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  • SE19
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2010
    • 125

    follicles were meant to die

    hello,

    I recently read that if hairs are predispositioned to fall out then finasteride or dutasteride wont help?

    what does it mean if the hair is predispositioned? something to do with genes? and is it true no treatment can help it?

    thanks
  • PatientlyWaiting
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2011
    • 1637

    #2
    I have seen too many before and after pictures from real people, that shows otherwise.

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    • Spex
      Dr Representative
      • Nov 2008
      • 4217

      #3
      I agree with patientlywaiting. Meds can help reverse the curse.
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      • VictimOfDHT
        Senior Member
        • Apr 2011
        • 747

        #4
        Originally posted by SE19
        hello,

        I recently read that if hairs are predispositioned to fall out then finasteride or dutasteride wont help?

        what does it mean if the hair is predispositioned? something to do with genes? and is it true no treatment can help it?

        thanks
        So what do you think people are taking Fin/Dut or minox for ? Toothache ?

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        • SE19
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2010
          • 125

          #5
          Victim of DHT there is no need for petty comments, I am very aware that meds such as fin, dut, minox etc can help to maintain and in some cases reverse hairloss.

          However, I have read in another forum that if your genetic make is so, then your hairs are always doomed to fall, regardless of any help from any drug. This state is predetermined in the womb and perhaps sheds light on why not everyone benefits from these medications.

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          • ohlife
            Senior Member
            • Apr 2010
            • 134

            #6
            So you're saying that people who do respond well to finasteride but would otherwise be bald are not predispositioned? that doesn't make sense - for example, just because someone takes valium, doesn't mean they don't have a disposition towards being uptight or whatever; in fact, the opposite is true, hence why they'd use it. Maybe you should be more specific instead of just plain rude.

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            • SE19
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2010
              • 125

              #7
              ohlife thanks for another useless comment, don't you dare point a finger at me claiming I am rude when I am only regurgitating what I have read on other sites AS I STATED in the initial post.

              All mpb sufferers hair will be predetermined, of course, but perhaps some are precoded to be effected by DHT and others by different factors, again this could account for the unsuccessful stories

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              • ohlife
                Senior Member
                • Apr 2010
                • 134

                #8
                Of course that makes sense now, but it really didn't in your original post if you re-read it.

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                • Dr. Glenn Charles
                  IAHRS Recommended Hair Transplant Surgeon
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 2419

                  #9
                  Maybe patients can have different strengths or combinations of the genes for MPB. Making some patients respond to the medications better than others. There has to be a reason why some patients get better protection from fallout when using Finasteride/Dutasteride. Hopefully, in time difficult questions like this will be answered.
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                  • RichardDawkins
                    Inactive
                    • Jan 2011
                    • 895

                    #10
                    Follicles dont die they minituarize.

                    Also genes are a factor but they are not so drastic like in "Hair losscant be reversed" if something can be slightly reversed or stopped or slowed down there is a high chance that the genetic factor has not that much of an impact on a problem

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