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Update:
July 18th, 2006 (end of month 24 / beginning of Month 25)
• Minoxidil, 25 months,
Lee’s 5%, M-F in the AM,
Xandrox15, M-F, before bed, (ozbrewized the Xandrox15 on 10/21/05);
• 3/17/06 – dropped Xandrox15 & switched to nightly application of Ozbrew.
• 3/20/06 – added Joe’s Azaelic Acid flakes to Dr. Lee’s 5% minoxidil for a 2.5% AA solution. Also added Az. Acid to the ozbrew.
• Shampoos, 25 months, Used Nano, Dercos, Nioxin, Revivogen; Currently using Alpecin C1, Tea, Tree Oil and Nizoral 1%:
o Added Back to Basics Green Tea Shampoo on May 27, 2005. Use w/ a dab of Nano.
o Added ZIX shampoo to rotation (added 10 B6 tabs to 1 bottle Head & Shoulders – September 1, 2005.
o Added crushed caffeine tabs to my Green Tea and ZIX shampoos: 10/21/2005. 11/19/05 – increased caffeine content of Zix shampoo to 2%.
o 12/3/05: Now that I’ve started ZIX, I dropped my zixified, caffeinated H&S shampoo. Back to Green Tea Shampoo until the Alpecin arrives.
o 12/06/2005; Switched primary shampoo to Alpecin C1; using in conjunction w/ nizoral 2% and Nano.
o Ran out of and discontinued Nano, 03/01/06.
o 06/22/06: started using Tea Tree Oil Shampoo (Jason’s). Plan on using daily for 2 weeks, then alternate w/ nizoral and Alpecin,. Pretty much dropped Back to Basics Green Tea Shampoo.
• Copper Peptides, 25 months
o May 2004 – October 2004, Iamin Hydrating Gel, 1-4x per week
o October 2004 – June 2005, Folligen Therapy Spray, 4 – 5 x per week
o July 1, 2005, switched to Tricomin Therapy Spray, 7 x per week, 1-2 x per day.
10/15/05 Ran out of tricomin; switched back to follligen EOD.
o April 17th, 2006 – Switched back to tricomin, 1 – 2 daily applications.
6/5/06 – slowing down on the tricomin as it might be interfering w/ the SuperZix. 1 Application, every other day, 6 hours apart from zix or azaelic acid.
• Vitamins, 25 months
Biotin, B-complex, calc/magn/zinc, E, Ginko, L-arginine,
~ 10/19/04, added MSM, Inositol, Saw palmetto, Beta-Sitosterol, C, Flaxseed Oil,
~ 03/01/05, added Choline, Fish Oil, Fo-Ti, Grape Seed Extract,
~ 03/01/05, dropped Saw Palmetto
~ 04/29/05, increased MSM dosage from 2000mg to 3000mg daily
~ 05/01/05, dropped Beta-Sitosterol
~ 05/13/05, added Green Tea Supplements, 250 mg daily (incr. to 500 mg 2x daily, Oct.05)
~ 07/26/05, added Glucosomine Sulfate, 2000mg daily for lower back pain
~ 08/01/05, added multivit / multimin (because I don’t even come close to taking all of the above regularly)
~ 09/21/05, dropped Fo-Ti
~ 10/24/05, added GliSODin
~ 11/22/05, dropped flax seed oil, added flax lignans and Beta-Sitosterol
~ 02/07/06, added ACV tabs, 500 mg, 3 per day
~ 02/13/05, added Beta Glucans, 250 mg, 1-2 x per day
~ 03/14/06, added DIM Plus, 2 caps, twice daily
4/17/04 – increased to 4 caps, 2 x per day.
~ 04/01/06, dropped Beta-Sit
~ 06/01/06, increased Biotin to 500 mg daily.
~ 06/06/06, added “Noxidant†(apple polys).
~ 06/28/06, added L-lysine, Stinging Nettle, Borage Oil
~ 07/15/06, added Acetyl L-Carnitine and Alpha Lipoic Acid, 500/200 mg
• Organic Apple Cider Vinegar Cocktail, 6 months, began 1/20/06,
o 1-2 tablespoons in a cup of iced green tea, 1x daily (sometimes 2x).
