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Hair loss question....
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GetInTheRobot
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I started finasteride really really early and I can say its been working. I did't lose much hair but I noticed and got worried about thinning pretty early on my line so I started it...since then my life grew back and I havent lost hair anywhere else. It's annecdotal but finride seems to be the best option for hairloss outside of transplant. Photo of my line currently...it was about two inches further back, been about where it is for 3 years but again I got to it reeeally early. I know finride is best for maintence but some may experience alot of regrowth...visit r/tressless.
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NeoIkaruGAF
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I tried finasteride for a couple of months when I had just started thinning out on my crown. I definitely experienced side effects on my sexual function though, so I stopped taking the drug and it still took me months to go back to normal on that side.
I understood that a hair transplant takes hair bulbs that should be immune to the negative effects DHT. If you really have to take finasteride forever even after a transplant, it’s a bummer.
Finasteride is a big business, btw. In Italy, a month of 5mg pills for prostatic hypertrophy (which is covered by our NHS equivalent) costs around €12. A month of 1mg pills for hair loss is around €30 for the cheapest generic, but it was more than €50 when I tried it. Do the math and… yeah.
I understood that a hair transplant takes hair bulbs that should be immune to the negative effects DHT. If you really have to take finasteride forever even after a transplant, it’s a bummer.
Finasteride is a big business, btw. In Italy, a month of 5mg pills for prostatic hypertrophy (which is covered by our NHS equivalent) costs around €12. A month of 1mg pills for hair loss is around €30 for the cheapest generic, but it was more than €50 when I tried it. Do the math and… yeah.
Badlucktroll
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Brit left with horrific scars after botched £1,250 hair transplant in Turkey
A BRITISH man was left with bald spots and scarring after undergoing hair transplant surgery in Turkey. Luke Horsfield had always felt self conscious about his thinning hair line and decided to tak…
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Sleepwalker
Member
I have a friend who had a transplant done, he had longish hair but receeded temples so he was basically vegeta and he started to bald on the crown so he took the plunge. He looks great now and has no regrets. It did cost him like 10k as he lives in california lol
Johnny2Bad
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I want to believe.
Cyberpunkd
Member
Maybe if the UK dumbass didn’t try to cut corners on something as important to get right as a hair transplant he wouldn’t have the problem? He got it fixed later in the UK, because of course he did.Brit left with horrific scars after botched £1,250 hair transplant in Turkey
A BRITISH man was left with bald spots and scarring after undergoing hair transplant surgery in Turkey. Luke Horsfield had always felt self conscious about his thinning hair line and decided to tak…
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The last picture with the new hair has him looking like a damn creep, whereas you can imagine bald it would have been really cool.
Some men never learn.
killatopak
Member
Watch more plates more dates.
Common strategy is using finasteride, minoxidil, nizoral shampoo and do micro needling on the hair loss area.
Last resort is cosmetic surgery.
Common strategy is using finasteride, minoxidil, nizoral shampoo and do micro needling on the hair loss area.
Last resort is cosmetic surgery.
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
There's actually quite a bit of stuff you can do. I've managed to keep most of my hair since I first started losing it (15+ years ago) using a combination of rogaine/finasteride/nizoral. Side effects are minimal (nizoral and minoxidil can cause some local scalp irritation if i use it too often, so i just cut back for a few days).
I've heard microneedling can be quite effective too when combined with minoxidil. Seen some really amazing stuff. Wish I had heard of it when I was 20, I may still be a Norwood 1 if I had.
I'd suggest talking to a doctor who has some interest in this topic.
I've heard microneedling can be quite effective too when combined with minoxidil. Seen some really amazing stuff. Wish I had heard of it when I was 20, I may still be a Norwood 1 if I had.
I'd suggest talking to a doctor who has some interest in this topic.
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NeoIkaruGAF
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Not anymore insane than getting breast implants, wouldn’t you think? The desire stems from the same source. With a key difference - you weren’t born bald. It can be pretty rough when you used to have a full head of hair, especially when you start balding later than usual.
Tams
Member
Fuck off.
No really, I mean that. I like having hair and the choice of how to wear it. I've had it very short and I look shit like that. So no, I'll take a drug with few possible minor side effects, thank you very much.
Like it or not, most of us do care about our appearance.
Tams
Member
That's quite literally not true. There are two drugs known to prevent further hair loss: finasteride and dutasteride.
Minoxidil is known to promote growth of existing hair.
All of them do sell very well.
Are there too few studies into these drugs and their possible side effects? Yes, absolutely.
Now, there is currently no known way to revive hair roots that are too badly damaged or cause new hair roots to be produced.
