Baldie101's loooong story, advice to new baldies and questions to the forum

Baldie101

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Hi everyone

First many thanks for a wonderful place. I’ve been enlightened by many of the discussions and gotten a better understanding of hair loss and the drugs related to those.

I’ve been lurking this place for months and been on finasterid for about 350 days now…though the first 40 days were not regular and were actually 80-90 days. I wasn’t religiously following the deal with 1mg each day. So in reality I’ve been on it for 10 months (aka 310 days)

I’m east Asian, living in Europe and now…31 years old. I think I’m a Norwood 5 or 6 or Norwood-Hamilton 5. So how did I end mostly bald?

PAST:
Before becoming 22 I used to drink lots of cola and other sodas, eat lots of fastfood and candy. Quite unhealthy lifestyle but my hair was stuck to my head. Just pulling one hair seemed to be a hard task without scissors. I used to think I had too much hair, I wish I hadn’t and taken better care of it. I had dandruff in my hair nearly all my mine but it had been small tiny pieces which didn’t affect my skin at all.

When I was 22 years old I started losing my hair. I didn’t feel good with it and went around with a cap on my head. A bit later I ended up with a depression making me leave my university. It wasn’t because of my hair loss but because I burned out in my enjoyment of studying. I ended staying at home, surfing the internet until morning each day. I kept losing hair and my keyboard would be filled with hair, making me sadder about it and my life. The tiny dandruff I had before became big flakes where the hair were stuck when I scraped it from my scalp or when it fell. I went with the cap all the time, fearing that it would fall and people could see my bald head. I stopped even bicycling. Yes, it hit me very hard since I did not expect it this fast.
I noticed that every time after taking a bath, my head would shine and some kind of liquid would ooze out. I lost hair. I had also noticed that when I was tired, I would piss out something white with my urine. The day after I would have a shiny scalp and lose hair. I also noticed that I got some kind of acne on my head on the temples, nap and the crown. It happened mostly on those places where I lost a lot hair. They left marks and became hard skin. Going bald was not an option since I had the marks from those on my crown, temples and nape.

So I went to my doctor who sent me to specialists about it. They went: “Oh, it is normal that you lose hair. You father is bald so you will become bald too.†MY FATHER DIDN’T GO BALD UNTIL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 30. I AM 22 YEARS OLD! Of course they saw it as blabbering from a 22 year old who didn’t know ****.

I went to different doctors and they all tried to fix the dandruff since that was a big problem too. I kept telling them about how my dandruff had changed and the water coming out of my head but no one really listened to me. It frustrated me since I could feel something wrong with my body and the doctors just thought it was normal and I only had a dandruff problem.

I also started losing hair from my whole body. I enjoyed sitting in the tub when taking a bath, so when I left the tub I could see it filled with hair, body hair. I knew something was wrong but no one could help me.

When I was 24 I started studying again but still with the cap on my head. Mind you every time I went out I went with my cap.
At 25 I tried using Regaine(That’s or rogaine) since the new derma doctor refused to let me try Propercia. She said “We don’t know how it’s going to affect your body so I would rather not gamble with your body. We need more documentation about this medicine. Try out Regaine first.†I agreed and tried Regaine but my scalp became much drier. I stopped using it since doing it twice a day seemed to be impossible for me. A few months I went a hair clinic in the city. They gave me some kind of miracle ****. It worked fine the first 2 weeks, I didn’t lose hair, and then I got a rash in my head. I think it had something to do with what they put into the miracle **** and it having a reaction with the oozing liquid from my head. They refused to believe it was their product and I stopped going there.

Then 3 years ago meaning when I was 28 I started on Regaine again. I used it for some months. I think I was on it for about 4-5 months when my sister got married. It happened in east Asia where I was for a month without Regaine. I don’t remember much about the dandruff or shedding except that when I look at the pictures from then I feel I had more hair than now. Anyway when I got home I stopped using Regaine I don’t remember the exact reason but I think I felt a mix of “it didn’t workâ€, “I didn’t want to keep using it my whole life†and “it was hard to do it twice a dayâ€.

2 years ago I started getting gray hairs on my sides. This didn’t affect me much since the deal of losing hair affects me a lot.

