Just Joined Board, Lots of Questions

[Ukresponder]

Dude,

dustaride is a 2nd generation sht blocker designed again for prostate hyperplasia, yes it is more effective in blocking DHT, does it translate to more effective protection for hair folicles on the scalp. theory says yes , evidence is yet to be proven. It is more potent and more expensive and more potency usually comes with a trade of of increase in side effects, not always but most of the tim eesp when the pathway or mechanism is the same.

Dustaride amongst clinicians for hair loss is left as a last resort, much like treating any illness.

As example Blood pressure went through the round from beta blockers, to calcium channel blockers, to ace inhibitors to angiotensin receptor antagonists, they all work but in different ways , in that mix came minoxidil - loniten by brand, that is the most effective blood pressure medication ut it is left for treatment resistant blood pressure and for hospital - or cardiac surgeon administartion, just so happened that it gave a mushroom growth of hair at high doses 100mg etc.

think of dustaride in a similar way, last resort.

Side effects can become transient i.e they can go away with time

with rogaine again it seems to work more on the vertex and crown/ mid scalp rather than hairline, you will most likely need a ht to build a strong hairline .

The amount of coverage 2000 grafts will give u is dependent totally on the individual, thickness of donor hair, hair characteristics and skill set of the surgeon creating the artistic illusion of more hair, using all the modern ht techniques such as lateral slit, dense packing skilled techs and ultra fine dissection etc.

if you working the hairline you will typically need more as a world class surgeon who will be ale to create a natural hairline will use single hair grafts in the very front and build it back with the the 2 grafts hairs then 3's ect. Again it comes down to the luck of the draw from the donor arae with regards to how many of these types of hair grafts you have. if addressing the crown or mid scalp for example you would use multipe hair grafts not singles. its too individual to generalize. you will only know when they harvest your grafts in the actual surgery.

$4 a graft seems on the cheaper side of the spectrum.

see my HT's as an example o approx 2000 grafts can do note first ht 2250 was spread over a wide area and the 2nd HT we packed 1450 into just the hairline and only 400 into the mid scalp.

[richie48]

Hi

Ukresponder has given you some great advice , please read it all and take it in .

richie

[spreadlocks]

Welcome Stateofflorida. UKresponder has some bang on advice above.

I'd say that you should do as much research as you can until you are completely sick of reading about hairloss. Then do some more research, and then more and then more. You will feel like you know everything. Then you will find out something completely new that leads you to finding out more things and you will realise you actually know very little. Then do more research x 10. You need to familiarise yourself with as many different aspects with regrowing your hair as possible. I know it's been mentioned a couple of times already but Spex's "Maximum Hair Minimum Loss" guide is massively comprehensive. It's costs about ?30 but is well worth it. It will really put you in the picture. I wish I had bought it when I first started losing my hair. These forums are invaluable too.