I wish people would realise that hair loss is hardly ever the result of vitamin or mineral deficiencies, but I do understand that most people are hesitant to accept that they actually have male pattern baldness.
I started taking minoxidil and finasteride and got no results, then started taking vitamins and minerals along with the meds and my hair started growing back. I'm a vegetarian so it was probably a combination of both.
I had a friend that was convinced his was due to medications and his illness which I can understand that is possible, however it looked like male pattern baldness to me.
I started on oral Finasteride and oral Minoxidil yesterday October 22, 2024. All purchased from your company and I was treated in a professional manner. Great people to work with. I’m 69 and I don’t care what age a person is, wanting your hair back is always on your mind every time you “have” to look in the mirror. I started on topical Minoxidil years ago and then a couple years back, I went to applying it only once per day to try and maintain what hair I had. It was such a pain to apply it twice a day, just messy. I accidentally came across your website and I wasn’t looking for any type of hair regrowth. I learned so much listening to your videos and had no idea that oral Minoxidil was even available. I’m very happy to report that I have had zero side effects! I have very long hair, but with the top of my head going bald I have been wearing a hat everywhere I go. I took pictures and I’m confident that my future pictures will show hair growth, which I will share. Thank you for all your time and money given to all these excellent videos - very much appreciated.
You gonna kill your kidneys! Fin makes kidney cell apoptosis! A safer way to use 0,06 mg finasteride topical (1mg/ml)! Go to a pharmacist to mix it out for you and stay away from oral! Even topical gonna give you side effects! Use NOW saw palmetto liquid capsules. 2 a day instead of 1!
i lived in fear of losing my hair in my 20s and 30s only to realize in my 50s, with a full head of hair, that I actually could live without it. Hairloss seems to be a boogeyman to men in their 20s and 30s. If you still feel insecure about baldness passed that age range, you have deeper hangups to reflect on.
@@jebidiahkorn I never understood the point that if you complain about losing your hair you have psychological problems or insecurities. Even so, does that justify having more additional problems? From what I understand you didn't go bald even in your 50s right? Then trust me you don't really understand. Losing your hair sucks at any age. It's incredible that they haven't found a real solution yet.
My standard bloodwork was normal when I experienced hair loss but had the doctor test my Ferritin levels which isn't a standard test, getting a full iron panel showed my Ferritin at 2.. The rest of the "iron levels' were high but I went on iron supplements and my ferritin went up to 50 and the iron & TIBC normalized. Hair loss stopped and hair grew back. Highly recommend people getting ferritin checked..
@@blankspaceforyou Yes, but my hemoglobin was normal to begin with.. so no typical anemia assessed. I'm in the research sciences, and honestly, don't believe most doctors know how iron tests are supposed to be read. Many people are deficient and don't know it since the standard tests test for anemia in the hemoglobin. And many will show High Iron and TIBC when they get a Full Iron Panel, unfortunately, only the ferritin counts with many types of anemia. And this will definitely cause hair loss..
I have to say when I was a young teenager and I had gone to a movie with a friend and her Father drove us and he was losing his hair and had a massive comb over and I don't know why but I was very embarrassed for him. I went home and asked my Father if he would do a favor for me. He looked at me seriously and asked what and I said if you start going bald would you just wear a hat if my friend's come over and he smiled and said Yes. I have to say that I am from the Choctaw and Chickasaw nation and you rarely see bald American Indians. He never lost his hair and it wouldn't have cared any way but I know men and women can both lose their hair and it definitely affects how we feel about ourselves.
OTOH, blood work was critical for me. I discovered that I am borderline deficient in iron and very deficient in vitamin D. So, I take iron and Vitamin D+K2 supplements, oral minoxidil, and went on bio-identical HRT. I got my hair back. As a happy side note, my joints feel better and my skin improved. The CDC estimates that 40% of all Americans are clinically deficient in Vitamin D and many women (even menopausal women) struggle with anemia. This deficiencies didn't CAUSE my balding; but they halted any hope of regaining a full head of hair even with hormone therapy and minoxidil.
@@connarfunckj check for nutritional status, Vitamin D levels, serum iron levels, ferritin (a measure of how much iron your body is storing, and checked B12 and other nutrients (which were all fine in my case).This is a fairly common nutrition test and should be easy to get.🙂
I think what's interesting in this particular case study is that all the vitamins + minerals he's taking support the nervous system AND address the low availability of sunlight(vit D) Northern Europe experiences for 9 months of the year.
@@Bakanelli yes, but if you aren't getting as much time outdoors, you won't be getting as much vitamin D. You will suprised to know lots of people are deficient in vit D cause many spend lots of time indoors, esp since 9-5pm office jobs are some of the most common form of employment.
@@Nicole-kc1vx fair point. The other extreme is people sunbathing thereby exposing themselves to ionising radiation specially when the sun is at 90 degree angle and radiation travels through the least amount of ozone layer which filters ionising radiation. There’s a balance in just about anything.
@@BakanelliSometimes, your skin can still be not efficient in absorbing vitamin D through the sun. I was working in mail delivery and even after a heath stroke without sunscreen, my vitamin D was so low it affected my calcium. I am white thoug, but I still have to supplement 2000 units to not be deficient.
