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Sorry I missed the above question. Yes I noticed a significant decrease in shedding since starting Dut, but I also made some other changes to my regimen ie minox, keto shampoo every day, and I discontinued use of creatine. It's pure speculation on my part but I believe that creatine nuked my hair and brought on a big shed. It's quite possible that the introduction of Dut would be plenty to stop my shed/compensate for dht increase from creatine but the risk isn't worth the reward to me. Fin did serve me well for roughly 10 years for what it's worth

Agree with you everyone's comments. Not only this but should you pull the trigger you're probably looking at 2 procedures to match your native density

I can appreciate the policy to an extent David. Our goal should be to identify what is subjective as such, and disregard what is dishonest. With that said, why do negative comments receive scrutiny that positive comments are not subjected to? After all. it is just as likely that a shill post a dishonest negative comment trying to slander a clinic as it is that a shill FROM a clinic might post a dishonest positive comment attempting to promote a clinic. Why not make every positive poster provide photos or reveal their identity as well if negative commentators must??? I'm not a cynacle person and I do appreciate the forum for what it is as it helps to spread mostly ttruth pertaining to patient experiences and educate those who are searching for answers. My take away, however, from this whole exchange is that this forum puts a much greater emphasis on protecting doctors versus truly allowing patients to make an informed decision. Obviously a negative comment can be detrimental to a clinic's business. To me what's more important though is that a perpetual stream of dishonest positive comments can perhaps harm a patient not to mention negative comments which are swept under the rug due to some double standard in fact checking. There are many many valid reasons as to why a patient wouldn't want to disclose a photo or their identity specific to a hair transplant whether the outcome be good or bad. This post at this point has nothing to do with my personal and real experience as a HT patient or Dr. Umar's clinic. The policy is unfair, one sided, and looks out for clinics and not patients.

Minoxidil! Also, get on a dht blocker if you aren't. Regrowtth is very difficult but maintenance is achievable for most

Interesting swoop. Thanks for the reply. Do you believe that for those willing to experiment with the non fda approved/non big 3 that ru is the best place to start/most effective of the bunch?

@swoop - my logical mind tells me youre probably correct, but do you know of any studies showing dht reduction when oral are taken in conjunction with topical? Even anything anecdotal would be interesting.

Good post spank. This is especially imp for young guys. Salesman present fin as the silver bullet to young guys pondering HTs (myself included who fell for it hook line and sinker) when in reality everyone responds differently. Some may halt altogether but it seems like the majority are just buying some time or decelerating loss. I also think the debate on receptor upregulation on fin/Dut has not been settled. When I originally saw your title I actually thought this post was abou generic fin. Out of curiosity, does dr. K have a strong opinion about generic fin? I'm also curious as to what his thoughts are on topical fin as I've seen some or his local competitors begin to promote it. I wonder if oral in conjunction w topical is worth a damn, but if I know dr k he won't speculate and will instead defer to proven science to which there is little to none on the topic I believe.

Beautiful result. I'm assuming purely head hair donor?

Maybe you can try some topical finasteride or some RU in addition to the minox

You might want to try dutasteride.

Good luck arrek. Like the previous poster said I would mask that scar before I touched the crown. Maybe it's difficult tho given that your donor is thin and you couldn't exactly add enough density on your scar to cover it up to match your donor. Dr B is very skilled...all the best to you.

I'm a week into my stemoxydine experiment. I will let you know how it goes.

I had been on fin for around 10 years, and switch Over to Dut 3 months ago. I have been side effect free and even experienced a libido bump for what it's worth.

You could try dutasteride. Which body building supplement do you believe thinned your hair?