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YoungRunner

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  1. Hi, I realize you have been on this forums for a bit longer than myself (about a week) so you may have time to do some more research, but I wouldn't be so quick to knock minox so quickly. Anyone, feel free to correct me at any point if my thoughts don't transfer to writing so easily. You said you only used rogaine for 3-4 weeks, and that's just enough time for you hair to start shedding. Shed hair = good hair, as your thinner hairs are beginning to get replaced by thicker healthier hair. So the signs of shedding should be good. In any event, after that happens you need to let the new hair grow in - it may be in its resting phase so that could take up to 4 months. So results can take up 4-6 months to start seeing progress. Using it for only 3 weeks will give you just that- shedding. I'm on my second week on minox now, so I can't say I'm talking from experience, but that's what I've researched. Some people (like myself) may be new, and hearing someone say that a treatment is bad and that they should stay away from it is very unsettling. A lot of the time it's just the psychological effects of knowing that you're doing something to stop your hairloss that helps, results aren't instant but at least you feel better about yourself! So before you go saying that a drug is bad, try to take an objective look. I could generalize and say finastride makes everybody nauseous for 6 hours a day, stay away from it! But that could make some people uneasy, and it wouldn't be an objective viewpoint, so I'd try to present it a bit better. As far as yourself, it's hard to tell whether or not you're actually paying more attention to your hair thinning. It's normal to loose ~100 hairs a day, so when you see a few by your desk shrug it off! Just try not to pay too much attention, take some pictures, and then be consistent with your medication. Try working out, or working towards another goal that will take some time. Track your progress with that and push your hair out of your mind. After a couple months when you've made good track with your other goal, then you can look into your hair again and take pictures. I'm not sure if worrying exascerbates hairloss, but it probably doesn't aid the process so why bother yourself! Sorry if I came off as offensive at first, I'm on Minox and perhaps I got a little defensive...
  2. Thanks very much Bill, I was worrying about that. Makes sense though, DHT makes it shed so I shouldn't worry about "pulling my hair out." Also, thank you for the hair compliment But for now Minoxodil 2x a day and Nizoral as well, my Dad had some bad reactions with Propecia/Finasteride so I may try to stay away from that. Spiked my hair today btw no worries as well! Now that I'm doing something about it I feel so much better!
  3. And one more for the road, and a question. This one is similar to the first one I posted, just the hair is less parted away, more of a normal look, but still parted
  4. And one more for the road. This one is similar to the first one I posted, only less part action. Still a bit pushed to the side to see the scalp, but not a lot. Also, Right now this is a little long for my hair, as I said earlier I like to spike it and at this length it gets a little limp. Think it would be noticeable if I got my hair cut? I can post more pictures later with my hair spiked, I just don't do it often anymore because I don't want to harm my hair.
  5. And here's the worrisome spot agian, only this time when my hair is normal. It doesn't look like it's bad, but if I feel its thin I'm sure going to take preventive measures. So what do you guys think? Did I convince myself I had a problem, or does one exist and I'm doing the right thing?
  6. Here is a close up of my Worrisome spot. At the time this was taken I just used Rogaine so my hair was parted, but it looks a little thin to me.
  7. Ah thanks for the help! I've a couple of pictures so this'll take a couple posts. First I have an overhead picture, with my hair dry. I'm not worried about my crown area, but I'll see what you guys think.
  8. I've taken some pictures over the past couple weeks, and I'd like to post them and get some feedback from you guys if possible! Only thing is... how do you post pictures?
  9. Thanks so much for the replies, you guys have been so helpful! I've been trying to pick up Revita the past couple days, but no one seems to have it. Walgreens has an online order though, so I figure I'll order that to have it when I move in 3 weeks. In the mean time I picked up Nizoral - felt pretty good using it today. Also on the natural side, I picked up tea tree oil to put a couple drops in before bed... no harm right? So far my confidence has gone way up! I'm not sure if it's mental or not, but my hair seems thicker already, which I'm very pleased with! I like the biotin pills I'm taking, once again probably just psychological but hair feels thicker, and as a byproduct my nails do too... Anyways, I had one quick question. Is it bad to run your hands through your hair? Sometimes I get the temptation to do so, but I'm not sure if thats bad or not. Could I get an answer on that? Also whenever I do, I tend to get some hairs if I squeeze my fingers together, which makes me a little worried but I'm taking steps now to prevent it so hah! And as a side question to that one, is it normal to see some hairs when you run your hands through? I'm not talking alot, just like 5. I know you're supposed to loose 100 a day, but I get worried at little bits, especially when I shampoo and condition I seem to loose 20 Well, once again thank you very much, you've been very helpful so far!
