Need advice with finishing off my hair loss :) Treatment 10/3/2021
User is a Norwood 2-2.5, using 1.25 mg finasteride and 5% minoxidil lotion daily since June last year, experiencing significant regrowth. They are considering additional treatments like saw palmetto, microneedling, dutasteride, aminexil, stemoxydine, mesotherapy, ketoconazole shampoo, and alfatradiol to improve hair thickness.
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