2021-04-09 01:43:352021-04-09 07:03:487 weeks microneedling & minoxidil (photo)
Is trouble sleeping a minoxidil side effect?
Assuming that you are not having Cardio-vascular side effects from the drug, insomnia (trouble sleeping) shouldn’t be a side effect from minoxidil
8 months on finasteride (photo)
Itching, Shedding — I Need Help!
Hello,
I have been experiencing thinning in my crown and temporal regions over the last 6 or so months. I am only 23 years old and am a little worried about losing all of my hair. I have been on finasteride for about 2 months so I am hoping this will slow the process untill I can look into a transplant. My question is that I have been experiencing extreme itching in these thinning areas for the past year or so and I am wondering if this is normally associated with hair loss or if this could possibly be causing it? I have been using Nioxin shampoo for the past year also but this was a problem for me before using this product. The area does not appear to be irritated or dry and my scalp also feels a bit numb at times in my crown area. Could you give me any recomendations? also how long would I have to wait before a hair transplant would be beneficial for me? Is it normal to experience increased shedding and thinning after being on finasteride for 2 months? does this mean it may be working? or is this a negative sign? thank you for your answer
When your hair thins, there is a greater tendency to get drying (best treated with a shampoo and conditioner for dry hair) and more sun exposure, which produces skin damage from UV light. Many people like Nioxin shampoo, and it’s worth a try. The company suggests that this shampoo has DHT blocking activities, but I doubt that. I have a repeated recommendation that applies to you. Get your hair mapped out for miniaturization so that you know what is happening to you and can develop a good Master Plan with a competent, capable doctor for your long term management of the hair loss you are experiencing.
2007-01-10 12:36:142007-01-10 07:18:31Itching, Shedding — I Need Help!
96 Percent of Men on Propecia Have Persistent Side Effects?!
Hello Doc,
Please go through this ridiculous article in Yahoo.
Link: For Some Men, Propecia’s Sexual Side Effects May Be Long-lasting
Please tell me what you think.
Thanks
There are a great deal of claims that may accurately reflect the patient example, however, the documentation and balance of the presentation is poor and heavily biased. Read it accordingly.
It’s worth pointing out that this recent hysteria is just based on interviews with 54 men, where the participants reported their own issues after stopping the medication. Even more important is to note that these men were recruited from PropeciaHelp.com, an anonymous web forum where men post about problems (real or otherwise) they have from the medication.
The surprising 96% figure gives the media a good, scary headline to get people interested in watching or reading their report. For example, I just saw a quick 20 second segment on my local morning news that said “96% of men have persistent side effects”, but provided nothing else beyond that. It’s very alarmist and misleading.
2012-07-13 14:50:082012-07-13 10:13:1596 Percent of Men on Propecia Have Persistent Side Effects?!
I’ve Been Taking Finasteride and Minoxidil for 9 Years and My Hair Continues to Thin
I’m a 31 year old male who has been losing his hair for approximately 9 years. My hair has suffered diffused thinning throughout the entire top – in a Norwood 6 to Norwood 7 pattern, however my hairline remains intact, albeit with very fine hair.
I’ve been consistently on finasteride and minoxidil through a majority of the past 9 years. However, year by year, month by month, my hair continues to thin.
My question is as follows: For the time being my hair remains very thin, but with an extremely close cropped haircut, I don’t look THAT bald because of the fact that I still have coverage (as thin as it may be). In your opinion, will continued treatment with rogaine and propecia help me maintain this thin hair or is my continual thinning a sign that these drugs are not helping me?
A response is appreciated. Please don’t tell me to have my hair mapped. Been there, done that. I’m losing it.
You will continue to lose your hair if you have been thinning for all these years despite your daily doses of Propecia (finasteride) and Rogaine (minoxidil), but it is safe to assume that these medications will continue to support the hair you have left. I suspect it is helping slow the balding/thinning process down. If you still have a hairline and are just thinning behind it (with fine hair in general) it does not sound like you have a problem now and are more worried about later on. If you can delay any surgical decision, it may be in your best interest to do so, but without a direct examination of you, I can not ascertain what you need.
A good review on how to select a hair transplant surgeon
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/male-hair-transplant-uk-cost
2019-04-10 06:04:062019-04-10 06:04:06A good review on how to select a hair transplant surgeon
I’ve Had Significant Diffuse Hair Loss On My Entire Scalp and Face
I’ve experienced significant diffuse hair thinning/hair loss over my entire scalp and facial hair about 8 months ago.
