July 26 2007, 1:33 pm PT | Posted in: Drugs + Hair Loss Causes
Hello Doctor,I do not understand this dependability of my new hair grown on rogaine, isn´t this new hair also affected by DHT? what a I mean is: will my new hair fall even if I take propecia? why is this new hair different from the ones being saved by propecia?
thank you doctor
Riding a bike or driving a car may get you to where you want to go, yet they work very differently… just as Propecia (finasteride) and Rogaine (minoxidil) work differently to treat hair loss. Propecia blocks DHT production and by creating this block, the genetic element for hair loss is ’subdued’. Minoxidil may work by extending hair cycles and/or moving hair into the anagen cycle. DHT can still do its dirty work.
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I have been using minoxidil or regaine for over twenty years now. I first saw it on TV in England when I just finished college and went off to a private practice in London to buy my months supply for £60 which was a lot of money to me then. I had all of my hair in those days and I can honestly say that over the years if I have stopped using regaine for a while the hair appears to fall out a bit more but when I use it it does seem to slow down the hair loss. I still have most of my hair. Not sure if that is down to genetics or regaine. My father is bald as was my grandfather but I do think that regaine can definately help.