• Hot Green Tea, 20 months, 2 – 3 cups per day
• Proscar, 1 year, 4 month, 1 mg or 1.25 mg every other day (First dose, 3/14/05);
o standardized on 1.25 mg EOD beginning August 2005.
o Cut back to 1 mg EOD 11/01/05 due to nipple burn.
o 12/5/05 (6 months, 1 week) 1 mg per day. After 2 weeks I noticed that I was tolerating the 1mg per day better than the 1.25 mg eod. Very little nipple burn – and not very often.
02/28/06 – switched from Merk Proscar to Finacar, 1mg daily.
• Tamoxiphen B.P., 13 month, 18 Days, 20mg per day beginning May 27th
o cut tamoxifen back to 5 x per week beginning August 2005.
o switched to 10mg daily beginning mid September 2005.
o switched to 5 mg daily beginning May 2006
• Polysorbate 80 w/ Saw Palmetto, 7.5 months total, beginning September 1, 2005: apply topically for 5 – 15 minutes prior to shampooing. “POLYSORBATE 80 (with Biotin and Niacin) is a form of Sorbitol and when combined with Oleic acid, it loosens dry skin and emulsifies the waxy build-up on the scalp.†I combined the Poly80 and also squeezed 2 - 3 tabs worth of Saw Palmetto into a 60 ml bottle. (I know polysorbates get a bad rap – but I needed a vehicle for the topical saw. Seemed to make sense at the time.)
o Stopped / Discontinued on 4/1/06 – didn’t seem to be helping anything.
• ZIX, 7 month, 1.5 weeks, 2 x daily
o 12/19/2005: upgraded original Zix formula to include 25% ethyl alcohol solution; mixed up a batch of Super Zix – using ZIX in the AM and Super ZIX in the PM.
o 12/23/2005: going w/ Super Zix totally, 2x per day.
• Azaelic Acid, 3 month, 3 weeks, (started 03/20/2006)
• Additional Topicals:
o 100% Pure Aloe Vera Gel; 8 months; 1 – 2 x per week (pretty much discontinued after first 4 months – only use now when there’s some serious scalp irritation);
o Retin-A Cream; 6 months; every other day, rotate w/ Folligen
Quit Retin-a for the summer on 4/1/06
o Emu-Oil; 6 months, 3 weeks; Daily (using now instead of the aloe) ;
• 3/20/06 – added essential oils to my emu oil.
• 4/1/06 – alternating emu essentials w/ Hair Essentials weekly
• 6/1/06 – ran out of Hair Essentials – back to emu w/ essential oils every night before bed.
o ACV w/ cayenne 8 months, 1 week;
• 2 x per week minimum, 1minute prior to shampooing.
• Beginning 12/23/05 – try to use at least 5x – 7x weekly.
• 02/14/06, Added some ground ginger to the acv & cayenne mix. Apply almost daily for 2 – 5 minutes.
o Tea Tree Oil 0 months, 3 weeks (started 06/21/2006)
• Applied 5 – 6 drops to scalp and massaged into scalp before bed. Has a strong smell – so I don’t know how often I’ll be able to use it. Will alternate w/ emu.
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March 14, 2006
• Minoxidil, 21 months,
Lee’s 5%, M-F in the AM, Xandrox15, M-F, before bed, (ozbrewized the Xandrox15 on 10/21/05);
• been skipping the x15 occassionally.
• 5% ozbrew on the weekends.