You said some patients use Finasteride for decades, what's your opinion on this? Here in Germany the recommendation is to not use it/stop using it when you're 40 (because it can make the detection of prostate cancer more difficult). So basically you will lose your hair at 40 if you stop. Also: oral minoxidil is not approved for hairloss here in Germany, I don't know if it ever will be (you need a prescription for high blood pressure to get it). And as such it is recommended that you take it together with a beta blocker to inhibit the adrenalin and a diuretic drug. Are German doctors too careful? If you look on reddit or something, EVERYONE is taking Minoxidil and Finasteride and almost everybody is just self medicating, mostly very young people and dismissing any risks.
it is not more difficult to detect prostate cancer. all u have to do is let your doctor know you are on finasteride and they will simply adjust the PSA numbers to accommodate. for a competent doctor it is very simple. also in the long term finasteride lowers your chances of getting prostate cancer to begin with. the other way is to stop finasteride for 4-6 weeks before ur blood work to get ur levels back to baseline and then get back on it after u get ur bloodwork/PSA numbers. that little break will do no harm to your hair and u can put ur mind at ease that your doctor interpreted the results properly. all fin does is lower ur PSA numbers by 50% so its as simple as double ur PSA result to get accurate results.
I have had prolonged iron and vitamin D deficiency and supplementation has helped that. I've had to get labs done because high levels of both can be toxic but thanks to regular bleeding I am not really at risk of iron overload. I think its worth checking if you have risk factors like premenopausal women and low sun exposure/melanated skin.
I tried oral finasteride and had awful sexual side effects. I stopped it for 3 months. I started it back a couple months ago starting with a 1/4 tablet then 1/2 and now a full 1mg tablet. I find I don't suffer the side effects now. I guess my body got accustomed to it. I also take a prostate supplement that has pumpkin seed oil and saw palmetto with absolutely no side effects. My hair does appear thicker
I’ve watched some of these and I’m really glad it worked. My husband tried it all and had side effects and no new growth. I think it might have helped not getting worse but he was doing so many things, the needling and everything. Side effects were not worth it anymore. He got a transplant and it looks amazing. Wish it would’ve helped tho.
Hey Doctor Gary. I swim a lot and wanted to know if the chlorine is bad for the scalp and hair. My hairline is very receded and I take oral minoxidil and finasteride. I am 65 and I swim about 4 hours a week without a bathing cap. Love your show. Trying to do what's best for my thinning and receding hair.
you probably have a healthy diet. A good diet increases testosterone but with testosterone comes dht and then finasteride has more to fight against so I would suggest that you should start eating junk food in order to keep the hair killing testosterone down.
I never promote "natural remedies" when people ask me about my hair loss. It requires far too many pills, liquids, shampoos, etc etc and so on. The chances of side effects just increase as you stack more BS "maybe it works" stuff into your routine. The harm it can cause to your kidneys and gut from taking so much crap, they might as well take whats PROVEN to work, fin/ minox blend in topical form and has documented side effects and percentages (which are extremely low/ 1-2%). I always tell guys to spring for propecia so they can get 1mg pills and take 0.5mg/day instead of even 1mg. All the research Ive ever seen shows 0.5mg being the optimal dosage for fin but unfortunately you can only get the 5mg pills and even cutting that into 4 pieces has you at 1.25mg...WAY TOO MUCH. One thing people dont discuss is how quickly they start a regiment after balding hits. If you can start sooner rather than later, results are far more noticeable and quicker. Starting 6 months after heaving hair loss vs. 4 years after its started, that sort of thing.
Can you make a similar video for women ? I saw finasteride is not for women and I can’t purchase your product as I’m not in the US. What I can do to prevent hair loss / thinning ? And to regrow them ?
Finasteride prevents testosterone to DHT conversion (DHT is the hormone that binds with male pattern sensitive hair follicles and cause miniaturization and eventually male patten baldness) So, when we start Finasteride, suddenly testosterone is not converted to DHT which results in a sudden spike of testosterone in our body. Our body might respond to this sudden increase in testosterone by aromatizing the excess testosterone to estrogen. This estrogen is causing the sexual side effects. In puberty, some boys get gynaecomastia (breast tissue) due to testosterone spikes during puberty and similar aromatization of testosterone to estrogen. But our body eventually gets used to the excess testosterone and will stop aromatizing to estrogen and side effects will subside after the initial period. So you could start with lower doses of Finasteride to prevent the spike in testosterone and then slowly increase your way up to 1 mg to avoid side effects.
Doctor Gary, I know you prescribe a dose of 2.5 minox through "feel confident". Is this the dose you recommend to remain on or how do you feel about higher doses of oral minox?
Dont know if he will answer but ive been on 5mgs for 4 months now. 2.5mgs for 6 months. 0 side effects in both cases. My trichologist says minox in low dosages (under 10mgs) is a very safe drug. She even takes it because it makes her hair stronger.
does anyone know what gary suggests you do if you're not yet balding at all but you want to do everythign you can to delay it as long as possible? Does he have a video on this?
Hey, Doc. Probably no scientific research on this, but for some, topical finasteride works better. Oral for 2 years made the hair fall stop. Never had a shed. Topical for 3 weeks caused massive shed with good regrowth I never thought I'd get. Even my left temple filled in to almost look exactly like my right temple.
god, gary you need to get whatever it is neccessary to sell your products to turkey, man. I want your products but cant get them, especially that oral minoxidil which is not sold in turkey as an oral tablet
Hi Doc, was wondering if you could tell us something about using verteporfin after a hairtransplant. Do you consider doing that with your patients in the future?
È disponibile, ma devi farti fare un preparato galenico in farmacia e ovviamente ti serve la prescrizione di un dermatologo. Diciamo che esitano sempre a darti il Minoxidil orale, ma con me hanno fatto un'eccezione perché ho gatti e il Minoxidil topico è molto tossico per loro.
@@quaz1232 anche la mia, ma perché in Europa, giustamente, sono più attenti, ma se guardi i dati, gli effetti collaterali del Minoxidil a dosaggi così bassi (io per esempio, comincerò da 1 mg) sono veramente rari. Io lo testerò per 6 mesi, e speriamo faccia l'effetto che desidero, senza nessun effetto collaterale!