Then I got busy and when I got time I found a new derma doctor who was new. This was 1.5 year ago. I told him that I had dandruff and it never went away, I had liquid oozing out of my head and I had marks on my temples, crown and nape. I was very tired of going around with a cap and hoped he could help. He thought it was normal to lose hair which made me pissed and reply him: “Yes, you can say that but you are older than me and got all your hair on your head. Try to live in the hell I am.†He put me on Nizoral first to get rid of my dandruff. Mind you, I had used Nizoral many times in life cuz they wanted to kill it and it does work in the beginning but then it stops working.

Then a year ago I decided to go up to him and “ruin†my body. I told him that my dandruff had subsided a little but the hair was falling and he should put me on Finesteride. He did that and told me to give it a year.

At the beginning I spent nearly 2 months on finishing 40 doses, instead of the 40 days. It was a 5mg pill cut into 4 pieces.

After those days I got enough. I restarted this process (I will call it point zero) and I started using the 1,25mg every day. I had a massive shedding after the 2 month mark then it went back to normal where I lost a 5-10 hairs a day. Time went by and I didn’t see any difference except I had the same hair as when I started. Well I felt that I lost many hairs but I couldn’t see any difference in my pictures.

Since turning 22 I kept getting the acne pimples again and again. No liquid but they kept appearing and leaving marks. I noticed that the chance of them popping up became big when I got too busy and didn't take a bath for more than 4 days.

Then 7-8 weeks ago I saw that I actually had gotten more hair on my head. I wanted to wait more to take any pictures but I felt I had gotten more hair and I could also feel it on my head and body.

I could see small hair on my front of my head and my temples too. I felt that my hair on the nape and sides were more…full. I felt better than a long time ago and thought “Yes, I will get some of my hair backâ€. The interesting this was that many of my hairs are “ones†coming out of my head. Now I could see more hairs coming out close to each other which meant that the graft was again carrying more than just one hair. I had a few thick hairs at the front and the receding hairline left them intact. I used those to see that my hairline was getting back but with thin hairs. YES! Sure they were much thinner but hey, they would grow to be thicker, right?

Then 3-4 weeks ago, I started shedding like hell. As I did before in those 2 months from zero point. The dandruff is back and heavy as it was when I lost hair, big flakes which hairs stuck. Also my skin is quite red if I scrape the flakes off my head. I noticed that I started getting gray hair all over my head now. I noticed it when I lost hair, heh. The interesting this about this shedding is that I feel that I’m losing thin hairs whether they are black or white.
It should also be mentioned that I started to train my body. I went to the gym and cycled for 10 min where after I lightly trained my body. I stopped 5 weeks ago since I got busy with a uni project.

PRESENT:
My situation now is that I still get liquid out from my head. When I get out of the bath I have dry skin with dandruff already after an hour. I’m shedding hair. I think it’s going down but can’t be sure. I still get those acne-pimples and I still itch and end up touching them. They leave a mark, round one which still makes me go around with a cap. The skin where they popped up is hard and I scrape them since they itch when my skin is dry or oily because of the liquid (which I found out to be sebum a few weeks ago). Oh, and I’m shedding.

I don’t drink alcohol, never did. I don’t smoke, never did. I stopped the sodas, with the candy and fast food since I turned 24. I only read eat pizzas or candy once a month/2month depending on my mood.

CONCLUSION:
I can conclude this from all 9 years. My problem is sebum, dht and an unhealthy lifestyle. While I did change my habits it was a bit too late so I am scarred from the unhealthy lifestyle. Eating healthy food isn’t enough so I added the training now. Hopefully it will help the blood flow and my stress levels. The Nizoral helps on the sebum production by 20% and the fungus on my head. The Propercia on the DHT levels which must be working since I started to get more hair on the body and the head (according to myself well) before the shedding. The Regaine which I haven’t started on could then help on making the new hairs that popped out become thicker. When I piss out the white stuff with my urine (it’s sperm of course) I know I will lose hair the next day so I should take a bath the same day. That helps on it.

(Oh, I know people say that masturbation/sex doesn’t affect but trust me…doing it more than 3 times a day does affect my head. I lose more hair than normal the next day. Sure it’s not science but that doesn’t leave out that it happens. I keep telling my hair that it shouldn’t happen; they just don’t listen and fall out. :p)

ADVICE FROM A 31 YEAR OLD:
My advice to any young kid having some of the problems I had. Start the meds don’t wait years. Don’t listen to a doctor with all his head full of hair saying that it’s totally fine and don’t worry. He knows **** about the hurting of a youth losing his hair too early. (I really pity the women who become bald) Wait a few months to see if it’s just a natural body reaction and if it keeps happened at the 4-5 month mark, go for meds.

