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0:00Imagine a forest. It has thousands of
0:03trees, but every year they grow a
0:05little smaller, a little weaker, a
0:07little thinner. From the outside, it
0:10seems the forest still exists, but
0:12inside, it is slowly dying. This is
0:15roughly how androgenetic alopecia
0:18develops. It is the most common cause
0:21of hair loss in men. The problem isn't
0:23that your hair suddenly falls out. The
0:26real problem is far more insidious. The
0:29follicles gradually shrink. Year after
0:32year, cycle after cycle, a thick,
0:34healthy hair turns into a thin one,
0:37then into barely visible fuzz, and
0:39eventually disappears entirely. And
0:42here lies the key to understanding this
0:44entire episode. Minoxidil does not
0:47eliminate the root cause of this
0:48process. It doesn't disable the
0:51miniaturization mechanism, remove
0:53follicle sensitivity to DHT, or rewrite
0:56your genetics. It works in a completely
0:59different way. That is precisely why
1:02many people overestimate its
1:04capabilities. To put it as simply as
1:07possible, minoxidil tries to force
1:09weakened follicles to work more
1:11actively. It locally improves blood
1:17flow to the scalp, extends the hair
1:19growth phase, and is able to return
1:21some dormant follicles to an active
1:23state. But here, a very important
1:28nuance emerges. For this to work, the
1:30follicle must be alive. A live follicle
1:33that still exists but is functioning
1:35worse than it should. Minoxidil cannot
1:40create new follicles, and that is one
1:42of the most common myths surrounding
1:44the drug. When you see impressive
1:48before-and-after photos, it might seem
1:50that the person has grown new hair. But
1:53most of the time, something else is
1:55happening. Minoxidil strengthens the
1:58hair that was already there. It’s
2:01just that it had become so thin and
2:03weak that it was almost impossible to
2:05notice. New hair doesn't grow from
2:08minoxidil, yet we all see miracle
2:10before-and-after examples. We see those
2:13who succeeded. A guy who applied
2:16minoxidil to his head for 2 years and
2:19only got itching, redness, and light
2:21fuzz won't be recording an enthusiastic
2:23video. I am that guy. Personally,
2:27topical minoxidil does not work for me.
2:29I mean, I am preparing for a hair
2:31transplant, and after the surgery, I
2:33will use minoxidil. But unfortunately,
2:35I cannot apply it topically. I
2:37immediately get itching, my scalp turns
2:39red, and flakes appear, even though I
2:41don't have these issues in daily life.
2:43Therefore, I use a different form of
2:46minoxidil. So, things aren't the same
2:48for everyone, and you must always keep
2:50that in mind. So, that guy has nothing
2:53to brag about. And now, let’s look
2:56reality in the eye. There are
2:58large-scale clinical studies that
3:00examined the efficacy of 5%minoxidil.
3:06Only 15%of patients showed results that
3:08could be called a significant cosmetic
3:10improvement. This means that noticeable
3:16hair growth, enough to stop wearing a
3:18cap, was achieved by about one in six
3:20patients. That is cool, but it’s not
3:24the fantasy that people expect from
3:26minoxidil. The remaining patients
3:29either got insignificant fuzz or
3:31nothing at all. Have you ever wondered
3:34why there are still so many bald people
3:36if there is such a miracle cure? And
3:38many trichologists are guilty of this.
3:41They promise people unrealistic results
3:43. They say, "Just apply minoxidil, get
3:45PRP injections, and visit me for a year
3:48." We have had cases, people who told
3:50us, "I'll try treatment for a year,
3:52then I'll come back for a transplant."
3:54There are others: "They are being
3:56deceived, and we are against deception.
3:58That is why we want to share more, so
4:00you understand what you can expect from
4:02each thing. So, the main question is:
4:06what do the studies say? The dry
4:08numbers, the dry research. And this is
4:11where the first plot twist occurs.
