nakding

2 hours ago, Hair Tomorrow said:

Injecting filler into certain areas of the forehead carries risks of hitting the wrong vein and causing instant blindness, but microneedling verteporfin more superficially sounds like someone should give it a go (although if it isn't deep enough to wound the hair bulb, then I'm guessing it won't regenerate a new hair bulb). 

You don't inject fillers in your forehead, only botox.

I inject my own forehead with botox. It's super easy, you don't even have to know the exact spots. Just roughly the ones, and know some anatomy. The primary risk with botox injections is druling eyelids btw, not blindness. That's specific to fillers, and has more to do with the substance than with hitting the vein. You could hit the vein with botox, but it wouldn't cause blindness. Long story short, I don't see a reason why someone shouldn't microneedle with Verteporfin.

17 hours ago, hair_forever said:

Sorry but, can you try it with microneedling yourself?

Yes, and i do not understand why anyone isn't doing it

5 hours ago, takuma said:

if it works it should theoretically allow anyone to achieve full coverage including people with DUPA. 

But I just need to have a lot of transplants right? Because the hair will still thin out.

So, I have DUPA. Would verteporfin still be an option? But just having to do more transplants?

14 hours ago, TV_on_LazerDisk said:

If its a research chemical it could still be used on a patient by patient basis if the patent can't be approved 

No doctor is going to do that of course. This is not realistic at all.

55 minutes ago, xhomer said:

in telegram they are saying Longaker is pending on approval of another product similar to VP for scar/hair, maybe that is why he delayed all calls with @DrTBarghouthi to delay all this until his product get approved.

"Longaker has a product (that is not vp). The patient is pending approval (it’s not approved as previously I said). If it gets approved, it will all depend on what Longaker is willing to allow, and also on them marketing and selling the product. It could lead to a situation similar to what’s happening with vp. Of course the product will be way more expensive than vp"

"If they don’t get the patent, Longaker won’t do any trial btw"

If the patent is in approval, there needs to be clinical data as well too. If there isn't, it will need to go trough 3 phases of clinical trails first. You won't see a new product like vert in the coming 7/10 years.

20 minutes ago, Melvin- Admin said:

I think orals will always be better. But, I think there’s a fine line between getting slightly better results with side effects vs. getting good results with no side effects.

What do you think other good brands are? 

47 minutes ago, coffeeandpie said:

@nakding It does not look as bad as you think as it does. HT in your case is too early. If you get one now, you will continue thinning existing hair and will need one more a few years down the lane and so on.

How long have you used medication? It takes at least 6 months to see the difference.

If medication is not working for you, did you consult a Dermatologist to see if there are any issues or deficiencies?

If I were you, for now, I would stick to restyling and check back in a few years time.

 

I've used medication since 2019 unfortunately. I have checked with a derm, but haven't really found anything special.

When I style my hair side-parted, it looks great yeah, but the fact that I am not free and it's just going downhill really bothers me. I always used to have the thickest hair untill some years ago. Since then it kinda went rapid, despite doing everything.

43 minutes ago, hairman4321 said:

have you looked into potential health issues? i have read that diffuse thinning can be due to nutrient deficiencies or absorption issues. One idea would be to try a multi vitamin and some vitamin D, another would be to have your gut thoroughly checked out. i'm going for a colonoscopy soon myself, i have IBS and some issues with infections the past few years - hopefully i'll be able to improve my nutrient absorption as well.

I've had a nissen fundoplication (esophagus surgery) done 4/5 months ago. Could've been absorption, but that should be resolved by now. 

30 minutes ago, Big Rome said:

oh man 😞 sorry to hear this, was you taking it daily? 

Daily and also eod.

7 hours ago, A_4_Archan said:

@nakding

I don't think a hair transplant is the right choice for you at the moment. You still have a substantial amount of your own hair, and given that medications haven't been effective, there's a potential risk of losing more than gaining. It might be more advisable to explore non-surgical treatments, experiment with different hairstyles which don't expose your scalp, and consider using hair fibers.

You'll think my native hair will be damaged, even by a good surgeon? Only thing I can try is some dermmatch, since that doesn't come off I guess. I've tried every medication under the sun.

2 hours ago, Big Rome said:

I’m not sure to be honest brother, I’m surprised none of the medication has helped, not even dutasteride? 

Nothing. Dutasteride has given me tits tho, so I'll have gyno surgery planned in April

1 minute ago, Big Rome said:

well it won’t be resolved will it, will just be masked

Indeed. So is it possible to resolve it? And which doctor would be best?

Hello fellow balders,

I am dealing with some diffuse thinning that's been going on for years and no medication (dutasteride, finasteride, oral/topical minoxidil, RU58841) seems to help or hald it. I've come to a point that when I am standing under a spotlight, you can just look through my whole hair. Since I know that diffuse hair loss is harder to operate, which affordable doctors are best in my case. I still have quite some native hair, that I obviously don't want to damage. In non-direct light, it doesn't look like I am thinning at all, but I would like to spend my late 20's and early 30's with great density. Which doctors are best for these cases? I am willing to travel, but based in Asia at the moment. Turkey could be an option too, but also looking at Bogota Hairlines since they seem to do a lot of diffuse thinners. 

How likely do you think it is that my native hair WON'T get damaged?

16 minutes ago, TorontoMan said:

You need to tread lightly because some hair transplant in between natives could end up damaging native hair and as a result a loss of that natural density. I hope someone who knows more about that can speak on it. But I also agree that you don’t need to consider an ht yet. I understand your concern for density, but I think your medical route will likely do more to return some of it than an ht that will begin to deplete your donor too. 

Thank you. I've been thinking about doctor Laorwong. I know the shock loss can be a real thing yeah, it's my biggest worry as well. But all the medications do not work on me sadly.

4 hours ago, Doron Harati said:

No need for HT

But am I a good candidate? I really want more density.

Hi everyone,

I am fighting the good fight for 3 years now with zero Succes. I take finasteride, oral Minoxidil and topical Minoxidil.

In the past i've taken Dutasteride, RU58841 (thinking about doing this again) as well. Nothing gave me regrowth or maintenance. I've been thinning for 3,5/4 years, started when no scalp was visible and now I see it too much. But I am (relative speaking) not far gone, so I am wondering how succesfull a HT could be in my case. I have a lot of hair, it's just so insanely thing right now. Used to be very thick. I also have and itch since my hairloss started. Just mentioning it. I do not have any regression, just thinning.