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This is an smp 'industry' and education site, good place to do research. They have recommended clinic lists by country, but mexico is not on the list currently. https://www.teammicro.com/smp/clinics/

that's an excellent simpler idea, get a real loose fitting t-shirt etc

There was a guy that had a topic over in the hair loss drug section that said he was drinking it. I tried to warn him against it. Here's the label for one of the more popular brands of minoxidil sold in the USA, the Kirkland brand. It clearly has a warning about swallowing it

np and stay positive, try not to dwell on the worse case scenario, wait for the doctor's diagnosis. Its been over two years since i've had a flareup and I'm keeping the faith it never comes back.

Once the hair follicles under the skin are destroyed, the scarring forms, and that hair from those follicles won't ever grow back. Some people just have the condition in one area of the head, sometimes it can also spread to other areas of the head too. That's why its so important for someone that does have one of these conditions to be diagnosed and get it under control with medications asap. I had redness and some swelling in my case and the doctor removed some skin from that area with a biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. The topicals I use are Elidel, Clobetasol and Dermasmoothe scalp oil.

yea i see a dermatologist, manage occasional flareups with some topical medications.

Just to add, be sure to rule out if you do have a scarring alopecia before doing any hair transplants. Because if you transplant hairs into the scarred areas and the condition is active, or if it activates again, it will destroy those transplanted hairs too. I've read on some clinic sites that they want your condition to be in remission for at least a few years before considering transplanting hairs into those areas.

yea since i've been shaving during lockdown i see some of that on my head too, i have a scarring alopecia. Some people have redness in those areas where its active, and itching, burning. There doesn't have too be those skin surface symptoms though, everything can feel and look fine and it can still be active under the skin damaging and eventually destroying the hair follicles, leaving behind those 'white spots'. Scarring alopecias are pretty rare thankfully, and difficult to treat. Sometimes they go into remission for a while and then flare up again. If that's what you have/had, hopefully its in a permanent remission.

there's a forum section dedicated to it here https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/forum/83-scalp-micropigmentation-smp/ and you can use the forum search in the top right of the web page.

Definitely agree with others, this looks like hairline maturation. If someone posted this pic as the result of having a hair transplant the forum consensus replies would be that its a grandslam. Anything you would have done, since the doctor is going to have to integrate the new grafts along the borders of your existing hair, is going to potentially risk losing some of that border area hair to permanent shock loss from the surgery trauma, because you still have so much hair. I don't think childhood is a good reference in any sense, but seeing your hair just before you started finasteride would be valuable in determining how much male pattern baldness is an actual factor for you. When we are young alot of us prefer to grow our hair long and style it forward over parts of our face, and since our facial bone structures still haven't developed much it often looks better than other styling options. But as we age and our faces mature, shorter hair lengths styled/combed back bring out those matured features for alot of people better. You should be looking forward instead of back at what you had during childhood, try some new hair length/styling that better compliment your face.

You can also try actually restraining your hands before you go to bed, use some string/rope, and loosely tie each hand to a side of the bed with enough slack for you to still move your arms but not enough to reach your head. Or if you are a side sleeper you can cut a hole in small towel or old shirt just large enough for you to slide both of your hands through and then run some string/rope around that and tie it to a side of the bed.

The pricing problem is primarily because women are too agreeable. You tell a man you're going to charge him 2x because he's only using it 1/2 as much and alot more of them are going to be telling the company to go pound sand. And then finding someone somewhere willing to operate at a lower profit margin. Being more disagreeable does have its advantages at times, thank you to all that extra testosterone we men have.

Its called the "pink tax", and its not just rogaine, alot of products targeted towards women tend to be more expensive than the equivalents for men.

In my early 40s just on finasteride, and still waiting for the beast to slow down. Not like the unfortunate guys that still have the urge and just can't perform when the event starts, I'm just talking about the urge. About a 30% reduction would be nice to help keep life more simple and trouble-free.

I've responded better to the oral on my scalp, the topical irritates my scalp skin conditions so I had to stop that. As far as body hair goes my chest and beard areas are a bit more thicker. I've never had back hair and thankfully still don't. The only side effect i got was some light headedness the first 1-2 week period, and i got that with the topical too. I also got a baseline blood pressure monitor from walmart and used that before and after I started to compare and make sure it wasn't causing any blood pressure issues I couldn't obviously feel.

You need to use some reverse psychology on yourself, or hypnosis. "Hair sucks, it makes me stink more when I sweat, ...

Hi about your lifestyle factors, diet and stress need to be pretty bad before they start causing hair loss, and if that is the cause you definitely need to address those, not just for the sake of hair loss, but more importantly for your overall health. You don't want to develop a serious disease or condition that threatens your life and making you wish the only thing you had to worry about was hair loss. The salt and tap water may negatively effect the way your hair looks and feels, but its not going to cause it to fall out. And on oral minoxidil, the forum moderator started a topic on this a few weeks ago at the link below. You will probably get more body and facial hair while you are taking it, that's just one of the side effects of minoxidil, and stopping the minoxidil will reverse that. The 2.5mg and below dosages have a very low risk of side effects, and since oral minoxidil was designed initially to treat blood pressure you want to already be in good health, not overweight, not already taking any blood pressure medication. Check out the topic for other information:

Unless its laced with some sort of poison, which would probably be doing other more serious bodily damage as well, smoke responsibly and without worry.

You're fine, 2 weeks is the generally advised waiting time before starting to use hair styling products etc. that usually contain alcohol and other drying agents.

I always bought mine through amazon. https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=dermmatch&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

I think there's always scar tissue forming, more or less depending on doctor skill and patient physiology, and some guys have more luck when it comes to the contrast in skin tone color between the scar tissue and the surrounding skin. I remember this guy posting a pic of his donor and being pretty stunned by how undetectable they were. I wondered in my comment if he were to spend some time in the sun if the scars would become more visible after his skin tanned.

That would be the place to start, 5% is the most used concentration that gives guys results, the more people buying it helps keep the cost down. The reason those higher concentration formulas like 10% etc are more expensive is because there's a smaller market for them, not alot of people even bother trying them.

5% is fine for hair loss. As for azelaic acid, did a search to see what it is and found this. Unless you have those conditions on your scalp save yourself the money. ---- Azelaic acid is a naturally occurring acid. It helps the skin to renew itself more quickly and therefore reduces pimple and blackhead formation. It also helps to kill the bacteria that cause acne and rosacea. Azelaic acid topical (for the skin) is used to treat acne and rosacea.

This area here is the most concerning, like Melvin indicated there's a sparseness there like we see with someone that has recently, or at some point in the past, already had at least one FUE procedure. Since you haven't had any procedures before, and you've been on finasteride for a year and minox for 6 months, judging by this picture it looks like alot of your donor area is pretty vulnerable to thinning as well. Comparing this picture with the first one you posted where you are looking at the TV, your hair is 'laying' down much better in that one, like its been combed down right out of the shower. This picture with the better lighting looks almost like you may have been sleeping or laying against a pillow and its making some of your hair stick up, maybe that's making your donor look a bit more thinner. Try taking another pic at a more level angle with your hair completely dry and combed down.

Just visually inspect your skin in the transplant areas, make sure there's no swelling, sores, bleeding. And its normal to have some fading redness for anywhere from a week up to a few months depending on your skin type -and even if it does last up to a few months you can still get your hair cut on week 2 or 3. By the end of your second week the last of your scabs should have fallen off or come off during your shampooing (you can go ahead and scrub any remaining ones off if they are still hanging around by then)