True and Dorin - - Medical Therapy Case - "Lesson learned"

[orangehair]

In early '07 , Dr. True saw this young man at age 23 showing progressive hair loss with no usage of medications. Given his age, pattern, and family history of balding, the recommendation was to start Propecia and reevaluate after one year. Patient began a regimine of not only Propecia but also Rogaine Foam soon after his consultation. He had a second visit with Dr. True in the beginning of '08 after 11 months of medical therapy. The positive benefit of Propecia/Rogaine were undeniable. However after running out of supply, his use of Rogaine ceased. In the following 8 months, the progress that was made regressed dramatically. The bottomline is that medical therapy can be very successful and critical to a patient, especially one at a younger age who is faced with extensive balding but it is a committment. I would also say that the combo of Propecia/Rogaine seems to be quite effective based on patients that we been tracking.

 

 

 

[Martin M]

Orangehair,

 

Great post - as a young guy myself on Rogaine/Propecia, I've been told time and time again that I need to STAY on the meds. Dr. Dorin even told me personally that stopping only one of the medications is enough to rev up your hair loss again.