Paul Saladino· MD
this was one patient selected to represent results of the best of the best responders out of a thousand people so there's only a small percentage of people who see a change like this while taking finasteride
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
this was one patient selected to represent results of the best of the best responders out of a thousand people so there's only a small percentage of people who see a change like this while taking finasteride
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when you go into the clinical studies on finasteride you're going to see photos like this one right here where over a two year period you see somebody with significant hair loss at the crown but then two years later they've got great hair density well guess what this was one patient selected to represent results of the best of the best responders out of a thousand people so there's only a small percentage of people who see a change like this while taking finasteride