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AJUMP23
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Brit left with horrific scars after botched £1,250 hair transplant in Turkey
A BRITISH man was left with bald spots and scarring after undergoing hair transplant surgery in Turkey. Luke Horsfield had always felt self conscious about his thinning hair line and decided to tak…
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A happy ending. I never understood why people search for the cheap option when it comes to surgery.
Badlucktroll
Member
can they implant body hair, or animal hair so they dont have to suck it out of the back of your head?
Melon Husk
Member
How's your breakfast? Is your hair nourished?
Wholegrain breakfast cereals and toast bread have selenium, copper and zinc and other micronutrients that you should get daily. Vitamins from fruit or multivitamin fruit juice help you absorb those nutrients. After you get your minerals and vitamins in order, make sure the good stuff reaches your scalp through bloodflow:
-Daily aerobic exercise, maybe even scalp massage.
-Chocolate or a cup of chocolate milk to dilate blood vessels.
Doing all these things twice a day should max out the nutritional side of hair growth. After that feel free to turn to drugs.
Finally, if you have redness or inflammation in the scalp, get that fixed too.
edit: and skip regular caffeine use as it constricts blood vessels and skip regular alcohol use because it robs your micronutrients. Alcohol dilates blood vessels so it might have an opposite effect too.
edit2: I've read that topically applied caffeine and alcohol might have the opposite effect and stimulate bloodflow.
Wholegrain breakfast cereals and toast bread have selenium, copper and zinc and other micronutrients that you should get daily. Vitamins from fruit or multivitamin fruit juice help you absorb those nutrients. After you get your minerals and vitamins in order, make sure the good stuff reaches your scalp through bloodflow:
-Daily aerobic exercise, maybe even scalp massage.
-Chocolate or a cup of chocolate milk to dilate blood vessels.
Doing all these things twice a day should max out the nutritional side of hair growth. After that feel free to turn to drugs.
Finally, if you have redness or inflammation in the scalp, get that fixed too.
edit: and skip regular caffeine use as it constricts blood vessels and skip regular alcohol use because it robs your micronutrients. Alcohol dilates blood vessels so it might have an opposite effect too.
edit2: I've read that topically applied caffeine and alcohol might have the opposite effect and stimulate bloodflow.
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AJUMP23
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Melon Husk
Member
You can just cut the pills into quarters. Thus the cost is 3/month. Math!
You know what, I believe you. I looked it up and
https://www.healthline.com/health/garlic-for-acne says:
The smell sucks though.
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Spyxos
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Many people don't believe it, but it helped me. Op asked for low cost methods, and it was just one that helped.
Tams
Member
Sorry, but if you have androgenic alopecia, that would at best slow down the loss, but never stop it and you'd go bald in the end.
In androgenic alopecia, it's DHT destroying the hair follicles, and once they are gone they don't come back.
Jsisto
Member
Just accept it. As my hair continues to thin and look like a minefield, I just get a nice even cut with clippers. Looks fine. When I reach the point of no return, I’ll just shave it all off. Such is life. Not gong to take some unproven hair regrowth shit with potentially dangerous side effects just to be disappointed when it doesn’t work.
Mattdaddy
Gold Member
I heard they can technically use your body hair but, texture and overall look dont always match the hair on your head so it could be goofy looking. Also might be complete BS lol, I think I heard that on a podcast.
The future is going to be cloning where they pluck one hair and clone you like 10,000 of them. But alas not here just yet.
For neograft though which is what I had... the missing hair on the back of your head is undetectable. You cant notice it at all once it heals (unless you do the procedure several times maybe).
The way its done you dont get the line scar like the old school method, they pluck it in like a checkerboard pattern so its even.
Yeah its like that video AJUMP posted
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Alebrije
Member
Look at this guy :
Pretty sure he alone has more monet than all Gaf members.
If there were a real hair loss/regenerate threatment he could easily have tons of hair.
Look at The Rock or other bald millionary...they dont have hair because they are fine the way they are or there is no a threatment no matter the money.
So every time I see those $100.00 U.S. shampos that make hair grow y feel sorry for the people that buy them.
Pretty sure he alone has more monet than all Gaf members.
If there were a real hair loss/regenerate threatment he could easily have tons of hair.
Look at The Rock or other bald millionary...they dont have hair because they are fine the way they are or there is no a threatment no matter the money.
So every time I see those $100.00 U.S. shampos that make hair grow y feel sorry for the people that buy them.
Hudo
Member
Just fucking shave that shit and own it. When I had signs that my hairline was receding, I fucking shaved that shit immediately. Never looked back. It's not only more comfy and hassle free, I also started to get compliments by girls.
