Dr. Bisanga - Oral Minoxidil and Topical Finasteride

[Raphael84]

In this episode of "Bitesize with Bisanga", Dr. Bisanga discusses the experience of his patient´s and how they have achieved better results when combining oral minoxidil with topical finasteride.

 

[Britanium]

Great to see this posted here ! Very informative as per usual 👌

[aaron1234]

How often do patients on oral min experience side effects?  

[TommyLucchese]

Interesting. Is oral minox and topical fin producing better results than topical fin and topical minox? 

[sbguy01]

Informative video. Can someone help me better understand the need for hair growth meds/topicals?  I've never used them before.  I'm considering doing a HT.  Are meds part of the formula for HT success?  Do I just take them during the post-op growth period?  Can I stop after?  Or is this like a lifelong maintenance requirement post-HT?  Thanks!

[ciaus]

18 minutes ago, sbguy01 said:

Informative video. Can someone help me better understand the need for hair growth meds/topicals?  I've never used them before.  I'm considering doing a HT.  Are meds part of the formula for HT success?  Do I just take them during the post-op growth period?  Can I stop after?  Or is this like a lifelong maintenance requirement post-HT?  Thanks!

You can get some benefits from taking them in the months before and after HTs, in terms of helping to limit shock loss and maximizing blood flow and nutrients to the newly transplanted hairs. But its best to stay on the meds for life in terms of minimizing how many transplants you're going to need down the road. Unfortunately some guys are just not going to have enough donor hair for transplantation to make up for what they're going to lose. When you stop taking Finasteride the DHT levels flowing through your blood rise back up to their normal levels, which leads to more of it binding to your hair follicle receptors causing miniaturization until the hairs are so small you can't see them. Minoxidil is less important because it doesn't actually halt or slow your hair loss, but it does extend your hair growth cycle lengths and makes your hairs thicker while they are visible, helping to give you a fuller head of hair look.

[sbguy01]

8 hours ago, ciaus said:

You can get some benefits from taking them in the months before and after HTs, in terms of helping to limit shock loss and maximizing blood flow and nutrients to the newly transplanted hairs. But its best to stay on the meds for life in terms of minimizing how many transplants you're going to need down the road. Unfortunately some guys are just not going to have enough donor hair for transplantation to make up for what they're going to lose. When you stop taking Finasteride the DHT levels flowing through your blood rise back up to their normal levels, which leads to more of it binding to your hair follicle receptors causing miniaturization until the hairs are so small you can't see them. Minoxidil is less important because it doesn't actually halt or slow your hair loss, but it does extend your hair growth cycle lengths and makes your hairs thicker while they are visible, helping to give you a fuller head of hair look.

Thanks Ciaus.  I'm not sure I want to be on meds for life.  Will discuss this on my next consult with a doc as well.