I have a brother on 22 who used to go: “I don’t care if I got bald, bigbro. It’s natural so I don’t get why you make such a deal about itâ€. He started on Regaine 4 months ago with the excuse “I never thought it would be this fast. I’m sorry for saying that stuff before!â€

If I started to lose hair now as I did at the beginning of 22, I wouldn’t be this disturbed as I am now. I’ve cried a few times after looking myself in the mirror. If I take my cap on I look like a 24-25 year old but if I take it off it’s more of a 37-38 year old. Thinking about it makes me quite sad sometimes so I keep myself busy with lots of stuff. Still when you get the shedding…you start thinking again. So use my story as a checklist/warning signals to start on the meds if this happens to you.

MY “REGIME†:
1.25mg finesteride every day (since 310 days meaning 10 months and 10 days)
85ug D3 – vitamin pill everyday (I’ve been on about 10ug since 2006, I figured this could also be the reason for my hair fall so I started to do something about it 1 month ago. I will complete the 3 month course and check the D-level in my blood . The rest of the vitamins seems fine, dunno Zink though)
Silica plus pills everyday (includes a low dose of B-vitamins except B12 and 2mg Zink and 90mg C-vitamin)
A normal multi-vitamin pill everyday
Nizoral
2%-shampoo twice a week

PICTURE PROCESS:

This is how my head looked 1.5 years ago.
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Then 10 months ago when I just started on Propercia.
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How it looked 8 months ago when I was using it for 2 months straight.
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How it looks today 10months and 10 days after I started on Propercia. Mind you I am shedding so that my shoulders and the sofa back got hair and dandruff on them. Also notice, I had nearly double as long hair at the pics on the 1.5 year (the first pics at the top) than on these ones. So it's shorter here and looks the same. The pic from the back here is taking from a little above. Notice the perspective and position of the ears.
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Notice the ¤%"#¤ acne-pimples and their mark on nearly every picture -_-;;;;;

QUESTIONS FOR THE FORUM PEOPLE WHO GOT MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN ME:
1. Can anyone tell me if I managed to get any results after 10 months or if it’s just the same? (Of course this is after lots of shedding but I feel that it’s still better so I want a second opinion) Pictures from 10 months ago Pictures from today

2. Where on the Norwood scale would you place me? Or is the Norwood-Hamilton Scale fit me better?

3. Should I worry the shedding? I think it’s letting me losing the thin hair so I can get thicker hair but I’m not sure.

4. Next I want to know if adding Regaine 5% would be stupid or if you think I would get a better result by going with the full Big 3? I was thinking of getting hair transplantation but after talking with my dad, I agree with him: “Why not try the drugs first; the hair transplant should be your last resort when the drugs don’t work. Meaning for a bald head.â€

5. Is it stupid to add light training? I’m thinking of having a better healthy body and a blood flow that goes around better.

6. My head is filled with dandruff. Anyone here knows how I can get rid of it? Any good shampoos working?

7. Also I read that some people take bath every morning before applying Regaine. That’s smart since it will wash away the sebum and you will be able to apply the drug without having the sebum protect against the external elements. The question here is what kind of shampoo do you use each and every day if you got a dry skin/dandruff head?

8. Anyone knows how to get the pimples to stop appearing? Heck, it would be wonderful if someone could tell me how get those marks and the hard skin from the pimples away. I’m very annoyed that they are still keep popping up even 10 years after they started close to the same place as the others. Even the bald look wouldn't work with these round marks on the head.

9. Anyone know other Sebum reducing stuff that actually works? I read about saw palmetto, green tea and sea buckthorn, haven’t tried them. Anyone here got something that they can say works for them? They should've a dry scalp or suffered from dandruff in the past.

10. Anyone know if this shedding will stop and I will get thicker hair? I read about the Regaine shedding happening all the time so that new and thick hair could pop out. Is this the same with Finesteride? Anyone who got experience on that? Cuz if the small hairs I got can become thicker and a graft could contain the normal 2-3 hairs, then I should get a magical change. I noticed I got lots of those, heh.

