My experience with Hair Loss

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I am not a physician, I am a pharmaceutical specialist by background with an interest in OSD medication for hair restoration. I currently work as a patient coordinator for Dr. Marwan Saifi. This video is for information purposes only, always consult a physician for medical advice.

[@TheHairChemist]

👉 My experience using oral Finasteride kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4m4hpelqc6Zp6Msi=F4gTwGeGHl5YAKqc

[@Filippo-ps9fs]

Wonderful video man. I also had the same exact experience with stopping Finasteride for 3 months and the same happened! The crazy part is that I started seeing miniaturization even in areas that I had never seen affected before starting (like the crown)

[@alexandros6355]

Excellent video! Can you cover Topical Dutasteride? Also do you think there is anything that can target hair follicle mitochondria (current or future) for androgenetic alopecia ?

[@TheHairChemist]

Hello, I covered topicals here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jILZiJyZYtabp9Usi=HPBWXzul468Rh2KC. They all fall under the same issues. With regards to the mitochondria, this is not an area of interest to target in miniaturization. The dermal papillae as a unit would be more relevant.

[@ectomorph4987]

How do you feel about Camber generic Dutasteride and Finasteride?

[@JohnJez]

Hi Killian, Thank you for your videos, as you mentioned putting the knowledge in one area is superb. I would be very interested to hear about the dermaroller/micro needling process as you mentioned. Also, what product do you use to style your hair and how do you do so? Thank you for everything in advance. Kindest regards, John

[@TheHairChemist]

You know I actually use no products, no gels, waxes, oils etc. I wash hair daily with the CRLab shampoo lines and simply blowdry after.

[@JohnJez]

@@TheHairChemist thank you Killian, what CRlab shampoo/conditioner do you use? Also, would you say there are any issues with using products, gel, waxes, clays etc? Thanks again for all your help.

[@TheHairChemist]

Absolutely no issues, and we should be able to enjoy products like these, even if they are not "optimal" or don't benefit our hairs health. But they 100% don't have any effect on miniaturization. I'll cover all of my hair washing routine in a single video one day soon. It is a very customised approach rather than buying head and shoulders etc.

[@JohnJez]

@@TheHairChemist Thank you, I would be really interested to see this and a video about Derma Rolling/micro needling. Thanks again, John.

[@TheHairChemist]

​@@JohnJezit's uploaded now John 👍

[@Lamb02]

I’ve been on finesteride for a little over 3 years as a mono therapy since I was 19. (I have naturally thin hair and aggressive MPB). So i’m 22 and what ur telling me is I need to hop onto minoxidil asap either orally or topically? Every year i’ve been on finesteride I seem to go through a shed around the same time I started the drug (january). Hoping this one comes back strong again if not I may implement 0.5 dut once a week and see if I tolerate that. Hoping some of these topical anti androgens in clinical trials workout in the next 3-5 years!

[@TheHairChemist]

Yeah basically, synergy is key here - one needs to delay the aging of matrix cells and elongate finite anagen. I wish I did this when I was 22.

[@Lamb02]

@@TheHairChemist Thanks for the response. Always been hesitant because i’m afraid of the shed with my hair type. Flat thin blonde hair and a shed do not go well together 😂.

[@TheHairChemist]

Totally get the fear

[@Lamb02]

@@TheHairChemist I know I could get this answer from a video of yours but I was just wondering how long you have been using oral minoxidil?

[@lewihugh44]

Cillian, at 44 and mild Norwood 2 would 0.25mg finasteride x3 per week be beneficial even if my hair isn’t actually thin other than slightly in the temples. I’m also concerned re side effects.

[@TheHairChemist]

0.5mg would be I think the therapeutic lower limit.

[@lewihugh44]

@@TheHairChemist thanks for your reply. Is that 0.5 three times per week or every day. Cheers.

[@RedBar3D]

There are studies indicating that a dose of 0.2 mg daily gives you about 80 % of the effect of 1 mg daily. However, there's no harm in trying. I started at 1 mg daily and experienced side effects (though I think there may have been a nocebo factor to these). I therefore stopped taking the drug for a few days until I felt better and then got on 1 mg every other day and have had no issues at all on that dose. You have to remember that less than 2 % of people experience side effects on 1 mg daily.

