20 year old with majorly thinning hair, taking Finasteride, advice on dosage? (photos)

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I am a 20 year old asian male. Last year i had buzzed my hair down to a grade 1 expecting it to grow back like before but it didn't. My hair is still there but the diameter is decreasing especially in the temples and crown. I've been told that this is completely due to genetics. Im keen on taking finasteride but i don't know how to go about it. I heard taking 0.25mg a day and seeing if there's any side effects is optimal then increasing the dosage if it works. Advice is appreciated Thank you

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

you may probably have a androgenetic type hair
loss. I dont advice to use finasteride because of
possible side effects and being under
the necessity of using that chemical for almost life long to stop hair
loss.You may start to use minoxidil %5 to thicken the crown area and stop hair
loss.You would better planning to have an
exam at hair loss expert for hair restoration surgery when you fell
uncomfortable about hair styling or total loss of hair..

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

Your biggest enemy is the progressive
thinning leading to a balding pattern that is not evident at this point in
time. The degree of thinning that you are experiencing would suggest that
you should see a doctor who has a HAIRCHECK instrument and will most likely will get
Bulk Measurements of your hair to determine the degree of the thinning
that you are presently having. If the diagnosis is early genetic hair loss
(the most common cause of hair loss in young men), then the best treatment
would be the drug finasteride which is highly effective in men of your age
and may not only stop the hair loss but possibly reverse it. If you are
developing a more advanced balding pattern the best test to get
will determine the Bulk Measurements of your hair and this will show, over
a one-year time frame, how effective the treatment will be. Once you know
this information, then you and your doctor need to develop a MASTER PLAN
which will define what you need to do over the years to come.

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