@@nenfa96 Buona fortuna. Io ho dovuto smettere col minoxidil topico perché mi irritava un sacco il cuoio (forfora, aumento di sebo, rossori ecc...). Vorrei provare anche io con quello orale, ma sono molto titubante. Spero che la finasteride (che prendo da un anno) basti.
@@quaz1232 ti ringrazio, comincio proprio oggi con quello orale. Da quello che so, dai vari dati che ho letto e da quello che mi ha detto la dermatologa, per fortuna gli effetti collaterali del Minoxidil orale svaniscono nel momento stesso in cui smetti di assumerlo. Quindi male che vada, potresti smettere l'assunzione e via. Ti auguro tanta fortuna anche a te. Io comincerò con il finasteride appena sarò in menopausa, prima non posso prenderlo! 🤣
If you say it's a misconception that a DHT blocker and/or finasteride might promote hair regrowth and only helps to stop further loss, how would you say he managed to regrow this much hair? It looks like he doubled the amount of hair he previously had. Is it just minoxidil to regrow and then finasteride and/or other DHT blockers to keep it?
As a female, I tried saw palmetto supplements and it did not work for me at all. I am female so our hormones affect everything. At 47 I got my 1st hormone panel (labs) and am waiting on the results for answers.
So Doctor Gary, I’ve been watching a lot of your videos on hair loss and transplants. You always reiterate the importance of finasteride and minoxidil. This medical therapy you stress before and after a hair transplant, is the idea supposed to be that I’m on these medications got the rest of my life? I’m really averted to medical therapy because of the side effects of the medication. Mainly, man-boobs from finasteride. I really want to get a hair transplant and have a nice full thick head of hair, but not if I have to have boobs with it. Is my understanding wrong?
I just recently got hair transplant surgery in my home country. I was wondering, what kind of doctor/specialist should I look to get in touch with, to get these dosages of Minox/Fenisteride prescribed correctly to me and have a follow-up appointments with. Can you advise?
Most Americans actually are very deficient in minerals. Our crop soils are very deficient in minerals! 80% of Americans are deficient in Magnesium for instance. And you can drop dead from heart failure or a heart attack caused by a Magnesium deficiency! And the same goes for a deficiency of potassium, zinc, selenium, Vitamin D, Vitamin B1 and other nutrient deficiencies. Easy to prove by doing a web search: ‘Nutritional deficiencies cause heart failure’ …
Exactly, mineral and vitamin deficiencies are common in the a lot of western countries. It may not be the primary cause of hair loss but to say it's not common is far from the truth.
unless you're like 3rd world african starving to death your hairloss is most likely not caused by MiNeRaL DeFiCenCy, stop searching on google for fuel your coping mechanism and go to a doctor to treat your hair loss if you really care about not going bald, otherwise, gl with scalp massaging, vitamins and frying oils to put on your scalp hoping that they will do something for you
@@EtherealTrader Famed soil scientist Andre Voisin wrote extensively about this problem over crop deficient soils in his book ‘Soil, Grass and Cancer’ ……… So you’re right, this pronlem isn’t limited to U.S. Farmers aren’t paid extra if their wheat crop is higher in Magnesium for instance so there’s no incentive for them to enrich their soils, to add minerals back in. ……… I saw a documentary about a 10 year old boy who was anorexic. His parents took him to psychotherapists to try and figure out why he refused to eat. Did he hate his mother or what? Did he experience trauma coming through the birth canal?? They explored all of the possibilities. It cost a fortune! They finally took him to a nutritionally trained doctor who determined that he was severely Zinc deficient. He couldn’t smell or taste food! A Zinc deficiency will cause that! Once corrected, the boy’s appetite returned and he gained weight. Young athletes who drop dead suddenly…l Nutritional deficiencies!
One session per 2 weeks with 1,5mm shouldnt be an issue. Ive done this for many years without any issues, even with tiny blood bubbles. But I quir doing this for a while.
Hey doc! Is transplant a good option at 25 or should i just shave it and choose bald look, Since i dont want to be on medication lifelong. I am almost at norwood 4.
I notice a lot of super muscular guys have male pattern baldness. Bodybuilders, athletes, guys at the gym. Makes me wonder, did they use steroids and the steroids contributed to their hair loss? Did their intense weightlifting cause their testosterone to spike, causing their hair loss? Were they losing their hair anyway and chose to focus on weightlifting to compensate for their hair loss? I've read where intense weightlifting can lead to hair loss, not sure if true since I only perform moderate weightlifting for maintenance and not anything intense like heavy Olympic weightlifting (squats, deadlifts, power cleans, etc)
Weight lifting, exercising in general does raise testosterone levels but it's not to superphysiological levels, so they wouldn't lead to hairloss, but steroids do cause a superphysiological raise in testosterone, that testosterone will covert into DHT thus leading to hairloss. Bald men do feel the need to compensate for their lack of hair with muscles and a beard
Most of the bald guys started experiencing hair loss before going to the gym, it’s the hair loss that made them go to the gym to look and feel better and confident, they also grow beards to compensate. Testosterone doesn’t make you lose hair but the dht, some scalps are sensitive to it and some are not, depending on the genes.
@drgarylinkov - Hi Gary - what are your thoughts on PRP and its reliability as a treatment for thickening follicle and increasing hair growth of old hairs?