• Shampoos, 21 months, Used Nano, Dercos, Nioxin, Revivogen; Currently using Alpecin C1, Green Tea, and Nizoral 2%:
o Added Back to Basics Green Tea Shampoo on May 27, 2005. Use w/ a dab of Nano.
o Added ZIX shampoo to rotation (added 10 B6 tabs to 1 bottle Head & Shoulders – September 1, 2005.
o Added crushed caffeine tabs to my Green Tea and ZIX shampoos: 10/21/2005. 11/19/05 – increased caffeine content of Zix shampoo to 2%.
o 12/3/05: Now that I’ve started ZIX, I dropped my zixified, caffeinated H&S shampoo. Back to Green Tea Shampoo until the Alpecin arrives.
o 12/06/2005; Switched primary shampoo to Alpecin C1; using in conjunction w/ nizoral 2% and Nano.
o Ran out of and discontinued Nano, 03/01/06.
• Copper Peptides, 21 months
o May 2004 – October 2004, Iamin Hydrating Gel, 1-4x per week
o October 2004 – June 2005, Folligen Therapy Spray, 4 – 5 x per week
o July 1, 2005, switched to Tricomin Therapy Spray, 7 x per week, 1-2 x per day.
10/15/05 Ran out of tricomin; switched back to follligen EOD.
• Vitamins, 21 months
Biotin, B-complex, calc/magn/zinc, E, Ginko, L-arginine, L-lysine
~ 10/19/04, added MSM, Inositol, Saw palmetto, Beta-Sitosterol, C, Flaxseed Oil,
~ 03/01/05, added Choline, Fish Oil, Fo-Ti, Grape Seed Extract,
~ 03/01/05, dropped Saw Palmetto
~ 04/29/05, increased MSM dosage from 2000mg to 3000mg daily
~ 05/01/05, dropped Beta-Sitosterol
~ 05/13/05, added Green Tea Supplements, 250 mg daily (incr. to 500 mg 2x daily, Oct.05)
~ 07/26/05, added Glucosomine Sulfate, 2000mg daily for lower back pain
~ 08/01/05, added multivit / multimin (because I don’t even come close to taking all of the above regularly)
~ 09/21/05, dropped Fo-Ti
~ 10/24/05, added GliSODin
~ 11/22/05, dropped flax seed oil, added flax lignans and Beta-Sitosterol
~ 02/07/06, added ACV tabs, 500 mg, 3 per day
~ 02/13/05, added Beta Glucans, 250 mg, 1-2 x per day
~ 03/14/06, added DIM Plus, 2 caps, twice daily
• Organic Apple Cider Vinegar Cocktail, began 1/20/06, 1 tablespoon in a cup of iced green tea, 2x daily (sometimes 3x).
• Hot Green Tea, 17 months, 2 – 3 cups per day (although I didn’t drink any during the summer months)
• Proscar, 1 year, 0 month, 1 mg or 1.25 mg every other day (First dose, 3/14/05);
o standardized on 1.25 mg EOD beginning August 2005.
o Cut back to 1 mg EOD 11/01/05 due to nipple burn.
o 12/5/05 – 1 mg per day. After 2 weeks I noticed that I was tolerating the 1mg per day better than the 1.25 mg eod. Very little nipple burn – and not very often.
o 02/28/06 – switched from Merk Proscar to Finacar, 1mg daily.
• Tamoxiphen B.P., 9 month, 18 Days, 20mg per day beginning May 27th
o cut tamoxifen back to 5 x per week beginning August 2005.
o switched to 10mg daily beginning mid September 2005.
• Polysorbate 80 w/ Saw Palmetto, 6.5 months, Beginning September 1, 2005: apply topically for 5 – 15 minutes prior to shampooing. “POLYSORBATE 80 (with Biotin and Niacin) is a form of Sorbitol and when combined with Oleic acid, it loosens dry skin and emulsifies the waxy build-up on the scalp.†I combined the Poly80 and also squeezed 2 - 3 tabs worth of Saw Palmetto into a 60 ml bottle. (I know polysorbates get a bad rap – but I needed a vehicle for the topical saw. Seemed to make sense at the time.)
• ZIX, 3 month, 1.5 weeks, 2 x daily
o 12/19/2005: upgraded original Zix formula to include 25% ethyl alcohol solution; mixed up a batch of Super Zix – using ZIX in the AM and Super ZIX in the PM.
o 12/23/2005: going w/ Super Zix totally, 2x per day.