4:14Minoxidil really does work. It's not a
4:16myth. Not a placebo, not an internet
4:18fairy tale. Its effectiveness has been
4:21confirmed many times over. I’ll even
4:23go further: it is the most effective
4:25drug currently on the market. But the
4:29results turn out to be much more modest
4:31than most people imagine. When a person
4:35first sees an ad, they subconsciously
4:37expect almost complete hair restoration
4:40. It's just like with a transplant. You
4:42can't do the same for everyone. And we
4:46were the first to publicly state that a
4:48hair transplant cannot provide the
4:50natural density you had at age 18. But
4:53you are always hoping for that
4:55best-case scenario. And when there is
4:57an opportunity to just apply something
4:59to your head, you want it to be like
5:01the picture, incredible. But let's be
5:03honest, direct, and open, and then
5:05everyone will be satisfied. Because
5:08dissatisfaction arises when a person
5:10has inflated expectations and when
5:12someone tries to sell them something
5:14that doesn't work. That’s why we
5:17often say" no "to about 30%of people
5:19who come for a hair transplant, because
5:21there won't be a result. We would have
5:23to feel embarrassed. Our business is
5:26built on keeping prices low through
5:28word-of-mouth recommendations.
5:30Therefore, we must say what is actually
5:33achievable. Let’s continue about
5:35minoxidil. In practice, the effect
5:37looks different. For some, balding
5:40slows down; for some, density increases
5:43; for some, existing hair thickens.
5:46That is exactly why the scientific data
5:48looks good. But user expectations often
5:51do not align with reality. They expect
5:54a return of their youth, but they get
5:56an improvement in the situation. These
5:58are different things. But why does one
6:00person get lucky and another doesn't?
6:03And this is where we reach the point
6:04that turns our understanding around.
6:07Scientists have found a highly curious
6:09detail. To work, minoxidil must be
6:12converted into its active form. This is
6:15done by a special enzyme,
6:17sulfotransferase. On its own, our plain
6:19minoxidil is useless. Until
6:22sulfotransferase turns it into
6:24minoxidil sulfate. The level of this
6:26enzyme is different in everyone.
6:28That’s how everything is in medicine.
6:30Well, everyone is individual. Well,
6:32everything about us is different. For
6:34the lucky ones, those gifted with a bit
6:37more by genetics, the very YouTube
6:38stars showing off their results, they
6:41have plenty of it. Their scalp converts
6:44it into minoxidil with the efficiency
6:46of a chemical plant. But there are
6:50others, about 40%if you listen to the
6:52research, whose enzyme activity is low;
6:54they could pour liters of the solution,
6:57but their body just doesn't know what
6:59to do with it. It’s like trying to
7:03light wet wood by pouring gasoline on
7:05it but having no matches. And this is
7:07where the second myth arises. Minoxidil
7:10kills dihydrotestosterone. Well, no, of
7:12course not. Dihydrotestosterone is the
7:15hormone that kills the follicle.
7:17Imagine your hair is a forest and DHT
7:19is a forest fire. Minoxidil is not a
7:22firefighter; it doesn’t put out the
7:24fire created by dihydrotestosterone. Do
7:27you see? Minoxidil is more of a
7:29fertilizer. It’s a gardener helping
7:33the tree live a little longer; if it
7:35works for you, if it penetrates well,
7:37if you aren't part of those 40%like I
7:40am, it will be very effective for you.
7:43We are talking about topical minoxidil.
7:46It is the best fertilizer for trees,
7:48for hair, that humanity has invented to
7:50this day. Every 3 months, miracle cures
7:54emerge, news about miracle cures.
7:56Nothing better than minoxidil has been
7:58invented yet, so we are grateful for it
8:00, but we must tell the truth about it.
8:02Whether we apply minoxidil or not, our
8:05hair will still fall out. It does not
8:07depend on how often we use minoxidil or
8:10if we use it at all. But it helps hair
8:14significantly because the structure
8:16improves and the growth cycles are
8:17lengthened. So it is a good thing and
8:21it should be used. If it works, if it
8:24suits you, then applying it topically
8:26is great. If it doesn't suit you, there
8:29are other forms, like me, for instance,
8:31I take minoxidil pills. I love
8:33minoxidil. I have great respect for
8:35minoxidil. But there is a point that
8:37creates a very harsh letdown. Most
8:41users think that if you apply it for a
8:43year, you’ll get a cool result, and
8:45if you do it for 10 years, you’ll be
8:47like Dzhigurda. No.
8:49No, unfortunately, no. It’s different
8:52for everyone, but one way or another, a
8:54moment comes when minoxidil squeezes
8:56the maximum out of the follicles, but
8:58the hormone attack continues. The trees
9:00burn down faster than you fertilize
9:02them. You reach a peak, and an
9:05inevitable slow decline begins.
