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Well, I read the thread on keratin before this was posted here, and I had pretty much decided it was a hoax before it was 'proven'. I've seen this kind of thing before in other forums, some people have such a need for attention that this kind of thing is fun for them. I just feel badly for poor Jenn, especially since she talked to this prick on the phone. <rant> As to Vocor1's opinion, I have to say that I wouldn't have phrased it the way he did, but I agree totally. The most important thing I've ever learned is that reality, actual reality, doesn't matter. We can't experience it, it's too big, and too small, and too far away, and too close, and moving too slowly and too quickly. We process what's actually happening through our bodies and minds and upbringing and create a reality for ourselves. If this reality we've created is misery, then we'll be miserable. If it's positive and accepting, we'll be positive and accepting. There is a biological component to the world we create, and for some people this slants things towards the negative end of the spectrum, but this negativity is no more real than anything. Also, certain people with a great strength of will can project a reality onto others, which is why things like the Holocaust, and Jonestown, and Waco, and Heaven's Gate happen. The real world just doesn't matter. None of us matter, none of our families matter, nothing on Earth matters, or in a large extent is even real. Hairloss CERTAINLY doesn't matter. It only matters how we perceive it and act upon it. </rant>

Well, I finally started propecia (1/4 proscar tablet actually) a month ago. No negative side effects yet, but the last few days I've been finding major amounts of hair in the sink. I knew this might happen, but it's still unsettling. I guess what I'm wondering is, the hairs are all thick, dark and healthy looking. I'd thought the hairs that would shed (if the drug is working) would be the vellous ones. I'm just wondering...is this normal? Any help or advice from experienced people would be welcome.

Well, I finally started propecia (1/4 proscar tablet actually) a month ago. No negative side effects yet, but the last few days I've been finding major amounts of hair in the sink. I knew this might happen, but it's still unsettling. I guess what I'm wondering is, the hairs are all thick, dark and healthy looking. I'd thought the hairs that would shed (if the drug is working) would be the vellous ones. I'm just wondering...is this normal? Any help or advice from experienced people would be welcome.

I can only echo what the other men here are saying. Please don't do this. I understand what it feels like to lose your hair at such a young age, and I can at least intellectually understand how much harder it must be for a woman. But...and I hate to say this because I know it's going to come across as condescending...you're so young; you're only just starting to become the person you're going to be for the rest of your life. Your outlook and perspective will change dramatically over the next several years. Besides, if you want to be married so badly, I'm sure there are dozens of men here that would be happy to oblige, as long as you don't mind being with a baldy (just kidding!) But seriously, I hope you will decide against this course of action.

Oh my god, that poor man, I'm almost in tears looking at him. When I went for a consulation in the early 90's, the surgical option they offered me was a hairlift by Dr. Brandy. I still have the brochure in fact, filled with happy, smiling men that look great. I really wanted to go the surgical route, but due to cost I decided on a hair system. If I went to a doctor for help and he did that to me, I'd kill myself and someone would find the doctor in a trunk of a car with a bullet in the back of his head. The hair system was terrible too, I was never so happy as the day I ditched that damned thing.

vocor, you make it sound as if you were on Proscar but are now on Propecia. May I ask why? Thank you.

Hello people. I've been lurking here for awhile, and finally I feel like I've learned enough about this HT business to ask a few semi-intelligent questions. I'm 35, male, probably a Norwood 3. My hairloss seemed to happen rapidly in my early twenties and then stabilize. For the last ten years or so I don't think I've lost an appreciable amount of hair, it's maybe very slightly thinner in the 'peak' area; it's hard to tell. I don't have any bald spots or anything. The men in my family seem to have this sort of hair, no one that I know of has been bald, although I think I am the worst of the lot. I'm pretty sure I've lost about all of the hair I'm going to lose. I'm wondering: those of you that have had an HT within the last few years that you are happy with. Some of you guys look just great. Do you think that, looking back, if you'd been a NW3 and liable to stay that way you'd have been happier without the surgery? Or are you so happy with the final results that you'd go ahead anyway? You all say that an HT only provides an illusion of more hair, I'm not sure exactly what that means in practical terms. I notice that most of you style your hair similarly, can you grow it out long, or buzz it and have it look natural? If they (using FU) put the single hairs in front, does it look unatural when viewed from the top? Does the scar bother you afterwards? Has anyone here had an FU HT within the last few years and been displeased with the results? I realize that no one can answer these questions for me, but I'd appreciate any input. If I went through with this, I'd probably use Dr. Shapiro, but I find I'm (so far) too scared to go through with it. I'm pretty worried about looking like a freak for six months or so; I'm also worried that due to shock loss, etc. I'll end up with less hair than I have now. Thanks all.

Hello people. I've been lurking here for awhile, and finally I feel like I've learned enough about this HT business to ask a few semi-intelligent questions. I'm 35, male, probably a Norwood 3. My hairloss seemed to happen rapidly in my early twenties and then stabilize. For the last ten years or so I don't think I've lost an appreciable amount of hair, it's maybe very slightly thinner in the 'peak' area; it's hard to tell. I don't have any bald spots or anything. The men in my family seem to have this sort of hair, no one that I know of has been bald, although I think I am the worst of the lot. I'm pretty sure I've lost about all of the hair I'm going to lose. I'm wondering: those of you that have had an HT within the last few years that you are happy with. Some of you guys look just great. Do you think that, looking back, if you'd been a NW3 and liable to stay that way you'd have been happier without the surgery? Or are you so happy with the final results that you'd go ahead anyway? You all say that an HT only provides an illusion of more hair, I'm not sure exactly what that means in practical terms. I notice that most of you style your hair similarly, can you grow it out long, or buzz it and have it look natural? If they (using FU) put the single hairs in front, does it look unatural when viewed from the top? Does the scar bother you afterwards? Has anyone here had an FU HT within the last few years and been displeased with the results? I realize that no one can answer these questions for me, but I'd appreciate any input. If I went through with this, I'd probably use Dr. Shapiro, but I find I'm (so far) too scared to go through with it. I'm pretty worried about looking like a freak for six months or so; I'm also worried that due to shock loss, etc. I'll end up with less hair than I have now. Thanks all.