• Additional Topicals:
o 100% Pure Aloe Vera Gel; 7 months; 1 – 2 x per week (pretty much discontinued after first 4 months – only use now when there’s some serious scalp irritation);
o Retin-A Cream; 6 months; every other day, rotate w/ folligen
o Emu-Oil; 3 months, 3 weeks; Daily (using now instead of the aloe)
o ACV w/ cayenne 4 months, 1 week;
• 2 x per week minimum, 1minute prior to shampooing.
• Beginning 12/23/05 – try to use at least 5x – 7x weekly.
• 02/14/06, Added some ground ginger to the acv & cayenne mix. Apply almost daily for 2 – 5 minutes.
Results: ~ 01/09/2006 – definitely seeing some new vellus sprouts in my left temple area;
~ 01/13/2006 – maintenance month; no dramatic regrowth but no major setbacks.
~ 01/28/2006 - at casual glance, my hair looks full and healthy and may have thickened up a bit “cosmeticallyâ€. No evidence of regrowth except for those vellus hairs.
~ 02/20/2006 - “might†be seeing slightly more density on top and a few new hairs in the temples region. Still showing a lot of scalp – but things might be starting to improve.
~ 02/22/2006 – “think†I see a few vellus hairs in my left temple going terminal.
~ 03/14/2006 - Using March 2005 pictures as a baseline (1 year anniversary beginning Proscar) not a heckuva lot of difference in the past year. No regrowth / no further loss. If I go back and compare the 3/14/06 pictures to the 08/01/04 pictures, I may have gained a little hair in the rear crown area but lost a little hair in the front hairline and temple areas.
Good Luck Everybody!
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March 16th, 2005
Hello Everyone - newbie to this forum, although some of you might already know me from a few other hangs.
Starting thinning / receding back in the 70s. Mostly vitamin therapy (biotin, choline, inositol, B complex) between 1976 - 1996.
Beginning approx 1996: minoxidil 2%, nano, prox-n, iamin, nizoral 2% - nothing really worked until going on proscar in '98 (1/4 tab, 4 out of every 5 days).
After 8 months on 1mg proscar, minoxidil 5%, Nano and Nizoral 2% - I went from a NW4 to a 3. Yayyyy.
Boobs grew. Booooooo.
Life got really weird (had nothing to do w/ hair) and I dropped all hair regrowth efforts - until I realized that last spring (may 2004) I had transformed into a NW5A. Booo Hoooo Hoooo.
Jumped into action . . . and here's what I've been doing since last May.
Minoxidil 10.5 months (5%, xandrox15, ozbrew)
Shampoos 10.5 months Nizoral, Dercos, Nioxin, Nano, revivogen
Copper Peptides 10.5 months 1-4x per week (switched from Iamin Hydrating Gel to Folligen spray in Oct.04)
Vitamins 10.5 months
Biotin, B-complex, calc/magn/zinc, E, Ginko, L-arginine, L-lysine
~ 10/19/04, added MSM, Inositol, Saw palmetto, Beta-Sitosterol, C, Flaxseed Oil,
~ 03/01/05, added Choline, Fish Oil, Fo-Ti, Grape Seed Extract,
~ 03/01/05, dropped Saw Palmetto
2% spironolactone 8 months 2x daily (since July ‘04)
Revivogen Serum 6 months 1x daily, 1ml+
Asian Green Tea 6.0 months 2-3 cups per day
Cigarettes 3.5 months cut back from 1pack + per day to 2 – 4 cigs per day.
March's pictures showed no regrowth anywhere on the crown - and even a slight receding in the temporal areas, so . . .
Proscar 1 Day 1 mg every other day (First dose, 3/14/05)
So now - after a 5 year hiatus - it's back on proscar - but this time at a reduced dosage and hopefully the sides won't reappear.
I'll use up the remainder of my revivogen, spironolactone, xandrox15, etc. - - but then ultimately drop them and just stick w/ the Big 3.
Good Luck Everyone!
