Hi All
I’m 7 days post 1st ever FUE at age 50, I’ve been taking biotin/saw palmetto/collagen tablets/omeg 3&d3 for as long as I can remember, plus using at night pre op I’d apply topical 15% minoxidil with 1% finasteride and during the day I’d use 6% minox with 1% fin, started losing hair at 25, so I’ve been throwing everything at it for 25yrs to keep for as long as possible, but DHT finally won the battle ! so it was shave it or get an FUE.
I’m 7 days post FUE, and had a meeting with the clinic today for wash and check up, with my next checkup in 3 months, but the clinic are saying no minoxidil for 3 months post FUE, I’ve been on minoxidil for 25 years and I stopped 1 week pre FUE, but do you think that’s right to stay off it for 3 months ?
My main concern is what hair I was hanging onto because of the minoxidil with now vanish after going cold turkey on minoxidil, also the finasteride I was on was infused with the minoxidil too, but I’m getting around this by switching to oral 1mg finasteride which I’m not happy about as sides which is why I used topical finasteride….
My head is still quite sore/red so I was going to start back on minoxidil at the 14day mark, but now the Dr is saying not for 3 months…. Can anyone see any advantage of stopping for 3 months while it all settles down ? Or heard of this being advised…..
I get my topical minoxidil/finasteride shipped to uk from USA site minoxidilmax, the night version is 15% with fin, but day bottle is 6% with fin, so what harm could I do on newly transplanted hair if I just start on 6% with fin in 14days post op
FUE total 3434 and 8578 hairs, I had a lot for 5 and 6’s so excellent donor, I’ve posted some pics I’ve taken over last 6 days for anyone to comment on….
Thanks in advance for any help/advice