2 years progress pics - need advice

[runningfromthenorwoo]

Pictures

Hello guys,

If you could give me some advice to my current situation would really appreciate it. The first two pictures are before treatment and hair transplant (21 years old). The third and fourth are after transplant and treatment (23 years old). Due to different reasons (not side effects) I had to stop 1mg finasteride and 5% minoxidil for 8-9 months. Now the last three pictures is my current state, which I started treatment again 1mg oral finasteride, 5% minoxidil and weekly 1.5mm stamping (20 days in). The microneedling part is new to me, hope it helps, saw really good improvements lurking on this reddit. I have to say looking back, the decisions to start treatment gave me more convidence and actually a reason to live (doctors said dont start the treatment its over and I shouldnt go for a hair transplant.

I think at 16 years old I started diffuse thinning and balding (genetics did play a nice joke). I was happy with my results but had to stop and lost it fairly quickly.

Now did anyone restart his treatment journey like me that can give me an advice or opinion to my situation? 8 months break shouldnt be enough to destroy the follicles is what I think right now.

[Henryk]

Hey man, 8 months off isn’t enough to kill your follicles, just let miniaturization speed up. Restarting fin + minoxidil (and adding microneedling) gives you a solid chance to recover, but 20 days is way too early to judge, shedding now is normal. Stay consistent for 6–12 months; you responded well before, so odds are good you’ll bounce back.

[runningfromthenorwoo]

Hey brother, I lost quite a lot but am also positive to recover. Did you restart treatment also after a longer break and could manage to get the same results?

Maybe microneedling is a game changer here.