[@JamezKel-il4vf]

Hi killian Do you think I should be using ketoconzale shampoo like regenpure dr 1% or do u think Nizrol 2% is better ? Also have u heard of kmax shampoo? It has Ingredients Triaminodil Azelaic acid Beta sitosterol Caffeine Piroctone olamine Do yout think this shampoo would be any good ? Thanks

[@TheHairChemist]

Tbh shampoo will not make a difference to hair loss. However, it will make a difference to hair shaft/scalp health and appearance by how it penetrates the cuticle and acts on the cortex temporarily for aesthetic healthy looking and hydrated hair. The products you have mentioned I would disregard. I highly recommend a shampoo range with lower pH values to balance the hair strand/scalp pH. I highly recommend CRLab which I use myself and intend on covering in one video.

[@BrayyT3]

Can you make a video addressing finasteride not being enough and if adding dutasteride is a good option to add in into the hair loss protocol

[@TheHairChemist]

Yeah sure might do, remind me again please as next video on micro needling

[@BrayyT3]

@@TheHairChemist ok will do, thank you!!

[@manuhatmacros3924]

Hey where should i get Minoxidil and Finesteride in Oral Form cheap in the EU, or where do you buy it? I'm based in Switzerland

[@TheHairChemist]

I made a video on this for people in the EU - please check out in video list. It was maybe 2 months back.

[@petrostsekak3053]

Hi i want to ask your opinion what is better to take dudasteride 0,5 every day or higher dose like 1mg 3 times a week ;

[@TheHairChemist]

Personally, I always think Finasteride is the better option if it were me I'd elect for three times weekly. Even though the half life is 6-8 hours if still builds up in tissue over time.

[@simonnylund5420]

Any experience from either you or Saifi in handling gyno as a side effect of finasteride? I’ve asked this on other videos of yours, but you haven’t responded. I am in contact with a physician and both of us want to get me back on finasteride, I just want to hear from someone else who is knowledgeable.

[@TheHairChemist]

Did you try titrate it?

[@simonnylund5420]

@@TheHairChemist I did 1 mg every other day at first for 3.5 months and then 1 mg every day for about 2 weeks. I only noticed the gyno the last few weeks.

[@ectomorph4987]

How do you feel about camber dutasteride it is manufactured in the United States

[@TheHairChemist]

I am unfamiliar with this manufacturer.

[@jh-mz2wy]

Question: when you are losing hair, each hair gets shorter and thinner with each hair cycle. My question is does that happen in reverse when you start taking finasteride. Or does taking finasteride have a one time jump up the hair cycle?

[@TheHairChemist]

You will get one jump of improvement which will take up to one year to appreciate fully as hair cycling occurs in asynchrony on the scalp. Thereafter for several years you'll see the result maintaining. Eventually, as DHT continues to bind to the androgen receptor you'll notice the gradual decline in future future hair cycles as miniaturization continues to progress at a slowed rate due to reduced DHT levels from Finasteride therapy.

[@Nathan47223]

@@TheHairChemist Would 2.5 mg dutasteride theoretically halt hair loss almost to a complete stop considering it's 97% serum dht reduction and more importantly 80% scalp dht reduction? Finasteride only reduced scalp dht by about 40% so i guess the cumulative dht damage makes sense long term

[@TheHairChemist]

​@@Nathan47223 No Dutasteride also won't stop miniaturization. It is also better to start with Finasteride over Dutasteride. Trying to inhibit DHT to very low levels is physiologically abnormal and likely unwise. There are thresholds to reward vs trade-off when we try to augment/interfere with naturally occuring hormones.

[@rexneedsoxygen7140]

@@TheHairChemist what do you think about the long-term finasteride studies which all show that 80%-90% of men stay above or at baseline after 10 years? Would you say that's true?

[@Niko-Suave]

Darn it! Nobody told me squat about my hair loss until someone online called me out on my hairline about a couple years ago. Would have i known of this i would of started FIN at least in my early 30's and now I am 40 and just started Min and Fin. I dont know my norwood but i am sure im not bald lol....not sure if i want to take my chances with oral min but i will think about it

[@tomcotter4299]

Based on your thumbnail, I’d guess you are a Norwood 3. That’s where there is a lot of recession on both the left and right corners at the front of the scalp. If you also have a bald spot on your crown, then you’re a Norwood 3V (V for Vertex). Finasteride and minoxidil can help prevent further hair loss, but you won’t see anything near full regrowth to a Norwood 1 or 0. You will likely need a hair transplant to restore the front, and probably 2 transplants if you have significant loss in the back.