9:08Moreover, you keep applying it, money
9:10flows out, and hair flows out even
9:12faster. It is also very important for
9:14you to know one truth. When you start
9:17using minoxidil, the first month,
9:18sometimes the second, your hair starts
9:20falling out more. A person looks in the
9:23mirror and thinks:" I've ruined
9:25everything. "But in reality, old
9:28weakened hairs are making room for new
9:30growth cycles. This effect is called
9:33shedding. Many quit treatment just when
9:36the drug is starting to work. And I
9:40understand this perfectly well, because
9:41you wanted things to get better, but
9:43then you look and they’re getting
9:45worse. You think you should stop.
9:47That’s a mistake; you need to be
9:49patient. Paradoxically, a hair growth
9:51product can initially increase shedding
9:53. Surprisingly, but what if you are one
9:56of those for whom there won't be any
9:58significant improvement? You lose the
10:01old hair, and new hair doesn’t come
10:02in. You are simply accelerating your
10:05hair loss. If you stop applying it at
10:08that point, those old hairs will never
10:09come back. Even if everything goes
10:13perfectly, the next problem arises—
10:15side effects. They are usually talked
10:18about much less than the results. For
10:21some, they don't bother them at all,
10:23but for others, they become a reason to
10:25quit. These are skin irritation,
10:28itching, flaking, increased heart rate,
10:30and unwanted hair growth on the face
10:32and body. And one more myth. Minoxidil
10:37is not a cosmetic, it is a medication,
10:39which means it has not only benefits
10:41but also a cost of use. And now, get
10:45ready for the second major plot twist.
10:48Let’s say everything worked out,
10:50Minoxidil worked, it would seem like a
10:52victory. But then the person stops
10:55using it, and what rarely gets
10:56mentioned in viral videos happens.
11:01After some time, most of the achieved
11:03effect disappears, because the drug
11:05didn't solve the problem, it only
11:06temporarily kept the hair in a better
11:08state. That is exactly why Minoxidil is
11:13not a temporary course. For most people
11:16, it’s a long-term commitment,
11:18sometimes for years, sometimes for
11:19decades. Moreover, it is a lifelong
11:23contract. If you started, you are
11:25obligated to apply it every day for the
11:27rest of your life. The most dangerous
11:29self-deception. A guy notices slight
11:32receding at 25, starts applying it,
11:35stops after six months, his hair sheds
11:37terribly, and he thinks:" I have
11:39aggressive alopecia, nothing will help.
11:42"It’s not aggressive alopecia, it’s
11:44an aggressive withdrawal. He drove
11:46himself into the negative. And now we
11:49approach the question that decides
11:51everything. Is there a point of no
11:54return, a moment after which Minoxidil
11:56is almost powerless? The answer is yes.
12:00And here lies the most uncomfortable
12:02truth of the entire episode. Minoxidil
12:06is not capable of stopping hair loss
12:08completely. It can slow down the
12:12process, improve the situation, and
12:14help keep some hair, but androgenetic
12:16alopecia itself will continue to exist,
12:18the cause remains. And over time, many
12:24men still notice further progression,
12:26sometimes much slower, but not
12:28necessarily completely stopped. But
12:32there is also a fundamental biological
12:34limitation. If a follicle is severely
12:38damaged or has disappeared completely,
12:40it cannot be forced to produce hair.
12:43It’s gone, it’s dead. Smooth skin
12:46on the temples or the crown that you
12:48rub with your hand, feeling that it’s
12:50like a knee, there are no pores, no
12:52fuzz. The follicle is dead. A scar has
12:55formed in its place. Do you think it's
12:58possible to grow hair from there? That
13:02is precisely why the most impressive
13:04minoxidil results are usually seen in
13:06those where hair still exists at least
13:08partially, just not visible. And here,
13:13a fact that many ignore becomes clear.
13:17Why do men with pronounced baldness
13:18continue to get hair transplants? If
13:21minoxidil, pills, and serums exist, why
13:24? The answer is surprisingly simple.
13:27Because no drug can bring follicles
13:29back to where they physically no longer
13:31exist. This is not a question of drug
13:34quality, it is a question of biology.
