Insights from Expert MDs

Welcome to XYON's Insights from Expert MDs. Here you’ll find easy-to-read articles that cover everything you need to know about male and female hair loss, overall hair health, as well as men's sexual health. They’re all reviewed by our doctors, so you can trust that they’re scientifically accurate.


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Men's Health

Will a Vasectomy Cause Erectile Dysfunction?

Vasectomies are an effective form of male contraception that involves a small surgical procedure. Despite its increasing popularity and relatively low complication rate, many men are worried about ...

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High Blood Pressure and Erectile Dysfunction

High blood pressure is a common chronic medical condition that can cause ED in men. Common PDE5 inhibitors like sildenafil (generic Viagra) and tadalafil (generic Cialis) can be prescribed to help ...

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How to Avoid Erectile Dysfunction on Dutasteride for Hair Loss

Dutasteride, a drug belonging to the same family as finasteride, is increasingly being prescribed off-label as an alternative to finasteride.  Let’s take a closer look at whether dutasteride causes...

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Topical Finasteride vs. Oral Finasteride

Finasteride is a clinically proven treatment for men’s hair loss and is available in several different forms. Using oral or topical finasteride has some important implications for cost, safety, eff...

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Topical Finasteride and Erectile Dysfunction

If you're leaning towards finasteride as a hair loss treatment but are worried about sexual side effects like erectile dysfunction, topical finasteride could be an option that allows you to have th...

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Sexual Side Effects of Finasteride

Finasteride is commonly prescribed to help treat pattern hair loss and for many patients, it doesn't cause any problems. However, there are some men who have a higher sensitivity to the effects of ...

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How to Use Topical Finasteride

If you’ve just been prescribed topical finasteride to treat your pattern balding, you may be confused about the best way to apply your treatment. Don’t panic, we’re here to help. Here are some of t...

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Finasteride After Hair Transplant

You may be wondering you still need to take finasteride after undergoing a surgical hair transplant. In general, it's highly recommended that you continue to take finasteride to slow down the thinn...

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Does Red Light Therapy Work for Hair Loss?

Laser technology has countless applications in medicine and specifically dermatology. In addition to being beneficial to skin, there’s some evidence that red light therapy (also called low level la...

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Can Hair Grow Back After Balding?

Can hair grow back after going bald and is there’s anything you can do to stop it from progressing? The answer will depend on the cause of your hair loss and what stage of hair loss you are in, but...

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Best oils for hair growth

Essential oils have powerful, natural ingredients that have been used for centuries in hair care to promote growth, improve scalp health, and enhance texture. Extracted from plants through methods ...

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Finasteride vs Dutasteride

Dutasteride and finasteride are both effective medications for pattern hair loss. But it can be difficult to know which of the two is right for you. There are a few things that require consideratio...

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What is a trichologist?

Learn what a trichologist does, how they can help with hair and scalp concerns, and when to see one instead of a dermatologist. This guide covers their role, treatments, and how they work alongside...

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Steroids and Hair Loss

Anabolic steroids are performance enhancing substances that mimic the effects of male sex steroid hormones. There has been speculation that anabolic steroid use can cause hair loss in some men. The...

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Scalp Inflammation and Hair Loss

Hair loss is a complex and often multi-factorial condition that nearly 80% of men will experience in their lifetime, yet there are many processes relating to hair loss that we still don’t fully und...

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Does Finasteride Affect Muscle Growth?

Since finasteride interacts with male hormones, concerns have grown around how this drug may impact muscle growth and hinder muscle development. It’s a topic that’s been discussed on various online...

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Natural DHT Blockers

Some natural ingredients are known to have DHT-blocking properties, but are these actually effective treatment options for hair loss? We delve into some natural DHT blockers and hear from Dr. Han, ...

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Finasteride Results

The timeline for hair regrowth on finasteride can vary from person to person, but we've created a general timeline with some example photos, to give you a general guide of what to expect.

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Dutasteride Dosage

Do you have questions about XYON's dutasteride dosage? Join us as we explain how we landed on our dutasteride dosage and the differences between oral and topical dutasteride.

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Minoxidil Dosage

Join us as we delve into questions related to our minoxidil tablets.

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The Importance of Dutasteride Treatment Adherence

Join us as we explain why treatment adherence is so important when taking dutasteride, including valuable insight from XYON's medical director and board-certified dermatologist, Dr. Christina Han.

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Creatine and Hair Loss

Creatine is commonly used a pre-workout supplement because of its supposed ability to enhance muscle endurance. But could it also cause hair loss? Join us as we delve into this topic, including any...

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Finasteride Dosage Explained

It can be tricky to decide which variation of finasteride to take for your hair loss. So we've created a guide for you, answering all of your questions about finasteride and helping you to figure o...

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Is Dimethicone Bad For Hair?

There's a certain stigma associated with silicones in hair products, but are they actually bad for your hair? Consider this article your full guide to a key silicone, called dimethicone.