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    Rogain - foam vs liquid

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

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    This happened to me also, have no idea what the mechanism is/was - but it still pisses me off.

     

    Originally posted by dakota3:
    That said, a few have reported aggressive shedding with the foam, moreso than the liquid

     

    I can confirm this. I switched from liquid to foam 3 years ago and almost immediatley I noticed a ton of shedding that never grew back. However I havent noticed any loss since.

    is FUE totally safe?

    in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers

    Posted

    You need a large (possibly) two strip sessions and then you can do FUE to work in between to increase density. I know this isn't what you want to hear, however it is the truth.

     

    Note: Before my first HT, I had a relatively full crown and mid-scalp, and after 2000 FUT and 1000 FUE, I probably could use 2-3000 more to be happy.

    Intercytex discontinues its hair multiplication development operations

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

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    Very few of us here have actual clinical research experience (ie., drug development), it is extremely rigourous to get thru Phase I, II, III clinical trials...For a REASON!!! Demonstration of Safety and Efficacy must be both clinical and statistical, that is why I really have a very difficult time with docs charging the study subject for treatments which have at best in vitro or anectdotal evidence (e.g., PRP).

     

    HM needs another 10-15 years of development and probably an infusion of over a billion dollars or more of investment money before it has a chance of reaching the market.

     

    I did not say the Study Subject pays the BILLION dollars, that is the risk of the investor.

    11 months post op pics with Dr Rahal... brilliant results !!!

    in Hair Transplant Reviews

    Posted

    Originally posted by TheBoom:

    Basically never let your age be a factor in your HT decision ... the younger you are, the better you'll feel about the results. The most important key is just to choose the RIGHT Dr.

     

     

    TheBoom,

     

    Congratulations on such good results - I am sure you are very happy.

     

    Although you state your opinion above, I would argue that

     

    1) Age is a huge factor in whether you should have a HT

    2)"the younger you are, the better you'll feel about the results" is completely false, someday you will understand.

    3) "The most important key is just to choose the RIGHT Dr." should be conditioned with, and you are the RIGHT patient!

    Plucked some hairs from up top and donor today and did a comparison. Got some questions !!

    in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers

    Posted

    Despite your well thought out theory, shock loss is unpredictable - personally even with the best doctor I would count on it occuring; perhaps temporarily.

     

    Originally posted by labrat69:

    I'm 40.5 years old, and am a solid NW 3 vertex. I have been this way for 15 years now since age 25. Back then I thought for certain I'd be a NW 6 chrome dome by now. I started taking proscar at age 30, but was very inconsistent with it until this last year. Within those 10 years I probably missed taking it for 3 years if you added up all the months where I failed to refill my prescription. Still, my condition remained the same with no further significant loss. My NW 3 pattern developed VERY rapidly from age 21 to 25, and then just mysteriously halted. My temples receded almost overnight and became slick bald skin with no hair at all. Yet the rest of the hair in the NW 3 pattern ( I call it the Richard Nixon look)has remained ever since and it appears to be at least somewhere around 40% of normal density.

     

    So last night I plucked some hairs from my donor and the frontal forelock to compare the hair shaft diameter and hair quality. I have come accross many past posts (here & elsewhere)where people say to do this and that most will see a DRASTIC difference in the thickness and quality of the hair. To my pleasent suprise I see NO difference at all !! The color, thickness, and texture looks identical; and I plucked in random spots many times.

     

    I have come to the conclusion that there must be a significant possibility that the hair I have remaining on top must somehow possess a much stronger genetic resistance to MPB than the hair that was lost from age 20-25. Is this a safe, reasonable assumption ? Is it possible to have inherited both MPB resistant and MPB suceptible hair within that NW 3 pattern area, and that what remains now is just all of the healthy MPB resistant hair ? Why else would 100% of all the random hairs plucked from my frontal forelock be of the exact same thickness and quality of the hair from my safe donor area ?

     

    My mother's father had this exact same pattern of hairloss, and he retained the NW 3 pattern all the way until his death in his 60s. There are also some other hair pattern traits that I share with my mother, like the way the hair grows down the neck at the rear to form a "ducktail". My father has no such pattern, and he is a NW 6 who had reached that level at age 28. Everybody always told me that if your father is bald then you will be bald -- case closed. I guess that must not really be true.

     

    It seems that with a HT the most important thing for me is to find a doc who is the very best at planting grafts BETWEEN existing healthy hairs without transecting the follicles. Since so many of the hairs still on top of my head equal the hair shaft caliber of my donor area, it seems logical to conclude that at age 40 it must be because they are MPB resistant.

     

    Am I wrong for assuming this ?

    Botox Impact on Growing Grafts

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

    Posted

    Originally posted by Rahal_UK_Patient:

    Hi, I'm 5 months post op with good hair growth. My question is, if I get botox injections in my forehead, will it impact my hair growth? I don't mean positively, rather could it have a detrimental impact?

    Any help appreciated, thanks.

     

    The only one that can answer this is your doc, and even then there is a paucity of data on this issue. You would be a test subject.

    Getting frontal hair growth after using Scalproller

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

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    Originally posted by heir2b:

    Hi,

     

    I am getting frontal hair growth after using Nanogen scalproller for 2 weeks.

     

    They are only fine vellus hairs at the moment, but they are definitely there now. The hair growth is towards the widows peaks. Hopefully this will save me from getting a 2nd HT.

     

    I am using the scalproller 1xdaily, then apply Xandrox 5% or Promox 5%, then topical spirolactone nightly.

    I use Xandrox 5% twice a day.

    Every 3 days I use Xandrox 15% Plus nightly.

     

    Mind you I am also taking dutasteride 1 mg daily, MSM 3000 mg, hair vitamins, saw palmetto 3200 mg and using Revivogen and Hair Cycle shampoos.

     

     

    Ummm on October 22, 2009 you posted you just had a hair-transplant a month ago?

     

    http://hair-restoration-info.c...=405107054#405107054

     

    You might want to think about this one...kthxbye~!

    Paid Part Time Job Opportunity for Dedicated Members

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

    Posted

    Thanks B-Spot/Bill for your kind words.

     

    My opinion is that, in general, between Bill and Pat, and many of the great clinic reps we have here - the 30ish+ posters have a great resource with regards to both medical and the psychological aspects of hair loss and transplantation.

     

    I believe a younger member such as Thana would bring a great deal to the table for those who are in their early 20s who are struggling with their decision to either have or who have had a hair transplant (not to say the slightly older folks like Bill/Pat, B-Spot, etc are not wonderful resources).

     

    Best of luck to all who are interested.

    First First-Date Jitters Post-HT

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

    Posted

    If it is meant to be, your hair won't matter one iota...

     

    Please try to enjoy these young years and not worry too much about your hair, many of us (in hindsight) realize we spent way too much time focusing on our hair (when it looked great like yours), rather than just having fun.

     

    Is she hot? Pics? lol (j/k - maybe!)

    First First-Date Jitters Post-HT

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

    Posted

    If it is meant to be, your hair won't matter one iota...

     

    Please try to enjoy these young years and not worry too much about your hair, many of us (in hindsight) realize we spent way too much time focusing on our hair (when it looked great like yours), rather than just having fun.

     

    Is she hot? Pics? lol

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