Hair Loss Treatment

[LINY4Runner]

I'm gonna get a little vulnerable here...


Okay well I'm not there yet, but I'm thinning...definitely "Stage 1", possibly even "Stage 2".
I wanna get it before it gets me, so I'm starting to consider options.

Have you or anyone you know had any kind of HLT done? What method? How long was treatment? What was the cost? What kind of results were achieved?

Thanks guys!

 

[BrianSD_42]

my understanding is ... that Rogain only treats the bald spot on the back of your head. It does nothing for the long forehead which most men seam to get in their 30s and 40s.

Sorry I don't know more. Good luck.

 

[KidVermicious]

I vote for a preemptive strike!

I used to have awesome long hair. Then I started fighting wildfire, and the first night I had to choose between standing for an hour in the grub line and standing for an hour in the shower line, I hacked it off. I haven't grown it out since. It's very liberating - once you go bald, you never go back.

 

[MtnT4R]

^ +1

Havent paid for a haircut in over ten years. Well maintained haircuts are a pain in the ass anyways, and the ladies dont seem to like flowing locks quite like they did back in the '80s

this is my backup plan:

 

[bofa]

Supposedly Nioxin used to be pretty good until it was bought out and the formula neutered. I can tell you the new version doesn't do anything.

I'd start with checking your nutrition and make sure you are getting what you need, vitamin wise.

 

[CookieRoe]

Propecia or Bosley Inst.

Vitamins/Rogaine are pretty much worthless for most with thinning hair.

Propecia appears to be the only medication you can take that addresses balding. If memory serves, it "stops" a certain testosterone from killing your hair follicles. It also appears to be beneficial to prostate health, HOWEVER, you need to tell your Doctor you are on it in case you have a blood test (yearly check up). They should observe a certain level (used to screen/detect prostate cancer) in the blood that can be observed as normal. IF you get PC, this level normally rises and alerts the physicians for additional testing (normally). Taking Propecia will "lower" this and potentially masks this level (I can't remember exactly what it's called, I'm too busy now, but I'll post if you want) if you are being screened for prostate cancer. Moral: If you get PC, Propecia can potentially mask it.

OR

when it get really bad (bald), you can elect surgery (Bosley). This can/will get expensive, but apparently is very good (can't notice it).

 

[hikenbike]

Bald is cool. Don't sweat it.

 

[LINY4Runner]

I look like a derelict with my hair short lol

2-3 times a day I'm told I look like Jesse Pinkman...it'll be even closer of a resemblance if I shave it...then all my customers think I'm a junkie meth dealer named Cap'n Cook and nobody wants to deal with me and I go broke

 

[Millerad1651]

Man, just own it. I'm heading in that direction with a widow's peak...nothing to fix it unless I want to spend thousands. I still have mine about 1 1/2" on top, still looks "kept". A lot of times when people go through the process they look like they are trying too hard.

As long as you don't leave it like you just got out of bed, you wont look like Pinkman...

 

[LINY4Runner]

Man, just own it. I'm heading in that direction with a widow's peak...nothing to fix it unless I want to spend thousands. I still have mine about 1 1/2" on top, still looks "kept". A lot of times when people go through the process they look like they are trying too hard.

As long as you don't leave it like you just got out of bed, you wont look like Pinkman...

lol that's my hair style though...got the messy spikes thing going on lol...I look legit like Jesse circa Season 3

 

[Millerad1651]

lol that's my hair style though...got the messy spikes thing going on lol...I look legit like Jesse circa Season 3

Haha...I know how you feel. I do a #2 on the side, and 1 1/2"-2" on top and leave it messy. Doesn't look bad (at least no one has told me it does) and doesn't make me look like a goober trying too hard.

 

[TX4Running]

I have been using propecia for 14 years and it works great. Will not correct receding hairline though I believe. Merck's patent just ran out last year so price went from $80 per month to $35 for generics. Insurance will not cover any of it.

 

[1engineer]

lol that's my hair style though...got the messy spikes thing going on lol...I look legit like Jesse circa Season 3

I had a pony tail through the '70's and 80's! I was traveling the world then for my job and the hair was a problem, especially in Russia in the early 80's. I went to a barber there and had it completely shaved off. Clippers with no guard. Got back, wife liked it and has been that way ever since. I still have all my hair if I let it grow but every two weeks I just shear it off. I figure I have saved over $10K between me and my son (he wears his shaved - college soccer player) on haircuts. Try it once. If you don't like it it will grow back.

 

[KidVermicious]

I look like a derelict with my hair short lol

2-3 times a day I'm told I look like Jesse Pinkman...it'll be even closer of a resemblance if I shave it...then all my customers think I'm a junkie meth dealer named Cap'n Cook and nobody wants to deal with me and I go broke

See, and here I see an opportunity for profit.

Do you have an agent yet?

 

[KidVermicious]

I figure I have saved over $10K between me and my son (he wears his shaved - college soccer player) on haircuts.

And another $20k on shampoo and conditioner, and 50,000 hours of shower time. Much easier to just rub a bar of soap on your head and get out.

 

[1engineer]

And another $20k on shampoo and conditioner, and 50,000 hours of shower time. Much easier to just rub a bar of soap on your head and get out.

Exactly! I don't even use a mirror except to see if my face has dirt on it haha. I comb my hair with a washcloth.

 

[KidVermicious]

Exactly! I don't even use a mirror

I still require a mirror to make sure my manly abundance of facial hair is properly aligned. If I don't hit my chin fleece with a comb it's prone to go in all directions, and don't nobody want to see that.

 

[ndcent]

Those Andis trimmers are super high quality.

I recently bought one of their lower end models, sub $40 and it's blown away any Wahl or Remington I've used. What's more, there were a bunch of black dudes hair styles all over the box so I felt cool buying it lol.

 

[bofa]

Well, if you're going to go all in...

 

[LittleCaesar]

I lost the majority of my hair by 21, and all by 24 to have the infamous horseshoe. At 5'6", that is not a good thing, at least in my eyes back then. At 36, I don't think about it.

There are pros and cons to losing one's hair. I do wear more hats due to the extremes of the weather.

I tried Rogaine once, and said no more. Too costly and messy. I have never seen one implant of a rug that doesn't look fake to some degree. When I asked women if I should get a rug implant, easily 90% said no.

My ex wife loved that I was bald, so does my current squeeze with the latter having been told by her aunt, who is an ex madame from NYC, that bald men make the best lovers. With that much experience behind such a bold statement, I'll just leave it at that.

Let the hair go IMHO; save your money to keep doing upgrades to your 3rd Gen.