Minoxidil use after HT

[E39]

I've been using finasteride and minoxidil for over 2 years now. I apply minoxidil to my crown. I had a HT last year for my hairline and midscalp. How many of you have used minoxidil after a HT ? Do you guys apply it all over your head including recipient and donor areas? Has it helped ?

[JakeCLebron]

I have also been using Finasteride for a while now and my doctor just a while back told me about Minoxidil. I'm sorry that I cannot answer your question but I would like to ask you: have you seen some improvements with Minoxidil? thank you

[E39]

I have also been using Finasteride for a while now and my doctor just a while back told me about Minoxidil. I'm sorry that I cannot answer your question but I would like to ask you: have you seen some improvements with Minoxidil? thank you

 

Yes I have experienced some regrowth in my crown area. I've been using rogaine foam. I recently ordered some lipogaine and will try it instead of rogaine. Some ppl have reported better results with it.

[gillenator]

Minoxidil is really only needed for the areas that are susceptible to loss, meaning, those areas where the hair is DHT receptive.

[JakeCLebron]

Thank you very much, to be honest I have been thinking that this Minoxidil is useless, but now that I see you as well as gillenator saying that it is so helpful then I will surely start using it myself too and I hope that soon enough I am going to see some changes. Thank you once more!

[Rashid36]

Has there ever been a case where minoxidil worked like a miracle!

I mean it grew the persons hair back so much he didn't need a hair transplant?

 

Also most people always have hair on the sides and back so why when they have a ht they have to take all the drugs etc i thought these hairs were dht resistant ?

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[Melvin- Admin]

Has there ever been a case where minoxidil worked like a miracle!

I mean it grew the persons hair back so much he didn't need a hair transplant?

 

Short answer is no

 

To be honest minoxidil although in some rare cases causes regrowth, it's real benefit is in the reduction of shedding, it extends the follicles anagen (growth) phase and delays the telogen(shed) phase. I feel that just like finasteride its main benefit is prevention, keeping you from getting worse. As the studied show its effective in maintaining hair loss in 85% of men. Many will not be happy with the treatment alone because they expect miracles, the only thing that will restore your hair in modern day medicine is surgery that's the cold hard truth.

 

Here is s recent study:

 

 

One-Year Observational Study

Dermatologists conducted a 1-year observational study in 984 men with male-pattern hair loss. The study evaluated the effectiveness of a 5% minoxidil topical solution in halting hair loss and stimulating new hair growth, as well as the patients' perceptions of efficacy and side effects. Over the 1-year period of the study, patients applied 1 milliliter (ml) of 5% minoxidil solution twice day to hair-loss areas of the scalp. Every 3 months during the study, patients collected hair lost in a hair washing and sent the collected hair to a laboratory for counting.

 

At the end of 1 year:

The dermatologist investigators reported that hair loss areas of the scalp had become smaller in 62% of the patients, unchanged in 35.1% and larger in 2.9%.

 

In evaluating minoxidil effectiveness in stimulating hair regrowth, the investigators found the 5% solution very effective in 15.9% of patients, effective in 47.8%, moderately effective in 20.6% and ineffective in 15.7%.

 

Hairs lost during washing numbered a mean 69.7 at the beginning of the study, and a mean 33.8 at the end of the study-a measure of the effectiveness of 5% minoxidil in halting hair loss in the patients studied.

 

The mean score of patient satisfaction on a scale of 0 (extremely dissatisfied) to 10 (very satisfied) increased from 2.9 at study beginning to 4.4 at study end. Patient satisfaction scores were lower than the estimates of the physician investigators: the investigators rated efficacy of treatment as good or very good 25% more often than did the patients.

Side effects, mostly dermatologic, were reported by 3.9% of patients in the study. None of the side effects was classified as serious.

 

 

Effectiveness of 5% Minoxidil | Male-Pattern Hair Loss | International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery

[Louisjams]

Minoxidil is really only needed for the areas that are susceptible to loss, meaning, those areas where the hair is DHT receptive.

 

I have heard a few times that minoxidil can help the grafts grow a little faster besides what you suggest. Thoughts r.e. true versus baloney?

[Andrew36]

After my hair transplant surgery in Turkey, my hair restoration specialist from Flyhealth suggested I use Minoxidil 2 months after my surgery. I did my due research and found most people who used Minioxdil after HT reported rapid hair growth. You still need to consult your doctor, though..Good luck.

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[Bill - Seemiller]

Many hair transplant patients use post transplant in order to jumpstart early transplanted hair growth. There is no actual proof that this works but many patients and even some doctors swear by it. Thus, there is no harm in using minoxidil all over the transplanted area starting 10 days to a month after your hair transplant. I wouldn't recommend using it much before that because it could irritate the scalp.

 

That said, the transplanted hair will grow on its own without use of minoxidil. So if you would rather put it only on the balding crown like you have been, that's fine too. I do however, recommend that you continue using Propecia if you are not having any side effects because if you stop using it, you will also lose any benefits you've acquired from it.

 

I hope this helps.

 

Bill

[Rashid36]

Are the transplanted hairs still at risk of dht ?

[chris39]

Are the transplanted hairs still at risk of dht ?

 

Yes , If they weren't DHT resistant before the transplant .

[kiranmehta123]

Many hair surgeons believe that the transplanted hair may grow in faster with minoxidil therapy. However, if it stimulates balding nontransplanted hairs to griw better, that effect would be lost when the minoxidil is discontinued. Neither of these statemens has been scientifically prooved.

 

thanks

[gillenator]

Are the transplanted hairs still at risk of dht ?

 

As long as the transplanted hair is "terminal hair", meaning, that they are harvested from a DHT resistant donor zone, then they are typically not at risk for being lost in the future.

 

Yet the grey area of this is the ever important question, "How permanent is the donor zone?" For most individuals, they keep their transplants for decades. Still a few others experience what we term as "donor zone thinning", and this can occur as the individual ages into their senior years of life.

 

The other dilemma is that what appears to be a broad safe zone can decrease as they get older. When you observe the safe zone on someone in their twenties, it almost always appears broad and thick in density. Yet look at the same individual in their 50s plus and it becomes rather obvious that their so-called safe zone has decreased. This is evidenced for some individuals with obvious thinning and loss and/or diffusion of the hair in that region (occipital zone) where most strips and extractions are taken. This certainly is not something we anticipate in our 20's but it can happen to a few individuals.

 

Some individuals may think that I put too much emphasis on family history however this is IMHO, an important factor to consider. So if the men in one's family history experience significant donor zone thinning as they age, chances are it will happen to them as well.

 

We have to remember that there are indeed variables between individuals with no guarantees either way. What I mean by that is that it's nearly impossible to accurately predict how one's hair loss will end up decades down the road. It's a part of the equation good or not.

[Rashid36]

Very intresting and important that is...

 

My dad and brother (norwood7) has thinned and dad over 70yrs is all white/grey.

 

There donor has not been checked under microscope but mine is mostly 1s and 2s with some 3s ?