@@drgarylinkov Hi again Gary, as well as looking into PRP, I am curious about trying oral Minoxidil. Does Minoxidil promote regrowth of seemingly dead follicles or is that only PRP? If it is recommended, I am considering order Minoxidil from the feelconfident site. 👍👍😊
wait does minoxidil increase testosterone too? cuz I (as a woman) already have high testosterone, just got my blood test results and it's double what it should be :( and i've been using a minoxidil spray for the past month now
I'm am on 1.25 MG of finasteride and 3mg of minoxidil daily. 5 MG seems a tad high, but everyone reacts differently. I have been on 1.25 MG for almost a month so far, so good no side effects.
finasteride is not a hairloss drug primarily, it was intended for treating the prostate, hair prevention was a side effect of the drug. If u are taking it for hairloss, it was shown that 1mg is just as effective as 5 for treating hairloss, so there is no need to take a high dose like that
I just don't think women look at hair loss in men the way it's looked at in womens overall attractiveness. I would never not date a guy solely because he's losing his hair. A guy may not date me if I'm not attractive enough, and hair is a big part of looks for women. A guy without hair can still be cute or handsome. He can easily compensate with a great sense of humor, or a big heart, or being interesting, or being successful etc. I can't compensate with even all those combined if I don't look good as a woman. These are just the facts.
The point is that hairloss tends to significantly reduce someone's physical attractiveness. If someone is already very good looking then hair loss likely wont ruin their physical appearence, but if you are average looking it can severely impact your physical appearence. Hair is a sign of youth, fertility, and health. Losing it is unideal for the vast majority.
@Nathan47223 if you're older it's reflected in your face anyway. If you're younger, it's reflected in your face anyway. I don't disagree with you, it's like coloring ones gray hair helps to make them look younger; but the wrinkles, collagen and fat loss, jowls, sagging skin etc. remain tell tale signs. I saw a 20 year old who colored her hair gray. She still looked youthful, just not as good lol.
If balding's inherited from mom, people should be looking at their uncles from their mother's side, also at their mother's uncles on her mom's side and so on.
Bone marrow gelatin is where its at. That new study they are doing with sugar. They need to add bone marrow and it will work way better. Im calling it now
There are many reasons for wanting your hair back and your assuming that it is all about you and that every man is wanting to look better in order to date you. Nothing could be further from the truth! I would like to have my hair back for one reason - for me and I am far from insecure. It's all about me, I like the look of myself with hair. Plus I'm married, happily married!
I mean sure lol but not everyone looks good bald and if you’re not bald by choice you’re then forever stuck with one bad look which would understandably ruin someone’s confidence
anyone out there take a natural supplement for men that really works that has all the best natural dht blockers in it?? i've been taking saw palmetto along with my regular daily vitamin but not sure that it's really doing anything.
I wish people would realise that hair loss is hardly ever the result of vitamin or mineral deficiencies, but I do understand that most people are hesitant to accept that they actually have male pattern baldness.
97% of Hairloss is from androgenic alopecia, which is a genetic condition that life style has no bearing on
100% agree with that. Coping is a balding man’s worst enemy. Better to accept you have MPB and start on treatment.
They know they have male pattern baldness but they are not giving up and thats great.
I started taking minoxidil and finasteride and got no results, then started taking vitamins and minerals along with the meds and my hair started growing back. I'm a vegetarian so it was probably a combination of both.
I had a friend that was convinced his was due to medications and his illness which I can understand that is possible, however it looked like male pattern baldness to me.
I started on oral Finasteride and oral Minoxidil yesterday October 22, 2024. All purchased from your company and I was treated in a professional manner. Great people to work with. I’m 69 and I don’t care what age a person is, wanting your hair back is always on your mind every time you “have” to look in the mirror. I started on topical Minoxidil years ago and then a couple years back, I went to applying it only once per day to try and maintain what hair I had. It was such a pain to apply it twice a day, just messy. I accidentally came across your website and I wasn’t looking for any type of hair regrowth. I learned so much listening to your videos and had no idea that oral Minoxidil was even available. I’m very happy to report that I have had zero side effects! I have very long hair, but with the top of my head going bald I have been wearing a hat everywhere I go. I took pictures and I’m confident that my future pictures will show hair growth, which I will share. Thank you for all your time and money given to all these excellent videos - very much appreciated.
You gonna kill your kidneys! Fin makes kidney cell apoptosis! A safer way to use 0,06 mg finasteride topical (1mg/ml)! Go to a pharmacist to mix it out for you and stay away from oral! Even topical gonna give you side effects!
Use NOW saw palmetto liquid capsules. 2 a day instead of 1!
69 brother you already won at the hair game if you’re barely losing hair now then you’re good
This is a miracle result and I commend his efforts. I am doing the same thing now but reversing over a decade of severe balding naturally...
@@ヤギ自身 Dont need that. Im already in the process...
You really explained this well! You have a nice way of speaking without offending others.
It’s truly a gift I wish I could speak this way as well I feel like my words can be so heavy sometimes even though it comes from a place of love
I hated my hair loss. But I got over it and now I just wear hats or caps if I'm in a mood. 😊
i lived in fear of losing my hair in my 20s and 30s only to realize in my 50s, with a full head of hair, that I actually could live without it. Hairloss seems to be a boogeyman to men in their 20s and 30s. If you still feel insecure about baldness passed that age range, you have deeper hangups to reflect on.
@@jebidiahkornshut up tard
@@jebidiahkorn I never understood the point that if you complain about losing your hair you have psychological problems or insecurities. Even so, does that justify having more additional problems?
From what I understand you didn't go bald even in your 50s right? Then trust me you don't really understand. Losing your hair sucks at any age. It's incredible that they haven't found a real solution yet.
My standard bloodwork was normal when I experienced hair loss but had the doctor test my Ferritin levels which isn't a standard test, getting a full iron panel showed my Ferritin at 2..