July 18th, 2006 (end of month 24 / beginning of Month 25)
• Minoxidil, 25 months,
Lee’s 5%, M-F in the AM,
Xandrox15, M-F, before bed, (ozbrewized the Xandrox15 on 10/21/05);
• 3/17/06 – dropped Xandrox15 & switched to nightly application of Ozbrew.
• 3/20/06 – added Joe’s Azaelic Acid flakes to Dr. Lee’s 5% minoxidil for a 2.5% AA solution. Also added Az. Acid to the ozbrew.
• Shampoos, 25 months, Used Nano, Dercos, Nioxin, Revivogen; Currently using Alpecin C1, Tea, Tree Oil and Nizoral 1%:
o Added Back to Basics Green Tea Shampoo on May 27, 2005. Use w/ a dab of Nano.
o Added ZIX shampoo to rotation (added 10 B6 tabs to 1 bottle Head & Shoulders – September 1, 2005.
o Added crushed caffeine tabs to my Green Tea and ZIX shampoos: 10/21/2005. 11/19/05 – increased caffeine content of Zix shampoo to 2%.
o 12/3/05: Now that I’ve started ZIX, I dropped my zixified, caffeinated H&S shampoo. Back to Green Tea Shampoo until the Alpecin arrives.
o 12/06/2005; Switched primary shampoo to Alpecin C1; using in conjunction w/ nizoral 2% and Nano.
o Ran out of and discontinued Nano, 03/01/06.
o 06/22/06: started using Tea Tree Oil Shampoo (Jason’s). Plan on using daily for 2 weeks, then alternate w/ nizoral and Alpecin,. Pretty much dropped Back to Basics Green Tea Shampoo.
• Copper Peptides, 25 months
o May 2004 – October 2004, Iamin Hydrating Gel, 1-4x per week
o October 2004 – June 2005, Folligen Therapy Spray, 4 – 5 x per week
o July 1, 2005, switched to Tricomin Therapy Spray, 7 x per week, 1-2 x per day.
10/15/05 Ran out of tricomin; switched back to follligen EOD.
o April 17th, 2006 – Switched back to tricomin, 1 – 2 daily applications.
6/5/06 – slowing down on the tricomin as it might be interfering w/ the SuperZix. 1 Application, every other day, 6 hours apart from zix or azaelic acid.
• Vitamins, 25 months
Biotin, B-complex, calc/magn/zinc, E, Ginko, L-arginine,
~ 10/19/04, added MSM, Inositol, Saw palmetto, Beta-Sitosterol, C, Flaxseed Oil,
~ 03/01/05, added Choline, Fish Oil, Fo-Ti, Grape Seed Extract,
~ 03/01/05, dropped Saw Palmetto
~ 04/29/05, increased MSM dosage from 2000mg to 3000mg daily
~ 05/01/05, dropped Beta-Sitosterol
~ 05/13/05, added Green Tea Supplements, 250 mg daily (incr. to 500 mg 2x daily, Oct.05)
~ 07/26/05, added Glucosomine Sulfate, 2000mg daily for lower back pain
~ 08/01/05, added multivit / multimin (because I don’t even come close to taking all of the above regularly)
~ 09/21/05, dropped Fo-Ti
~ 10/24/05, added GliSODin
~ 11/22/05, dropped flax seed oil, added flax lignans and Beta-Sitosterol
~ 02/07/06, added ACV tabs, 500 mg, 3 per day
~ 02/13/05, added Beta Glucans, 250 mg, 1-2 x per day
~ 03/14/06, added DIM Plus, 2 caps, twice daily
4/17/04 – increased to 4 caps, 2 x per day.
~ 04/01/06, dropped Beta-Sit
~ 06/01/06, increased Biotin to 500 mg daily.
~ 06/06/06, added “Noxidant†(apple polys).
~ 06/28/06, added L-lysine, Stinging Nettle, Borage Oil
~ 07/15/06, added Acetyl L-Carnitine and Alpha Lipoic Acid, 500/200 mg
• Organic Apple Cider Vinegar Cocktail, 6 months, began 1/20/06,
o 1-2 tablespoons in a cup of iced green tea, 1x daily (sometimes 2x).
