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Hair Loss Drugs Share your opinions and experiences regarding drugs like Propecia (finasteride), Minoxidil and others.

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Old 01-21-2003, 01:02 PM
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Does anyone know the half life of propecia ??? I read somewhere where a doctor recommends propecia every "other" day
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Does anyone know the half life of propecia ??? I read somewhere where a doctor recommends propecia every "other" day
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It's less than 2 weeks. Merck's own clinical study said, " . . . discontinuation of the therapy resluted in a return of DHT levels to pretreatment levels in approximately 2 weeks."

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PDM,

I use 1/2 mg of Propecia daily, for me it has been as effective as 1mg daily. I am 42 and feel my "advanced" age..lol, only warrants a smaller dose.

This is only regarding myself, for younger guys I say go 1 mg daily and check with your Doc.

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Dr Rose is one of the top HT doctors in the country and I wasn't dissuaded of that.
He prefers a conservative approach. I think he did me right by placing many FUs behind my hairline to plan for possible future loss. I have my father's hairline/hairloss. My top is thinning a little and his is very thin.
In other words, the doctor helped me not trade in all my tomorrows for today. I think that shows good judgment.
My hair looks like crap right now because my transplanted FUs have fallen out. They'll grow back in the next 3-12 months. I can say that after surgery, I saw a real aesthetic improvement. I have a young face and a low hairline would look great on me, but I have a NW2 hairline in the works, and that is fine by me because I won't look weird at 40 and such.
I'll let you know how things turn out. I have TONS of pictures I'm trying to organize into a website, including side-by-side before and after picts and such.
I also have a couple of picts that show the geometry of Dr Rose's work. They show the geometry because I took picts of me and drew in horizontal and vertical lines and such. They show a hairline with slight asymmetry which is natural. I think those picts show he did a great job on my hairline. I'll e-mail those to you if you want. They'll be on my website eventually, but if you need help with your decision, I'll share them with you early.

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I think Dr Rose gave you excellent advice on your hairline, I am 42 and had I lost hair earlier, I may have made the low hairline mistake. Good for you and hang in there. You will be pleasantly surprized how nice (and longer) the grafts will grow..it should have a very positive effect on your forehead when grown in.

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I'll send you those picts tomorrow.
The density appeared to be satisfactory. If I feel that I personally want more density, then I'll have another HT in a couple of years. In the meantime, I'll be happy for what I have. They did pack in the grafts pretty dense to my naked, untrained eye.

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I did send them a couple of days ago. Sent them from vocor1@yahoo.com. Two picts. I can resend if needed. The two picts were about 250KB, total.

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Okay, I just resent them. Hope they help you out.

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