Balding Indian!

Hi All, Since my hair loss has progressed, I thought I would try out some hair fibres (& maybe use in addition to Dermmatch as I have read the combo works pretty good). I have black hair but my light brown scalp is becoming quite noticeable now. I have a wedding to attend this Sunday & the usual overcast & crappy UK weather will be absent as it will be a very hot, sunny & bright day and it does not get dark till around 10pm. During the Wedding, I will have to partake in plenty of activity out in the bright sunshine & then indoors where there will be bright lights as well as strong lights from the various videographers/photographers. I just bought some Nanogen & applied just a small amount (it looked quite good in the bathroom), applied a decent amount of hairspray & then went out for the day (very hot & bright) with my nephew & his wife. At one point my nephew commented that I should really wash my chair as it looked very dry & clumpy - he thought it was dandruff or something. I was very upset to be busted so quickly as I have read that many think Nanogen is one of the better fibres out there & especially since I just used a very small amount to try out. I do sweat a lot from the head & was wondering if this caused the Nanogen to clump up - has this happened to anyone else? I am also need to know if it looks, chalky, lumpy or dry (as well as fake) in strong sunlight and/or if it clumps up with heavy sweat as I really do not want to get busted - I am the Uncle of the Bride & will have lots of interaction with many of the guests all day & evening so I cannot go into hiding at any time. Video's of the wedding will also be made & distributed & I do not want to be forever busted on video for all to see & confirm in future. Please kindly help & advise as I hoping some of you might have had to face a similar situation - the wedding is next Sunday so I do not have much time! Many Thanks, Balding Indian!

Hi Dr Meija, Thanks for your help - I will start with the 5% Minoxidil - is it available in the foam/mousse version? Balding Indian!

Hi All, I am planning to start the Propecia/Minoxidil Regime. I believe that Minox is avialable in 2%, 5%, 10%, 12.5% & 15% strengths. Obviously, I wish to hasten hair growth and would like to know which strength is best to use. I am wondering why there is such a range of strengths and what issues there may be between them. Is it just cost vs effectiveness where the strongest is the best but most expensive or are there any issues like tolerance, side effects etc? Which is the optimum strength (if one)? If none, then why do not people just use the strongest one for fastest and best results? Regards, Balding Indian!

Hi all, I did say that coconut oil was in the main seen as a nourishing and fortifying treatment & not in any way as a hair growth solution and even expressed my surprise that this guy grew some hair with it (together with the IHM.I trust no one thought I was implying otherwise! Balding Indian!

Hi all again, Please note, I am not saying this is a treatment or anything - all I am doing was just reporting what I saw! Whether it has any credit - I do not know and cannot say. May it helps on some people and not on others. I can however honestly state that in the bald patch the hair was sparse and in the smooth patches there was no evidence at all of any surgical treatment - it was bald and smooth. Maybe it worked for him or maybe he was taking meds. I do not know. Balding Indian.

Hello All, I go to a number of different newsagents/convienance types of shops depending on what I need or where I am in my local area. Today, I went to one I hadn't been too in a fair while and I am on sort of friendly terms with the owner. The thing is, in the past, I have always seen him purely bald on top - hair on the sides and back but totally smooth bald on top. Today, however I was immediately struck on seeing him as he clearly had hair on his bald patch. It was thin and about 3-4cm long. It was not concentrated on any one area, but generally all over the bald patch but was quite sparse. Well, I have been reading up on these forums and doing a lot of research lately for my own hair and immediately said to him had he had a transplant or been taking meds to which he clearly said no many times. I pushed him that he must have as there was no other way hair could grow. He is quite rich so my suspicions on the transplant/meds was I thought valid. Upon asking how he then got the new hair growth, he told me he had been having regular once a week Indian Head Massage and been oiling his scalp with regular run of the mill coconut hair oil. Now, Indian Head Massage is all the rage these days, no one seems to have any issue with it as it helps lots of things like tension, migraines, stress, circulation, etc. but hair growth? That's a new one me! I have read that coconut oil is supposed to be very healthy for maintaining strong and supple hair and some have even reported hair growth with it but in the main, it is seen as a nourishing & fortifying treatment. The only thing is, this guy told me that the person who gives him the IHM would do the regular IHM and in addition slap his scalp quite hard in a certain manner and pattern fairly rapidly for quite some time! (gives a new meaning to the term slap-head I guess!). The only thing I can assume is the this IHM was very good at creating better blood circulation around the scalp which is generally accepted to be very important for hair. In Ayurveda, it is also generally accepted that in order to maintain good hair and help growth, the scalp has to be kept cool which I am assuming the coconut oil does. I would say that the hair growth covered about 80% of his scalp but it was very sparse and I would rate it in terms of amount of hair to be 5% to 10% of his scalp. He said he oils every night and has the IHM once a week and had been doing it for 4 months. Make of this what you will. Those of you considering a HT in a few months or a year down the line, may want to try it - nothing to lose I guess and if you do grow some hair, then you'll have less grafts to do and may be able save a fair bit of money and those of you on meds, it might help the hair growth process and save you money on less meds -in which case, you'll all owe me a pint! Regards, Balding Indian!