• Hot Green Tea, 20 months, 2 – 3 cups per day
• Proscar, 1 year, 4 month, 1 mg or 1.25 mg every other day (First dose, 3/14/05);
o standardized on 1.25 mg EOD beginning August 2005.
o Cut back to 1 mg EOD 11/01/05 due to nipple burn.
o 12/5/05 (6 months, 1 week) 1 mg per day. After 2 weeks I noticed that I was tolerating the 1mg per day better than the 1.25 mg eod. Very little nipple burn – and not very often.
02/28/06 – switched from Merk Proscar to Finacar, 1mg daily.
• Tamoxiphen B.P., 13 month, 18 Days, 20mg per day beginning May 27th
o cut tamoxifen back to 5 x per week beginning August 2005.
o switched to 10mg daily beginning mid September 2005.
o switched to 5 mg daily beginning May 2006
• Polysorbate 80 w/ Saw Palmetto, 7.5 months total, beginning September 1, 2005: apply topically for 5 – 15 minutes prior to shampooing. “POLYSORBATE 80 (with Biotin and Niacin) is a form of Sorbitol and when combined with Oleic acid, it loosens dry skin and emulsifies the waxy build-up on the scalp.†I combined the Poly80 and also squeezed 2 - 3 tabs worth of Saw Palmetto into a 60 ml bottle. (I know polysorbates get a bad rap – but I needed a vehicle for the topical saw. Seemed to make sense at the time.)
o Stopped / Discontinued on 4/1/06 – didn’t seem to be helping anything.
• ZIX, 7 month, 1.5 weeks, 2 x daily
o 12/19/2005: upgraded original Zix formula to include 25% ethyl alcohol solution; mixed up a batch of Super Zix – using ZIX in the AM and Super ZIX in the PM.
o 12/23/2005: going w/ Super Zix totally, 2x per day.
• Azaelic Acid, 3 month, 3 weeks, (started 03/20/2006)
• Additional Topicals:
o 100% Pure Aloe Vera Gel; 8 months; 1 – 2 x per week (pretty much discontinued after first 4 months – only use now when there’s some serious scalp irritation);
o Retin-A Cream; 6 months; every other day, rotate w/ Folligen
Quit Retin-a for the summer on 4/1/06
o Emu-Oil; 6 months, 3 weeks; Daily (using now instead of the aloe) ;
• 3/20/06 – added essential oils to my emu oil.
• 4/1/06 – alternating emu essentials w/ Hair Essentials weekly
• 6/1/06 – ran out of Hair Essentials – back to emu w/ essential oils every night before bed.
o ACV w/ cayenne 8 months, 1 week;
• 2 x per week minimum, 1minute prior to shampooing.
• Beginning 12/23/05 – try to use at least 5x – 7x weekly.
• 02/14/06, Added some ground ginger to the acv & cayenne mix. Apply almost daily for 2 – 5 minutes.
o Tea Tree Oil 0 months, 3 weeks (started 06/21/2006)
• Applied 5 – 6 drops to scalp and massaged into scalp before bed. Has a strong smell – so I don’t know how often I’ll be able to use it. Will alternate w/ emu.
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March 14, 2006
• Minoxidil, 21 months,
Lee’s 5%, M-F in the AM, Xandrox15, M-F, before bed, (ozbrewized the Xandrox15 on 10/21/05);
• been skipping the x15 occassionally.
• 5% ozbrew on the weekends.
