Fighting Hairloss- MY Diary

[newmass]

BTW minoxidil will NOT work on the frontal hair loss... only the back.

[newmass]

I have used propecia for 2 years without a single side effect.
I have regained a good amount of hair. ( I was totally bald on the top.)There is one "good" side effect of propecia. Propecia is the same drug as proscar. This drug fights the effect of DHT on the prostate. The higher your test levels the greater chance you will have prostate problems. Propecis helps to block this and some studies show it may help prevent prostate problems "down the road.

[YellowJacket]

Almost a year of this bullshit and Im still here :)

Updates:

Still losing a good bit of hair each day. The crown of my head is still very solid and no notice of hairloss, which leads me to believe my hairline and frontal scalp are the areas of shedding. Still using minoxidil, spiro and Propecia religiously. Using Head & Shoulders twice a week and Progain and my primary shampoos, occassionally Ill use Nioxin, but Im phasing it out (price vs. results).

One thing I have learned and realized is, if you change your hairstyle a bit, there's no notice of hairloss. For example, when I just gel my hair and mess it up, you can vaguly see some hairloss along the hairline, but if I gel it and flip my bangs up, in no way is hairloss noticable. So switching hairstyles is a good idea, plus hey, it was time for a change anyway.

On the downside, Im still not convinced anything Im using is aiding in stopping or even slowing my hairloss and Ive spent well over $900 on all the treatments thus far, which is sort of a let down, but Ive come this far and spent this much money, no intentions of stopping now.

On a more serious note, I read today where the little 7 year old girl with cancer that raised over $700,000 for cancer research died...... kind of makes my hairloss seem pretty comical. Its hard to be depressed over hairloss when you realize 7 year old childre nare laying in the hospital with cancer and dying of cancer.........

amazing thread... Lots of info, it is nice to find out about other people having the same problem...

I am 28, currently on week 3 of a EQ, Test E, Tren hex . Since I started, I have been noticing my hair is getting progressively thinner all over ...
I thought I was being paranoid at first but when you wash your hair and you see a lot of it on your hands, you know something is not right. I still have hair, it is not entirely noticeable yet, but I can see the scalp in a few spots... And a year ago I had more hair than I ever wanted, I actually hated having to cut it every 3 weeks!!

I read a lot of posts all day yesterday, got finasteride, minoxidil, beta sitosterol and nizoral... I also have a doc's appt next week... I decided to fight for my hair, I can't imagine being bald!

Last Sat I decided to drop the cycle, and wich much much pain. so I did. So I am going to wait 2-3 weeks to see if it stops shedding... If it doesnt I will jump on minox and finasteride... Right now I am using nizoral, saw palmetto and beta sisto...

So lets see what happens

[YellowJacket]

Yea Jar, Brink talks about it a lot and its, in theory, the miracle for hairloss, but I hear it comes with the potential for some ugly sides and who knows when it will be avaliable.....

[Jarconis]

just wait until flutamide hits the market YJ ( RU4730 I think)

[YellowJacket]

Thanks for posting BigTime...... hope we can help.... feel free to tell us your story, what youre doing to prevent it, etc.



As an update on my hairloss......

Im about 10 months down the road after first realizing Im losing my hair and I must say Im a bit disappointed. I use the Rogaine religiously, I have yet to miss a dose of Propecia and Iv been on my Spiro for about 5 weeks and Im still losing a ton of hair each day. Its becoming more and more obvious Im losing my hair, of course in my eyes Ive lost a lot, but others dont notice yet. Some days I dont care if I go bald and I feel Im ready to just shave it and beh appy, then other days (especially when I see old friends, girlfriends, etc.) I would sell about anything I own to keep my hair. So its a roller coaster of emotions. Im going to keep fighting it until the inevitable has arrived......

[BigTime]

Wow, what an excellent thread! I'm 31 and currently dealing with hair falling out! Really does a # on my self esteem. Anyways, great read and lots of great info! Thanks...

[YellowJacket]

Welcome to the board Benjamin, and thank you for the story, certainly is food for thouight......

[meat12]

:(

my bad

DICK:sillyfu:

[meat12]

reminds me of an old joke

never trust a bald barber, he has no respect for your hair

;) lol

Thanks bro.

[Face]

Originally posted by checkoutmyrapp
Hey Yj, I am 23 and I have noticed within the last 1 or 2 that I have went from a forehead to a ten head, I am starting to grow a mowhake in the middle of my head, but I have pretty much given up on it, It seems to become to expensive to be taking those pills every day, Good for you though with the determination and will power to stick with it. Right now I am letting it grow out for on last time with hair, I am just going to shave my head when it gets bad enough, never gonna do the comb over thing. The worst part of all is the fact that I am going to school to cut hair, so not many people will want their hair cut by a balding guy. I also have heard that in a couple years that they will be able to grow hair from your genes, so hopefully that is true. but anyways good luck.

Dude, don't worry, it never bothered me that my barber was bald, and for the record he is one of the best barbers i have ever seen. You don't need hair to be a good barber because you don't learn the trade by cutting your own hair - its by cutting other peoples. And if anyone has a problem with you being bald and cutting their hair, just giv them a side-parting or something :)

[meat12]

Sometimes is just better to wave the white flag at the battle between the forehead and hairline

If you got something thats workin, great go for it man.

But when it comes to having a comb over, I would rather just shave it all off.