13:37If there are no viable follicles left
13:38in an area, you need a way to
13:40physically put them back. That is
13:43exactly why hair transplantation exists
13:45. Essentially, this is not stimulating
13:47old follicles, but moving living
13:49follicles from one zone to another. A
13:51completely different principle, a
13:53different task, a different level of
13:55intervention. On the back of your head,
13:58you have hair that is programmed to
13:59live forever. It doesn't care about
14:02this DHT. It is not susceptible to the
14:04fire. It can be extracted and moved to
14:06the forehead, to the crown. It will
14:09grow wherever we plant it. And here,
14:12let's answer the main question. This
14:14video is not meant to say that
14:16minoxidil is bad. I will repeat a
14:18thousand times and say that minoxidil
14:20is good. It just doesn't work for
14:22everyone. And it is not a panacea. And
14:25when it or PRP is prescribed—we can
14:27say the same about PRP and other
14:29procedures—when you already have a
14:31smooth patch, baldness, scars, or
14:33fibrosis, and you are promised that
14:35hair will grow there, you will be
14:37disappointed. But we are not against
14:40therapy. We are actively developing
14:42therapy because only in combination—
14:44transplant and therapy. That is, we
14:47have planted trees, and where there is
14:49an opportunity to sprout the remains of
14:51your own, to help them, we do that too,
14:53and in the end, we get a good, dense
14:55forest. This is very important to
14:57understand. But after a hair transplant
15:00, we need to stimulate local blood
15:02supply to the transplanted area. We
15:05need minoxidil. And when people tell
15:08you horror stories later that" I don't
15:10want to use minoxidil after the
15:12transplant because my remaining hair
15:14will fall out, "it won't fall out,
15:15because it didn't sprout thanks to
15:17minoxidil, and for the transplanted
15:19hair, it's a benefit. Listen to those
15:22who are responsible for your result.
15:24Specifically, those who do it with us,
15:26we are responsible for your result. And
15:28you must follow the recommendations
15:30given to you by the trichologist. And
15:32again, there is a lot of different
15:33stuff here. Why do you think I keep a
15:36whole staff of trichologists? We pay
15:38them a good salary, even though we
15:40could do without them. We could just do
15:41transplants and that's it. But because
15:43situations are so different, and
15:45trichology is so vast, I am surprised
15:47myself every time. There is scarring
15:49alopecia, telogen effluvium, there's
15:51one thing, another, the fifth, the
15:53tenth. A million combinations, a
15:55million options—we’ve seen it all
15:57by now. Sometimes a transplant is
15:59premature; you need to treat the
16:00condition first. And once treated and
16:02the transplant is done, you must
16:04continue therapy and follow-ups. Hair,
16:06as I always say, is like teeth—it
16:08requires care, and then everything will
16:10be fine. Minoxidil is good. It’s not
16:14its fault that it’s been turned into
16:15some kind of cult, with people
16:17expecting things it can never provide.
16:20It’s a drug that was originally
16:22designed for blood pressure. It is used
16:24to treat high blood pressure. So for
16:26hair, it’s actually just a side
16:27effect. It wasn't created for this, as
16:30I already mentioned. Viagra was also
16:32created for other purposes. That is how
16:34things sometimes happen in pharmacology
16:36. We like it very much. We treat it
16:41with care and respect because there is
16:42currently no better therapy for the
16:44tasks Minoxidil solves. But
16:47unfortunately, it cannot perform
16:49resurrections. Some talk about cloning
16:51now, some talk about stem cells, but so
16:53far, nothing like that exists. So,
16:56friends, perhaps the main lesson of
16:58this story isn't really about hair at
17:00all. We live in an era where any remedy
17:03is first called a miracle and then
17:05labeled a scam. Although the truth is
17:08almost always somewhere in the middle.
17:11And while scientists look for an answer
17:13as to whether we can bring back what
17:15the body has lost forever, millions of
17:17men waste time delaying their hair
17:19transplant. If you watched until the
17:22end, it means this problem truly
17:24bothers you. If Minoxidil didn't help
17:27you, reach out to us for a consultation
17:29. Perhaps you need different therapy.
17:33Perhaps you are using it incorrectly.
17:35Perhaps it won't help you at all, and
17:37you need a hair transplant. The
17:39consultation is free. As you can see,
17:41we have a lot of information on our
17:43channel. Subscribe. We try to provide
17:48very useful information so people don't
17:50deceive themselves first, and so
17:51clinics can't deceive them. GG is more
18:03than just a hair transplant.

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