Hairmaxxing: what the minoxidil and finasteride trend gets right and wrong
Young men are starting hair-loss drugs early and stacking them with dermarolling and oral minoxidil. Two drugs have decades of evidence; the trend's framing runs ahead of it.
Hair-loss drugs work. The trials measured hairs per square centimetre, not a full head
A network meta-analysis of 24 randomised trials ranks oral dutasteride first on 24-week hair density. The adverse-effect literature behind these drugs is separately, and seriously, contested.
GLP-1 drugs and hair loss: semaglutide and tirzepatide carry the clearest signal
Pooling 24 studies out of 133 screened, researchers found hair shedding tied to rapid weight loss more than to the drugs directly — and a pattern that hits women disproportionately.