John_Doh

There is very simple and logical answer to the question why you want to take finasteride in the morning. According to Dr. Rassman at baldingblog.com, the testosterone level peaks at 7AM. Thus, it is logical to take finasteride first thing in the morning.

tam, I was going to go for a second. But because of the success I had with Propecia, I will stop now. I may want to do a final HT procedure to take some small scars out from the donor area. I don't think it is pressing matter though.

Tam, - # of grafts: 1250 grafts. - # of previous procedures: 2 in late 80's. Do not know the plug count since it was so long ago. - I conducted several e mail consultations and narrowed the list down to Dr. Rosanelli and Dr. Panagotacos (finished reading his marginally useful book while in the waiting room). As you said, Rosanelli was more attentive and honest. - I do not have any photos, especially before ones. Why would I want to keep something that reminds me of what it was like? I am very happy with what I have now even though it has been only 5 months. I am moving on.

I had a HT repair procedure done last September. It went very well. Dr. Rosanelli and his staff were great and my HT went smoothly without any complications. Dr. Rosanelli was great in defining my needs and performed the procedure professionally. It has been 5 months since and I am extremely happy with the results. Now, I cannot even see in the mirror the plugs I got as a result of two procedures done in late 80's. Until recently my hairline was low enough to cover the plugs. However, they were getting more visible as my natural hairline receded. Although I am very happy with the results. I cannot give 100% of credit to the HT. Around the same time as my HT procedure, I started taking Propecia. It did the absolute wonders to my hairline by lowering about a half inch below the hairline established by the last HT procedure. Having said all that, I highly recommend Dr. Rosanelli. I did my usual research before deciding on him. But my research was limited to a 50 mile radius of the SF area as I was afraid of potential complications. I narrowed down the search to two doctors. After the consultations, I decided to go with Dr. Rosanelli because he seemed more attentive and professional. The best thing about my hair now is that I do not have to think about it any more and spend more time on other things in life. By the way, After reading several posts here about using Propecia at a lower dosage (0.5 and 0.25mg), I experimented with it for a few weeks. The results were not very good, at least for me. About 1 or 2 weeks after lowering Propecia dosage down to either 0.5 or 0.25mg, I started noticing hair loss around crown area. I immediately went back to the normal 1 mg and the loss stopped quickly.