Finasteride and the Hair Cycle

May 2000 in “ Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology ”

Antonella Tosti, Bianca Maria Piraccini

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Studysummary This study reports that finasteride increases hair count by reactivating resting follicles in men with frontal male pattern hair loss, with continuous clinical improvement due to thickening and elongation of hair even after hair count stabilization.

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