  10. Thanks for the tips! That's really what I'm trying to focus on right now, not stressing, and it's nice to know that I'm doing something about it, it makes me feel better in the morning! One more quick question though, my hairloss/thinning is mainly on the front of my head, Rogaine says that it works on the vertex only, but I'm trying it mostly on the front. Is that okay? If it works that's awesome, if it doesn't, well hey it takes the psych stress off. But is it bad for it? Because then I won't use it... but until then I figure why not! Thanks
  11. Hi everybody! First off I'd just like to say that from the brief time I've been browsing, it really seems like there are a lot of knowledgeable people, and it's very impressive how everybody helps eachother along. Anyways, my story: I'm a 21 year old with a large family history loosing ones hair. Over the July 4th holiday I had a family reunion, and noticed all the males on my Dad's side are bald or loosing their hair. No big deal, they all look great so I thought nothing of it. Then one of them said something to the affect that I look just like my father, and it looks like I'm starting to loose my hair like him. I smiled and laughed, took nothing of it. Being a very self conscious 21 year old (I've always prided myself on my looks) I checked out my hair a lot the next couple days. It looked like I did have some recession above my temples, developing a nice widow peak but it looks good when I spike my hair, so no real worries, I was freaking out for a day or two putting undo stress upon myself, but then I got over it. Then, last Friday, the 13th, I was getting ready for work (Where I spike my hair everyday) and noticed that in one area in particular (My front left hairline) Was looking thin. That freaked me out. I got very worried, and since then I've been doing tons of research, see what I should do and what steps I can take, which I'll get to in a moment. But my hair so far seems to just be thinning in the front left, and receding a bit my the temples. My crown is fine. So now for the first question - is it just psychological? Being with a lot of guys who're going through mild to severe hair loss could have just freaked me out, and I maybe noticing stuff that doesn't matter. Also when I was stressing so much about loosing my hair, the stress could have caused me to loose my hair. I think its not psychological though. When I wash my hair I notice lots of hairs on my hands, this didn't use to happen, but at the same time I wasn't looking for them. Spiking my hair with a molding creme every day probably isn't the best for it, so maybe the loss is due to that pressure/stress I'm putting on my hair? But I look in deeper, and see that shorter hairs are falling out, hair that's much shorter than my length. Which makes me think that its hair that has already shed a bit due to DHT, so now its thinner and shorter, and comes out quicker. So now I'm thinking its MPB, and it's time for me to do something about it! (Also my Dad started loosing his hair at this time... for what that helps) So, after less than a week of research, here's what I picked up. A volumeizing shampoo - Not the best thing to get, just some Lo'Real for men. I wanted to pick up a Biotin Shampoo but my walgreens didn't have any, any suggestions? Biotin Pills - If they'll make my nails stronger, hey, why not hair? Can't hurt, so picked those up Saw Palmetto pills - Heard they were good as well, right? Flax seed oil pills - Thought I read those were good too, in any event probably not bad for me so whats one more pill? Finally, Rogaine 5% foam - I want to nip this in the bud, so if I can start using this everday 2x a day hopefully it'll work. My father was in the initial study for rogaine, and he said it did WONDERS for him, made it thicker/fuller. Once he hit 40 there was some more loss, he tried propecia but it didn't agree with his body so he doesn't use that. I still want to pick up jojoba oil and a biotin shampoo. Putting on jojoba at night is supposed to be good for the hair septum, (sp?) and I'm willing to do anything so why not. So am I off to a good regimen? Pills 2x a day, Rogaine 2x a day, less styling of hair (No more for everyday, too much stress for it, only when I go out) The biggest problem I've been having is dealing with it emotionally. I was sort of in the denial stage, but passed that within a week so now I'm into acceptance and fighting... but I don't want to loose it. I end up thinking about my hair for a while before bed, and I'd rather not loose sleep. Any advice? A big concern of mine is that I just met a nice girl who thinks I'm really attractive, and if at all possible I'd like to keep that going. The good thing is I'm interning in a different city at the moment so I won't see her much for another month, so if/when my rogaine shedding phase starts (it didn't for my father, he said he just noticed fuller thicker hair, but either way, whats 4-6 months to wait?) I can concentrate on myself, not what others think. Really, its just good to put into writing what I've been thinking, any comments/advice is appreciated so in advance, thank you very much!
