seeing a doctor?

[testingit]

My experience with seeing doctors and experts regarding this subject:

Tricologists: usually quacks who try to sell lotions, light therapy, and laser combs; very few who are useful
GPs: believe that 'stress' causes male pattern baldness or have no clue about hair loss or DHT
Dermatologists: if knowledgeable enough will at least give you propecia
Bad hair transplant docs: "medication doesn't work, come back when you need a hair transplant"
Good hair transplant docs: hard to find

What's your experience? I don't know why this is a medical subject where you can find more info from these types of forums than from real doctors in most cases.

 

[blondi]

GP told me to accept it, and at a very young age. Went to a hair transplant doctor and was great, gave me propecia straight up.

 

[kmm179]

I usually try to deal with physician assistants at medical practices. I have always had better experience/treatment. I think a lot of them were nurses first or something.

 

[Hairloss23]

First Derm saw my position as a young guy balding and told me about Propecia but was unwilling to be the one to prescribe it (did write a letter of recommendation to my GP though, she was oblivious to any and all male pattern baldness treatments) was more than willing to charge me 200 pounds for a 20 minute session though. Second Derm didn't even check my hairline, looked at the top of scalp and as there was no visible bald spot, she denied I was balding, again refused to prescribe.

My experience is similar to yours, GP's are oblivious and Derms are unwilling to presribe a drug with potentially nasty side effects for purely cosmetic purposes in case it rebounds back at them.

 

[kmm179]

I would just call different derms and ask if they prescribe propecia. And I think you can find more info here because treating baldness can be seen as vain compared to other illnesses and isnt a big concern because its cosmetic.

 

[Pray The Bald Away]

My dermatologist was willing to prescribe it to me under the condition that I get a blood test first. Seemed fair enough. Now I'll have info to compare against when finasteride f**ks me up.

 

[MoBishop]

My derm looked at my hair for all of three seconds and prescribed me Propecia. $70 bucks for that damn appointment

 

[Pray The Bald Away]

My derm looked at my hair for all of three seconds and prescribed me Propecia. $70 bucks for that damn appointment

Try a $105 appointment, then a $425 blood test, then passing out during said blood test because the nurse f'ed up.

 

[shookwun]

Try a $105 appointment, then a $425 blood test, then passing out during said blood test because the nurse f'ed up.

USA health care is a pain by the sounds of it.

A years worth of finasteride for me costs around $20-25. Just pay the dispenser fee.

 

[Pray The Bald Away]

USA health care is a pain by the sounds of it.

A years worth of finasteride for me costs around $20-25. Just pay the dispenser fee.

It's worth it though because my family would be paying ten times that in taxes if we had universal healthcare.
Having said that, the FDA's non-competitive attitude towards drug patents drives medication prices way tf up. India plz.