Balding Blog

I’m in a bit of a predicament now. I can feel my hair getting thinner over the past year, but visually, my hair density still looks somewhat the same as before. If I were to take a picture right now, no one would even suspect I’m thinning because I still have a full head of hair. In fact the dermatologist I visited just took a look without using a trichoscan thought I was crazy and just prescribed me Minox unwillingly.

From what I have seen here, almost everyone hopped on Fin only when they start to see visible thinning. I haven’t come across anyone who has a head of hair on Fin. Despite people saying that prevention is the best, it seems that people only start medication once thinning becomes noticeable?

Finasteride has been shown to slow hair loss significantly when compared with men who didn’t take it. The spread between the two groups last years, showing that people who lose hair on finasteride lose it slower than they would have had they not taken in. Another way to look at it is that men on finasteride kept their hair longer over more than a decade than men who didn’t take it. Here is the graph that shows this: https://baldingblog.com/5-year-growth-plotted-with-propecia-compared-to-control-group/

I m 30 years old male with a complete Class 6 pattern of balding and I have had two FUE transplants with little to show for it. I want to try Propecia to revive the dead hair making i alive again. is that possible?

The drug finasteride does not bring back the dead hairs that you used to have. Photos would help me help you. The best approach is either to complete the transplant with a doctor who will give you a realistic expectation or get Scalpmicropigmentation to create the look of a full head of shaved hair, see: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/bold-shaved-look/

I have sex multiple times a day, 2-3 days a week, and masturbate quite regularly. How would this impact me while on fin?

No, because hair loss is an inherited pattern. For example, if you inherited a Class 3 pattern (just the corners of the hairline), an early appearance will not lead to more balding elsewhere. This is why I like to perform a HAIRCHECK test when I see a young man because we both want some indication as to what is going to happen to him in the years to come.

How true is it that the sooner you show signs of hair loss, the sooner you will end up bald? from tressless

Doubling the finasteride does does not double the gain. In fact, it probably will do nothing to your response. In the original Merck studies on finasteride, doses from 0.1 mg to as high as 10 mgs were tested and the results showed that the 1mg dose gave the best overall response. Increasing the dose might increase the risk of side effects.

Your donor area will never regrow since the hair grafts removed by the FUE are gone forever from the donor area. From the pictures it looks like you were both over-harvested (too many FUE grafts taken per square inch) and the area harvested was too high (not all of the grafts are permanent grafts and may eventually fall out). Scalp Micropigmentation will solve the see-through look (see here: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com)

Grafts are secure 5 days after your procedure and when all of the crusts are off. If your hair is tangled, use a good conditioner and a wide-toothed comb.