4 months of foam, should I quit?

[Guest]

So I've been on the foam for 4 months now, nothing has happened except continued thinning. The spots where I have applied the foam have thinned even more than the rest of the male pattern baldness area. I haven't used it 2 x day, more like 1 x day and sometimes 2 x on the crown. It looks like the foam has just eaten my hair from where I apply it. I have another unused can of foam and now I'm thinking if it's really worth the hassle since it seems nothing will stop this freightrain also known as my hairloss. What do you guys think? I mean, I'm so thin that I'd need nothing short of a miracle to ever style my hair again. My last try will probably be finasteride + tricomin for the scalp itch, and if that doesn't do anything, it's bye bye hair welcome baldness.

 

[flimflam]

keep going soldier .. I haven't seen anything exciting from the foam, have been on 3 months. Will go for about 5 or 6 before I quit, I reckon.

I'm also using tricomin at the same time, on Cassin's recommendation.

 

[nydheart]

Maybe you should try adding spironolactone 5% cream to your regimin. If you are that thin it should go on pretty easily. It can't hurt to try :dunno:

 

[Hans Gruber]

don't quit,stick with it

i was on liquid minoxidil for something like 15 months and rode out the sheds to see a bit of regrowth

ive been on the foam for about 8 or 9 months and shed MASSIVELY but rode it out and am now reaping the rewards

liquid minoxidil-minimum shed-minimum rewards
foam minoxidil-giant shed-giant rewards(or its looking that way,too early to really :jump: up and down)

 

[Guest]

don't quit,stick with it

i was on liquid minoxidil for something like 15 months and rode out the sheds to see a bit of regrowth

ive been on the foam for about 8 or 9 months and shed MASSIVELY but rode it out and am now reaping the rewards

liquid minoxidil-minimum shed-minimum rewards
foam minoxidil-giant shed-giant rewards(or its looking that way,too early to really :jump: up and down)

Well it's too bad really since I will have to buzz my head very close if I am about to ride out this shed, my hair looks thinner than ever, I'm almost bald on the right side of my head (where I apply the foam).

 

[alfonso2501]

Keep on truckin'!! Trust us.

 

[Meddller]

GHG,

I hope it's just a shed and that your hair will soon grow back soon. I've been debating using foam for a while now and reading your posts have been extremely helpful. Hang in there and hopefully things will start looking up.

 

[ginger-uk]

What are tricomin and spironolactone and what do they do?

 

[ShedMaster]

As with most any hairloss treatment, it will get worse before it gets better. That has been my experience along with many others who have persevered and reaped the benefits after doing so. The one thing I would recommend is that if regrowth if your goal, then twice per day is optimal. don't switch back and forth between once per day. Once per day is more for maintenance.

 

[ShedMaster]

What are tricomin and spironolactone and what do they do?

well, first try doing a search about each other and then ask They are different methods of attack in the hairloss battle, but they might not be necessary.

 

[retropunk]

I have some rogaine hairs that have been the same length for over a couple months. Just wait it out for awhile. Unless the cost is hurting you, I would just wait a full year. Worst case scenario, you spent some money to see if a product would regrow your hair, but you have the peace of mind that it didn't work instead of wishing you tried it earlier 10 years from now.

 

[kento]

Nahh dude don't quit like i see you have problems with SB which is the reason why your hair getting worse, no PG in the Foam but still there is alcohol. Also with the Tricomin you can expect simular experience with that too. Better go to doctor and put your sb in control then try any topical solution by far you can use spironolactone (i guess). It's real pain in the *** to control SB i'm in the same boat with you.

 

[kento]

Foam Ingredients:
Active Ingredients: Minoxidil 5% w/v (without propellent) (Hair regrowth treatment for men)
Other Ingredients: Butane, Butylated Hydroxytoluene, Cetyl Alcohol, Citric Acid, Glycerin, Isobutane, Lactic Acid, Polysorbate 60, Propane, Purified Water, SD Alcohol 40-B, Stearyl Alcohol.

Tricomin Ingredients:
Purified Water, SD Alcohol 40B, Amodimethicone, Nonoxynol-10, Panthenol, Polyquaternium-11, Polysorbate 60, Tallowtrimonium Chloride, Citric Acid, Dimethyl Lauramine Isotearate, Linoleamidopropyl Ethyl Diamonium Sulfate, Triamino Copper Nutritional Complex

 

[k3nn7i]

its just 4 mth. give it at least half a year dude

 

[Guest]

its just 4 mth. give it at least half a year dude

Yeah I will, this new shampoo I'm trying seems to do good for the scalp, the itching is nowhere near as tense as it used to be. Sometimes my scalp feels totally normal. When the 6 months is over and I get no results, at least I can say I tried.

 

[vipergts]

The foam RUINED my hair. I had used it for abot 4 months last year. You have to listen to your gut feeling. The foam is a hit or miss. If you do a search you will find that the jury is still out as far as the foam goes. Some love and and other loathe it. I say you get on regular minoxidil or quit it altogether. It may be responsible for your inflammation too and as we all know inflammation = loss. Why don't you try topical spironolactone or better yet topical dutasteride (Double A)? Copper peptides are worth a shot but after almost a year of Folligen/Tricomin and AC I think they really didn't do anything for me. IMHO 4 months is more than enough time, quit the sh*t and move on!

 

[Guest]

The foam RUINED my hair. I had used it for abot 4 months last year. You have to listen to your gut feeling. The foam is a hit or miss. If you do a search you will find that the jury is still out as far as the foam goes. Some love and and other loathe it. I say you get on regular minoxidil or quit it altogether. It may be responsible for your inflammation too and as we all know inflammation = loss. Why don't you try topical spironolactone or better yet topical dutasteride (Double A)? Copper peptides are worth a shot but after almost a year of Folligen/Tricomin and AC I think they really didn't do anything for me. IMHO 4 months is more than enough time, quit the $#iT and move on!

No the foam is not responsible for the inflammation, no way. It was there before I started the foam. Besides I saw some vellus hair infront of my hairline where I have never had hair. I already ordered topical spironolactone and I will start using it together with the foam (both 1x/day). I can't use regular minoxidil anyways since it irritates my scalp A LOT more than the foam does. And I really don't think it's the foam that ruined your hair, try genes instead . I know the foam can cause a shed but at the end of the day it's your genes that destroy your hair.

 

[hoople]

Give it at least a year

 

[RaginDemon]

keep going soldier. I think it will make a difference if u give it more time!

 

[Pereira]

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The spots where I have applied the foam have thinned even more than the rest of the male pattern baldness area
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same here. foam is a miss to me. if you can tolerate liquid give it a shot, if you can't stick with foam..

imho 4month have to show you some results.... if foam at 4 month have not do nothing, maybe is a miss... and i'm not talking about shedding some hair a month or two and hair come ticker(because shed is good sign), i'm talking loosing a lot of hair every day on 4months and besides that, the hair got a lot of thinner!!

In me case,at 4month with liquid, my hair got an suberb improvement comparing to baseline :x
I switched to foam.. miss to me.