• Shampoos, 21 months, Used Nano, Dercos, Nioxin, Revivogen; Currently using Alpecin C1, Green Tea, and Nizoral 2%:
o Added Back to Basics Green Tea Shampoo on May 27, 2005. Use w/ a dab of Nano.
o Added ZIX shampoo to rotation (added 10 B6 tabs to 1 bottle Head & Shoulders – September 1, 2005.
o Added crushed caffeine tabs to my Green Tea and ZIX shampoos: 10/21/2005. 11/19/05 – increased caffeine content of Zix shampoo to 2%.
o 12/3/05: Now that I’ve started ZIX, I dropped my zixified, caffeinated H&S shampoo. Back to Green Tea Shampoo until the Alpecin arrives.
o 12/06/2005; Switched primary shampoo to Alpecin C1; using in conjunction w/ nizoral 2% and Nano.
o Ran out of and discontinued Nano, 03/01/06.
• Copper Peptides, 21 months
o May 2004 – October 2004, Iamin Hydrating Gel, 1-4x per week
o October 2004 – June 2005, Folligen Therapy Spray, 4 – 5 x per week
o July 1, 2005, switched to Tricomin Therapy Spray, 7 x per week, 1-2 x per day.
10/15/05 Ran out of tricomin; switched back to follligen EOD.
• Vitamins, 21 months
Biotin, B-complex, calc/magn/zinc, E, Ginko, L-arginine, L-lysine
~ 10/19/04, added MSM, Inositol, Saw palmetto, Beta-Sitosterol, C, Flaxseed Oil,
~ 03/01/05, added Choline, Fish Oil, Fo-Ti, Grape Seed Extract,
~ 03/01/05, dropped Saw Palmetto
~ 04/29/05, increased MSM dosage from 2000mg to 3000mg daily
~ 05/01/05, dropped Beta-Sitosterol
~ 05/13/05, added Green Tea Supplements, 250 mg daily (incr. to 500 mg 2x daily, Oct.05)
~ 07/26/05, added Glucosomine Sulfate, 2000mg daily for lower back pain
~ 08/01/05, added multivit / multimin (because I don’t even come close to taking all of the above regularly)
~ 09/21/05, dropped Fo-Ti
~ 10/24/05, added GliSODin
~ 11/22/05, dropped flax seed oil, added flax lignans and Beta-Sitosterol
~ 02/07/06, added ACV tabs, 500 mg, 3 per day
~ 02/13/05, added Beta Glucans, 250 mg, 1-2 x per day
~ 03/14/06, added DIM Plus, 2 caps, twice daily
• Organic Apple Cider Vinegar Cocktail, began 1/20/06, 1 tablespoon in a cup of iced green tea, 2x daily (sometimes 3x).
• Hot Green Tea, 17 months, 2 – 3 cups per day (although I didn’t drink any during the summer months)
• Proscar, 1 year, 0 month, 1 mg or 1.25 mg every other day (First dose, 3/14/05);
o standardized on 1.25 mg EOD beginning August 2005.
o Cut back to 1 mg EOD 11/01/05 due to nipple burn.
o 12/5/05 – 1 mg per day. After 2 weeks I noticed that I was tolerating the 1mg per day better than the 1.25 mg eod. Very little nipple burn – and not very often.
o 02/28/06 – switched from Merk Proscar to Finacar, 1mg daily.
• Tamoxiphen B.P., 9 month, 18 Days, 20mg per day beginning May 27th
o cut tamoxifen back to 5 x per week beginning August 2005.
o switched to 10mg daily beginning mid September 2005.
• Polysorbate 80 w/ Saw Palmetto, 6.5 months, Beginning September 1, 2005: apply topically for 5 – 15 minutes prior to shampooing. “POLYSORBATE 80 (with Biotin and Niacin) is a form of Sorbitol and when combined with Oleic acid, it loosens dry skin and emulsifies the waxy build-up on the scalp.†I combined the Poly80 and also squeezed 2 - 3 tabs worth of Saw Palmetto into a 60 ml bottle. (I know polysorbates get a bad rap – but I needed a vehicle for the topical saw. Seemed to make sense at the time.)
• ZIX, 3 month, 1.5 weeks, 2 x daily
o 12/19/2005: upgraded original Zix formula to include 25% ethyl alcohol solution; mixed up a batch of Super Zix – using ZIX in the AM and Super ZIX in the PM.
o 12/23/2005: going w/ Super Zix totally, 2x per day.