The rest of the "iron levels' were high but I went on iron supplements and my ferritin went up to 50 and the iron & TIBC normalized.
Hair loss stopped and hair grew back.
Highly recommend people getting ferritin checked..
Your ferritin went up by taking iron supplements?
@@blankspaceforyou Yes, but my hemoglobin was normal to begin with.. so no typical anemia assessed.
I'm in the research sciences, and honestly, don't believe most doctors know how iron tests are supposed to be read.
Many people are deficient and don't know it since the standard tests test for anemia in the hemoglobin. And many will show High Iron and TIBC when they get a Full Iron Panel, unfortunately, only the ferritin counts with many types of anemia.
And this will definitely cause hair loss..
Too much iron is also bad for heslth, you need to just have enough and don't exceed
@@davidflorez1196 Yep!
But about 30% of the worldwide population is deficient in some manner and many don't know it.
I have to say when I was a young teenager and I had gone to a movie with a friend and her Father drove us and he was losing his hair and had a massive comb over and I don't know why but I was very embarrassed for him. I went home and asked my Father if he would do a favor for me. He looked at me seriously and asked what and I said if you start going bald would you just wear a hat if my friend's come over and he smiled and said Yes. I have to say that I am from the Choctaw and Chickasaw nation and you rarely see bald American Indians. He never lost his hair and it wouldn't have cared any way but I know men and women can both lose their hair and it definitely affects how we feel about ourselves.
OTOH, blood work was critical for me. I discovered that I am borderline deficient in iron and very deficient in vitamin D. So, I take iron and Vitamin D+K2 supplements, oral minoxidil, and went on bio-identical HRT. I got my hair back. As a happy side note, my joints feel better and my skin improved. The CDC estimates that 40% of all Americans are clinically deficient in Vitamin D and many women (even menopausal women) struggle with anemia. This deficiencies didn't CAUSE my balding; but they halted any hope of regaining a full head of hair even with hormone therapy and minoxidil.
What blood test
@@connarfunckj check for nutritional status, Vitamin D levels, serum iron levels, ferritin (a measure of how much iron your body is storing, and checked B12 and other nutrients (which were all fine in my case).This is a fairly common nutrition test and should be easy to get.🙂
I think what's interesting in this particular case study is that all the vitamins + minerals he's taking support the nervous system AND address the low availability of sunlight(vit D) Northern Europe experiences for 9 months of the year.
Northern europeans are adapted for lower sun radiation. That’s why they have a lighter skin tone and it’s all good. 👍🏻
@@Bakanelli yes, but if you aren't getting as much time outdoors, you won't be getting as much vitamin D. You will suprised to know lots of people are deficient in vit D cause many spend lots of time indoors, esp since 9-5pm office jobs are some of the most common form of employment.
@@Nicole-kc1vx fair point.
The other extreme is people sunbathing thereby exposing themselves to ionising radiation specially when the sun is at 90 degree angle and radiation travels through the least amount of ozone layer which filters ionising radiation.
There’s a balance in just about anything.
@@BakanelliSometimes, your skin can still be not efficient in absorbing vitamin D through the sun. I was working in mail delivery and even after a heath stroke without sunscreen, my vitamin D was so low it affected my calcium. I am white thoug, but I still have to supplement 2000 units to not be deficient.
You said some patients use Finasteride for decades, what's your opinion on this? Here in Germany the recommendation is to not use it/stop using it when you're 40 (because it can make the detection of prostate cancer more difficult). So basically you will lose your hair at 40 if you stop.
Also: oral minoxidil is not approved for hairloss here in Germany, I don't know if it ever will be (you need a prescription for high blood pressure to get it). And as such it is recommended that you take it together with a beta blocker to inhibit the adrenalin and a diuretic drug. Are German doctors too careful? If you look on reddit or something, EVERYONE is taking Minoxidil and Finasteride and almost everybody is just self medicating, mostly very young people and dismissing any risks.
it is not more difficult to detect prostate cancer. all u have to do is let your doctor know you are on finasteride and they will simply adjust the PSA numbers to accommodate. for a competent doctor it is very simple. also in the long term finasteride lowers your chances of getting prostate cancer to begin with.
the other way is to stop finasteride for 4-6 weeks before ur blood work to get ur levels back to baseline and then get back on it after u get ur bloodwork/PSA numbers. that little break will do no harm to your hair and u can put ur mind at ease that your doctor interpreted the results properly. all fin does is lower ur PSA numbers by 50% so its as simple as double ur PSA result to get accurate results.
I would disagree about not needing blood work before and after.
Bloodwork allowed me to see that finasteride almost doubled my e2 and testosterone
I have had prolonged iron and vitamin D deficiency and supplementation has helped that. I've had to get labs done because high levels of both can be toxic but thanks to regular bleeding I am not really at risk of iron overload. I think its worth checking if you have risk factors like premenopausal women and low sun exposure/melanated skin.
I tried oral finasteride and had awful sexual side effects. I stopped it for 3 months. I started it back a couple months ago starting with a 1/4 tablet then 1/2 and now a full 1mg tablet. I find I don't suffer the side effects now. I guess my body got accustomed to it. I also take a prostate supplement that has pumpkin seed oil and saw palmetto with absolutely no side effects. My hair does appear thicker
Also, I take high dose MSM and biotin and eat plenty proteins. I'm determined to not be bald.
I’ve watched some of these and I’m really glad it worked. My husband tried it all and had side effects and no new growth. I think it might have helped not getting worse but he was doing so many things, the needling and everything. Side effects were not worth it anymore. He got a transplant and it looks amazing. Wish it would’ve helped tho.
