Posts Tagged ‘finasteride’
Finasteride Treatment for Hairline Restoration & Maintenance
Finasteride is the generic name for the brand name drugs Proscar and Propecia. In 1997 it was approved for treatment of hair loss in the crown for men. What consumers don’t know is that the claim for treatment only in the crown is because the FDA trials only studied hair growth in the crown. This…
Read MoreFemale Hair Loss – Hair Transplant Case Study
This female patient came to our office when she began losing hair in her mid 50’s. Since the patient was post menopausal Dr. Rogers prescribed Rogaine 5% once daily and oral finasteride 5mg daily. After a year she came back to the office for an evaluation. At that time she had discontinued the Rogaine and was…
Read MorePropecia Hair Loss Case Study
This is a 40 year old gentleman who was bothered by hair thinning in the vertex. He started on Propecia (finasteride) 1mg daily as well as Rogaine 5% foam nightly. He was followed continuously and found to have significant improvement. His follow up photos is 15 months after initiation of treatment at which time he had almost complete…
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