Akash

Tugain is an Indian brand of Minox, made by Cipla Laboratories (a pretty ok large firm). Androanagen appears to be a mix of "natural" DHT blockers (Saw Palmetto and Green Tea), mixed with Apple extract and Biotin. Basically, its Finasteride in another way, since it blocks DHT. If you develop sides due to DHT reduction and 5AlphaR reduction on Fin, even this product may be too strong. But do, go with what the doctor says. She is the expert. Not I. Even so, be aware of the ingredients and monitor your progress carefully, take notes if possible.

Tugain is an Indian brand of Minox, made by Cipla Laboratories (a pretty ok large firm). Androanagen appears to be a mix of "natural" DHT blockers (Saw Palmetto and Green Tea), mixed with Apple extract and Biotin. Basically, its Finasteride in another way, since it blocks DHT. If you develop sides due to DHT reduction and 5AlphaR reduction on Fin, even this product may be too strong. On the other hand, go with what the doctor says. She is the expert. Not I.

Thanks Future HT Doc, I am thinking of giving these guys a call and then see what they make of my queries. Would you have something that I should ask? My queries -FDA approval timeline -Concern about protein injections, in particular whether they are not causing any signal effects for cancer etc - Whether proportion is the same as was originally in scalp - Any details about how many patients and how many years (more years and no complaints hopefully) - More details about results (one place they say 60-70% regrowth, another 80-90%, which is right) - What topicals do they speak of post treatment

Guys, the weblink for the Esthetic Clinic shows more pics. I am not associated with the clinic in any manner (commercially or personal) & this is purely for informative purposes, so I hope the link is ok. Hair - Latest Research | Hair Growth | Patent for Hair Growth | Hair Product | Goodbye to Baldness | Hair Loss | Hair Restoration | Hair Care Now, heres the thing, a few weeks back, the link had 4 patients in it & the pictures were all messed up. It was, to say the least, not convincing. These pics appear a bit more structured and logical. That is, each section of pics is different, and correspond to different people. I just got off the phone discussing this treatment with an expert in molecular biology. Thoughts: - Not FDA approved. FDA approval = some level of reliability regarding claims on safety - Injecting proteins. What happens to these proteins. They are ostensibly signallers for hair growth to resume. But what happens over the long term thanks to excess proteins in scalp, could they cause other effects? Just because similar/same proteins existed in scalp does not mean if you saturate scalp with different proportion of proteins, things will be the same - The proteins are not injected to bloodstream, so they dont enter blood. Actually, there are many tiny blood vessels in scalp, so one way or the other proteins will be absorbed systemically question, though is in what form and what will be the long term effects. - Proteins are very potent things, they have been linked to even cancer Basically, it appears high risk.... Has anyone tried this treatment out yet, or spoken/met the Doctors - Shome & Kapoor to note what their responses are? Could they please ask/clarify the above questions.

I really don't know what to say since I understand how much torment you must be in. But one thing is that build on your physique. Start gymming, lead a healthy life (no parties, late nights, alcohol & smoking) & pick up stuff like dancing etc. And shave your head, if you can. Or trim it close, with a stubble on your face/chin. A good physique and a shaved, close cropped head may make you stand out at first, but if you can pull it off, it'd be great. The great thing is you are 23. At that age, you can move mountains and you are, provided you keep a good perspective, literally do anything. :-) While these cant compensate entirely, they will do wonders for your self confidence as I have observed in a couple of friends & that itself makes a huge difference. I'd follow the same steps meself, except for an accident a couple of years back that makes strenuous physical exercise dangerous for me but am still exploring alternatives to get back in physical shape.

Venu, pls check your Private Message, I have PM'ed you. Thanks, Akash

Minoxidil works anyplace you have hair. The FDA legality thing may be why they cant claim anywhere apart from the top of the head (crown) but as far as I have seen and heard, it boosts hair growth every other place. Caveat, hair grows faster, and longer, it does not go thicker (it remains thin) and continues to shed and remains weak.

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What Rogaines done for me is give me the occasional headache and other occasional scares, and make the odd hair really weird and long. But since I dont have any other options I am still using it. Hairloss continues. I have been really trying hard to find out any long term numbers for its use apart from controlled medical trials, nearest I have come is consumer research website report which says most found it not effective. :-(

Hi, So I started Finasteride & moment I did, I got sides, pretty painful and aggravating. Went to a doc, who basically had me run a bunch of tests & asked me to lay off the drug till things figure out. So, I am out of options & came across this thing called Revivogen. My queries, has somebody used the Revivogen solution in recent days, or consistently? Is it useful? I am on the way to a Norwood 7 and would like to hold it off for a while, at least slow down my hair fall. Reading on the net, seems to bring out all sorts of stuff about Revivogen - from "crap" to "stops hairfall", so could the forum members who have used the product chip in? There are some topics on the forum which mention it, but mostly querying as I have, from quite some time back. So did anyone try it out? Did it at least stop/retard your hair loss, even if it was not as effective as propecia in (partly) reversing it. Does it help to use it along with Minox (Rogaine foam). Please advise. Thanks!! Akash

Hi Spanker, No not currently active. The burning is pretty bad, cant sleep, though I have been trying to, for the past four hours. Plus, I am getting pain in my p***is. I am actually doing what my doctor told me. I told him I was afraid of sides, and asked him whether I could reduce my dosage, he said it was upto me, but would reduce the efficacy as well. He also made it clear that he saw nothing wrong with varying dosage amounts to find the amount best for me. He had originally prescribed finpecia (1mg, finasteride) for six months. Yeah, could be a UT infection, but started just within a day of me starting finpecia. Like I said, the problem with my hair loss is the rate, I can live with what I have, provided I dont lose it all within the next six months.

Put a soft paper napkin on a firm surface, so that the pill does'nt fly around, but at the same time, is fixed at a spot, take a small pocketknife, penknife and cut into 4 parts. I did that with a propecia tablet and the waste was minimal at most ~10% of the overall tablet.That too, because I was worried the pill would go flying - it didnt.

US is out man...i have folks and relatives here who are sort of counting on me.. I really dont know what to say about QR678, they dont have many pics up, the stats on their site are very open ended or not specific enough, I guess if this Fin thing is not for me, thats the last option. I have been using Minox 2% and even 5% for several months now, its not stopped any of my shedding, all its done, is that the existing hairs grow longer, and then fall off as easily as the others. I really need to stop my hair loss, but seem to be -again - at wits end.?!! Dang, burning sensation..

So I started Fin..being cautious, I started with 0.25 mg & for the past 3-4 days now, am having a burning sensation down there, & having a frequent urge to go to the rest room to take a leak. I did some search on this but dang, all the links are to the usual sites, prophelp.com and even reading a single thread there makes one wonder what the heck is going on, so thought I'd ask here. A bit surprised though, as I had thought I'd start off with 0.25 mg, nothing would happen and work my way upwards. :-( This is something weird, has anybody else experienced this side effect? Its definitely not all in my brain, but an irritating problem.