Hair transplant diary (ongoing)

Should have gone with Thems and they could sell to females with alopecia too... someone in the marketing dept f***ed that one up

Are they not prescribing Finasteride?

A lot of red flags here.

Didn't give you an estimation of how many grafts needed.

Didn't give you a price per graft.If for example it's a small procedure of 1000 grafts that's €6 per graft which would get you the best surgeons in Europe.

Didn't recommend finesteride or explain the pros and cons

No explanation of plan to deal with future loss or detailed plan for this surgery.

It is worth going to other clinics for consultations if you feel there are red flags there. This is an important decision for you so you should take your time. As someone once said to me, you wouldn't hire a builder without getting other quotes to compare against.

Don't go near that place, any clinic talking about hairs instead of grafts aren't experienced enough to spend such money with. Especially ones who also say they don't prescribe finasteride after HTs. You should look at the options abroad instead of the overly expensive places in Ireland which have less experience than their European counterparts

There's also the topical version of Fin to consider...less sides than the oral form

I been on finesteride for 15 years with a 4 year break.There are a lot of potential sides,I've had/have some of them but thankfully none of the more serious ones like ED and depression. In all those years I've endeavoured to keep learning and educating myself on it,I've literally never heard of it linked to prostate cancer.

I'm not advocating taking it or against it.Just be aware that if you don't address it your other hair will more than likely miniaturise and eventually fall out.

There are a minority of men who are effected by MPB and then never progress past a NW 3 or 4,you could be in this group but it's statistically unlikely and have no way of knowing really.

Anyway,I'd strongly suggest you educate yourself on all aspects of the surgery, meds,what to look for in a good/ bad clinic before jumping into anything

Didn't really recover,maybe a slight improvement.

I didn't have a choice though as was trying for kids at the time.It was frustrating seeing it thin out but some things are more important than hair

I've never heard them mentioned here to be fair

I find it odd they claim they are "Dublin's favourite", when I would expect to have seen at least one mention

Some Google reviews seem to be fairly bad too

The main thing that can go wrong is that they harvest a lot of grafts from your donor area but don't implant them correctly, and this can mean you need to go back again to get a "top up". Ailesbury actually told me the same thing, and they said it was "expected" that you would go back to get further density done later.

The problem with this is that you only have a limited number of times you can extract from the donor area before your donor area starts to look like it's thinning itself, so really you only get a max of 2 tries before your donor limit is reached.

So it's best to maximise the likelihood of a positive result in as few sessions as possible as you only get 2 times.

Hi all,

I am 14 months post-hair transplant.

I have used Fin + Min topical spray for the last 12 months. Quite happy with the results.

I wish to come off Fin + Min spray. But worried that I will loose hair.

Should I give it a try now? Any suggestions please.

I think Finasteride was originally used to treat an enlarged prostate, not necessarily prostate cancer.

For what it's worth, I had a consultation at Dr. Nel's about 2 years ago and was told that whenever I'm getting my bloods/PSA levels checked by my GP I should mention that I'm on Finasteride. If you're on Finasteride it can lead to your PSA levels to appear lower than they actually are; so if your GP doesn't know you're on Finasteride then the signs of prostate cancer could be missed.

I was told the general rule is to double your PSA level results if you're on Finasteride to get a more accurate representation.

Yes, and no. Taking Fin will prevent the transplanted hair from falling out too.

Just ordered another 6 month supply of topical Finn and Min from Hims UK.

It was 150ish pounds. Plus another 20€ to get visa AddressPal.

or Thems ?

I didn’t notice that. Strange that they don’t offer topical fin by itself also.

I think topical is only available from their .co.uk site and posted to a UK address. Hopefully becoming available in Ireland soon

ok via vpn still showing up as just minox topical? Don't see fin on its own?

As far as I can’t tell topical fin by itself is very difficult to find… though fin and minox combo spray seems to be widely available