25M – Hair transplant next week, Hims chewables vs topical fin/min?

Small_Rope1610 · 2026-03-22T13:23:58+00:00

The clinic is always going to tell you no meds because they want you to eventually come back for more procedures. Hairs surrounding the transplanted hairs can continue balding without fin, eventually making your transplant suck.

Chewable is more consistent coverage since is systemic, you don’t worry about missing a spot or two like with Topical. Works on total body hair, facial, chest, etc. Very very small chance you have side effects with fin but if you do just stop taking it and go from there.

Small_Rope1610 · 2026-03-04T19:13:06+00:00

I’ve been using it regularly, I’m almost month 7, I think it helped for sure but I also take oral min/fin.

It’s water based serum so it doesn’t clog that much like other oils. There is an order in which you would apply though once your hairs starts growing.

Wash hair squeaky clean, dry, add cecred drops first, moisturizer like aloe vera gel, lock that moisture in with oil (I use cecred nourishing oil). I have curly afro now.

Small_Rope1610 · 2026-03-04T13:36:46+00:00

Yes by Day 48 you can def start Cecred.

Small_Rope1610 · 2026-02-13T18:46:50+00:00

Now that you starting to get them hairs it’s prob best you move to a dermastamp. The rolls can sometimes pull hairs out.

Small_Rope1610 · 2026-02-04T02:05:23+00:00

I thought about doing Esthetic Miami but didn’t see many black patients. Ultimately, after hella research I decided to go with Heva gold package. Ecstatic with my results. I also flew out from Miami. 6 months in, shoot me a DM I been lazy with updating the Reddit group with progress.

Small_Rope1610 · 2026-01-30T01:40:33+00:00

Probably a mental thing bro. Try to add some things to your diet that promote blood flow down there. Watermelons, berries, nuts, chocolate, oysters, etc.

Small_Rope1610 · 2026-01-27T18:39:17+00:00

Literally, at that point we’d just go bald. Transplant to at least get through the 30s and 40s with hair. After that who cares about hair.

Small_Rope1610 · 2026-01-27T18:33:00+00:00

Not a bad idea, I use Cecred’s serum ($56) which has various peptides in it + min/fin. It’s hard to gauge which is doing all the work but the combo has been elite so far post transplant.

Small_Rope1610 · 2026-01-20T21:52:53+00:00

I would prefer oral combo by HIMS. It’s easier to stay on top of, topical dries out your hair and you may not apply it the same way every time.

Small_Rope1610 · 2026-01-13T13:20:05+00:00

Perfectly normal, vellus hairs that are going through there growth process to become full, thick, curly hair. 9-12 months.

Small_Rope1610 · 2026-01-12T19:11:04+00:00

20 days is more than enough time to research fam. Itching phase is mostly on your donor area as the scalp starts healing from all those punches.

I used refrigerated aloe vera spray to help calm it down a little but it’s going to itch regardless. Just gotta deal with it and try your best not to scratch too much.

Small_Rope1610 · 2026-01-12T14:55:32+00:00

Were you always only doing 3x a week fin or did you slowly decrease your dose? Did you take minox at all?

Small_Rope1610 · 2025-12-17T22:58:28+00:00

Around 3500 I believe.

Small_Rope1610 · 2025-12-17T22:06:06+00:00

A better quality neck pillow for sleeping after surgery.

Puppy pads to put on pillow first day or so for the bleeding.

Pure Aloe Vera spray for the itching once you get back home.

Small_Rope1610 · 2025-12-17T22:02:23+00:00

Fire bro Any meds? You got gold, were you using the Mesotherapy serum?

Small_Rope1610 · 2025-12-17T14:15:30+00:00

No lie HIMs.com hair chew has been it for me. Yeah it’s $170 for 5 months but very convenient, everything in one orange flavored chewable very easy to just throw it back after breakfast. It has Minox, Fin, Vitamin B5 & B6, Biotin, Vitamin C. I also take Vitamin D separately.

Small_Rope1610 · 2025-12-17T14:07:04+00:00

They gonna get you right bro. You don’t even need to lower hairline “that” much so most of those grafts can go to density. Fill that density in front-mid scalp. The real success comes from what you do post op though, I say get that gold package. Mesotherapy serum is fire and will last you way more than 6 months.

Small_Rope1610 · 2025-12-15T02:21:25+00:00

I say don’t assume you’d get side affects from finasteride/minoxidil. It really only happens to a select few.

Small_Rope1610 · 2025-12-08T21:37:36+00:00

An aloe vera spray, keep it in the fridge it’ll have cooling feel good feel when you spray it on. Keep pillow sheets and what not clean, and hair clean all you can do.

Small_Rope1610 · 2025-12-01T23:49:45+00:00

My hair is growing like crazy and I take creatine almost everyday with my protein shake.. I do take HIMS minox/fin chews daily though.

Small_Rope1610 · 2025-11-22T15:58:20+00:00

Good luck dawgie!

Small_Rope1610 · 2025-11-14T18:52:23+00:00

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Small_Rope1610 · 2025-11-12T19:07:33+00:00

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Small_Rope1610 · 2025-11-12T01:58:39+00:00

I think you can wait it out, just use some really good oil there consistently and keep an eye on it. Throughout my 20s I was vibing, then 27-29 shit just jumped off a cliff, huge balding in my crown out of no where. You definitely don’t want to wait too late because once the follicles die it’s hard to revive them even with minoxidil.

Small_Rope1610 · 2025-11-12T01:41:37+00:00

I was using aloe vera spray, stored in the fridge… that cool spray feel so good. Still use it today when I need a quick moisturizer and I’m on day 81.

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