11. Last question: I’m starting to get gray hair in my beard… … … any ideas on what may cause it?

Hope people can answers my questions and someone out there can save themself before they end in the same situation as me.
 
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talmoode

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QUESTIONS FOR THE FORUM PEOPLE WHO GOT MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN ME:
1. Can anyone tell me if I managed to get any results after 10 months or if it’s just the same? (Of course this is after lots of shedding but I feel that it’s still better so I want a second opinion) Pictures from 10 months ago Pictures from today

-yes, your hair looks thicker and healthier now than 10 months ago! Congratulations!!


2. Where on the Norwood scale would you place me? Or is the Norwood-Hamilton Scale fit me better?

- Sorry not quite sure..maybe 5 or 6?


3. Should I worry the shedding? I think it’s letting me losing the thin hair so I can get thicker hair but I’m not sure.

-I would love to say not to worry about shedding but then again, I am shedding constantly and worried sick too! So well.....There are some confusing information out there regarding which is better, shedding thin hair or thick hair. Some say that losing thin hair means that you hair will get weaker and thinner and eventually die and never come back...no expert here by the way...


4. Next I want to know if adding Regaine 5% would be stupid or if you think I would get a better result by going with the full Big 3? I was thinking of getting hair transplantation but after talking with my dad, I agree with him: “Why not try the drugs first; the hair transplant should be your last resort when the drugs don’t work. Meaning for a bald head.â€

-Your father is right on the money. Try everything you can before hair transplant but mind you, you might shed more in the very beginning of new treatment (Minoxidil).


5. Is it stupid to add light training? I’m thinking of having a better healthy body and a blood flow that goes around better.

-Not at all.


6. My head is filled with dandruff. Anyone here knows how I can get rid of it? Any good shampoos working?

-Maybe up your Nizoral usage three times a week?


7. Also I read that some people take bath every morning before applying Regaine. That’s smart since it will wash away the sebum and you will be able to apply the drug without having the sebum protect against the external elements. The question here is what kind of shampoo do you use each and every day if you got a dry skin/dandruff head?

-I use some organic shampoo with no harsh chemicals in it. You can get them from any healthfood stores.


8. Anyone knows how to get the pimples to stop appearing? Heck, it would be wonderful if someone could tell me how get those marks and the hard skin from the pimples away. I’m very annoyed that they are still keep popping up even 10 years after they started close to the same place as the others. Even the bald look wouldn't work with these round marks on the head.

-sorry ...


9. Anyone know other Sebum reducing stuff that actually works? I read about saw palmetto, green tea and sea buckthorn, haven’t tried them. Anyone here got something that they can say works for them? They should've a dry scalp or suffered from dandruff in the past.

-sorry..


10. Anyone know if this shedding will stop and I will get thicker hair? I read about the Regaine shedding happening all the time so that new and thick hair could pop out. Is this the same with Finesteride? Anyone who got experience on that? Cuz if the small hairs I got can become thicker and a graft could contain the normal 2-3 hairs, then I should get a magical change. I noticed I got lots of those, heh.

-Propecia is supposed to make you hair healthier and thicker and if you are one of those lucky onese, you might get some good regrowth as well. Normally shedding is a good sign. Anyway for the better result, you should give Minoxidil a go!


11. Last question: I’m starting to get gray hair in my beard… … … any ideas on what may cause it?

-It is called 'aging', my friend!!!

Good luck!!!
 

Baldie101

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Hi talmoode

Thanks for replying.

It's nice to know that it's working albeit slowly. Hopefully the next year will give better result. About the Norwood scale---Yes, I seem to have the same problem with finding the right number. Oh well, as long as I get hair enough to not be those then I'm happy ;)

I'll try to get in touch with the healthstores. I remember getting some Gingko Bolba shampoo once so maybe I should go get something without parfume and which won't ruin my scalp for daily wash.

About 8 and 9. No, need to be sorry, I don't expect anyone to be able to me with this. The doctors are a failure too. I think it's a layer mixed with sebum, sweat and dirt which then stops the next potion of sebum oozing out. This ends with an infection aka the acne/pimple. The annoying part is that it leaves a mark and it picked then it becomes hard skin and heals damn slowly.


