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Enlarged prostates and hairloss

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mike75537
mike75537

I have had enlarged prostate for a number of years now and I also have been losing my hair also for a number of years. After doing some research on male hairloss I see the main drug of promise is Finasteride 1%(Propecia) and Proscar  (Finastride 5 %) for Enlarged prostate. Do most men who have one of the conditions also have the other? How many of you have hair loss and when did it begin as compared to your hair loss. Do all bald men have enlarged prostates also? 

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  • mike75537
    mike75537

    Posted

    (How many of you have hair loss and when did it begin as compared to your hair loss. ) What I meant to say was Did your hair losss begin about the same time you started having prostate problems.
  • mike03369
    mike03369 mike75537

    Posted

    Hi Mike, I don't think that there is a correlation. I have a full head of hair. Maybe others will know but I can't say it applies to me. 

  • JerryR
    JerryR mike75537

    Posted

    NO!  I have BPH; my brother has prostate cancer; and my father had a TURP for BPH.  We are a family of full heads of hair.  If anything, I would correlate prostate problems with full heads of hair.  I have been on finasteride for 8 months or so and, who knows, maybe my hair is growing a little faster???
  • MK51151
    MK51151 mike75537

    Posted

    Full head of hair here, BPH, TURP and Prostate Ca.

    i do not think this condition are related loosing hair at all. Only relation is that Proscar help to regrow the hair and to shrink prostate.

    Proscar users shoul multiplayer their PSA by 2 to get real result.

    MK

  • lester90053
    lester90053 mike75537

    Posted

    Forget about hair loss. These days bald men are in fashion. Better that a study be made of older men who have never had BPH to determine their- life long lifestyle. Perhaps we can learn something. If such a study has already be made why don't we hear about it?

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