• Additional Topicals:
o 100% Pure Aloe Vera Gel; 7 months; 1 – 2 x per week (pretty much discontinued after first 4 months – only use now when there’s some serious scalp irritation);
o Retin-A Cream; 6 months; every other day, rotate w/ folligen
o Emu-Oil; 3 months, 3 weeks; Daily (using now instead of the aloe)
o ACV w/ cayenne 4 months, 1 week;
• 2 x per week minimum, 1minute prior to shampooing.
• Beginning 12/23/05 – try to use at least 5x – 7x weekly.
• 02/14/06, Added some ground ginger to the acv & cayenne mix. Apply almost daily for 2 – 5 minutes.
Results: ~ 01/09/2006 – definitely seeing some new vellus sprouts in my left temple area;
~ 01/13/2006 – maintenance month; no dramatic regrowth but no major setbacks.
~ 01/28/2006 - at casual glance, my hair looks full and healthy and may have thickened up a bit “cosmeticallyâ€. No evidence of regrowth except for those vellus hairs.
~ 02/20/2006 - “might†be seeing slightly more density on top and a few new hairs in the temples region. Still showing a lot of scalp – but things might be starting to improve.
~ 02/22/2006 – “think†I see a few vellus hairs in my left temple going terminal.
~ 03/14/2006 - Using March 2005 pictures as a baseline (1 year anniversary beginning Proscar) not a heckuva lot of difference in the past year. No regrowth / no further loss. If I go back and compare the 3/14/06 pictures to the 08/01/04 pictures, I may have gained a little hair in the rear crown area but lost a little hair in the front hairline and temple areas.
Good Luck Everybody!
--------------------------
March 16th, 2005
Hello Everyone - newbie to this forum, although some of you might already know me from a few other hangs.
Starting thinning / receding back in the 70s. Mostly vitamin therapy (biotin, choline, inositol, B complex) between 1976 - 1996.
Beginning approx 1996: minoxidil 2%, nano, prox-n, iamin, nizoral 2% - nothing really worked until going on proscar in '98 (1/4 tab, 4 out of every 5 days).
After 8 months on 1mg proscar, minoxidil 5%, Nano and Nizoral 2% - I went from a NW4 to a 3. Yayyyy.
Boobs grew. Booooooo.
Life got really weird (had nothing to do w/ hair) and I dropped all hair regrowth efforts - until I realized that last spring (may 2004) I had transformed into a NW5A. Booo Hoooo Hoooo.
Jumped into action . . . and here's what I've been doing since last May.
Minoxidil 10.5 months (5%, xandrox15, ozbrew)
Shampoos 10.5 months Nizoral, Dercos, Nioxin, Nano, revivogen
Copper Peptides 10.5 months 1-4x per week (switched from Iamin Hydrating Gel to Folligen spray in Oct.04)
Vitamins 10.5 months
Biotin, B-complex, calc/magn/zinc, E, Ginko, L-arginine, L-lysine
~ 10/19/04, added MSM, Inositol, Saw palmetto, Beta-Sitosterol, C, Flaxseed Oil,
~ 03/01/05, added Choline, Fish Oil, Fo-Ti, Grape Seed Extract,
~ 03/01/05, dropped Saw Palmetto
2% spironolactone 8 months 2x daily (since July ‘04)
Revivogen Serum 6 months 1x daily, 1ml+
Asian Green Tea 6.0 months 2-3 cups per day
Cigarettes 3.5 months cut back from 1pack + per day to 2 – 4 cigs per day.
March's pictures showed no regrowth anywhere on the crown - and even a slight receding in the temporal areas, so . . .
Proscar 1 Day 1 mg every other day (First dose, 3/14/05)
So now - after a 5 year hiatus - it's back on proscar - but this time at a reduced dosage and hopefully the sides won't reappear.
I'll use up the remainder of my revivogen, spironolactone, xandrox15, etc. - - but then ultimately drop them and just stick w/ the Big 3.
Good Luck Everyone!