"It is called 'aging', my friend!!!" <-- I was drinking water when I read this and then ended making a mess of my laptop. You nearly killed me by laughing there. :p

Anyway, I went with your advice and bought Regaine Forte 5% (that's our rogaine) and trimmed off all my hair. It made it easier to apply Rogaine on the top. I also noticed that from the day I started using Regain (30th evening) my hair stopped shedding -_-;;; It's a bit too stupid to work that fast but I ask no question if it works. I may not see the cut hairs falling but so far I only noticed a whole of 2-4 hairs falling each day.

MY “REGIME” has change to :
1.25mg finesteride every evening
85ug D3 – vitamin pill everyday
Silica plus pills everyday
A normal multi-vitamin pill everyday
Nizoral
2%-shampoo twice a week

Regaine Forte 5% - twice a day
(More info on these at the first post.)


Oh, others are welcome to debate and even answer any of my questions if they know the answer. There's no need to go through each of them as talmoode did, which was actually quite cool. :bravo:
 

Baldie101

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Why don't you just shave your head? Your already almost there?

The reasons is simple in my case:
1. I got massive dandruff which is made by the oozing liquid (probably sebum) from my head. It ends up drying and becoming big flakes that stick to the scalp. By having trimmed my head, having small hair, the flakes would only go around the hairs in contrast to closing the hair holes so the hair wouldn't be able to grow out because of the dandruff flake layer.
2. My skin would go red and itchy since I got sensitive skin. It took me some years to understand this...since I used to shave my head a lot.
3. I like the feel of hairs on my head when I put my hand on my head. ;)
 

secrethero89

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You should start immediately these two :

1. Accutane - Cut the overproduction of sebum
2. T/Gel shampoo - Cleans the white flakes and dandruff, it is much better than nizoral
 

Baldie101

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You should start immediately these two :

1. Accutane - Cut the overproduction of sebum
2. T/Gel shampoo - Cleans the white flakes and dandruff, it is much better than nizoral

Isn't Accutane used for severe case, not to mention you lose hair? Don't think anyone want to use that on the whole head...right? 8O

T/Gel shampoo...is it something like Ducray series? They got lots of shampoos for heads with dandruff. (Just found out a few days ago and thinking of getting some)
 

talmoode

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Isn't Accutane used for severe case, not to mention you lose hair? Don't think anyone want to use that on the whole head...right? 8O

T/Gel shampoo...is it something like Ducray series? They got lots of shampoos for heads with dandruff. (Just found out a few days ago and thinking of getting some)


Accutane is oral medication for severe acne (not topicl thats applied directly to the skin). T/Gel has coal tar extract in it and is supposed to treat itchy and inflammed scalp. I haved used a few times in the past and it kind of made my scalp more senstivie.
 

Baldie101

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Accutane is oral medication for severe acne (not topicl thats applied directly to the skin). T/Gel has coal tar extract in it and is supposed to treat itchy and inflammed scalp. I haved used a few times in the past and it kind of made my scalp more senstivie.

Oh, then I think I may have tried Accutane, I ended with diarrhea. I guess, I should talk with the doctor again about it. Cool~


Update:
Today I got a comment about my hair from my father: "Didn't you use to have more hair on the front of your head?"
He was right. I feel I lost a lot from the front. The reason I lost much hair from my front lately, could be because of Regaine which was started 12 days ago. I guess that's semi-good...if it pops out thicker better. Hopefully it's not from the normal hairloss and the finesteride couldn't save it. That would be bad. 8O
 

talmoode

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Oh, then I think I may have tried Accutane, I ended with diarrhea. I guess, I should talk with the doctor again about it. Cool~


Update:
Today I got a comment about my hair from my father: "Didn't you use to have more hair on the front of your head?"
He was right. I feel I lost a lot from the front. The reason I lost much hair from my front lately, could be because of Regaine which was started 12 days ago. I guess that's semi-good...if it pops out thicker better. Hopefully it's not from the normal hairloss and the finesteride couldn't save it. That would be bad. 8O

Hi, Baldie101! Do you have (severe) acne? Accutane, though I am no expert, should only be used to treat severe acne due to some serious side effects (permanantly dry mouth/lips/eyes and liver damage) and some people on this forum have claimed that it has caused hair loss.

