Quitting finasteride before hair transplant

[Ticarno]

i been using finasteride and minoxidil for the past 18 month with decent results. i had some side effects with finasteride for the first couple of month, but they are pretty much gone by now.

Ive been strongly considering a hair transplant, and i have been told by one of the clinics which i am strongly considering that i have to quit minoxidil and finasteride 2 weeks before the transplant. I know i have to quit minoxidil because it's thinning the blood, but i have never heard og read, that you have to quit finasteride. 

Is that true?

 

[Raphael84]

Hi @Ticarno

Pre operative instructions differ somewhat from clinic to clinic, but I agree that it is unusual to recommend a patient to discontinue finasteride. 

Even with oral minoxidil, it is generally fine to continue taking throughout the time of your procedure. Obviously topical applications must be discontinued.

[hairlossPA]

finasteride should literally have 0 effect on your procedure

[Melvin- Admin]

I would suggest asking the clinic the reasoning behind quitting finasteride before surgery. I'm interested to hear their logic.

[LonelyGraft]

Like everyone else said this makes absolutely no sense. Most clinics recommend younger patients be on fin to limit shock loss. If this is really what they want u to do then RUN away from this clinic cuz they dunno wtf they r talking about.