OscarMadrid

I'm kind of dissapointed. I was expecting better news. I will not take Propecia because I don't want to affect my actual treatment. My HIV virus count is nelegible, and my whole inmune system falls within the normal range. My medications, nutrition, and exercise plans had kept me in excellent shape. You have no idea what if feels to be sexually abused as a kid, and realize that you are HIV positive when you are just 15. Nowadays, I feel alive again after many years, and getting more hair would make my life much, much better. I really would like to get a HP, but as you say, doctors wouldn't do it because of my age and my HIV status. However, I was wondering how guys with HIV deal with this situation. I'm sure in places like California, where there are millions of people who are HIV positive, deal with baldness problem Are you sure doctors do not practice it with HIV people?

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Hi. I'm 20 years old, and since I was 14 I remember having problems with Seborrheic Dermatitis. My father is almost 100% bald. However, my brother is 30, and he has kept most of his hair. My sister got also problems with hair density, but her situation cannot be noticed. I'm won't give lots of details, but when I was 15 I was detected with HIV because I was sexually abused when I was younger. Due to a medicina called Crixivan, which is vital for me, my hair loss rate increased. However, through an alternative treatment based on scalp massages and shampoos, I was able to clean up my scalp of seborrheic dermatitis. That helped me to slow down the hair loss process. However, I still continue losing hair, but it has been homogenous. I mean that I haven't lost much hair on specific areas, but I've lost hair a constant rate throught my scalp. Even though I still have hair in the hole head, the density doesn not correspond at all to someone that is just 20 years old. You can easily notice my baldness problem. I use Topic sometimes, but it really doesnt work that well with me. I thought about getting propecia, but my doctor did not recommend it because my health situation is perfect right now, and he doesnt want to take more medicines that may affect my current HIV treatment. I have no idea how many years I'm going to live due to my HIV problem, but these last years have been a pain a for me because I don't feel comfortable at all with my baldness situation. I'm really looking forward to enjoy the rest of my life, and I think getting back some of the hair lost will help me gain confidence. I'm not expecting to die to die soon because my HIV problems looks to be in a perfect balance, but you never know what's going to happen in the future. I would like to get some feedback from you to see how do u think about my situation, and if u think a hp is possible. Thanks a lot [This message was edited by OscarMadrid on September 12, 2003 at 10:55 AM.]

Hi. I'm 20 years old, and since I was 14 I remember having problems with Seborrheic Dermatitis. My father is almost 100% bald. However, my brother is 30, and he has kept most of his hair. My sister got also problems with hair density, but her situation cannot be noticed. I'm won't give lots of details, but when I was 15 I was detected with HIV because I was sexually abused when I was younger. Due to a medicina called Crixivan, which is vital for me, my hair loss rate increased. However, through an alternative treatment based on scalp massages and shampoos, I was able to clean up my scalp of seborrheic dermatitis. That helped me to slow down the hair loss process. However, I still continue losing hair, but it has been homogenous. I mean that I haven't lost much hair on specific areas, but I've lost hair a constant rate throught my scalp. Even though I still have hair in the hole head, the density doesn not correspond at all to someone that is just 20 years old. You can easily notice my baldness problem. I use Topic sometimes, but it really doesnt work that well with me. I thought about getting propecia, but my doctor did not recommend it because my health situation is perfect right now, and he doesnt want to take more medicines that may affect my current HIV treatment. I have no idea how many years I'm going to live due to my HIV problem, but these last years have been a pain a for me because I don't feel comfortable at all with my baldness situation. I'm really looking forward to enjoy the rest of my life, and I think getting back some of the hair lost will help me gain confidence. I'm not expecting to die to die soon because my HIV problems looks to be in a perfect balance, but you never know what's going to happen in the future. I would like to get some feedback from you to see how do u think about my situation, and if u think a hp is possible. Thanks a lot [This message was edited by OscarMadrid on September 12, 2003 at 10:55 AM.]