How many years can finasteride maintain your hair for?
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Longest studies have shown that most people (above 80%) maintained their hair on finasteride at the 10 year mark.
Early intervention is key. I believe if you began dutasteride prior to baldness even beginning you would never lose a hair in your life. Sadly, most people start treatments late or never even start them.
Most people see their hair get worse on finasteride over time. But I believe this is just the already damaged hair that is falling out. Moreover it depends on when you start balding and where (early and frontal is the worst). If you're in your late 30's and having a thin crown I wouldn't be surprised if finasteride could maintain that until you die.
Early intervention is key. I believe if you began dutasteride prior to baldness even beginning you would never lose a hair in your life. Sadly, most people start treatments late or never even start them.
Most people see their hair get worse on finasteride over time. But I believe this is just the already damaged hair that is falling out. Moreover it depends on when you start balding and where (early and frontal is the worst). If you're in your late 30's and having a thin crown I wouldn't be surprised if finasteride could maintain that until you die.
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Cool!
I'm age 34 been on finasteride for 4 months. Over the years I have mainly thinned-out at the crown, with some 'lighter' thinning all over the top. Hairline however remains intact (touch wood).
Not sure just yet what finasteride will do for me, as 4 months is a bit early to make any conclusions, but fingers crossed!
I'm age 34 been on finasteride for 4 months. Over the years I have mainly thinned-out at the crown, with some 'lighter' thinning all over the top. Hairline however remains intact (touch wood).
Not sure just yet what finasteride will do for me, as 4 months is a bit early to make any conclusions, but fingers crossed!
For the rest of your life if you are lucky and side effects dont bother you
throwaway592845
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Exactly. If you are a good responder you will most likely continue to improve for a long, long time to come.
Spagolli74
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I've been on Propecia/finasteride for 11-12 years now. For me, the results were almost immediate. I had zero side effects, except I had a lot more hair. I hit a plateau about 5-6 months into my treatment and have maintained ever since. My crown is still a bit thin, but most of my hair is super thick.
I'm considering quitting soon, however. I want to post my story in a new thread (because it's long), but I'm a newb and have to wait until I have at least four posts before I'm able to make my own thread.
Why quit something that has worked so well? Nothing can replace it so all that hair you saved is going to go away and your back to square one.
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Precisely what I was thinking, apparently he's going to write his story, but at least give an inkling to the direction of said story...
Equally as enticing, have you yet started your voyage of the oral hair battle?
Spagolli74
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That's a great question. From a third-party point of view, I would be asking the same thing. This past weekend, I got hit with a condition called Third Nerve Palsy for the second time in two years. Basically, your eyeball gets paralyzed for a few days and then slowly recovers. Both times I got it, it happened the day after I had a fever from a head cold. I had to get an MRI to rule out an aneurysm (scary stuff). Luckily everything was just fine. The docs seem pretty stumped and a quarter of cases go unsolved.
It's a pretty horrifying, eye opening (no pun intended) experience. They say that it's possible to be caused by hypertension. While my BP is normally just fine, I do have a really nasty habit of taking ephedrine before every workout. I also drink a ton of coffee and am addicted to nicotine gum, even though I quit smoking years ago.
So I decided it was time to clean up my act. I was taking ephedrine so I could look extra ripped, seeking some sort of approval. But my girlfriend actually thinks I'm too ripped - she's just not into the whole "bro" scene at the gym. She says she loves the nerd that lives inside a whole lot more. Also, my daughter and family love me for who I am, not because I have hair. I used to shave my head years ago and I actually kind of liked the look. Plus, now that I'm 42 it's much more acceptable to be bald than when I was 28. I don't want to be 60, only to find out that Propecia causes cancer or something like that.
So, now that I had a wake up call and care a lot more about my health than my looks, I made a goal to get clean, so to speak. Let me tell you something... Don't ever try nicotene gum if you're trying to quit smoking. I've been chewing that crap for 10 years and am far more addicted than I ever was to cigarettes. These withdrawal symptoms are CRAZY!
So, I haven't made up my mind 100%, but I'm pretty sure that now is the time to get off Propecia. I never intended to take it for the rest of my life. However, now I'm very worried that my body might freak out and develop symptoms if I stop taking the drug, even though I never had symptoms while I was on the drug. If I do decide to quit, I'm going to wean myself off very slowly. If I start having ED issues tomorrow for no reason, I'll know for sure it's 100% mental due to me being freaked out by PropeciaHelp.com!!!
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Thanks mate, you speak both very honestly and very positively. I've just started month 5 of finasteride, not sure about progress as yet, it's hard to tell however I will be giving it 2 years at the very least to see how it may help me.