If finasteride increases testosterone, why would one of the most common side effects be erectile dysfunction?
Hey Doctor Gary. I swim a lot and wanted to know if the chlorine is bad for the scalp and hair. My hairline is very receded and I take oral minoxidil and finasteride. I am 65 and I swim about 4 hours a week without a bathing cap. Love your show. Trying to do what's best for my thinning and receding hair.
you probably have a healthy diet. A good diet increases testosterone but with testosterone comes dht and then finasteride has more to fight against so I would suggest that you should start eating junk food in order to keep the hair killing testosterone down.
I never promote "natural remedies" when people ask me about my hair loss. It requires far too many pills, liquids, shampoos, etc etc and so on. The chances of side effects just increase as you stack more BS "maybe it works" stuff into your routine. The harm it can cause to your kidneys and gut from taking so much crap, they might as well take whats PROVEN to work, fin/ minox blend in topical form and has documented side effects and percentages (which are extremely low/ 1-2%). I always tell guys to spring for propecia so they can get 1mg pills and take 0.5mg/day instead of even 1mg. All the research Ive ever seen shows 0.5mg being the optimal dosage for fin but unfortunately you can only get the 5mg pills and even cutting that into 4 pieces has you at 1.25mg...WAY TOO MUCH.
One thing people dont discuss is how quickly they start a regiment after balding hits. If you can start sooner rather than later, results are far more noticeable and quicker. Starting 6 months after heaving hair loss vs. 4 years after its started, that sort of thing.
Can you make a similar video for women ? I saw finasteride is not for women and I can’t purchase your product as I’m not in the US. What I can do to prevent hair loss / thinning ? And to regrow them ?
Would zyn/nicotine be a significant contributing factor to hairloss?
ya I honestly think so. Been vaping heavy nic lately and I've noticed mad hair thinning.
If finasteride increases testosterone, then why can it have a side effect of decreased libido and erectile dysfunction??
I googled .and as far as i understood, its because it also increases female sex hormones
That only happens for 2% of people, most have no decrease in libido, and some even have an INCREASE in it
Because dht, a more potent form of testosterone, is decreased by fin. Some people dont tolerate this decrease well and so get side effects
Finasteride prevents testosterone to DHT conversion (DHT is the hormone that binds with male pattern sensitive hair follicles and cause miniaturization and eventually male patten baldness)
So, when we start Finasteride, suddenly testosterone is not converted to DHT which results in a sudden spike of testosterone in our body. Our body might respond to this sudden increase in testosterone by aromatizing the excess testosterone to estrogen. This estrogen is causing the sexual side effects. In puberty, some boys get gynaecomastia (breast tissue) due to testosterone spikes during puberty and similar aromatization of testosterone to estrogen.
But our body eventually gets used to the excess testosterone and will stop aromatizing to estrogen and side effects will subside after the initial period.
So you could start with lower doses of Finasteride to prevent the spike in testosterone and then slowly increase your way up to 1 mg to avoid side effects.
I have been using the feel confident Shampoo and conditioner. Really like them!
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Doctor Gary,
I know you prescribe a dose of 2.5 minox through "feel confident". Is this the dose you recommend to remain on or how do you feel about higher doses of oral minox?
Dont know if he will answer but ive been on 5mgs for 4 months now. 2.5mgs for 6 months. 0 side effects in both cases.
My trichologist says minox in low dosages (under 10mgs) is a very safe drug. She even takes it because it makes her hair stronger.
@@yongo1304 did you notice a big change in results when going up to 5mg?
Dear doctor Gary any chance to get your opinion on PFS (post finasteride syndrome) ? many thanks
does anyone know what gary suggests you do if you're not yet balding at all but you want to do everythign you can to delay it as long as possible? Does he have a video on this?
What was the name of Gary's website again? I'm not sure he mentioned it.
Hey, Doc. Probably no scientific research on this, but for some, topical finasteride works better.
Oral for 2 years made the hair fall stop. Never had a shed.
Topical for 3 weeks caused massive shed with good regrowth I never thought I'd get. Even my left temple filled in to almost look exactly like my right temple.
What about the effects of stress on hair loss e.g. a large change in lifestyle standards or the loss of a loved one?
god, gary you need to get whatever it is neccessary to sell your products to turkey, man. I want your products but cant get them, especially that oral minoxidil which is not sold in turkey as an oral tablet
totally agree, we need you over here Gary
Hi Doc, was wondering if you could tell us something about using verteporfin after a hairtransplant. Do you consider doing that with your patients in the future?
I would love to try oral minoxidil, but in Italy is still not available for hair loss
È disponibile, ma devi farti fare un preparato galenico in farmacia e ovviamente ti serve la prescrizione di un dermatologo.
Diciamo che esitano sempre a darti il Minoxidil orale, ma con me hanno fatto un'eccezione perché ho gatti e il Minoxidil topico è molto tossico per loro.
@@nenfa96 Uno dei dermatologi da cui sono andato me lo ha altamente sconsigliato. Ancora mi chiedo se sia stata una buona scelta o meno, boh.
@@quaz1232 anche la mia, ma perché in Europa, giustamente, sono più attenti, ma se guardi i dati, gli effetti collaterali del Minoxidil a dosaggi così bassi (io per esempio, comincerò da 1 mg) sono veramente rari.
Io lo testerò per 6 mesi, e speriamo faccia l'effetto che desidero, senza nessun effetto collaterale!
@@nenfa96 Buona fortuna. Io ho dovuto smettere col minoxidil topico perché mi irritava un sacco il cuoio (forfora, aumento di sebo, rossori ecc...). Vorrei provare anche io con quello orale, ma sono molto titubante. Spero che la finasteride (che prendo da un anno) basti.
