Can Finasteride help you maintain PRP results even after you stop doing sessions?

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This is a question I’m pretty sure I already know the answer to, but I figure I must ask it just in case. If I regrew hair through PRP sessions can I maintain that hair by using Finasteride by itself of will I lose that hair after halting my PRP sessions? I figure that since they do entirely different things to promote hair growth I can’t have one without the other, but if I could that would really be ideal because PRP seems like an expensive lifetime commitment that I don’t feel like making.

Jeff Rapaport, MD · Answer

Finasteride works by inhibiting DHT formation. PRP has multifactorial growth factors and cytokines. Combining the two are synergistic. In my experience, finasteride will not maintain PRP by itself.. However, I have found that the spacing between treatments can often be extended. Monitoring hair loss is the defining factor.
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Jeff Donovan, MD, PhD · Answer

The answer is no. If PRP works and you stop doing PRP then you lose the hair you gained. Now if finasteride helps then you might get some benefit again and it may seem like the finasteride kept all the growth you achieved through PrP. But in reality the finasteride simply told the hairs to grow. If finasteride does not help, then you are back at square 1. I hear many patients say they were told to do  treatment #1 for a while and then switch to treatment #2 for maintenance. It’s pure nonsense.

Matt Tahsini, MD · Answer

Hello and thank you for your question. PRP and Finasteride work differently  and one doesn’t not depend or affect the other. Best wishes.Dr. T

Michael Meshkin, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

Medical hair treatments are a good way to maintain your native hair. However PRP and Propcia work differently and therefore do not effect each other’s results.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

Finasteride works independently of any PRP that you may have done. The hair effects of finasteride are directly on the DHT receptors

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