[@Niko-Suave]

@@tomcotter4299 hey, thanks for the help!! I was kinda thinking around 2 or 3. I hate the temple fade for sure. The diffuse thinning sucks ass too but I can handle it. The crown is not too bad. But once again thanks for your help bro

[@tomcotter4299]

@@Niko-Suave Of course! Good luck with the therapeutics. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you to get great results from them.

[@Niko-Suave]

@@tomcotter4299 I hope so too!! I just wished I noticed the hair loss in my late 20's then I probably wouldn't of been in this predicament. 🤞

[@tomcotter4299]

@@Niko-Suave Agreed, man. I really wish a doctor or someone had told me what to look out for in my 20s, and that I had started finasteride around 29-30 when I still had no visible signs of balding. I noticed that my corners had receded to about a Norwood 0.5 - 1 a couple of years ago at 32 Fortunately finasteride and minoxidil have worked quite well for me, with very minimal and manageable side-effects. Now I'm basically back to Norwood 0 with nothing but the big two (finasteride + minoxidil). I hope you see some regrowth a as well. A bit of friendly advice since I've probably spent 1,000+ hours researching different therapies and experimented with them on myself: 1) Stick with the big two medical therapies. Don't stop if you experience minor side-effects. Those are temporary, if they occur at all. And 2) Use both for 1-2 years before you seek out a hair transplant. Due to the length of the hair cycle, that's how long it takes to see the final result you're going to get from medical therapy. Every hair counts. You want to be sure you've gotten as much as you can get out of finasteride and minoxidil before you start dipping into your limited reserve of donor hair with a transplant.

[@musaahmed7515]

IMPORTANT QUESTION- which brand of oral minoxidil should I purchase

[@TheHairChemist]

Loniten is brand Oral Minoxidil by pfizer

[@akkmastr]

Why dont u show ur earlier photos

[@TheHairChemist]

They're history

[@dallaslooksmaxxer3505]

@@TheHairChemistit would be so good for this channel to see the before though

[@TheHairChemist]

​@@dallaslooksmaxxer3505 I have a video from before: kzbin.infov7b6UUwEnWA?si=aijHldBHrxjJTPxF

[@geneticfreak84]

Why don't you use oral dutasteride over oral finasteride?

[@TheHairChemist]

I tried it and did not appreciate the side effects for benefit. It is better to stick with Finasteride over Dutasteride in those who respond well to Finasteride such as in my case. Trying to inhibit DHT to very low levels is physiologically abnormal and likely unwise. There are thresholds to reward vs trade-off when we try to augment/interfere with naturally occuring hormones.

[@geneticfreak84]

@@TheHairChemistthank you for your response

[@Zrizzy7]

6,600 grafts for just your hairline??

[@TheHairChemist]

Entire frontal band extending into the lateral humps- lowered and reinforced 5 times, the temporal peaks. Essentially a full frame.

[@rexneedsoxygen7140]

@@TheHairChemist but what if you need another one in the future? isn't your donor kinda depleted now?

[@delano4907]

Is it really dangerous to have children while on finasteride or this nonsense from internet doctors?

[@musaahmed7515]

I want to know that too

[@tomcotter4299]

It is a real and unnecessary risk. You should stop using finasteride at least 1-month prior to conception. And you should make sure your pregnant wife avoids any contact with the drug while carrying your child. That means you should not use a topical version of finasteride during the pregnancy, since that formulation is easiest to transfer to another person’s skin.

[@dallaslooksmaxxer3505]

I think it’s more of a precautionary thing. No recorded incidents exist that prove that finasteride use had any adverse effects in terms of pregnancy. But still, the drug isn’t exactly compatible with female physiology. Best to avoid it and in any event talk to your physician.

[@tomcotter4299]

@@dallaslooksmaxxer3505 The suppression of DHT in a fetus causes micro-penis.

[@TheHairChemist]

I'm sure a lot of accidents have happened on this drug...to be 100% safe if it were me I'd stop a month before.