@@quaz1232 ti ringrazio, comincio proprio oggi con quello orale. Da quello che so, dai vari dati che ho letto e da quello che mi ha detto la dermatologa, per fortuna gli effetti collaterali del Minoxidil orale svaniscono nel momento stesso in cui smetti di assumerlo. Quindi male che vada, potresti smettere l'assunzione e via.
Ti auguro tanta fortuna anche a te. Io comincerò con il finasteride appena sarò in menopausa, prima non posso prenderlo! 🤣
If you say it's a misconception that a DHT blocker and/or finasteride might promote hair regrowth and only helps to stop further loss, how would you say he managed to regrow this much hair? It looks like he doubled the amount of hair he previously had. Is it just minoxidil to regrow and then finasteride and/or other DHT blockers to keep it?
As a female, I tried saw palmetto supplements and it did not work for me at all. I am female so our hormones affect everything. At 47 I got my 1st hormone panel (labs) and am waiting on the results for answers.
can u do tori amos plastic surgery analysis
Any good videos on eyebrow thickness?
Minoxidil can help with that
Derma rolling can help with that.
Apply topical minoxidil on them, it significantly increase my eyebrow thickness, i have to get them trimmed now.
Please make a video about GT20029
So Doctor Gary, I’ve been watching a lot of your videos on hair loss and transplants. You always reiterate the importance of finasteride and minoxidil. This medical therapy you stress before and after a hair transplant, is the idea supposed to be that I’m on these medications got the rest of my life? I’m really averted to medical therapy because of the side effects of the medication. Mainly, man-boobs from finasteride. I really want to get a hair transplant and have a nice full thick head of hair, but not if I have to have boobs with it. Is my understanding wrong?
I just recently got hair transplant surgery in my home country. I was wondering, what kind of doctor/specialist should I look to get in touch with, to get these dosages of Minox/Fenisteride prescribed correctly to me and have a follow-up appointments with. Can you advise?
Most Americans actually are very deficient in minerals. Our crop soils are very deficient in minerals! 80% of Americans are deficient in Magnesium for instance. And you can drop dead from heart failure or a heart attack caused by a Magnesium deficiency! And the same goes for a deficiency of potassium, zinc, selenium, Vitamin D, Vitamin B1 and other nutrient deficiencies. Easy to prove by doing a web search: ‘Nutritional deficiencies cause heart failure’ …
You can do a web search on anything and find the result you want, doesn’t prove anything
@@ovs4744 Check the sources. They are CREDIBLE!
Exactly, mineral and vitamin deficiencies are common in the a lot of western countries. It may not be the primary cause of hair loss but to say it's not common is far from the truth.
unless you're like 3rd world african starving to death your hairloss is most likely not caused by MiNeRaL DeFiCenCy, stop searching on google for fuel your coping mechanism and go to a doctor to treat your hair loss if you really care about not going bald, otherwise, gl with scalp massaging, vitamins and frying oils to put on your scalp hoping that they will do something for you
@@EtherealTrader Famed soil scientist Andre Voisin wrote extensively about this problem over crop deficient soils in his book ‘Soil, Grass and Cancer’ ……… So you’re right, this pronlem isn’t limited to U.S. Farmers aren’t paid extra if their wheat crop is higher in Magnesium for instance so there’s no incentive for them to enrich their soils, to add minerals back in. ……… I saw a documentary about a 10 year old boy who was anorexic. His parents took him to psychotherapists to try and figure out why he refused to eat. Did he hate his mother or what? Did he experience trauma coming through the birth canal?? They explored all of the possibilities. It cost a fortune! They finally took him to a nutritionally trained doctor who determined that he was severely Zinc deficient. He couldn’t smell or taste food! A Zinc deficiency will cause that! Once corrected, the boy’s appetite returned and he gained weight. Young athletes who drop dead suddenly…l Nutritional deficiencies!
So when you block the dht how does that effect your body? Is she important for anything?
My dad is young, mum is an only child and both grandpas died early 30s. To where should I look lmao 😂
Is micro needling also necessary when taking oral minoxidil?
So microneedling at 1.5 is bad? That's what I use.
One session per 2 weeks with 1,5mm shouldnt be an issue. Ive done this for many years without any issues, even with tiny blood bubbles. But I quir doing this for a while.
Hey doc!
Is transplant a good option at 25 or should i just shave it and choose bald look, Since i dont want to be on medication lifelong.
I am almost at norwood 4.
Can any one help me.
I recently had a hair transplant and I want to know when to start taking oral minoxidil and Finasteride
How to order from Europe your shampoo?
Can women take these vitamins
yes. and women experience hairloss. balding is totally natural
Everything except Finasteride and Dutasteride.
Yeah , idk about the smoking and drinking , I met sooooo many VERY FUZZY EVERYWHERE dude who drank like fish and smoked like chimneys 😂
I notice a lot of super muscular guys have male pattern baldness. Bodybuilders, athletes, guys at the gym. Makes me wonder, did they use steroids and the steroids contributed to their hair loss? Did their intense weightlifting cause their testosterone to spike, causing their hair loss? Were they losing their hair anyway and chose to focus on weightlifting to compensate for their hair loss? I've read where intense weightlifting can lead to hair loss, not sure if true since I only perform moderate weightlifting for maintenance and not anything intense like heavy Olympic weightlifting (squats, deadlifts, power cleans, etc)
me too. and those horrible skin fades...
Weight lifting, exercising in general does raise testosterone levels but it's not to superphysiological levels, so they wouldn't lead to hairloss, but steroids do cause a superphysiological raise in testosterone, that testosterone will covert into DHT thus leading to hairloss. Bald men do feel the need to compensate for their lack of hair with muscles and a beard
I suspect Creatine supplementation to be a culprit too.
