Will I regrow any hair with finasteride?

[Hairybiker]

I'm about to start taking finasteride. I have used minoxidil for 6 years but it is starting to lose effectiveness in the crown. I also use Nizoral every 3 days. Can finasteride regrow or strengthen the hair at the crown? 

Also I am unsure whether to take it every day so am considering 1mg 3 times a week.

[LaserCap]

You are right on time.  Typically Rogaine will lose some of its effectiveness after 7 years but, by all means, continue using it.   Adding another modality like Finasteride, or laser therapy, is just plain smart.

Medical therapies are there to help you retain.  From time to time you can enhance hair.  Nothing out there regrows anything. Now the problem.

People tend to rely on the visual effect.  If you can "tell" a difference, the medication worked.  If there is no change, the meds did nothing.  WRONG! The medication is intended to retain.  So, if you look exactly the same a year later, the meds did what they were supposed to do. But sometimes there is a visual change of more hair.  That's because the miniaturizing hairs thickened up.  This is enhancement of the hair. If that happens, you are one of a small percentage of patients experiencing this benefit.  Please continue using it!

When dealing with this debilitating condition, (hair loss), we typically deal with shedding and hair loss.  The follicle gets tired of producing hair and it takes a vacation.  This resting phase lasts about 3 months, the hair then returns.  Hair loss is different.

Go to the bathroom and turn the bright light.  Look at the hair in the temporal areas, (corners). Notice the shaft of each strand.  You'll notice some are nice, thick and robust.  Others not so much.  Yet others are so fine it seems they're withering away.  We call this miniaturization.  Once gone, it will not return. The time to do medical therapy is before the hair is gone.  The miniaturization can be reversed.  (PRP and laser therapy combination has yielded great results).

There is plenty of documented info out there regarding the history of Finasteride. You should take 1mg daily.

 

 

 

[TheRealist]

The truth is no you will not regrow any hair, you will just prolong what you have, that’s why it’s called a preventative medication if it regrew hair it would be a cure and that just does not exist for hairloss

[Hairybiker]

13 hours ago, LaserCap said:

You are right on time.  Typically Rogaine will lose some of its effectiveness after 7 years but, by all means, continue using it.   Adding another modality like Finasteride, or laser therapy, is just plain smart.

Medical therapies are there to help you retain.  From time to time you can enhance hair.  Nothing out there regrows anything. Now the problem.

People tend to rely on the visual effect.  If you can "tell" a difference, the medication worked.  If there is no change, the meds did nothing.  WRONG! The medication is intended to retain.  So, if you look exactly the same a year later, the meds did what they were supposed to do. But sometimes there is a visual change of more hair.  That's because the miniaturizing hairs thickened up.  This is enhancement of the hair. If that happens, you are one of a small percentage of patients experiencing this benefit.  Please continue using it!

When dealing with this debilitating condition, (hair loss), we typically deal with shedding and hair loss.  The follicle gets tired of producing hair and it takes a vacation.  This resting phase lasts about 3 months, the hair then returns.  Hair loss is different.

Go to the bathroom and turn the bright light.  Look at the hair in the temporal areas, (corners). Notice the shaft of each strand.  You'll notice some are nice, thick and robust.  Others not so much.  Yet others are so fine it seems they're withering away.  We call this miniaturization.  Once gone, it will not return. The time to do medical therapy is before the hair is gone.  The miniaturization can be reversed.  (PRP and laser therapy combination has yielded great results).

There is plenty of documented info out there regarding the history of Finasteride. You should take 1mg daily.

 

 

 

Together with Regaine and Nizoral is there a chance that finasteride will improve the quality of the miniaturised hairs?

[LaserCap]

It can.  Give it a full year.  Make sure to take photos every 3-6 months otherwise you'll forget.