Good luck!!
 

secrethero89

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Oh, then I think I may have tried Accutane, I ended with diarrhea. I guess, I should talk with the doctor again about it. Cool~


Update:
Today I got a comment about my hair from my father: "Didn't you use to have more hair on the front of your head?"
He was right. I feel I lost a lot from the front. The reason I lost much hair from my front lately, could be because of Regaine which was started 12 days ago. I guess that's semi-good...if it pops out thicker better. Hopefully it's not from the normal hairloss and the finesteride couldn't save it. That would be bad. 8O

I have tried many many shampoos only got results from T/Gel+ Apple Cider Vinegar rinse.. Accutane is normally acne medicine wihich can be taken 20mg-80mg daily... You have to use it if you want to have a clear scalp without oil.. Shampoos only give you instant solutions..

But for male pattern baldness use Accutane ultra-low dose which is 20mg twice a week... it won't hurt you don't worry it is a very low dose
 

Baldie101

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Hi, Baldie101! Do you have (severe) acne? Accutane, though I am no expert, should only be used to treat severe acne due to some serious side effects (permanantly dry mouth/lips/eyes and liver damage) and some people on this forum have claimed that it has caused hair loss.

Good luck!!

I have tried many many shampoos only got results from T/Gel+ Apple Cider Vinegar rinse.. Accutane is normally acne medicine wihich can be taken 20mg-80mg daily... You have to use it if you want to have a clear scalp without oil.. Shampoos only give you instant solutions..

But for male pattern baldness use Accutane ultra-low dose which is 20mg twice a week... it won't hurt you don't worry it is a very low dose

The acne I got is the same as before as since I hit puberty. My face is mostly clean when I get acne it's on my nose and a big one D:
I get some acne on the back near the shoulders too. Plus the ones on my scalp.
What they all got in common is that they leave marks, dark spots as big as the acne size. It doesn't matter if I scrap them or not. Furthermore the ones on the back and the head becomes hard skin. Since they itch I end up scraping them and making it worse.
About Accutane, I should probably talk with the dermadoc when he comes back from vacation. After all I need more finesteride. ;)

I see, you tried your way through many shampoos. I guess I will have to do the same.

Thank you, both of you, for your responses. I am getting wiser.
 

secrethero89

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The acne I got is the same as before as since I hit puberty. My face is mostly clean when I get acne it's on my nose and a big one D:
I get some acne on the back near the shoulders too. Plus the ones on my scalp.
What they all got in common is that they leave marks, dark spots as big as the acne size. It doesn't matter if I scrap them or not. Furthermore the ones on the back and the head becomes hard skin. Since they itch I end up scraping them and making it worse.
About Accutane, I should probably talk with the dermadoc when he comes back from vacation. After all I need more finesteride. ;)

I see, you tried your way through many shampoos. I guess I will have to do the same.

Thank you, both of you, for your responses. I am getting wiser.

You won't get good results from your treatments until you get rid of excessive scalp oil. You will thank me after low dose Accutane cure.. Just try it
 

Baldie101

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It's fine, I'm using some drugs that helped a decade ago. (Why didn't I think of that before :sobbing:) It's helping fine, so far no dandruff on my head, yay. No water/liquid either which is good.

I haven't taken any pics this month but I think I'm getting some hairs. Though it's on my sides...aka temples. I've also noticed that my sides are getting a bit thicker than before. I would love to exchange that with just hair on the top, you know...oh well, lol.
I think it's the finesteride working now than the minoxidil since it's too early for the minoxidil to work. I guess as someone said, you can have a shed at month 9-10 and then it gets better. Still the hair I lost at the front isn't as it was before....maybe it will come.


Anyway, I'm getting crazy with this forum. I keep checking my hair and I keep checking the forum. I've only used Regaine for a month, I'm stupid for thinking that I should get lots of hair back now. It's like DrHouse said in another thread, it's becoming stupid. I need to leave.

I'll be trying out something and check if it works. You can see a hint of it from the questions I've asked. If it works I will be getting lots of hair and will happily write the recipe to get hair back. This way others can profit from it too. If not...well nobody lose.

So I'm gone for a few months. I will come back, hopefully with success. Wish my head well and pray for my hair ;)
 

talmoode

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Good luck! I wish you a full head of hair!
 

Mr White

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Thank you for sharing your story.

I also had an extremely greasy scalp but finasteride fixed it. I'm not sure if there are any effective treatments for it, I believe the production of sebum is hormone-related.

If you're having problems with Rogaine, try the foam. It is much better than the liquid and has no side effects (e.g. no irritation).
 

