Help from veterans regarding a regrowth strategy.

[Def]

In my opinion and in your case, no.

The advantage of holding out on treatments is to try and extend the maximum duration of treatments. Ie use finasteride until it’s effectiveness starts to wane, then throw minoxidil into the mix, etc etc.

The only advantage you’d have by holding out for a year is working out definitively if finasteride can get your hair back to an acceptable level on its own. It may well do if you’re an exceptional responder, but for your situation now, I’d say that it’s unlikely. What you want (from what I can see and tell) is regrowth on the crown.

minoxidil is specifically designed for crown male pattern baldness and has been proven to work there – increase the number of terminal hairs. finasteride generally will only slow down the process by inhibiting DHT.

I think you need both, right now and tackle this head on. No pun.

Def

 

[SE-freak]

The advantage of holding out on treatments is to try and extend the maximum duration of treatments. Ie use finasteride until it’s effectiveness starts to wane, then throw minoxidil into the mix, etc etc.

Is there any case that follicles recovering from just propecia are not minoxidil dependant (so after one year on only finasteride minoxidil will do the trick only to those hairs needing so)?

Could using minoxidil in the temple area where i have difuse thinning damage my hairline?

 

[Guest]

SE Freak,

Firstly, get on Finasteride as soon as possible. You will need this without a doubt if you are serious about getting that hair back.

From what I see your thinning areas are close to being slick bald, so in all honestly I think you will need to be using minoxidil in these areas to stimulate regrowth. The combination of the two treatments will work in synergy to increase your chances of regrowing that hair.

Your pictures show the rest of your hair as being in good shape and it looks pretty thick too, so I reckon you have an above average chance of great success with this kind of regimen. The area you are balding in, is the area that responds the best to Finasteride and minoxidil.


Get on it and don't look back. If you don't see acceptable improvements in the next 12 - 18 months then maybe consider a hair transplant to fill in that area.

Good luck

Neil

 

[SE-freak]

thanks to all contributors to this thread. All have opted for the finasteride-min combo instead of finasteride-wait-add min alternative.

I will keep that in mind.