Laser Cap After Stopping Rogaine... Anyone?

[Nikolas70]

Hey everyone, brand new to this site, but am having a lot of trouble simply finding answers, so I’m reeeeeally hoping someone here has had a similar experience and can shine some light on things...

Now to fill you in on the situation. Back in March, I noticed thinning on the top of my head (mainly left side) and like most makes, I went to the drugstore and grabbed some Rogaine. Long story short, couldn’t handle either the 5% or 2%, the side effects were stacking up. So I stopped after 4 weeks. I THINK that was just long enough to trigger I guess tefflum effluvium, cause I started shedding like a dog and is still continuing today. A Month later (May of this year) I bought a laser helmet. For the first 2 months, nothing changed, THEN THE SHEDDING!!! That lasted a week or so, then stopped. At 4.5 months of LLLT I was losing crazy amounts of hair in the front (heavy on the left side) and losing A LOT of volume. I’m now at 5 months and there’s quite a bit gone from the front, although I THINK there are new small hairs... that’s where my knowledge stops, as all research has led to people either trying only rogaine, or Rogaine and finasteride, never stopping Rogaine and starting something else like a Laser Helmet.
I didn’t have severe hair loss when I started this crazy journey, just wanted to perserve my hair as it’s very important to me.
So my question is, has anyone used Rogaine for 4 weeks, stopped, waited a month, then tried a laser cap? How’d it go? Did you have mass shedding like me? How did things turn out? Did your hair grow back?
Thanks everyone

 

[Equal Rights]

Sooo hate to break it to you but this shi*t doesn't work. I got one for myself and its worthless, return yours while you can. Watch some of this guy's videos and you will learn a lot.

Hop on finasteride and see how you tolerated it. You mentioned hair is very important to you, finasteride is the best thing you can do that is safe for 98% of ppl. Some of the other things I would recommend starting is microneedling with derminator 2 (Follica protocol), oral castor oil 5ml/day, I don't know what sides you got from min but you could try oral min, though systemically it will have more sides. In case you don't want to try finasteride, you can try zix but it is a lot less potent and rarely works. https://www.hairlosstalk.com/intera...ce-how-b6-and-zinc-have-saved-my-hair.101629/
There is also something called RU58841, topical anti-androgen. Research around it, you can always attempt and stop if you get sides. From what I understand since it works differently than finasteride, it will not give PFS. I, unfortunately, got sides, but they went away in a week after stopping. Lastly you can add latanoprost and stemox, these will play the least role though. you need to gith androgens first which is the job of finasteride and RU

 

[jazz1]

Laser caps can help but your main bet is the BIG3, why don’t you consider the BIG3 for hairloss and stick with the regime for 6 months to 1 year?

 

[Nikolas70]

Thanks for the response. As mentioned, I had severe side effects from min, and I’ve already had to deal with ED once in my life, I really don’t feel like going for the high score lol. Since I was just starting to thin when I started this ridiculous journey in March, i don’t need to go overboard just yet. At a later date I know I’ll have to do something if laser caps don’t work, but I like that side effects are minimal and I’ve already seen results. As I said, the problem is, I lost a lot of hair from rogaine, and actually think it’s tefflum effluvium, and now more from LLLT, and want to know if anyone else has gone from rogaine to LLLT, and what their experience was.

 

[Nikolas70]

A couple other questions I can’t find answers to if anyone can chime in.
Shirts, can a shirt with a tighter collar tug the hair as you’re putting the shirt on?

how many hairs in a brush or shower is “normal”. I know it varies but ballpark an average twenty something male. Same for pillows if possible.

 

[jazz1]

Your main bet is the BIG3 than the rest is additionally extra.

 

[CanadianGuy]

Hey everyone, brand new to this site, but am having a lot of trouble simply finding answers, so I’m reeeeeally hoping someone here has had a similar experience and can shine some light on things...

