is .5mg finasteride every day able to regrow hair?

[itwentflat]

just started .5mg recently.

 

[Dench57]

Yes? No? Completely depends on how you respond to it.

 

[Agustin Araujo]

It's recommended to take the approved standard dose of 1 milligram daily of Finasteride for genetic baldness. Finasteride itself won't regrow hair, rather maintain the current status of it.

 

[g.i joey]

.5 will def help u maintain... the extent of maintenance and regrowth varies from person to person
But in majority of people .5 a day is ideal.. to anyone who wants to go on finasteride I'd say try .5 a before taking the full 1mg dose

 

[Wolf Pack]

I remember when I took 5 mg daily (Proscar) for a full month just for $h1ts and giggles, I didn't notice a difference to my hair even though it grows a little more than 1 mg. Even at 0.25 mg daily it was the same story. I have experimented a lot in the first few months. Past 8 months I have been taking a quarter Proscar daily. 0.25 mg daily is 80% as effective as 1 mg.

All throughout these doses my hair has responded well and the same. It's very thick, it was fullish to begin with but finasteride has made it better for sure. Hairline has a so so improvement that requires surgery but I have a feeling I am not done here yet growth wise. No sheds to report off either way really.

In conclusion bearing in mind my experience and how finasteride works, I would say doses are not that relevant as long as it's above 0.20 mg daily. You want 1.4 mg taken minimum in a week with daily dosing or EOD being best.

 

[g.i joey]

Generally, for people my age (early 20s) you're hairloss is a bit more.aggressove than wolf packs. .25 will not be enough, you need MINIMUM. 5 one day and .25 the next. Believe me it's almost a year I've been experimenting with dosages and seen a pretty notanle setback in the 7 months I was mostly on .25mg/daily. The last 3 I have yet to see any hair get worse. I actually haven't got a haircut since 3 months so I'm kind of pumped to see how it's gonna look. I truly think the older you experience hairloss the easier it is to treat.

But yes, conclusively you will reap benefits at .5mg a day.

 

[Wolf Pack]

How do you know though you wouldn't have had that "notable setback" even with 1 mg? Sometimes a male pattern baldness hit will come no matter what and now it's all gone quiet, regardless of dose. Particularly at the front these male pattern baldness hits can be effective even with medication.

I agree I am just out of my 20s and have less aggressive genetics. But when I was 24 I went from Norwood 1 to 2.5 very quickly. Over the next 5 years nothing happened despite no treatment. If I was Minoxidil or finasteride I would think it was maintaining for 5 years lol. See my point?

It's best to take the approved dose for sure but there really is not much difference between 0.25 and 1 mg. There was a clinical trial which showed serum DHT over time was not that different. Trials are more important than personal experience I feel.

Yes I can't see myself losing any ground on finasteride for a long time. I've had my top checked under a microscope and most hasn't shown DHT sensitivity still. finasteride I am taking as a precaution but I reckon I could just get transplants if I needed to like the Norwood 3 area. Older guys do respond the best according to the finasteride trial.

 

[GoldenMane]

finasteride does regrow hair. I've seen many cases of people regrowing and restoring thin hair with finasteride.

 

[itwentflat]

Yes? No? Completely depends on how you respond to it.

when i started losing my hair my identical twin jumped on finasteride (he had minimal loss) his hair hasnt lost any ground and he took stuff like adderral (and abused it) and hasnt lost ground. adderall has been linked to aggravating male pattern baldness. keep in mind he puts himsepf throigh a lot of hair loss factors being kind of nuts and all and it works for him. unfortunately i lost some hair (thinning no complete bald spots yet aside from temples). being that hes my identical twin i would think that it should regrow some hair considering all of the additional factors he forces upon himself. does that make any sense?

i didnt jump on finasteride right away because it can cause pelvic tension and i have pelvic pain (eithout even taking the stuff)

 

[g.i joey]

How do you know though you wouldn't have had that "notable setback" even with 1 mg? Sometimes a male pattern baldness hit will come no matter what and now it's all gone quiet, regardless of dose. Particularly at the front these male pattern baldness hits can be effective even with medication.

I agree I am just out of my 20s and have less aggressive genetics. But when I was 24 I went from Norwood 1 to 2.5 very quickly. Over the next 5 years nothing happened despite no treatment. If I was Minoxidil or finasteride I would think it was maintaining for 5 years lol. See my point?

It's best to take the approved dose for sure but there really is not much difference between 0.25 and 1 mg. There was a clinical trial which showed serum DHT over time was not that different. Trials are more important than personal experience I feel.

Yes I can't see myself losing any ground on finasteride for a long time. I've had my top checked under a microscope and most hasn't shown DHT sensitivity still. finasteride I am taking as a precaution but I reckon I could just get transplants if I needed to like the Norwood 3 area. Older guys do respond the best according to the finasteride trial.

my dad lost ALL his hair between 21 and 25.. and guess what? when i was 21 thats when the real problem started (diffusing at hairline) without finasteride my hairloss is in overdrive, i have the same patterns as my father in hair loss. .25 and .5 have a notable difference 100%. I wouldnt have had a notable setback because my bro hopped on finasteride at my age and is 5 years in, 27 now and his hair looks a little better than mine. So i could say that finasteride is the reason he isnt slick bald right now. if that was the case and .25 was similar to 1mg i would have been benefitting just like he did. but then once i bumped it to .5 is when i noticed real cessation of hairfall and seeing some stubble at hairline. This is all speculation, but having a brother with the exact same hairloss *** me is why i know 1mg finasteride is strong enough, its also why i thought i shouldve tried .25 before using the whole dose. (maybe he was taking too much for no reason)

 

[Wolf Pack]

I am not disputing that 0.5 mg is stronger than 0.25 mg. But to say 0.25 mg is not beneficial to someone is wrong. The trials show any dose above 0.25 is effective. Some may need a higher dose sure, but not always. You had to bump it up. I take 1.25 mg a day but I don't think it's necessary. Just for peace of mind. Some guys take 2.5 mg and notice an improvement over 1.25 mg. So it's a case by case issue.

Sounds like finasteride is working well for your brother if his genetics are aggressive. Shows how good the medication is! I would have loved to take finasteride when I was Norwood 1 just to see how long the front would have held - because it's soooo dht sensitive in me, the other areas aren't.

 

[shyyguy123]

Agreed, it's completely dependent on the individual. Just blindly saying that .25mg won't be enough is false. Look at this study comparing .2mg vs 1mg:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?uid=15319158&cmd=showdetailview&indexed=google

While it's fairly vague and doesn't tell us the extend of improvement, 54% showing improvement and not just maintenance is quite impressive for such a small dose. I don't care how minor the improvement is, any improvement on .2mg is a home run.

So yes .25 and .5 can be enough to not only maintain but improve hair. It just depends on the person.

 

[TD500]

There was a article I read where it said that doses and frequency could vary from to each individual. I'll try to find it