Most of the bald guys started experiencing hair loss before going to the gym, it’s the hair loss that made them go to the gym to look and feel better and confident, they also grow beards to compensate. Testosterone doesn’t make you lose hair but the dht, some scalps are sensitive to it and some are not, depending on the genes.
@@jebidiahkornsounds like they’re bald rather than a skin fade lol
@drgarylinkov - Hi Gary - what are your thoughts on PRP and its reliability as a treatment for thickening follicle and increasing hair growth of old hairs?
Have a few videos on the topic if you want to check them out!
@@drgarylinkov Thanks Gary 😊👍👍 - I will watch these videos.
@@drgarylinkov Is there a way I and others can purchase oral Minoxidil from your clinic's Pharmacy?
@@drgarylinkov Hi again Gary, as well as looking into PRP, I am curious about trying oral Minoxidil. Does Minoxidil promote regrowth of seemingly dead follicles or is that only PRP? If it is recommended, I am considering order Minoxidil from the feelconfident site. 👍👍😊
I use 0.5 mg Dutasteride 3x a week and 2.5mg minoxodil tablets 4x a week not sure whether its helped but taken them since a hair transplant in 2021
similar to me. take combined 0.5 MG dutasteride 5 MG minoxidil 3x a week.also minoxidil spray on scalp
Any side effect with them?
@@davidflorez1196 not for me fortunately
@@davidflorez1196 I haven’t really had any I think reducing taking them everyday was a good thing for health and for the wallet.
I have a question
is it suitable or healthy to make a hair transplant to people with trypophobia _?
What can you say about exosomes? How come it’s not a popular solution?
how deep are transplanted hairs in the skin?
5-6mm
wait does minoxidil increase testosterone too? cuz I (as a woman) already have high testosterone, just got my blood test results and it's double what it should be :( and i've been using a minoxidil spray for the past month now
Minoxidil increases vascularity to the hair follicles itself, has no affect on testosterone
@@AdseHq8 thank God, thank you for the reply
my sister used minoxidil and it had great results, no bad side effects@Bakanyanchii
so is 5 mg for finasteride is too much for a day????
I'm am on 1.25 MG of finasteride and 3mg of minoxidil daily. 5 MG seems a tad high, but everyone reacts differently. I have been on 1.25 MG for almost a month so far, so good no side effects.
finasteride is not a hairloss drug primarily, it was intended for treating the prostate, hair prevention was a side effect of the drug. If u are taking it for hairloss, it was shown that 1mg is just as effective as 5 for treating hairloss, so there is no need to take a high dose like that
Yes,1mg is THE right dose
he is doing so much but he could just take a pill a day. so much hassle just for something that can be solved in a second.
I just don't think women look at hair loss in men the way it's looked at in womens overall attractiveness. I would never not date a guy solely because he's losing his hair. A guy may not date me if I'm not attractive enough, and hair is a big part of looks for women. A guy without hair can still be cute or handsome. He can easily compensate with a great sense of humor, or a big heart, or being interesting, or being successful etc. I can't compensate with even all those combined if I don't look good as a woman. These are just the facts.
well I can agree that most men are visual creature, we have to be attracted to your looks first.
The point is that hairloss tends to significantly reduce someone's physical attractiveness. If someone is already very good looking then hair loss likely wont ruin their physical appearence, but if you are average looking it can severely impact your physical appearence. Hair is a sign of youth, fertility, and health. Losing it is unideal for the vast majority.
@Nathan47223 if you're older it's reflected in your face anyway. If you're younger, it's reflected in your face anyway. I don't disagree with you, it's like coloring ones gray hair helps to make them look younger; but the wrinkles, collagen and fat loss, jowls, sagging skin etc. remain tell tale signs. I saw a 20 year old who colored her hair gray. She still looked youthful, just not as good lol.
If balding's inherited from mom, people should be looking at their uncles from their mother's side, also at their mother's uncles on her mom's side and so on.
Bone marrow gelatin is where its at. That new study they are doing with sugar. They need to add bone marrow and it will work way better. Im calling it now
Hi woman here, baldness is not a deterrent for attraction.
Insecurity is though. So if a man is very insecure about being bald it’s a turn off.
There are many reasons for wanting your hair back and your assuming that it is all about you and that every man is wanting to look better in order to date you. Nothing could be further from the truth! I would like to have my hair back for one reason - for me and I am far from insecure. It's all about me, I like the look of myself with hair. Plus I'm married, happily married!
I mean sure lol but not everyone looks good bald and if you’re not bald by choice you’re then forever stuck with one bad look which would understandably ruin someone’s confidence
@@enigmatics69 Amen!
Thank god I'm finasteride while I'm at a Norwood 1
God gave you DHT
@@nmc5657 For what purpose beyond puberty?
@@nmc5657 And I don't want it
@@DeusExMachina50 just to be clear, you believe its benefits end when adulthood begins?
@@TwistedLullabies you don't want it stuck in your scalp area.
I wonder if he's still seeing that girl.
Why is male baldness such a big topic? Just shave. A woman having this issue is a tragedy
bruh imagine wasting so much money on saw palmetto and other cope treatments if ur already on a real treatment like finasteride already... smh
no microneedling so bad it can induce dermatitis it happened to me
It's happening get over it
Finasteride also has the advantage of reducing your semen quality, so you are less likely to get baby-trapped by a woman.
anyone out there take a natural supplement for men that really works that has all the best natural dht blockers in it?? i've been taking saw palmetto along with my regular daily vitamin but not sure that it's really doing anything.