Username: NateDog

Basic Information

Year Born:: 1977
Gender:: Male
Country:: New Zealand

Hair Loss Story

I started noticing my hair loss at age 28-ish if Im being honest. I remember my cousin at a restaurant after a hair cut say to me "going bald?" and then my sister looking up and saying "Yeah whats up with your hair". Shock horror, I actually felt...

Hair Loss Overview

Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern:: Receding Hairline (Genetic Baldness), Thinning or Bald Spot in the Crown/Vertex
How long have you been losing your hair?:: In the last 5 years
What Best Describes Your Goals?:: Maintain Existing Hair, Maintain and Regrow Hair, I'm here for support

Hair Loss Treatments

Have you ever had a hair transplant?:: Yes
Other hair restoration physicians:: Dr Russell Knudsen
Current Non-Surgical Treatment Regime:: Propecia (Finasteride), Nizoral Shampoo, Nanogen
Other Non-Surgical Hair Loss Treatments:: Thinking about Saw Palmetto and getting back on Minoxidil but fearful of the shed
Comments about hair loss treatments you've tried or are considering:: Laser from Advanced Hair Studio. Wasted four grand on what could of been a few more grafts but lesson learned

Been reading on vitamins, proteins and a low fat diet can help at slowing hair loss at best, eating on the baseline that is not to spike insulin levels too low or high and try and minimise animal fat intake

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Treatment Regimen

Propecia (Finasteride)

This FDA approved drug is one of the most effective hair loss treatments on the market today.

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Nizoral Shampoo

An anti-inflammatory shampoo containing ketoconazole - a mild DHT inhibitor to treat baldness

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Nanogen

Nanogen is an advanced topical concealer designed to instantly increase the thickness and density of each hair.

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NateDog's Hair Loss Story

I started noticing my hair loss at age 28-ish if Im being honest. I remember my cousin at a restaurant after a hair cut say to me "going bald?" and then my sister looking up and saying "Yeah whats up with your hair". Shock horror, I actually felt so bad that I made up some story about being ill and left.

So that kicked me into action, but the action led me to the first place that suckered me out of 4 thousand dollars. Advanced Hair Studio with their laser lights and their own dht blocker plus minoxidil (expensive stuff when its only 6 months worth). Needless to say 6 months is not a long time, money back guarantee and because we all want it to work so so bad we trick ourselves into believing it works.

When I was 29 I then got a glimpse of my reflection, my temples were receeding... without delay I decided meds, Propecia. Then came the dreaded shed, and sheesh did it scare me, but for some reason I decided to keep going and still to today (2 years 9 months on). I cant say that its helped grow back any, but if anything slowed down the hair loss.

So here I am, nearly 33 and four years on, I have thinned slightly more and definitely lost and thinned in the frontal temple to show a windows peak view to the world. In saying that that is my or has been my surgical treatment to date, as I have been turned down twice by Hair Transplant doctors to do work on my top part as I have slightly too much hair to make it safe to move in surgically. Rest assured though, should my donor still be good and healthy when I need to go that route I will and this time I am not afraid to travel to get world class attention

In saying that, I use a hair concealor aswell to create the fullness even if its an illusion. It helps me get through the day. The photos are without concealor, or atleast I tried washing it out before I took them. Im on here just to talk to other hair loss sufferers and to try gain back my self confidence

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