  12. Hi everybody! First off I'd just like to say that from the brief time I've been browsing, it really seems like there are a lot of knowledgeable people, and it's very impressive how everybody helps eachother along. Anyways, my story: I'm a 21 year old with a large family history loosing ones hair. Over the July 4th holiday I had a family reunion, and noticed all the males on my Dad's side are bald or loosing their hair. No big deal, they all look great so I thought nothing of it. Then one of them said something to the affect that I look just like my father, and it looks like I'm starting to loose my hair like him. I smiled and laughed, took nothing of it. Being a very self conscious 21 year old (I've always prided myself on my looks) I checked out my hair a lot the next couple days. It looked like I did have some recession above my temples, developing a nice widow peak but it looks good when I spike my hair, so no real worries, I was freaking out for a day or two putting undo stress upon myself, but then I got over it. Then, last Friday, the 13th, I was getting ready for work (Where I spike my hair everyday) and noticed that in one area in particular (My front left hairline) Was looking thin. That freaked me out. I got very worried, and since then I've been doing tons of research, see what I should do and what steps I can take, which I'll get to in a moment. But my hair so far seems to just be thinning in the front left, and receding a bit my the temples. My crown is fine. So now for the first question - is it just psychological? Being with a lot of guys who're going through mild to severe hair loss could have just freaked me out, and I maybe noticing stuff that doesn't matter. Also when I was stressing so much about loosing my hair, the stress could have caused me to loose my hair. I think its not psychological though. When I wash my hair I notice lots of hairs on my hands, this didn't use to happen, but at the same time I wasn't looking for them. Spiking my hair with a molding creme every day probably isn't the best for it, so maybe the loss is due to that pressure/stress I'm putting on my hair? But I look in deeper, and see that shorter hairs are falling out, hair that's much shorter than my length. Which makes me think that its hair that has already shed a bit due to DHT, so now its thinner and shorter, and comes out quicker. So now I'm thinking its MPB, and it's time for me to do something about it! (Also my Dad started loosing his hair at this time... for what that helps) So, after less than a week of research, here's what I picked up. A volumeizing shampoo - Not the best thing to get, just some Lo'Real for men. I wanted to pick up a Biotin Shampoo but my walgreens didn't have any, any suggestions? Biotin Pills - If they'll make my nails stronger, hey, why not hair? Can't hurt, so picked those up Saw Palmetto pills - Heard they were good as well, right? Flax seed oil pills - Thought I read those were good too, in any event probably not bad for me so whats one more pill? Finally, Rogaine 5% foam - I want to nip this in the bud, so if I can start using this everday 2x a day hopefully it'll work. My father was in the initial study for rogaine, and he said it did WONDERS for him, made it thicker/fuller. Once he hit 40 there was some more loss, he tried propecia but it didn't agree with his body so he doesn't use that. I still want to pick up jojoba oil and a biotin shampoo. Putting on jojoba at night is supposed to be good for the hair septum, (sp?) and I'm willing to do anything so why not. So am I off to a good regimen? Pills 2x a day, Rogaine 2x a day, less styling of hair (No more for everyday, too much stress for it, only when I go out) The biggest problem I've been having is dealing with it emotionally. I was sort of in the denial stage, but passed that within a week so now I'm into acceptance and fighting... but I don't want to loose it. I end up thinking about my hair for a while before bed, and I'd rather not loose sleep. Any advice? A big concern of mine is that I just met a nice girl who thinks I'm really attractive, and if at all possible I'd like to keep that going. The good thing is I'm interning in a different city at the moment so I won't see her much for another month, so if/when my rogaine shedding phase starts (it didn't for my father, he said he just noticed fuller thicker hair, but either way, whats 4-6 months to wait?) I can concentrate on myself, not what others think. Really, its just good to put into writing what I've been thinking, any comments/advice is appreciated so in advance, thank you very much!
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