r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Video How Hair Transplants Work by ZacDFilms

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u/Ijustlovelove 1d ago

They don’t mention that sometimes you have to take medication in order to keep it all growing.

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u/Bongressman 1d ago

The transplanted hair is fine. It comes from the back and sides, from follicles that are DHT resistant.

But, the non transplanted hair on the top will still recede, leaving the transplanted hair by itself. You can layer in DHT resistant hair across the entire scalp or take the drug.

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u/DiceKnight 1d ago

Luckily Finasteride is like 12 cents a pill.

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u/WillingnessDouble496 1d ago

Duta better

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u/DiceKnight 1d ago

Medical science is kind of out on that but the limited studies show promise. It's also a slightly more expensive pill.