This is a 39 year old male who used microneedling weekly and minoxidil both for 4 months.  Sometimes I wonder how old you can be to get results from microneedling.  It seems that 39 is not too old yet.  There is clearly some filling in of his frontal hair.  ..read more

I noticed my hairline receding at the temples about 2 years ago. I started taking dutasteride injections in to my scalp 1 year ago along with minoxodil. My goal was to at least stabilize my hair loss before I get my hair done, although it didn’t get better, it actually got much worse. If I fix my hair by transplant, will I be needing another one after some time? Im guessing if hair loss didn’t stabilize then that is the case. I have no history of family baldness. Please don’t get a hair transplant until you are at least 25. You will not know where your balding is heading at the sage of 21. A ..read more

Click here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513329/#:~:text=Upon%20discontinuation%20of%20finasteride%2C%20DHT,hair%20count%20within%2012%20monthshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513329/#:~:text=Upon%20discontinuation%20of%20finasteride%2C%20DHT,hair%20count%20within%2012%20months ..read more

Finasteride stays in the hair follicles for over a week. Withdrawing it may cause reactive hair loss as early as 3 weeks after stopping finasteride ..read more

Doc gave me a few injections today at hairline as I shed hair on Oral Minoxidil which I stopped because of sides. Doc said steroid should stimulate some regrowth but I think it’s used more often for other types of hair loss. Should be interesting to see!   Unless you have an autoimmune cause of hair loss, I wouldn’t expect any results from steroid injections into the hairline ..read more

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/1997/02/court-order-brings-close-ftc-lawsuit-against-makers-helsinki-formula-its-baldness-cure-claims ..read more

Morning routine feeling when the bathroom light hits you hard in front of the mirror from tressless ..read more

3 years ago, we exchanged a friendly conversation on my troubles with Post-Finasteride Syndrome. I followed your advice back then and went to several specialists, who couldn’t help. Since then, I am still suffering tremendously (numb deformed genitals, zero arousal, severe ED, other physical symptoms such as a thinning beard…) after exposure to 5ARi treatment. I’m honestly baffled that knowledge about this condition readily exists and NOTHING is happening to help those people who are suffering from it. My life ended when I developed PFS and I have been left to rot by the medical community. Wo ..read more

There are two types of topical finasteride, the compounded liposomal version and the more common non-liposomal version. 82% of the liposomal version stays in the skin, but for the non-liposomal form, a great deal more leaks into the body. Generally, the pill is more effective as it addresses areas that are in the early phases of miniaturization which you might not see nor apply the topical to it ..read more

Is it possible that oral min has an impact on prolactin levels and erectile dysfunction? I swear I started developing symptoms only on oral min and no fin, not able to sustain an erection. Yes, minoxidil can increase prolactin levels in women and impact their menstrual cycle. From what I read, it has no impact on testosterone and there are no reports that it can cause sexual dysfunction in men. In fact, the vasodilatation associated with minoxidil may be a reasonable treatment for erectile dysfunction according to some reports.  Maybe you are having a placebo side effect ..read more