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Originally posted by mahhong:

Hi mirzaTechie,

 

'Shedding' is a common side effect in the early stages of minoxidil use as weak hairs fall out. The good news is, however, that these hairs are replaced by stronger, healthier and thicker hairs which continue to grow normally.

 

If you're concerned you should give your doctor a ring to let him know, but minoxidil works by improving the health of hair follicles and that often means they will shed before growing more healthily.

 

In addition transplanted hairs often fall out immediately after a transplant before growing new and healthy again. This is an unfortunate but normal event. The main thing to remember it is not the individual hair that matters, only the follicle. All of us, balding or not, shed hairs, and it's completely normal to make way for healthy ones. I'm sure if you continue to use minoxidil your hair will grow back thicker and healthier over the coming weeks, and that will only be improved when your transplant kicks in!

 

Remember if you are really concerned tell your Doctor. But on the surface your shedding sounds normal and, ultimately, like your hair will come back stronger!

Hey dude,

about that.. are you certain about that as the reason for shedding? I'm thinking of starting minoxidil as both of my temple areas are starting to thin out a lot (particularly my right side as it stands). Anyway, I fear that if I don't start the Minox soon, then I won't be able to hang on to whats there. On the other hand, I don't want to shed all of a sudden what I do have left there, even though I know it's gonna fall out anyway.

Basically, what I want to know is this. In shedding, do the hairs that are already 'dead' just fall out quicker, and then it remains to be seen whether they regrow (meaning, there is a small chance), whereas the hairs that don't shed are probably being held in place for hopefully as long as you stay on the minox?

Or does the whole 'holding it in place' apply also to the hairs that shed, and which you can presume will regrow, as well as the hairs that don't shed, but that would eventually fall out even without the minox shed?

cheers

Is it wise to get a HT knowing that there's a chance the second half of your hair is only being kept in place by other treatments? I'm thinking about getting on either or both of fin and minoxidil, but even if they manage to keep what I have in place (which is all but thinning at the temples at the moment) I'll still want to fix my hairline with a HT so as to rid myself of the 'horseshoe' look. Is it wise to get on the meds and attempt to hold what I have in place, and then look towards a HT when I'm 25-27 for the hairline/temple region whilst still on them? or is it advisable, if you're looking towards a HT, to actually let the front half fall out, then get the HT, and then get on the meds to prevent the back half from creating the 'island' effect?

cheers

yeah, only thing is I really don't like the idea of a lifetime commitment to something that is most likely going to inhibit you sexually, and that doesn't really have that great evidence to back up that it works to a worthwhile extent. The big problem I think is that, once you start taking it, its hard to tell whether it has slowed down/stopped your hair loss, or whether you're hair loss is simply going in cycles as you might expect?

I guess I'll probably end up taking it out of desperation and hope the side effects aren't too bad.

With the minoxidil..surely if you're careful you can do it without getting it on your face etc? Im thinking I might have to start it, but I know that once I start ill get a lot of shedding at the temples and probably hairloss, and will go from Being able to cover it up, to Being an obvious victim of hair loss. I know the latter is inevitable anyway, but is it worth a shot with the minoxidil? it works for a lot of people, and for seemingly a lot it causes shedding and doesn't give an adequate amount back.

Hey guys,

The other day (pretty much when at the same time that I realised my hair at the temples seemed to be getting thinner) i noticed my scalp was pretty sore all over and feels really inflammed. Now, this might be because I washed my hair in the sink and didn't rinse it out properly (which i think was the case anyway), or maybe due to dht or whatever?

Just wondering, for an inflammed scalp would it be a good idea to maybe grab some of that 1% nizoral, or something more soothing? I guess it depends what the problem is.

Thanks.

Hey Glenn,

What kind of laser are you referring to? and do you think it'd be worth a shot at the hairline?

It does sound pretty expensive, so are you generally able to send them back on a money-back guarantee?

cheers.

Ok cheers,

And with regards to Minoxidil - is this totally useless at the hairline.. or?

Hey,

Thanks so much for that.. just a few more quick questions if thats ok.

I've heard that finesteride mainly works for the crown area.. However, seeing as most of my hair is seemingly intact, with the exception of my fringe starting to thin out, is there a better chance that the frontal area will remain ok.. as opposed to if it had already started falling out? I know there is no definite answer, but I was hoping that starting earlier would give a better chance of the finesteride helping these areas.

Also, if it does help me keep the rest of my hair, but the temple areas continue to recede, how far will that recession go? I mean, would it be relatively coverable if I grew the rest of my hair a bit longer and used some kind of concealer?

Finally, would it be worth trying out a suitable shampoo? For a while now I've had dandruff on a few occasions as well as a really poor diet (uni student) so maybe these things have contributed; maybe not.

Thanks for any further help,

It really is appreciated

anyone?

Hey guys,

I know there's a lot of info already on these forums and the net, but there also tends to be a lot of stuff that either conflicts or isn't really explicit, so I thought it might be better to get some feedback.

Ok, so about a month ago my Dad reminded me that both sides of my family have a history of MPB and for him (and my cousins on the other side) its started at a fairly young age.

Anyway, this concerned me a fair bit (I'm only 21!), and coincidentally (or perhaps not) i've noticed over the past few weeks that my hair line in the temple areas seems to be getting a fair bit thinner. At the moment, my fringe from the frontal area is covering up the thinning at the temples but only just - and I don't expect it to last.

Basically, I need some advice on what to do with it with regards to treatment etc.

Although at the moment only the hairline at the temples seems to be getting thinner (other than that I have a full head of reasonably thick hair, although the crown area might be getting a bit thinner to be honest), I'm thinking it might be worth trying out finesteride, making sure I have no unmanageable side effects, and at least hopefully stop/delay the rest from thinning out. Would you guys recommend getting on it now?

What I also want to know is whether, if I start taking finesteride and it more or less happens to keep what I have at the moment, will the hair at the temple region keep receding much further, and if so, will I be able to hide it if I grow the rest of my hair to a certain length?

And finally guys, If you have any other advice whatsoever it'd be much appreciated - this is a really, really tough time for me.. I'm used to being fairly good looking I suppose and if shit does hit the fan, its going to be incredibly hard to adjust. I was thinking for the time being that a little bit of that 'toppik' solution might help to thicken up the thinning hair at the temple area? Also, is there anything else that could at least potentially slow down the process? diet, shampoos etc. ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.. I need it

Thanks