I'm 48 years old & have been loosing hair since I was in my early 20's. Hair loss has affected me like many men on this forum in a negative way, low confidence, higher stress, less overall happyness. Roughly 5 years ago, I started using Finansteride & it definitely helped, hair loss stopped & I even re-grew roughly 10% of what I had previously lost. However, due to many years of gradual receding, a full head of hair is out of reach by natural or medication means. I am currently looking at the surgical option.