Now to fill you in on the situation. Back in March, I noticed thinning on the top of my head (mainly left side) and like most makes, I went to the drugstore and grabbed some Rogaine. Long story short, couldn’t handle either the 5% or 2%, the side effects were stacking up. So I stopped after 4 weeks. I THINK that was just long enough to trigger I guess tefflum effluvium, cause I started shedding like a dog and is still continuing today. A Month later (May of this year) I bought a laser helmet. For the first 2 months, nothing changed, THEN THE SHEDDING!!! That lasted a week or so, then stopped. At 4.5 months of LLLT I was losing crazy amounts of hair in the front (heavy on the left side) and losing A LOT of volume. I’m now at 5 months and there’s quite a bit gone from the front, although I THINK there are new small hairs... that’s where my knowledge stops, as all research has led to people either trying only rogaine, or Rogaine and finasteride, never stopping Rogaine and starting something else like a Laser Helmet.
I didn’t have severe hair loss when I started this crazy journey, just wanted to perserve my hair as it’s very important to me.
So my question is, has anyone used Rogaine for 4 weeks, stopped, waited a month, then tried a laser cap? How’d it go? Did you have mass shedding like me? How did things turn out? Did your hair grow back?
Thanks everyone

I had a similar problem. Used Min 5% for 5.5 months but lost more hair and no improvements and, 4 months after stopping, still shedding way more hair than never before. I am on finasteride for 20 years and works marvellous, until Min screwed up the whole thing. Went to see a dermatologist this week who told me the recovery will take between 1 and 2 years. I am still on finasteride. How is your hair now? It is been more than a year you stopped. I am curious to know.

 

[Nikolas70]

I had a similar problem. Used Min 5% for 5.5 months but lost more hair and no improvements and, 4 months after stopping, still shedding way more hair than never before. I am on finasteride for 20 years and works marvellous, until Min screwed up the whole thing. Went to see a dermatologist this week who told me the recovery will take between 1 and 2 years. I am still on finasteride. How is your hair now? It is been more than a year you stopped. I am curious to know.

BEWARE OF LLLT. I just quit LLLT after 14 months because of the sh*t you see in the attached pictures.
I have no idea if my hair will recover, and I’m frankly quite furious that LLLT states there are no side effects… HA!
I didn’t use anything else since this post, and have watched my hair fall in clumps in front of my eyes, most recently 2 weeks ago. Life is all about choices, and looks like I made a brutal one here. Hopefully 1-2 years is the magic number for me as well. Good luck

 

[Oknow]

BEWARE OF LLLT. I just quit LLLT after 14 months because of the sh*t you see in the attached pictures.
I have no idea if my hair will recover, and I’m frankly quite furious that LLLT states there are no side effects… HA!
I didn’t use anything else since this post, and have watched my hair fall in clumps in front of my eyes, most recently 2 weeks ago. Life is all about choices, and looks like I made a brutal one here. Hopefully 1-2 years is the magic number for me as well. Good luck

sorry to hear that
I’ve been using LLLT for 2 years , do not have the same sides as you, if anything it’s helped me maintain

what device did you use

 

[CanadianGuy]

BEWARE OF LLLT. I just quit LLLT after 14 months because of the sh*t you see in the attached pictures.
I have no idea if my hair will recover, and I’m frankly quite furious that LLLT states there are no side effects… HA!
I didn’t use anything else since this post, and have watched my hair fall in clumps in front of my eyes, most recently 2 weeks ago. Life is all about choices, and looks like I made a brutal one here. Hopefully 1-2 years is the magic number for me as well. Good luck

Sorry to hear that! I really believe that shed not caused by genetic reasons is recoverable, and only time will tell. And rest assured I will come back here to tell, in a year or so, if I recovered from the terrible Minoxidil experience. Hopefully, with good news.

 

[JaneyElizabeth]

Sorry to hear that! I really believe that shed not caused by genetic reasons is recoverable, and only time will tell. And rest assured I will come back here to tell, in a year or so, if I recovered from the terrible Minoxidil experience. Hopefully, with good news.

It's just that misdiagnosis is the rule and the clock keeps on ticking. Who says sheds grow back? I do I guess because mine did but I mean, I am on the protocol of the Goddess and most guys don't have that going for them.

 

[Nikolas70]

sorry to hear that
I’ve been using LLLT for 2 years , do not have the same sides as you, if anything it’s helped me maintain

what device did you use

I used iRestore.

Whatever happened here was not pattern hairloss. I look like a doll an infant gave a haircut to. The lost hair is heavy on the right side, barely anything on the back left, which again doesn’t follow pattern hairloss. All of this happened in less than a year. male pattern baldness takes 10-20 years before it’s noticeable. My hairline hasn’t changed since I was 13.
You can see straight through my scalp when you couldn’t 10 months ago, or 14 months ago before starting LLLT.
I think it’s Telogen Effluvium because I was incredibly stressed trying to figure out how to save my hair, which ironically caused hairloss lol.
Like CanadianGuy said, I hope it all grows back, 2 years sounds about right, fingers crossed. See you guys next summer with hopefully a full head of hair, again…