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elduterino

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    Japan
  • State
    AL

Hair Loss Overview

  • Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern
    Receding Hairline (Genetic Baldness)
  • How long have you been losing your hair?
    10 years +
  • Norwood Level if Known
    Norwood II
  • What Best Describes Your Goals?
    Maintain Existing Hair
    Considering Surgical Hair Restoration

Hair Loss Treatments

  • Have you ever had a hair transplant?
    Yes
  • Hair Transplant Surgeon
    Dr. Sanusi Umar
  • Current Non-Surgical Treatment Regime
    Rogaine Foam

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  1. I would choose a place or option where they use the LION implanter pen, this gives better results if you want high density and better angles at the temples . May cost more as they cannot divide the work between teams. I had two FUE, the one with the implanter tool was much better
  2. No side effects but not effective at all. I even tried 3 times the dosage, at 8 hours interval and after 2-3 months still continued to lose hair. it did halt shedding but not miniaturization. And its expensive, has been around for 20 years..If you want effective stuff with no side effects nothing beats Clascoterone, in my experince
  3. i used it for months, its very weak seems like it does nothing..has been around for 20 years. Very expensive too
  4. I buy from Chinese suppliers on Alibaba.
  5. If you have blood pressure issues, you need to watch your minox usage, it will lower blood pressure. I doubt Stemox has any effect on blood pressure. I also took oral Minox 5mg a day and it gave me strong heartbeats due to low pressure at times. I use topical Minox in the morning, Stemox in the afternoon and Clasco at night. All 3 are ethnaol based topicals so they make the scalp more porous over time which means you need less Clasco powder to have the same effect
  6. It means Stemoxydine is working for you. These drugs are for life..I would start shedding pretty bad if I ever stop Clasco, or Minox, or Stemox. What Stemox does is to greatly lengthen the growth phase. A shortening of the growth phase is one of the symptoms of MPB. Plus the drug has zero side effects unlike Minox.
  7. I have been using CB aka Clascoterone for 4 years now, it works well at keeping hair without side effects. I use ethanol 96% as well - the Polmos rectified spirit, that's all for vehicle. I don't add PG as I don't like how it makes my hair greasy but at bit of PG may help. I apply small bits then massage hard as it dries fast. I don't use FIN or DUT, the 2 other are Minox and Stemoxydine. Stemox helps the minox works better IMO. all 3 are topicals.
  8. no one will ever notice anything special at the back of your head..only guys on these forums and barbers will !..everyone else will either not know or not care or both..I would focus on how the front turns out
  9. https://thebaldchampion.com/minoxidil-wrinkles-dark-eye-circles-facial-bloating-deal-side-effects-minoxidil/ depends on dosage, but at high levels it can have an impact. I had these on 5mg oral
  10. Because of the side effect profile of the drug. 5% topical used twice a day gives about the equivalent to 2-3 mg oral minox a day in terms of systemic absorption, and that is not sufficient to cause androgenic side effects in most men, you would need a lot more Minox to reach the DHT reduction equivalent of 1mg of FIN, and by then you would run into potentially dangerous blood pressure issues, heart issues, water retention, and also cosmetic skin issues etc..which will make it unsafe and not suited as a lifelong hair maintenance drug. The main mode of action of Minox at the regular topical dosage, is thought to be its potassium channel opening properties https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15816824/
  11. In fact, while it may not be its main mode of action, Minox does have DHT blocking (anti androgenic) properties as per several studies Minoxidil Acts as an Antiandrogen: A Study of 5α-reductase Type 2 Gene Expression in a Human Keratinocyte Cell Line https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30064598/
  12. Here are two videos illustrating the two methods, notice how fast the docs can do the incisions at 0:47 At the bottom is DHI by another top worldwide doc, Dr Lorenzo. In this video, the doc is doing the implantation and each slit/graft stick is taking more time, plus he has to switch tools each time It looks like the doc from the top video can easily do 3 incisions during the time it takes to do just 1 implanter pen graft placement, so multiply this by 2000 or 3000 and you can quickly see why a single doc will not be able to use DHI as method to operate on a multitude of patients in one afternoon.
  13. When we started looking into RU back in 2008, the assumption based on the then available studies and Bryan Shelton numerous posts, was that RU has a such a short serum half that it is side effects free. Once I noticed the first side effects, I made sure to inform everyone on the forum that it is not side effects free, but that the effects quickly go away after a day or two, and these posts were written years ago not sure why you always dig into the old history, we learn as we go with these experimental drugs... RU was the best we had back then even though it was far from being perfect, but we do have have better options now. I was wrong on minox, many posters wrote that It works at the beginning only, gives sheds etc.. but I tried it myself after a while and it worked great for me so It completely changed my opinion of it, and I updated my post accordingly, again that was years ago.. - I only discuss the drugs that I used on myself , Minox was the exception.
  14. The study on DHI highlights some valid advantages over the lateral slit method The issue with North American clinics, is that by Law only doctors can do the cuts on human skins, so in the case of using the implanter pens the doctor would have to do all implantation work himself because slit and implantation is done manually by the pen in one step. This is how Dr Couto in Spain works, he uses implanter pens and he has world class results, but a long waiting list as he does most of the work himself. A large clinic like H&W runs several surgeries in parallel and the docs only do the minimum required by law, which means that the techs do the implantation by forceps and the docs won't be able to use DHI as they would be limited to only one surgery per day, meaning less revenues, and a lot more work by the high payed docs. In other countries the laws are not as strict or enforced, so clinics offering DHI can have a larger teams of techs pre-loading a multitude of implanter pens at the same time and helping the doc in implantation work at a faster pace, or doing most of it.
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