The problem is Finastride improves transplant results, how to check?

[NAVI]

Many doctors put patients on finastride when they do transplant. How to figure out how much of the growth was due to the transplant and how much do finastride contribute? You never quite get to know that. I believe they look a lot better with people who get regrowth from finastride and that's why the results are bit deceiving than doctors show them to be.

[ciaus]

It depends, if we are talking about work done on the front/hairline area finasteride usually doesn't provide much improvement there so you are essentially seeing the results of the hair transplant. But for the middle and crown areas it's definitely more difficult to evaluate if they only started the meds around the time they had the procedure. So there you have to go by testimonials where the patient states they were on finasteride for months/years before the procedure, and look at those before/after procedure pics.

In a perfect world everyone would maximum their med results first, but that's just the nature of the way the problem is addressed. Alot of guys put off dealing with it through hair styling etc until it gets pretty bad and then break, go see a doc wanting improvements yesterday. And by that time very few are willing to delay further to take meds and evaluate when they can go under the knife and specifically address those problem areas in a calculated way.

 

Edited August 4, 2020 by ciaus

[aaron1234]

That's why immediate pre-op and post-op pics are necessary in evaluating a HT.  Typically, if there is any improvement on fin it will be seen in the midscalp and crown.  Most patient's first HT addresses the frontal third which is benefited less by medication. 

[aaron1234]

And if Fin improves a transplant result it is usually the native hair that it helped maintain/avoiding shock loss to vulnerable areas.