Edit: I actually tried to use my head as a weapon after shaving it by attempting to reflect the sun into a guy's eyes (guy was an asshole I didn't like). Made a girl laugh so hard that I had a date afterwards.
Edit: I actually tried to use my head as a weapon after shaving it by attempting to reflect the sun into a guy's eyes (guy was an asshole I didn't like). Made a girl laugh so hard that I had a date afterwards.
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Melon Husk
Member
The DHT sensitivity seems to vary wildly person by person. Blood flow boosts growth and DHT reduces growth. I don't see why these two forces can't be balanced in some individuals, such that increased blow flow alone keeps hair follicles alive, as proved by rogaine etc.
Badlucktroll
Member
So in the future you could potentially pay like 2 million dollars or something insane and they can clone your hair follicles and implant them to give you a full head of hair
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I honestly don't see what's wrong with getting a wig.
Wig technology has advanced surreptitiously.
JayK47
Member
I really hate having thinning hair. It is the worst part of getting older for me. I am pretty sure the type of hair loss I have would not be helped by Rogaine. I would have to do hair transplant and I just do not want to pay for that and deal with it. It would require more than one treatment as I continue to lose my hair. So now I have turned into a hat guy. FFS.
Mattdaddy
Gold Member
Haha basically. Gonna be bought and paid lion's manes everywhere.
NinjaMouse
Member
Play the hand you were dealt. I ran from it for years and finally buzzed it and never looked back. The only people who will give a shit are people who haven’t seen you in a long time and last remember you with hair. Anyone you meet going forward will have their baseline for how they see you as you with thinning or no hair and it’ll be barely an observation.
Winter John
Member
Yeah. Them long term bald guys need to learn to introduce their new hair slowly. It's embarrassing for all of us when they come bouncing in like Beyonce claiming they just decided to let it grow out.
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
I'll see your hair loss and raise you a micro peen
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
Uh, Finasteride users outnumber Sildenafil (Viagra) users in the United States by about 8 times.
Finasteride is one of the most well studied drugs in the world.
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Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
Treatments only work if started early enough. Bezos hair was likely too far gone by the time he was in a position to do anything about it.Look at this guy :
Pretty sure he alone has more monet than all Gaf members.
If there were a real hair loss/regenerate threatment he could easily have tons of hair.
Look at The Rock or other bald millionary...they dont have hair because they are fine the way they are or there is no a threatment no matter the money.
So every time I see those $100.00 U.S. shampos that make hair grow y feel sorry for the people that buy them.
GeorgioCostanzaX
Gold Member
Going to try finasteride actually so this thread is timely: I have a lot of very thick hair all around but the back top of my head is thinning: I tried using something like this and it made me nauseous.
Sleepwalker
Member
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
Bezos started Amazon in 1994, so that photo is probably a few years before Finasteride became FDA approved for hair loss. If I only had scraps of hair like that leftover, I also wouldn't bother.
Musk OTOH is almost certainly on Finasteride or Dutasteride (and had a hair transplant).
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Tams
Member
Not for use to prevent hair loss.
Melon Husk
Member
Works. Got rid of redness and inflammation.
mopspear
Member
I took finasteride for six months about 10 years ago. It helped my friend a lot. I'm also crazy because I wasn't actually losing my hair, it was just shedding a lot due to extreme stress, maybe. Anyway I still have all my hair so I'm still not a hundred percent sure what happened.
Cyberpunkd
Member
I just don’t see the point for holding to scraps - you are more manly, don’t have so much issue in the summer and save a lot on the barber.
My father started losing hair in his late 20s, he has that monk patch with a few hair sprinkled here and there for 40 years now.
I have incredible hair but if this starts happening I am so shaving it asap.
Putonahappyface
Member
I sympathize with anyone that has started losing their hair, it can be an emotional realisation. My hairline started to recede and thin on top at the age of 37 which was a shock. Each to there own with regards to going the surgical route, but for me personally I couldn't be bothered with the hassle and just accepted it and took a razor to my head.
I probably accepted my fate easier than most because I regularly took clippers to my head at a 0.5 grade for over a decade. It's only when I let my hair grow out and grew a beard that I noticed.
Baldness runs on my mums side of the family, but everyone on my dads side has a full head of hair, so I knew for awhile I was potentially in trouble.
I probably accepted my fate easier than most because I regularly took clippers to my head at a 0.5 grade for over a decade. It's only when I let my hair grow out and grew a beard that I noticed.
Baldness runs on my mums side of the family, but everyone on my dads side has a full head of hair, so I knew for awhile I was potentially in trouble.
Grildon Tundy
Member
I've had the same receded hairline since I was 15. Fingers crossed it stays where it is.