Similar Efficacy of Maintenance Treatment of Finasteride 1 mg Every Other Month Compared with Finasteride 1 mg Daily in Korean Men with Androgenetic Alopecia After Taking Finasteride 1 mg Daily for 1 Year

November 2020 in “ Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology ”

Ki-Hun Kim, Sang-Myung Park, Ye Hyun Lee, Woo-Young Sim, Bark-Lynn Lew

finasteride androgenetic alopecia Propecia

TLDR Finasteride 1 mg every other month works as well as daily dose for hair loss maintenance.

This document titled "16799 Similar efficacy of maintenance treatment of finasteride 1 mg every other month compared with finasteride 1 mg daily in Korean men with androgenetic alopecia after taking finasteride 1 mg daily for 1 year" is not related to hair loss, alopecia, or hair growth. It is a scientific paper discussing the machinability characteristics of Stellite alloy using unconventional machining processes. The paper evaluates the material removal rate of Stellite alloy using processes such as Abrasive Water Jet Machining (AWJM), Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM), and Laser Beam Machining (LBM) processes. The influential parameters on Material Removal Rate (MRR) have been investigated through variance analysis.

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community 25F and have been losing my hair for 10 years. Been to doctors, no issues with thyroid or hormones. No history of hair loss in my family. Wtf do I do?

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