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Kenaz73

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Basic Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    France
  • State
    AL

Hair Loss Overview

  • Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern
    Receding Hairline (Genetic Baldness)
  • How long have you been losing your hair?
    In the last 5 years
  • What Best Describes Your Goals?
    Maintain and Regrow Hair
    Considering Non-Surgical Treatments
    I'm here for support

Hair Loss Treatments

  • Have you ever had a hair transplant?
    Yes
  • Current Non-Surgical Treatment Regime
    SocialEngine Value 23
    Generic Minoxidil 5% for Men

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  1. I decided to quit Avodart last month after about 1 year because of the recent research on the possible long term effect. That and my libido seemed to finally be affected by it. Since I wasn't too thrilled of just leaning on Regain for damage control on my hairline, which hadn't been dazzling anyway so far, I decided to pursue my experiment with topicals. I dropped the one I was on - Vit C serum- because it was a pain to apply being oil-based. My goal was still to look for active ingredients that stimulate the skin's biochemistry hoping it would somehow make my scalp healthier and maybe wake up those lazy miniaturized follicles. I also wanted a topical anti-androgen to make up for the discontinued oral treatment. After poring over skin-related research, I went for two components that fit my criteria. 2.5 weeks into the new regimen, I'd say my hairloss has decreased by 40-50% to something like a max of 30-40 hairs a day. My hair also looks a lot less oily after a couple of days without being washed, which was a major hassle for me. The other improvement is I'm now making a water-based lotion. It lets me use a pipette to go through the hair then I just let it run down my scalp without creating collateral mess. I don't want to be too excited about it yet because for all I know at least part of the improvement could have been caused be me getting off Avodart. I'm going to keep at it at least 1 1/2 month to see if things fizzles. There are a couple more ingredients I'm also planning on adding based on their skin cell pampering properties. I'll keep you updated.
  2. I believe the technique is legit. What I'm concerned about is the technicians' skill. also that only 70-80% of the donor area may regrow. I'm wondering if they ever do a second op for the donor area. Since you've done the research and I'm too lazy to dig it again. Where does the decimal in 2.6 hair yielded / hair plucked come from? I assume 2 is the hair plucked + the one regrowing.
  3. How long did it start to have a visible effect? and how often do you apply it? I recently ordered 1 bottle for $15 for testing purposes. I've used 1 drop at a time, 3 times a few days apart. Nothing to report but wasn't expecting results yet with so little used.
  4. It would seem like shedding is more common with foam so you may want to start with lotion. If you go with regular one and end up having irritation or seborrhoea dermatis, switch to a propylene glycol free version. Wait a few months, and if results aren't satisfying you can give foam a shot. If you're afraid of how it may look first, apply it on a test area.
  5. I've switched to Foam in the morning about 3 weeks ago. I'm on PG free minox in the evening because I was afraid of shedding if going all Foam. I seem to be getting regrowth in the frontal area but I want to see how far it goes before getting too excited about it. I think Foam gets absorbed better than lotion btw.
  6. 1) Should I stay on this program and keep paying him? What would you answer to this question if it had been asked by one of your friends who went through this instead of you? If I were you, I'd make an appointment with a doc to try propecia. Then maybe let your scalp rest a few weeks, and switch to minox without propylene glycol. It's what irritated your scalp. Either get a lotion with glycerin instead or foam. And last but not least, learn to relax because stress may play a big part in your hair not growing anymore. What's in your pills?
  7. Quick note on poor nutrition. Sometimes too much good stuff can be detrimental to hair. Many brands of supplements have zinc and vitamin A that are well known for making hair fall out when in excess. Some people using a form of vitamin A topically also reported problems due to whatever paltry amount of systemic absorption. There also was a case of selenium poisoning that had the same effect... Vitamin Supplement Causes 200 to Lose Hair, Fingernails - Health News | Current Health News | Medical News - FOXNews.com
  8. I have no emotional attachment to Dr Gho and don't care either if transplants have been aesthetically successful because either he or his assistants have less than optimal skills. My point is is it possible the formula he came up with be effective? And I think it is. I'm still sticking to my previous opinion. The point of a clinic isn't to offer the best services possible, it's to make money. If a clinic with skilled surgeons has its hands full with the current technique, I don't see what's their incentive to invest in training and research. Plucking is also much slower so they'd have to either hire more staff or raise the price tag per client to keep the same profit margin. Or like FinHairLoss hinted make their techies fastforward the job.
  9. You could put a little more thoughts in your spams. For example, why ask your order be processed asap? It's something that would only make sense if contacting the seller of said product.
  10. Why would they want to go through the hassle of learning a new technique, figuring out their own version of Gho's proprietary formula, test it out over x months if their hands are already full with clients? The operation itself is also a lot more time consuming and the profit margin likely shrinks from it.
  11. Be careful with zinc. Not enough of it can cause hairloss but so does too much. I think it ends up inhibiting another mechanism of the growth process.
  12. Thank you. Looks very promising. I just wish they had included pics of the recipient area.
  13. I didn't mean to sound negative. It's still a big breakthrough compared to old-school HT in that you don't get the trauma of having your scalp sliced through. And they say it somehow creates an average of 2.5 follicle/follicle plucked. Was the hair plucked in a strip or here and there to make it less conspicuous?
  14. Sounds interesting. It's not Hair multiplication but "Hair Stem Cell Transplantation", though, plucking hair in the donor area, which is supposed to regrow. They say the results for HM aren't satisfactory yet.
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