Could this be anything else besides Androgenic Alopecia? I’m 41 and was slowly losing hair only on top since I was 20. Been on finasteride for 7 years. Should I see a dermatologist first?
You should just see your primary doctor to make sure you do not have any other medical causes of hair loss.
Androgenic alopecia is also known as male pattern baldness (MPB). As the name implies, there is usually a “pattern” to the balding. Diffuse hair thinning all over your scalp, including in the donor area, would not be MPB… but could point to something like alopecia areata.
A personal rant on Hair Loss from Reddit (12/12/19)
Just want to preface this by saying that I’m all for fighting hair loss in any way you want if it’s what you wanna do. I’m genuinely not here trying to sway anyone one way or the other. That’s why I’m not even gonna mention what I’m doing/not doing for my hair loss. Just wanted to comment on how some people in the hair loss community might have a bit of an unhealthy relationship towards balding and I think we all torture ourselves more then we need to.
I had to say that I had a very enlightening talk with my therapist and also spoke with some of the good people on the r/bald sub and it was quite enlightening for me. I’d realized that it was super unhealthy to obsess about image and my hair to the extent that I was doing it (in the back of my head at all times, sucking all joy out of my life at the worst moments)
realized that a key for me was to not catastrophiez hair loss more then it needed to be and to realize that even the one thing I was fearing most in the whole world (being bald) is not something that’s that bad.
If we wake up bald tomorrow our family will still love us, our friends will still be there, we will still enjoy every hobby, tv show, movie, video game, book, interest that we had prior. It will be an adjustment period sure, it’ll be weird to look in the mirror and you’ll have to relearn to like how look the same as when you had hair and also for a little while after our loved ones will have to get used to the new look. But then after a few months at most, life will go on just how it was before. Having that mentality of ‘whatever happens it’ll be ok’ is so important in this situation.
I think most people who lose hair young torture themselves much more then they need to by making the stakes in their head so high. If you think being bald is a death sentence then of course you are going to stress over it 24/7 and drive yourself mad. If you think balding is just a natural part of life that happens to many people, just like wrinkles or skin sagging or any other changes our body goes through over the course of our entire life. If you convince yourself that if it happens to you it won’t be a huge deal, then you will have a much healthier perspective and be much more comfortable, whether you decide to fight your hair loss or accept it. Bring down the stakes a little, it’ll be a weight off your shoulders:).
So yah I think this sub is great and that if you want to fight your hair loss then by all means, more power to you. I just think that some people on here could tone down the animosity and negativity regarding certain topics and I know that if people had a healthier perspective and relationship with their hair loss and overall body changes then they might be a lot happier and more calm with whatever they decided to do. Even the worse case scenario for us would be ok so we don’t need to be as terrified as we think.
Wanted to get this off my chest because I recognize a lot of myself in the people on here with how I see them stressing so much with this all or nothing mentality and making the stakes so high in their heads that they spiral into bouts of depression.
Again nothing wrong with taking finasteride or whatever other method if that’s what you want and you’ve balanced the sacrifice/reward in your head. Just want people to know that they should do this because it’s something they want that would bring them pleasure, not because they should feel like they absolutely have to or else their life will be over because that can lead to being in a bit of an unhealthy place mentally.
This is all, thanks to anyone who read this far, wish you the best
What you said is important for Reddit readers to understand. There is a lot of information on this site and opinions like yours are an important contribution to the readers evolving opinions. Hope spring eternal for those with hair loss and there are many people working to reverse the hair loss with either a simple treatment or a cure. A simple treatment may be closer than you think. We are working on it right now as I write this post. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
2019-12-13 02:25:522019-12-12 12:29:37A personal rant on Hair Loss from Reddit (12/12/19)
JAK Inhibitor Drug Reverses Alopecia Areata
The use of JAK inhibitor drugs have been shown to be effective in the treatment of Alopecia Areata. Janus Kinase Inhibitors (JAK) are drugs which supress the functions of the JAK enzyme, a critical en\This is an inherited ‘autoimmune’ disease that causes the body to reject regional areas of hair in various parts of the body. It is usually found in the scalp, but face and other body parts can show this problem. Two drug have been tested effectively, they are (1) ruxolitinib, a medication used in the treatment of certain malignancies such as bone marrow cancers and (2) tofacitinib, a drug used in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. This is an early report from the Journal of Investimationo/Insights 2016.