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Dr. Hasson has just the other day recommended my brother to take the Finasteride paste, or given the option vs. the pill. So it appears they do still offer it?

Thanks, I have started Rogaine two weeks ago now, with Belgravia Hair Clinik. A word about Belgravia though. I didn't feel comfortable there at all. The only reason I choose their treatment is because that way I have a professional to go to should anything go wrong or should I have any issues, rather than having to pay 200 Pounds every time for a dermatologist appointment. If anyone cares I can go into further detail about my experience there. As for the treatment, I'm now using a minoxidil solution which they apparently somehow produce themselves, which has Caffeine added to it. And with that a special shampoo which also appears to be their own product. I have also realized now that I have a lot of dandruff. This is something I never really understood. I never knew what kind of hair I had. For example if you look at shampoo bottles it says this is for dry hair or what not. I still can't tell if my hair is dry or what. I used to think I had no dandruff, I thought dandruff implied having flakes coming out of your hair. I never had that. But during one dermatologist consultation I was told I had a lot of build up and dandruff on my skin. And in hindsight that does make sense, my scalp actually is always itchy, not to the point that it drives me mad but I catch myself scratching myself a lot and I never see other people do that. During the consultation I was also shown a magnification of my skin on top which showed a lot of bloody nicks. So it's evident I scratch myself a lot. I actually have an identical twin who went for a consultation somewhere else where he was told that (and my brother is in the same situation as I) this actually isn't male pattern baldness but there's just too much buildup and the hair can't develop. We don't really know if we should believe that. He also went for a consultation with Dr. Hasson who right away said this was MPB and prescribed Finasteride. So I'm confused about the different diagnoses.

If I follow this correctly then you're saying you have/had 14000 grafts available? Isn't that an insane amount? I thought most people had somewhere between 3000-8000? I've had two assessments where I had been told I have very dense donor hair but I don't know how many grafts that means. Either way, 14000 seems absolutely crazy to me. And do you have any side effects from Fin after 10 years?

I agree,I was concerned about Dr. Bisanga wanting to do my surgery anyway, not about the Harley CStreet clinic not wanting to do it. If it's not time yet that's ok. I don't know why Dr. Bisanga wasn't concerned about that at all.

I'd like an update too. I had been considering Dr. Bisanga originally but this result worries me.

Thanks for your replies. I have started taking Regaine 5% liquid now. I want to switch to the foam though because the foam supposedly doesn't make the hair greasy as the liquid does. I have also gotten a haircut so I don't have to tie my hair together anymore. And most importantly, I went to the Harley Street clinic in London for a consultation. The person there that I spoke with (I'm not sure if he is a Doctor, I think so) rejected me as a patient. Saying that I still have too much hair in my crown and a transplant now would create shock loss. He suggested to take Minoxidil and check back in one year. I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad about that. I think it's pretty obvious to anyone that I'm balding. And now there doesn't seem to be any solution any time soon. I suppose all I can do now is take Regaine and hope it gets better within one year, and not worse. I am also talking to a representative of Dr. Basinga currently. They suggested up to 1800 grafts for my crown. They didn't seem to be bothered by the fact that I still have hair there. Which worries me a bit and makes me wonder about their ethics. I'm not sure whom to trust.

But what would happen if I had to stop taking Rogaine? Would it get worse than it would have been at that point had I not started it at all?

I am a in need of advice because I currently have no idea what to do. I am 29 years old and have noticed hairloss for about two years now. Current situation: Receding hairline, started at 27 Scalp thinned out overall possibly even less hair on vertex Family history: Mother's side: Grandpa: always had a flawless very low hairline and I think he had less hair in the crown but not much less than I do now I think. Especially when he was 65 he definitely still had a very full head of hair. Uncle 1: went completely bald at 20 Uncle 2: same perfect hair as his dad except he has a big bald patch in the crown at now 60. Father's side: Father: receding hairline like me but an inch higher up at 64. I will surely get there too. Thinner on top in general like me. Otherwise full head of hair. I feel like my vortex is worse than his. Uncle: almost bald at 70, already severely balding at 50. Grandpa: same hair as my father but less than my dad at the crown I think I currently can still clearly see small hairs in my receding hairline which range from 1cm to 1mm in length. They are clearly falling out, I see them everywhere. I had two consultations so far. Belgravia Hair Clinic: At Belgravia they honestly didn't seem to care much and immediately wanted to put me on Finasteride and Minoxidil. I didn't feel comfortable there, it felt like they just give everyone the same short talk and same prescription and that's it. I am very scared of Finasteride so I don't want to take that. Harley Street Hair clinic: There the Dermatologist (the person I spoke with at Belgravia wasn't a Doctor, this guy was) was surprised when I asked about Finasteride and said if he prescribed that he would lose his license and said if he had to give advice to his brother, family etc he would never prescribe it and said it's way too dangerous. The doctor then prescribed me Minoxidil/Regaine/Rogaine. What now? Now I'm sitting here having purchased Regaine three days ago and I don't know what to do. My dilemma is that I am scared of starting Regaine/Rogaine, because I'm worried about what happens if I stop. For whatever reason. Say I need to have some unrelated surgery and need to stop taking any medication or what have you. My concern is that I don't know if the Minoxidil also affects hair that might only have fallen out at say 60. So if I started to take it now and stopped at 40, I understand I would shed all the hair that had improved before because of Minoxidil. But what I wonder is, will it also shed hair that would have otherwise been healthy until 60? Which hair does it shed? All the hair that is "touched" by the foam when applying it? Or all the hair that receives a boost from it even if it's just a very small boost because it's quite healthy anyway and not meant to fall out yet? I hope this isn't too confusing. I'm worried about unnecessarily going down a rabbit hole now by starting Minoxidil when maybe it would be better to just get a HT and not have to worry about what the Minoxidil will do?