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  1. 14 hours ago, giegnosiganoe said:

    Yes but it was only 1800 grafts. Diep was saying I had over 10k available.

    I consulted with him in person. He didn't even look at the back of my head.

    Read your thread before and still don’t think you had dupa

  2. On 10/16/2021 at 1:53 AM, mustang said:

    This is graph from a previous study.

    The safest way to use Topical Finasteride minimizing side effects while being effective is using 1ML at 0.025% EOD.

    For example, 1ML Monday, Wednesday and Friday. You only want to wash your hair 3 times a week max anyways so this is quite a comfortable way.

    Anything higher than that will lead to the same suppression orally as this molecule is quite light and easy to absorb. You will avoid liver first pass though. Even if dosed higher.

    My protocol for maintenance if going back on TRT will probably be Topical Finasteride 0.025% 3 times a week and Topical Dutasteride 0.1% once a week on Sundays.

    Alternatively doctors are now prescribing 0.5mg orally EOD (2mg per week) or even 0.25mg orally EOD (1mg a week).

    Oral fin always gave me sides, topical fin as well but I was using a much higher dose. I had non of these sides with Topical Dutasteride and I responded better to it as well.

    I think with low dose Topical Finasteride and Topical Dutasteride plus a Mesotherapy session every 3-4 months there is no need for oral medication anymore.

    It is more expensive but the sides end up ruining your quality of life. Many are lucky and don't have sides on oral dutasteride or fin, I envy them for sure.

    I have 3 friends with zero sides on oral finasteride but all 3 are extremely fit. Low body fat, good muscle mass, I think this is key.

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    This sounds like the perfect protocol I’ve heard dut once a week is best

  3. 10 hours ago, Raphael84 said:

    Thanks for the question Melvin. 

    My personal experience Melvin is that they were really quite different.
    Obviously different techniques, different clinics and ten years apart so I was expecting a different experience, but in all honesty it was quite vast.

    Obviously FUE is much less invasive. FUT was an overall "heavier" surgery in terms of anaesthetic, discomfort during surgery with my body feeling heavy and numb, I left the clinic feeling quite nauseous. Sleeping was more problematic with a strip as to be expected and having stitches removed two weeks later was again another responsibility that was necessary. 
    I experienced a lot of shock loss in my first surgery. Throughout my entire recipient and in areas around the strip which was hard.

    FUE on the other hand despite two surgery days and also despite using beard as well as scalp was much "easier". Anaesthetic injections still weren't "fun", but other than that the days were more comfortable and post surgery it was just a matter of following post op instructions and working the scabs off. I didn't experience any shock loss this time round and other than wanting some length to hide the strip, there really wasn't any concerns.
     

    So pretty much FUE is better 

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  4. Just now, Curious25 said:

    No - a lot of good surgeons do this, in order to preserve as much of the donor region as possible to remain 'virgin'.

    Patients have to present themselves to be acceptable candidates for this strategy - usually when they have good density in their donor areas, higher end hair characteristics such as texture and coarseness, and are having 2000 or below grafts extracted. 

    Yea but go back to the first pages that’s not what was being said it was that surgeons that do this were lazy blah blah I agree with you though 

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