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I'm trying to get on finasteride ASAP but my family doctor won't prescribe me it. im turning 19 living in canada and we need a prescription for finasteride.
do you think i should visit a walk-in doctor or just wait a couple of years?
:s
 

Baldie101

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Good luck! I wish you a full head of hair!

Thanks I do too.

Thank you for sharing your story.

I also had an extremely greasy scalp but finasteride fixed it. I'm not sure if there are any effective treatments for it, I believe the production of sebum is hormone-related.

If you're having problems with Rogaine, try the foam. It is much better than the liquid and has no side effects (e.g. no irritation).

You can't get the foam here sadly. The interesting part is that my hair isn't as greasy as before. I'm not even getting as much dandruff as I used to on the top where I apply Rogaine.

I'm trying to get on finasteride ASAP but my family doctor won't prescribe me it. im turning 19 living in canada and we need a prescription for finasteride.
do you think i should visit a walk-in doctor or just wait a couple of years?
:s

19 is too young if you ask me. That's my personal opinion. Wait a few couple of years. You have to remember that it can be a lot of things. I'm still trying to find out why I'm losing hair. Been taking D-vitamins for about 3-4 months now (85u) since my level was on 5-10 (and had been for many years) and just had taken blood test for different things: D, B12, B9, Iron, Zink, cholesterol and metabolism. The zink is to see if lack of this is causing my dandruff and the metabolism is to see if I'm stressed and my levels are weird since there's no real stress test in blood. (There's cortisol but I don't think we got it here and it's a complete test)
So get your blood tested and hopefully it's something else...otherwise go with regaine for a few years before you go with finasteride.

- - - Updated - - -

Okies here's an update:

It's been about 2 months and some more days since my first post. After starting on Regaine Forte together with finasteride from Sandoz I got some results....or I think I did.

Change:
I noticed that I started getting more hair on the top. My frontline is going down to connect with the some hair I had aka moving towards my old frontline. I seem to have gotten hair on the parietal ridge too. Well...I wouldn't say I've gotten new hair. I always had hair there but they are getting longer now, still thin though.
The interesting thing is that I noticing that on my forehead...the place I use Regaine, I get thicker hair. So I'm also testing on my temples. I already got my marker, a thick hair away from the others. :p
Oh, and lots of more gray hair.

I tried to take picture of it but I can't see any changed...I guess either I'm seeing things or my good eyesight is noticing the changes which are minor when taking pictures.

Oh another thing to mention is that those acne spots which became dark spots on my head...after starting regaine...it seems like I'm not getting them on the top of my head anymore. My dandruff is also less. Interesting.

Last 2½ weeks
I had to stop finasteride for 2½ weeks. I just didn't have more...
What came out of that was...my body hair grew and I got more body hair. Interesting sideeffect which I clearly didn't see coming. After a search on the net it seems to be other's have tried it too. This also concludes that finasteride was working.
The negative effect was that my hair got longer (I don't care as long as I get headtop filled with hair) and the positive affect was that I had a bald spot on my mustache before of dandruff...it's gone now. I got my whole mustache back, lol.

Stopping finasteride seems to have made my hair look dead and I am losing hair again. It could be a shedding from Regaine which is coming now since I didn't have any before when I started it but I think it's the lack of finasteride. After all, my body hairs are growing...
The spot I got on my back of the head stopping reappearing as acne spots but after stopping finasteride start started coming again. -_-;;; So I guess finasteride works well with Regaine on that domain.

Today
I was at the doctor and got blood taken so they can check my D, B12, B9, Iron, Zink, metabolism, cholesterol levels. I got new finasteride...this time it's not from Sandoz but Aurobindo. Doctor told me to go down to 1mg instead of 1.25 but who cares. :p
My Nizoral 2% is changed to Ketoconazole Shampoo Actavis 2% (both got 20mg of Ketoconazole so I don't think there's a difference).

Before going away. Let me say it clearly: I did get some results but not something I would call awesome. You can't see them on photos and they are just minor compared to a real success story. Only been a bit over 2 months with Regaine added to finasteride and I didn't take finasteride for over 2½ weeks.. No real results but just an update of my life. I will carry on with

Still haven't tried the secret stuff I wanted to do...been too lazy, sorry :thumbdown2:
I'll start on it today, no matter what. Otherwise it's not an experiment, rite?! :woot:

See ya again in some months...hopefully with a lot more hair! ;)
 
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