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Hair Transplant for Miniaturisation?

Started on 1mg oral finasteride back in July 2025 but had side effects, so switched to topical 0.25% finasteride instead. Symptoms are now gone thankfully. Been on minoxidil for years already.

What’s frustrating is I even did a genetic test beforehand which supposedly showed a 99% predicted response rate to finasteride… yet absolutely nothing seems to happen.

No noticeable thickening, regrowth or even stabilisation so far.

At this point I genuinely don’t know what to do next. Is the only real option now to shave it and get a transplant with thousands of implanted hairs?

u/CWigham98 — 3 days ago
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Fibrin amyloid microclot blood test - Triple Therapy

Has anyone here:

  1. Completed the fibrin amyloid microclot blood test?
    - What were your results/severity?

  2. Completed triple therapy or Sulodexide treatment for AT LEAST 6 months?
    - What exact protocol/doses were used?
    - Any side effects or issues?

  3. What symptoms improved, if any?
    Especially interested in:
    - dysautonomia/POTS
    - fight-or-flight feeling
    - tingling/neuropathy
    - fatigue/PEM
    - brain fog
    - sleep
    - HRV/resting HR

Would also be useful to know:
- how long you had LC before treatment
- whether improvements lasted or relapsed
- whether you objectively re-tested microclots afterwards

Looking for longer-term outcomes only, not short 2-4 week updates, AT LEAST 6 MONTHS.

I have spoken to people have been fully cured from this, but also people where nothing happened at all.

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u/CWigham98 — 5 days ago
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I’ve been using topical minoxidil for around 10 years. Last June, about a year ago, I started oral finasteride, then switched to topical finasteride, then back to oral again, and I’m now finishing on topical finasteride, which I plan to stay on long term. I also did a DNA test which said I’m 99% reactive to finasteride, although I definitely don’t seem to be a super responder clinically. My main concern now is thinning at the crown along with some thinning at the front hairline. Would I be a candidate for a hair transplant to fill in both areas at the same time, and what treatment or transplant options would realistically be available?

u/CWigham98 — 16 days ago
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Long COVID since 2021 and currently around 60–70% recovered.

I recently spoke to Jaco Laubscher, who believes the core issue is endothelial dysfunction / microclots (i.e. upstream driver causing the downstream symptoms).

Because I’m partially recovered, he advised against full triple therapy and instead started me on a lighter approach:

Sulodexide 250 IU twice daily

Aspirin 75 mg daily

His view is:

vessel lining dysfunction → increased clotting tendency

microclots → impaired microcirculation

impaired flow → symptoms

So the goal is to reduce clotting, repair the vessel lining, and improve blood flow over time.

Has anyone else here taken this approach (sulodexide + aspirin or similar)?

Did it help? I’ve heard from many people who say they got back to normal, but then some who said zero happened, but you def need a longer period of time on it, and also addressing other things perhaps too.

Do people agree with this “microclot/endothelial” model as the main driver?

Interested in real-world experiences.

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u/CWigham98 — 16 days ago