Hello All, I go to a number of different newsagents/convienance types of shops depending on what I need or where I am in my local area. Today, I went to one I hadn't been too in a fair while and I am on sort of friendly terms with the owner. The thing is, in the past, I have always seen him purely bald on top - hair on the sides and back but totally smooth bald on top. Today, however I was immediately struck on seeing him as he clearly had hair on his bald patch. It was thin and about 3-4cm long. It was not concentrated on any one area, but generally all over the bald patch but was quite sparse. Well, I have been reading up on these forums and doing a lot of research lately for my own hair and immediately said to him had he had a transplant or been taking meds to which he clearly said no many times. I pushed him that he must have as there was no other way hair could grow. He is quite rich so my suspicions on the transplant/meds was I thought valid. Upon asking how he then got the new hair growth, he told me he had been having regular once a week Indian Head Massage and been oiling his scalp with regular run of the mill coconut hair oil. Now, Indian Head Massage is all the rage these days, no one seems to have any issue with it as it helps lots of things like tension, migraines, stress, circulation, etc. but hair growth? That's a new one me! I have read that coconut oil is supposed to be very healthy for maintaining strong and supple hair and some have even reported hair growth with it but in the main, it is seen as a nourishing & fortifying treatment. The only thing is, this guy told me that the person who gives him the IHM would do the regular IHM and in addition slap his scalp quite hard in a certain manner and pattern fairly rapidly for quite some time! (gives a new meaning to the term slap-head I guess!). The only thing I can assume is the this IHM was very good at creating better blood circulation around the scalp which is generally accepted to be very important for hair. In Ayurveda, it is also generally accepted that in order to maintain good hair and help growth, the scalp has to be kept cool which I am assuming the coconut oil does. I would say that the hair growth covered about 80% of his scalp but it was very sparse and I would rate it in terms of amount of hair to be 5% to 10% of his scalp. He said he oils every night and has the IHM once a week and had been doing it for 4 months. Make of this what you will. Those of you considering a HT in a few months or a year down the line, may want to try it - nothing to lose I guess and if you do grow some hair, then you'll have less grafts to do and may be able save a fair bit of money and those of you on meds, it might help the hair growth process and save you money on less meds -in which case, you'll all owe me a pint! Regards, Balding Indian!

Hi Rahul, Thanks for that - Those prices are really good compared to even the cheapest on the web! I think as long as they are from one of the big pharmaceutical companies in India, then they should be OK, as long as they are the same ones that one one would buy from the web anyway, I can save quite a lot. Is Minoxil available in all strengths there - 2%, 5%. 12.5% etc and in the new foam version? What's the prices on those? Thanks Balding Indian!

Hi All, Its funny, when it comes to making money, the so called "Noble Profession" is all of a sudden no longer noble - not in the hair loss industry anyway! From highly qualified & educated, decent moral human beings to basically professional whores. Well, that's one more to the list comprising of Politicians, Lawyers & the modern day media. Isn't it funny how it happens across every culture and country one can think of? (Japan excluded of course!) What does that say about human beings? A labourer or workman ripping people off, though not right, at least, does not do any physical or long term personal/pyschological harm which these so called medically qualified hair experts do. (the few decent ones are excluded of course!) Regards, Balding Indian!

Hi Bill, Thanks for the heads up - I will look into it! Balding Indian!

Hi Rahul, Thanks for the link. Any idea what the prices for Finesteride & Minoxidil are - there is no info on the website. Rahul, Do you have Dark Circles Around The Eyes? Has using Minoxidil made them worse? Indians get them and they are next to impossible to get rid of - I have spent years trying - nothing works. They will get darker even as time goes by so this is very worrying to hear. I have them and they are really bad. I do not want to make them worse - I would really rather go without Minoxidil if it caused that. You aure it is the Minoxidil? Could it also be the Finesteride or may both when used together? Regards, Balding Indian.

Hi, I was wondering if any of our friends who are resident in India can give me an idea of the best or average price of Finesteride & Minoxidil over there either from mail order or via the local pharmacies? I or some family members may be going there soon and I am Hoping to get a good deal whilst there buying so I can buy enough to last for a good while! Any help would be appreciated! Thank you, Balding Indian!

Hi, I would NOT use it as there simply is not enough evidence as refards its side effects. I really do not know thatmuch about drugs but my sister is a very high level director for a company that checks, tests and analyses drugs and research from the pharmaceutical companies and she travels all over the world. She has told me that these big drug companies use very trick in the book to make their drugs as marketable as possible and she has to threaten them sometimes to get them to reveal everything. Even then, they play all sorts of tricks, especially on what the declare as side effects and dangers. Also they play about with the research to make it look better than what it is. Now consider that alot of these drugs get approval. My point being that Avodart is not approved for hair loss, no serious studies have been conducted on its safety, side effects or dangers and even if there was, chances are it would be made, the evidence would most likely be made to look better than it would probably be. Don't mess with anything until it has been at least been approved and you have some sort of idea what it might to to you. Regards Balding Indian.

Hi Mrjb, What a surprise! I can't figure out what all those ingredients mean or are so thanks to you, we can most probably discount this stuff as well! Thanks mrjb! Balding Indian!

Hi all, Balding Indian here! Thats some great stories - gives me assurance that if ever I need one - I wont look kije a freak or be riduculed! I do wish to play devil's advocate though, I have been going through many websites for transplantations and would to know, if the photo's they show are the 'very best' they have produced? They must be must they not? After reading on these forums that there are only a very handful of decent HT docs out there, I am mindful that for many this is primarily a business - I am a sucker for hype and would have gone to just anyone that convinced me had it not been for you guys. If, then, all these HT websites are only showing their best work, about about the rest we never get to see - the average or bad results we may be unaware of? I have sadly read too many bad experiences on these forums. I think, it may be wise then to say, yes, one can get a really good, near undetectible HT BUT only if done by the handful of decent docs as recommended on these forums or am I being too harsh? A major big thank you to all for your knowledge and input. Balding Indian!