will propecia keep a NW1?
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No, it won't keep your teenage hairline, because getting a mature hairline is not balding
If you don't have male pattern baldness in your family, then I just suggest waiting until your mature hairline is developed and then going to a reputable hair transplant surgeon to give you your juvenile hairline back if you really want it. But some corner recession on a late 20 or early 30 something guy is attractive to most women.
If you don't have male pattern baldness in your family, then I just suggest waiting until your mature hairline is developed and then going to a reputable hair transplant surgeon to give you your juvenile hairline back if you really want it. But some corner recession on a late 20 or early 30 something guy is attractive to most women.
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you've probably seen by now the graph of the propecia trials. it's a downward curve so although it slows hairloss down, it doesn't stop it. if u want to stay an NW1 u have to have a transplant at some point, but PLEASE, do PLENTY of research into it before u have it!abcdefg said:
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As bubka said. Depends on the individual. A NW1 isn't maintainable for most people because most people develop an adult hairline and this is not male pattern baldness.
As for whether finasteride can prevent male pattern baldness for a lifetime.... well I believe this depends on the individual aswell. You have to remember that the Graph that shows a downward trend may be due to some bad responders pulling the average down.
If you have aggressive male pattern baldness then Finasteride will probably just slow down the process. If you have mild male pattern baldness than Finasteride may halt the process for quite a long time.
If and when Finasteride does stop working for you, jump ship to Dutasteride. Dutasteride may then buy you even more time.
If you have mild to moderate male pattern baldness, I believe Finasteride and Minoxidil can delay the balding process for 4-6 years. Then Dutasteride may buy you another 2-4 years. So in total I think you should expect 7-10 years of delayed (or greatly reduced) hairloss with these treatments. Then in 10 years who knows, there may be better treatments or hair cloning may be available.
As bubka said. Depends on the individual. A NW1 isn't maintainable for most people because most people develop an adult hairline and this is not male pattern baldness.
As for whether finasteride can prevent male pattern baldness for a lifetime.... well I believe this depends on the individual aswell. You have to remember that the Graph that shows a downward trend may be due to some bad responders pulling the average down.
If you have aggressive male pattern baldness then Finasteride will probably just slow down the process. If you have mild male pattern baldness than Finasteride may halt the process for quite a long time.
If and when Finasteride does stop working for you, jump ship to Dutasteride. Dutasteride may then buy you even more time.
If you have mild to moderate male pattern baldness, I believe Finasteride and Minoxidil can delay the balding process for 4-6 years. Then Dutasteride may buy you another 2-4 years. So in total I think you should expect 7-10 years of delayed (or greatly reduced) hairloss with these treatments. Then in 10 years who knows, there may be better treatments or hair cloning may be available.
I see. I will never understand the mature hairline. If some hairloss is a mature hairline then by that logic a Norwood 7 is simply a more mature hairline right? some hairloss is not really hairloss but if its a lot then its a disease and you should treat it. I dont understand. At what point does it go from mature hairline to male pattern baldness? oh wait there is no standard its a bunch of derms guessing. male pattern baldness has so little exact information its amazing we have any treatments at all.
See though there is no such thing as a mature hairline. A mature hairline is hairloss there is no way around it. If you have 2 hairs that miniturized anywhere on your head you have hairloss and you are balding. Balding being the process of losing hair.
Like I said if a Norwood 2 is normal mature hairline that all the Norwood 7's just have hairlines that matured more then other people and all hairloss means nothing and is not a problem. This is stupid I dont know what doctor or what kind of idiot the guy that invented the norwood scale was. Did he just make that up?
Like I said if a Norwood 2 is normal mature hairline that all the Norwood 7's just have hairlines that matured more then other people and all hairloss means nothing and is not a problem. This is stupid I dont know what doctor or what kind of idiot the guy that invented the norwood scale was. Did he just make that up?