FUE Hair Transplant

0.5mm isnt deep enough to cause sufficient wound healing response at the follicle. 1 to 1.5mm is recommended. 0.5mm might be okay for the face and general collagen production, but not stimulating hair follicles to grow.

Yes deflated is exactly how I felt too lol, but I was up at 4am to catch my flight so tiredness prob didnt help.

Mine was:

Donor Density  -  70/75/80 (Average of 75FU/cm2)

Miniaturisation - 15% present within donor area

Follicular Grouping - Many 2 hair follicles

Other notes - Retrograde Alopecia

Ideally I'd be taking a 5-AR inhibitor but my body just cant handle it. I wasnt on anything at the time of consultation but I'm back on RU58841, microneedling, Nizoral and am looking into low dose oral minoxidil and will reassess in a few months. RU and minoxidil both worked for me in the past.

How long has it been since your HT with Dr Bisanga?

I just buy it from the pharmacy 2%. Online is prob cheaper, I just pay the 15 quid or whatever it is, lasts a few months.

How do you get a prescription for Finasteride for €25. I got mine through webdoctor which is €25 for the prescription and then €39 for the actual tablets (only last 6 months).

I'm really contemplating going on Loniten. How has it been for you? Did it increase body hair? I'm naturally hairy so would it make me into some kind of yeti I'm wondering?

What are you taking?

Reddit's hair loss forum Tressless is by far the best online resource I've found which answers all the questions which keep coming up here. The routines of those with the best before and after pictures I have seen all include the same products/treatments.

Finasteride: 0.5mg - 1mg daily

Topical Minoxidil: Twice daily

Dermarolling: 1.0-1.5mm 1x a week

Vitamin D: 4,000 IU daily

Nizoral shampoo: 1x weekly

RU58841: 1x/2x daily

Some of the before/after pictures people have posted using most or all of the above are just outrageous, incredible growth.

On Finasteride side effects, just try it. If you get sides, stop taking it, or persevere if you're brave enough. The side effects sometimes subside with time.

On dermarolling, there are 2 reasons to dermaroll. 0.25mm - 0.5mm roller will increase the absorption of any topical solutions you apply to your scalp, improving their effectiveness (in theory) and also stimulate some blood flow to your scalp. You can do this 2-3 times a week. A 1.0 - 1.5mm roller will puncture the scalp more deeply, causing deeper injuries. The body's response to this triggers the hair growth, I believe there's collagen involved, someone else can probably explain it better. The absolute maximum this should be done is 1x per week. I've seen 1x every 2 weeks recommended also. Try and avoid touching the derma roller needles, at all if possible when cleaning it. Just soak it in alcohol and let it air dry.

Because most recommendations are anecdotal and everybody responds differently to different treatments. Nizoral's side effects are fairly mild, go ahead and use it 3-4 times a week if you want. Flaky, dry, irritated scalp which will subside with less or no usage is the worst that will happen. To be honest, Nizoral is probably the least influential of the above, so I wouldn't worry too much about it, but every little bit helps.

RU58841: 1x/2x daily

Have you used RU? from where did you buy it

Nope, and I would be interested to hear from anyone who has it where they got it from.

I'm also interested in hearing from anyone who has more info or experience with Tir na nOg, considering heading in for a consultation...

Every Sunday night:)

That is a nice price.

I usually take Dr Nel's prescription to Boots. They seem to give a lot of loniten, but just 1 box of proscar (total EUR 60).

So your deal seems better if you get Fin for a year (that would be around 3 boxes then).

Do they hand over the tablets straightaway or do you have to wait for an hour (if so, it is a deal breaker).

1mg a day is the “standard” dosage for hair loss in Europe and US. However lots of doctors and users are coming up with their own dosage to try and mitigate against Finasteride side effects. No one wants to be taking more Fin than they need to for obvious reasons. There’s lots of anecdotal evidence of people having great success with much less than the “standard” dosage. I believe in Korea the prescribed dosage is a mere 0.25mg per day. Around 3mg a week is quite common, taken every day or second day.

In Ireland, Finasteride can only be prescribed by your GP for enlarged prostate. The dosage for this unfortunate ailment, is 5mg per day, hence why in this country we have lots of 5mg tablets lying around. Those of us who managed to get a prescription for hair loss (I used webdoctor) were prescribed 1.25mg per day for the ridiculous reason that a 5mg tablet easily cuts into 4, 1.25mg segments. There is no medical reason for taking 1.25mg per day. The dosage I decided on myself was based on my own research and the best anecdotal evidence found online.