How long does finasteride retain hair counts?

[danthemanstewart]

Hypothetically speaking, if an 18 year old kid who had never lost any hair just started taking finasteride and took it every day for the rest of his life in order to retain his hair, would he still have a full head of hair at 60?

I mean, does it just kind of stop the balding for about two or three years and then sort of slow it down a bit after that, or does it fully keep all the hair you have?

Or does it vary a lot from person to person?

 

[HairlossTalk]

Hypothetically speaking, if an 18 year old kid who had never lost any hair just started taking finasteride and took it every day for the rest of his life in order to retain his hair, would he still have a full head of hair at 60? I mean, does it just kind of stop the balding for about two or three years and then sort of slow it down a bit after that, or does it fully keep all the hair you have? Or does it vary a lot from person to person?

The answer to all your questions is "Yes".

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[danthemanstewart]

so it really just depends on the person, eh?

 

[HairlossTalk]

so it really just depends on the person, eh?

Best thing to do is research the clinical data. The Propecia trials went ongoing for 6 years. Thats the only solid information you can base an opinion on... studies. Here is the last we heard. Remember to make use of the site search tool on our home page for finding obscure things like this:

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[danthemanstewart]

ok, apologies for asking a seemingly inane question, but i did read the FAQ about propecia and have read quite a bit about it over the past few weeks, but never came across the information i asked about. thanks again.

 

[HairlossTalk]

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