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Hair is 100% genetic, products ain't going to do shit about that. It's all just a scam targeted at insecure men who want to achieve unrealistic body standards pushed by society. Just own the bald, or don't, do what you want to do and fuck society.
I mean, yes, hair is genetic... but genetics also include epigenetics.
If you take two identical twins, both prone to alopecia, give one of them 45 years of nothing but unending stress, and the other a calm and relaxing life, I'm pretty confident your stressed out twin is gonna be more bald more quickly than the other.
But, to go back to general agreement: Yeah basically every common hairloss prevention whatever is a almost entirely a scam.
We're talking like... twice daily usage for months results in... 15 to 8 new hairs per sq centimeter, for rogaine/minoxidil.
Sure, technically, it does work... but just barely, and you'd have to keep using it forever, and even if you did, if you're prone to hairloss, you'll hit a follicle loss rate that exceeds the regrowth rate at some point.
Combine the minoxidil with finasteride, once you have the hair back where you want it you can discontinue the minoxidil and just take the finasteride