Senior Member Transhair Posted March 28, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted March 28, 2014 Hi, I was wondering if you had to stop Finasteride/dut before a hair transplant surgery? I understand that I'll likely have to stop cyproterone and estrofem, but is dutasteride safe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Transhair Posted March 28, 2014 Author Senior Member Share Posted March 28, 2014 Also I should list all of my daily medication. I'm currently taking Dutasteride Cyproterone acetate Estrofem (estrogen pills). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member hsrp10 Posted March 28, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted March 28, 2014 You'd have to check with your doctor. If you are on it already you may want to stay with it if it's working. Restarting meds post-op can lead to sheds. go dense or go home Unbiased advice and opinions based on 25 plus years of researching and actual experience with hair loss, hair restoration via both FUT & FUE, SMP, scalp issues including scalp eczema & seborrheic dermatitis and many others HSRP10's favorite FUT surgeons: *Dr. Konior, *Dr Hasson, Dr. Rahal HSRP10's favorite FUE surgeons: *Dr. Konior, *Dr. Bisanga, Dr. Erdogan, Dr. Couto (*indicates actual experience with doctor) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Transhair Posted March 29, 2014 Author Senior Member Share Posted March 29, 2014 Thanks for the reply. I'll try to get an answer from my general doctor but If nothing is certain then I guess I'll just have to stop for 2 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member voipman Posted March 29, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted March 29, 2014 Hi Transhair I take Dut and will carry on taking it as normal. The Dr im using advised me to take Fin through out and Minox up to two weeks prior to Ht. On another note i ran low of dut ie spaced out my pills then went two weeks without, upon restarting i seemed to have had a little better response and put this down to becoming tolerant to the drug, therefore a rest has helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Transhair Posted March 29, 2014 Author Senior Member Share Posted March 29, 2014 Thanks for the response. Was this fut or FUE? They might be different due to the techniques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member voipman Posted March 30, 2014 Regular Member Share Posted March 30, 2014 Fue and it would be regardless to what surgery as Fin/Dut inhibits DHT the major part of hairloss. Not sure why surgeons advise to take it and minox prior to surgery for people that dont take or use these drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Paulygon Posted April 1, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted April 1, 2014 I remember reading a post recently where one of the contributors mentioned that he had stopped finasteride before the HT in order to give the surgeon a "true representation" of his current state of hair loss. I tried to search for that thread but couldn't find it, sorry Paulygon is a former patient of Dr. Parsa Mohebi My regimen includes: HT #1 2710 grafts at Parsa Mohebi Hair Restoration in Los Angeles in 2012 Rogaine foam 2x daily, since 2012 (stopped ~10/2015) Finasteride 1.25mg daily, since 2012 (stopped ~12/2015) HT #2 3238 grafts at Parsa Mohebi Hair Restoration in Los Angeles in Jun. 2016 Started Rogaine and Propecia in July. 2016 after being off of them for about a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now