sukh123

It seems if the doctor is on the list of recommended surgeons, they're immune to criticism which is biased and not good precedent for the forum. The defense of the results is comical at best and pathetic.

You going bisanga

That’s straight up weird ngl

It’s main function after 25 for most people is making them lose their hair just like yourself which is why you got to get a transplant now and probably more.

How mAny times are you going to recycle the feminine line lol to attack people who take fin. Its getting boring ,can you not come up with any new punchlines . I think spending all this time researching dht has made you paranoid and tbh it’s getting weird now .

I was referring to this forum with regards to that percentage where as the general population it’s less. This thread is going in circles now . If you want to take it , then take it . If you don’t , then don’t simple as that

Oh well yes it can because as I talked about it above it. reduces sebum production, which can be counterproductive for some if they have already dry scalp. For some it works well because they have very oily skin . I’m not a expert but dry skin you want to avoid I would think as it’s not optimum conditions for your hair.

Yeh it reduces sebum production , which is why for some it helps with acne . But your right if you have dry skin to begin with then it might make it dryer.

Are you referring to face and body in terms of dry skin ?

Do you mean face and body skin , making it dryer?

Everything I said is true , vast majority don’t have side effects and function fine. Your obviously ignorant about that because either you got sides or didn’t want to take the drug’ out of fear of getting them and that fine .

With all due respect it’s seems you who are the one who is uneducated on this topic and it’s why I have stabilised my hair loss and your having to spend thousands on a transplant that is no guarantee it will work . You clearly have an uneducated approach to your research and going by your spelling of affected as “effected” adds credence to that . Why else do millions of men who reduce their dht function perfectly, your going with the consensus that the minute you reduce your dht you going to cause yourself problems . That’s not the case , while no one’s wants to reduce their Dht myself included.It’s after weighing up the pros and cons and doing in depth research I decided to take it and it’s worked out well. The fact is , this is the only gold standard treatment for hair loss and the only treatment to stop more hair loss , which a transplant will never do . Native density will never be replicated through a transplant just the illusion.

You said “altering your hormones” , if you did your research you would know fin as a result of reducing dht has an effect on your testosterone, estrogeon , lh and fsh which is why having them at optimum levels when your older can negate the reduction in dht. Which is why it’s important to get them tested . The drug is not for everyone and for most doesn’t cause sides , but the only way to know is to try it. If you get sides you can stop it . But you have to live with the fact you will keep balding and advance quicker to higher norwoods . No one wants to have a hair transplant which is far from certain it’s going to work and also neglecting the fact if you keep losing hair you need to keep getting more and donor is finite and might not be able to support that

“Substantially” , have you ever had your bloods taken prior or during fin ? I been taking it for a year and albeit my dht which I don’t even bother to test because I know it’s reduced, my hormonal markers are all similar to , prior starting fin. Infact my testosterone increased slightly compared to my baseline. And I do these tests every three months

Finasteride doesn’t work for everyone for some it’s a bad decision for others it’s great and stops hair loss . For me it worked out well and so I look at it from a postive perspective . If I had sides ofcourse I would look at it different, that’s just the nature of life. What will I say is majority don’t have side and tolerate it well.

I'll is honest and not sugarcoat this, but this is a poor result and lousy yield. For 5k grafts, you should get way better density. Now obviously, sometimes, even if everything is done right, a person's biology may mean a hair transplant does not work. I would have waited it out and gone to bisanga, but hindsight is great.

I think from the studies done you can say it’s as effective . What’s unclear is how much of a difference it makes to serum dht levels to oral. From studies a concentration of 0.025 was found to reduce it by 25 percent and scalp by 50 percent. Obviously There is like 20 percent less reduction for scalp than higher concentration’s and oral but less loss of dht serum. Some guys even with this little reduction will still have a non functioning penis

I don’t what your talking about, it doesn’t make sense. Your blaming his hair thinning on minxodil lol. He just not a responder to dht blockers it’s seems .Being on a dht blocker for two years in particular dut should of stabilised it .Tbh I cant really make a judgment nor can anyone as we don’t have comparison pictures.

“But many people get ED while with a beautiful woman solely from performance anxiety” . Speak for yourself son lol

You can get a transplant without finasteride though. But the problem You have is that a hair transplant is not a given and donor is finite . So if this doesn’t go well , you need to keep going into your finite donor which may run out before having adequate density . Which is why meds are important to retain as much native hair to lessen the grafts needed and so more can be banked for future needs.

I’m just going by the doctors I’ve consulted with. I can’t speak about the others . But the ones I did speak to like bisanga and de Freitas are arguably in the top 5 best transplant surgeons in the world in my opinion, so I take what they say with more credence . Both advocate oral minxodil to. Yes as I said it’s more likely you will have a healthier hormonal profile if you work out and maintain Lower body fat. But that’s not a given, it’s why blood testing is so important to manager your markers , and it’s why I do it every three Months while on the drug. The vast majority don’t do this, and it gives me more peace of mind, Knowing the markers that fin affects are all normal to continue taking the drug.

Which doctors lol, all the ones I’ve consulted with including reddy, bisAnga and Freitas all told me within the first few minutes “ you need to get on finasteride if your not already” . Alot of the guys I know who don’t have problems with fin are healthy and maintain low body fat , now I’m not saying that is a pre cursor to not getting sides but look at the guy mazab ont this forum as a anecdote. He is 50, maintains low body fat and has good muscle tone and a good diet and had no problem for 25 years . A lot of the YouTubers who are fitness related all take it and have no problems too. The west in particular the uk and USA have poor health and big obesity problem . People need to start taking care of themselves . Most people’s hormones are probably out of whack before even starting fin , and is again why I advocate doing a whole hormonal blood panel before hoping on . The drug is not for everyone but if you care so much about your hair health, then I would also be as focussed on overall health as hair is just one part

Your wrong on minoxidil is works a different way to finasteride. Finasteride works to stop or stabile hair loss and deal with the root cause , while minxodil acts a growth antagonist. Which is Why the combination is better to use than just one. Once I noticed my hair loss stabilised I then added minxodil which helped with some regrowth

Depends on your hair loss tbh if you still have a lot of native hair then maybe it’s not best to procede , as you don’t know the progression of your hair loss. Pictures would help if you could post them