On what area of the scalp does Finasteride work exactly?

[Gene_Fighter]

I am wondering about this. According to propecia.com, Finasteride is only intended for the crown (bald-spot in back), and the mid-anterior section (not precisely sure, believe it's between crown and vertex; and the vertex, if I'm not mistaken, is the area just above your widow's peak, above the height of your hairline).

But will Finasteride work for the other surrounding areas of the scalp, from the crown to the widow's peak? I had always thought it had, but now I'm not so sure.

I use minoxidil on my hairline, and I use Finasteride in hopes that it will maintain or regrow my thinning hair everywhere else. But I've noticed these past seven months that my hair is still thinning while I've been using finasteride, particularly at the vertex (above the widow's peak), so I'm wondering now if I should include minoxidil everywhere else, and plan on Finasteride only maintaining/regrowing my crown?

What do you all think? What areas do you think Finasteride will effect?

Keep in mind that I do actually have male pattern baldness, so I won't be seeing any amazing results like hairline regrowth with finasteride, as experienced by some users on here.

 

[Cassin]

It covers all areas

 

[Gene_Fighter]

According to Propecia.com it only covers the crown and mid-anterior scalp areas. What do you say to that?

 

[Axl_Rose]

According to Propecia.com it only covers the crown and mid-anterior scalp areas. What do you say to that?

I say your ignorant. Start looking at peoples own experiences. They say that because that's where they were monitoring the drugs effectiveness, it isn't a selective drug,it lowers your overall dht levels not just the levels in your mid-scalp and crown, granted it is very hard to maintain the temples but people have done it and have had some regrowth and don't give me the "But i have true male pattern baldness and they didn't" bullshit, there is no such thing as "True male pattern baldness", male pattern baldness is male pattern baldness simple as that.

 

[Gene_Fighter]

I say your ignorant. Start looking at peoples own experiences.

I say your an a**h**. Chill out bro. Don't be such a douche all the time, every post of yours I read on here you're being a defensive prick. This forum is for learning more about hairloss--not flaming and aggressively defending your opinions against innocent questions. In the future: if your going to be a raging f** because this forum is your life and it's all you have, then don't bother responding to any of my posts. No one is asking you to, even if you don't agree with my opinions.

In response: I have looked at people's experiences, quite extensively, which is why I'm asking here, because quite frankly, every success story I've seen with finasteride involves regrowth/maintenance on the crown and mid-anterior only; all the other stories I've seen involved nw1s and nw2s without any true male pattern baldness to begin with, which skewers the results considerably, in my opinion.

Yeah--I know you don't think that "true male pattern baldness" exists--but it does. male pattern baldness comes in a variety of forms, some much more aggressive than others. If you don't believe this, then you are mistaken. When I mention "true male pattern baldness" I'm referring to male pattern baldness that will result in complete baldness prematurely. I've referenced this in just about all of my posts. I like to know what kind of male pattern baldness someone is suffering from so I can better compare my own results--because different variations of male pattern baldness respond differently to treatment. If you don't believe this either then you are again mistaken. I typically look at clinical trial photos when I'm searching for success stories, and I've never seen any regrowth/maintenance in the frontal areas or on the vertex with Finasteride, which is why I am further searching here.

Btw, check this out: You’ll notice in the above response that I wasn’t a total douche-bag, just logically stating my reasoning and opinions. Try it out some time. In fact: don’t respond to another of my posts unless you do.

 

[Axl_Rose]

[quote="Axl_Rose":2k1baoet] I say your ignorant. Start looking at peoples own experiences.

I say your an a**hole. Chill out bro. Don't be such a douche all the time, every post of yours I read on here you're being a defensive prick. This forum is for learning more about hairloss--not flaming and aggressively defending your opinions against innocent questions. In the future: if your going to be a raging f*g because this forum is your life and it's all you have, then don't bother responding to any of my posts. No one is asking you to, even if you don't agree with my opinions.[/quote:2k1baoet]

Wow...And I'm the one with problems? That says more about your personality then it does about mine, your whole reply proved that point. There's no need to be a "defensive prick", you might want to "chill out bro" and stop being a "douche" i was just giving my input and i answered your question.

 

[zephyr31]

its worked wonders for my hairline with growth all along it.

 

[amsch]

its worked wonders for my hairline with growth all along it.

Propecia-only?

 

[zephyr31]

its worked wonders for my hairline with growth all along it.

Propecia-only?

yup, hairline became stronger after about 8-9 months. was using nizoral alongwith it.

have tried A&G serums 5 vials but thats not given anyone any good results.

now on a topical also for the last few months, but results were pre that and finasteride and nizoral only.

 

[Gene_Fighter]

Axl_Rose: Not going to quote your entire post again.

You were being offensive, and you know it. I don't tolerate that.

Case closed.

 

[Axl_Rose]

Axl_Rose: Not going to quote your entire post again.

You were being offensive, and you know it. I don't tolerate that.

Case closed.

You can't tolerate an opinion? That's to bad, in all honesty though i don't give a sh*t what you can and can't tolerate, you can suck it as far as I'm concerned.

Good luck with the treatments though.

 

[Guest]

Axl_Rose is correct, there is no reason for you to be so obnoxious and rude gene fighter.

 

[LulzKiller]

It covers 100 % of your scalp. I am sure of this. The reason? I have a hair condition where the hair texture is affected by DHT. After taking Propecia, my entire scalp hair texture changed. That means every area of my scalp had a change in texture.

 

[Gene_Fighter]

It covers 100 % of your scalp. I am sure of this. The reason? I have a hair condition where the hair texture is affected by DHT. After taking Propecia, my entire scalp hair texture changed. That means every area of my scalp had a change in texture.

Yeah I was already aware of that, I was just wondering where it is primarily most effective in most people I guess. That is reassuring though. I'm pretty happy with what I've read and seen so far: works mainly in two target areas, but if your lucky extends elsewhere as well. I knew that too--just seeing what other's experiences were. So keep 'em coming if you wish to share them!

 

[mr_xxxplosive]

I have early frontal loss and been on Propecia for 15 months and it's almost exactly the same since then. Propecia covers your whole scalp! DHT attacks every genetically programmed follicle and Poprecia interferes with that process wherever it may be on your scalp either your temples, crown, mid section etc.!

 

[Hiker]

Propecia works most on the crown and sides of the head, the donor areas. It can work to help save the hair on top for some people.