on top and in the back and I don’t know if it is a mid life crisis but I would like to have natural hair again. My brothers use toupees, but I refuse to go that way.

Please let me know if it would worthwile to try it, or if there would be little likelihood for success. Thank you.

NW7I would want to see you to determine just how bald you are and to figure out if these medications could help; however, if you have a full Norwood class 7 pattern of balding, you most likely will not have much of a benefit from Rogaine (minoxidil). Even if there is hair regrowth, it will be scant growth and not enough to make a notifiable difference.

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A Few Years Ago a Bald Spot Appeared at My Hairline…

A few years back I lost hair in a small area on the front of my scalp. My hair has not thinned anymore or anywhere else. Just this one spot on the front on my scalp, almost like a receding hairline but only one one side? What could it be?

You need to get a good doctor to look at it. There are many things that can cause a single spot of hair loss and a good dermatologist should be able to make that diagnosis for you.