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BigApple

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  1. Hi Niko, any updates for us on you RM oil 6 month experiment?
  2. "Well you can do the maths. " Brother could you help out with the math a bit. Pharma math is very confusing lol. I am trying to work out how to convert oral to topical dosage. For example if I wanted to only get the equivalent of 5mg total of oral finasteride in my system per week, but through a topical form , for example by using a formulation which is 0.25% concentration - how many ml of it should I apply per day (or per alternate days etc). Would really appreciate if you could help us work out something like that. Or maybe it is phrased better the other way - if I use 1ml per day what should be the required concentration to work upto the weekly total mentioned above?
  3. Pics of 1 day prior op and 4 days post op for those interested. As mentioned in OP my donor is not supposedly the best so went with some very defensive hairline and a bit of mid scalp(?). Saving some ammo for later depending on how this goes. Any takes on my Norwood level btw?
  4. Thank you for your considerate reply Doctor. I think I will be getting on topical Minox soon as scalp clears up (yes I know I said oral min in my OP but in last 72 hours this is where i am headed) while I continue to debate internally if I should get on topical Fin. My whole life I have been almost medication free and with other ailments often if you have side effects you can drop the drug. But with hair loss meds decision making always seems so terminal whether it be Min or Fin or any other. Cross the rubicon for a second and there's no coming back your whole life. A kind of - 'start the drug once and you can never leave it else you will lose all your gains and slightly more as punishment from the gods of hair if you do" - kind of feel. For example if I have X number of hairs and am supposed to lose 60% of it in my lifetime without intervention and with meds the loss is only 40%. But if I take meds for only, lets say 5 years, will I just go back to that original 60% loss number? Or do I now end up with 75% loss for the "sin" of starting Fin and stopping!! Of course its just a rhetorical question. I understand the science and doctors cannot predict that to a certainty but the mind certainly wonders such questions when making a decision...
  5. Oh gosh, its been so long. I am 90% sure it was a 1mg dosage. I am actually considering now if I should re-take a stab with some of the new topical Fin solutions around nowadays that weren't there before. I think the dosage is lower in them, and the side effects I read about are not sexual in nature (though correct me if wrong). Specifically looking at the (1) HappyHead Fin+Minox spray and the (2) Hims Fin+minox spray. Both of these products seem to have other additions in them they say help to avoid the scalp sensitivity issue of usual topical minox. The (3) Xyon topical Fin solution is also on my radar. Would love to hear anyone's opinion on one or all of them. All three of them have different compositions etc and almost feel like I need a pharma degree to sort out which one to try lol. As mentioned, I was only thinking about oral Min because I have always had a sensitive dry scalp, prone to flakiness etc. But as I responded to @Maize1694 above maybe one of the products above which are marketed as being more gentle on the scalp can help. In any case I am psyching myself out thinking about shock loss nowadays. Can't seem to decide whats right - (1) wait out the shock period of the HT and see how it goes before introducing new medication into system after 2-3 months or (2) get into medication right away (in another 7-10 days or so) and ride out the shock loss and medicine shed period together aarrggh! I love castor oil btw! I assume most people on here are probably skeptical of it, and maybe its all placebo, but I do notice when I am regular (every other day) with castor oil my hair seems to be thicker. Not saying it reverses or grows new hair but definitely gives me a thicker, fuller feeling and better texture. I do intend to go back to applying that after the scabs heal.
  6. Hello all, So I am a 44 y.o male who just had a HT a couple days ago and had some questions. I think I have been slowly balding since I was probably 20. Around 2015 (36y) I decided to do something about it and got an (expensive) consultation interview with a very famous new york city specialist and ask him what my options were in regards to operations and medications etc. It was then that I first learnt that I was what they call a 'diffuse thinner'. The doctor did not want to operate saying I was not a good candidate and asked me to go on Finasteride. Within a month of taking that medication I was getting serious depression and things downstairs started getting a little iffy, if you know what I mean. The whole experience soured me a bit on the hair restoration industry - what with this very leading specialist saying I was a no hope case for transplants and his prescribed medications turning my world ... soft. In any case my balding had always been fairly slow so I pretty much did nothing about it anymore frustrated with that episode(took no medications anymore) till recently. Over the past year I got the itch again to fight this battle so I decided to visit a few other doctors to see what their opinions on my case would be. I consulted with three other well known guys (well recognized on this forum as well). All three of them roughly said the same thing - yes I was a diffuse thinner, BUT, given my poor experience with Fin previously, yes they could do a transplant on me. My donor zone was pretty limited in all their individual views - it would only have to be a FUE as I had no more than a supply of approximately 4000 grafts lifetime. All three of them basically suggested the same conservative number - 1200 for the first procedure to reconstruct some of the hairline carefully and to add some density where possible in the frontal areas. All three of these guys have a pretty decent reputation so based on convenience and timing and general gut feel, I chose one of them and 5 days ago I had my first hair transplant with 1200 grafts and got a PRP injection to boot as well! So with all that back story, here is my question to all the knowledgeable folk on this awesome forum. At some point over the coming weeks I suppose I will go into shock loss. Here is my worry now - It is my understanding that shock loss can hit us diffused cases a bit harder. While I feel that my general balding had slowed down a lot since turning 40 I am kind of worried that this shock loss phase could kick start a renewed phase of permanent loss especially since I have never been on medication. So should I go in on Oral Minoxidil now? Since I only have about 2500 or less bullets left for future procedures I cannot risk a seriously depletive permanent shock loss. But then Minoxidil is supposed to cause some loss too initially right? For a new user going through shock loss, would the compounded loss from the new medication throw off my remaining at risk hair. Should I wait to get on the Oral Minox till the shock period is over? I am kind of only considering the oral because of the know itchy scalp issues of the topical and since Ihave an extremely sensitive scalp I am pretty sure the topical would trigger me. What would be the ideal time for me to get on this? Thank you for reading my essay.
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