Dr. Huberman on Minoxidil | Surgeon Reacts

[Fawk]

This is the problem with people like Huberman or Neil deGrasse Tyson for example. They often go out of their field of expertise or don't do enough research on a topic and make false statements with a lot of confidence.

[thephantomarcana]

I’m using minoxidil topically 5% . Roughly two weeks in, shedding is minor and I look forward to see where my hairline is in 4-6 months. I chose not to take oral medication as my mental health hasn’t been so stable in the past and have sensitivity to a lot of medications.

[aoulipa]

"Changes the dynamic between vellus and terminal hair" means that it can cause vellus hairs (the fine, short hairs that cover most of the body) to grow into terminal hairs (the thicker, longer hairs that grow on the scalp, eyebrows, and other areas).

[studentdebil]

With finasteride, it's still a life-long treatment, and while minoxidil's potential side effects are rare, reversible and pretty mild, finasteride is a different thing. It's a hormone blocker, it can mess some stuff up in your body. Impotency, decreased sex drive, infertility, gynecomastia, as well as depression, brain fog, suicidal thoughts, panic attacs are some of its side effects. They are quite rare, but severe and can be irreversible. I'd rather go bald...

[paulcox]

I definitely lost my hair slower when using minoxidil than without. Minoxidil increases how long each hair's lifecycle is. The slower they fall out, the slower you get to a point where they no longer get replaced. The slower you get to them being slightly thinner each generation.

It doesn't attack the root cause, but it does slow progression and even add hair follicles back. ESPECIALLY if combined with microneedling.

Microneedling 1x per week+daily minoxidil was something like 3x more effective in a clinical study. I've seen the pics, and it was a BIG difference subjectively. 3 months each, but the microneedling group looked at least 6 months ahead in results, based on how the 3 month minoxidil only looked.

Dermastamps are better than rollers because you get puncture wounds perpendicular to the skin every time and not at angles. The roller can make scar tissue form easier, which is not the goal.

[kh-wgbt]

Minoxidil empirically reduced hair fall dramatically in shower. I suspected i was suffering with telegen effluvium as fallen hairs where all mature and hairloss was very diffuse rather than typical mpb.

I already suffer from a prolactinoma so don't want to mess with hormones with finasteride and give myself (worse gyno)

[tripleeyeemoji]

I’m going to start taking topical min this week. I won’t touch fin with a ten foot pole. I’m 27 now, if min will get me to 40 with hair I can die happy.

[hebro-hq]

you don’t have to use minoxidil the rest of your life.. i haven’t touched it in years and i still have all the hair gains i got from it

[Johndoe]

This guy glows, seriously don’t take finasteride.

[tanzeelahmad]

The best medicine for reducing hairfall is clean head shave

[MrPrincePinocchio]

No, but they aren't really substitutes. Dutasteride and Fenasteride deal with one problem and Minoxidil, the other. It is likely most effective if you use Dutasteride and Minoxidil. Assuming you understand the side effects of Dutasteride and Fenasteride.

[usef]

Why didn’t you mention the side effects of finasteride 🤨…

[atirocks]

Minoxidil only works on like half the hair loss population. I would know, I tried it WITH dermarolling when I was 25 and dealing with early onset hair loss and it didn’t help at all. I even went up to a high strength customized prescription of minixidil and still couldn’t stop the hair loss. I avoided propecia because of the negative side effects.

[ayebaleelton]

It would really be beneficial if you gave both the Pros and Cons of a drug. Without literally just rulling out the other without giving the public a clear reason as to why

[kevindoran]

Minoxidil works, especially with a dermaroller

[AnonymousAnonymous-dyof]

For some of you wondering whether finasteride increases testosterone. It probably does increase it, but this still might not be a good thing. Manliness, sexual function, etc., is probably more dependent on DHT than testosterone. DHT is another form of testosterone that is created from testosterone. And men need that to maintain their "manliness". Finasteride blocks DHT production to an extent, and if dht is being blocked, then estrogen will be created by testosterone and not DHT since Finasteride is blocking it's production in a way. And not having DHT can cause more problems for a man than not having a full head of hair.

Another thing... dht is responsible for masculine growth in males. With guys, even in our 20s, many are still developing and growing in some aspects. And to make that development masculine, dht production is most probably needed. So would it be wise to be on medications that block dht production?...

Correct me if I'm wrong and I hope this comment helped the guys reading this.

[tastynottasty]

I did minox for a year, started having issues with my pipe and heart. So I quit.

[sarahhunter]

I eat around 15 raw eggs a week. If I skip it, I start shedding hair like crazy. When I’m good about it, I only get a couple strands out when I comb out my hair in the shower. I’ve been doing it for 2 years now.

[hiddengemkennelsfrenchbull]

Ask anyone who’s tried both, minoxidil works great without all the horrible sides of finastride… don’t listen to this

[-well]

Finastride has numerous side effects.
Some include; impotence, erectile dysfunction, prostate disorders and neurological illnesses.