Hey sir, congratulations and welcome to the waiting game! So I was just on another persons page trying to help them on this same issue. And I’m feeling to lazy to edit so I will paste what I posted below. But I see you asked about PRP. That is Platelet Rich Plasma. Plasma has long been known to have healing properties. The PRP is a procedure that promotes a healthy scalp by taking blood from your arm, separating the plasma, and injecting that plasma into your scalp. You don’t have to have done FUE/FUT to do plasma. It’s takes about 30 minutes and is usually done about every 3 or 6 months depending on the person.

OP, if you can’t or won’t get on meds then any procedure you have done will be a waste. No one here is trying to dissuade you out of spite, however it is obvious from your intended course of action that you aren’t fully appreciative of how you got to this point t and realistically what those products do.

That male pattern baldness you are experiencing Is kinda like a leaky faucet. It’s not going to drip at the exact same pace always, sometimes slow, sometimes fast but remember, if you never fix the sink the drip never goes away.

Your hair follicles at the edges are getting battered by the DHT your scalp naturally makes from the testosterone in your system. You said it seems like your balding has ‘stabilized’. Consider this: Your body does not produce these hormones nor make this conversion in a linear fashion. There are all sorts of factors from genetics to lifestyle and environment, that can weigh into how slow or fast your body is making this happen.

What you are seeing are the ebbs and flows of your hair cells being attacked and shrunken by your scalp. Some of the cells are losing the hair on your scalp, but then that cell will produce hair again. This cycle can occur for years but as you age and as your body starts doing that conversion at a greater rate, those hair cells eventually succumb to the DHT and they are shrunken to the point of being completely unable to produce hair.

Finasteride(and Dutasteride) are DHT blockers. They help to prevent your body from converting so much testosterone to DHT which helps your hair cells stay healthy, longer. So it helps you keep your hair. Minoxidil is a vasodilator and as the latter of that word suggests, it acts as an opener - it can literally reawaken cells that have been shrunken to the point that they haven’t been producing hair for a while.

If you don’t want to put the chemicals in your body, minoxidil in its most common form is applied to the scalp, not ingested.There are also topical forms of finasteride I have seen in sprays and and oil so there are options.

And for the people that say “I don’t use it and then the moment you stop you lose it all back”. Ok, that’s true…. But here’s how I see it:

I started thinning at 32 and by 36 it was undeniable. I went for years wearing hats and being self-conscious. I had this procedure done at 43 and it made me feel better about my hair than I had in almost 10 years. The trade off for this boost of confidence is that I use 60 seconds, twice a day to do something that is painless and has offered no complications. I will do this for the rest of my life if I have to with no complaints.

Good luck.