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Malin

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Manfreddi's story (20 y/o)

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24Years old




On Big 3 since:

FINASTIRIDE (January 2011)
MINOXIDIL 5% (August 2012) 2app/day 1ml night, .5ml during day
Revita Shampoo (Nizoral)
Biotin 5000mg 1/day (January 2013)

Goals:

My realistics goals are:
To mantain as much hair as I currently have or lose hair in a really slow way, such that when I turn 26/28? a 2000-3000 graft transplant can get me back to baseline.
Gym, mantain fit
Eat Healthy



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August 2012

I'm 20 years old, I have been losing my hair since 18. At 19 I started propecia and once a day minoxidil, I sticked with the propecia but quit the minoxidil.
On august I decided to act like a man and started a strict regimen, adding 2 times a day minoxidil (spectra DNC) and Ketoconozale 3 times a week (Revita). It's been 4 months since and I believe my temple hair loss has gotten a little worse, specially on the right side. I will stick with this regime for 1 year and evaluate results.
I have 3 older brother, they all balding bad(being almost completely bald (they seem to really not care about it and carry on really succesful lives), my grandfather from mother side is completely bald since 30 years old. My father (60 years old) is Norwood 4, grandfather from father side had great hair.
I hope by sticking with the BIG 3 I can mantain my hair and recover the hair loss I have suffered from minoxidil.

Been 5 months on minoxidil, my hairline is worse than when I started :thumbdown2:, on 25 december had to change brands of minoxidil spectral dnc-folcress because of heavy irritation (as you can see on december photos), will change to Kirkland because folcress is a very new brand and I am afraid it might not be as reliable.

I eat really healthy and have absolutely no stress.
*NO SIDE EFFECTS from propecia, minoxidil, or keto.
**On a side note, I have been lifting for the past year, gained around 10lbs muscle mass (some people say lifting may increase hair loss).

NOV 2011 (FINASTIRIDE SINCE JAN 2011)
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AUG 03 2012 STARTED MINOXIDIL 5% (SPECTRA DNC)

August August 15 October 27 (2012)
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DECEMBER 19 (2012)
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talmoode

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your hair looks great! keep it up!
 

Malin

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Damn, my hairline seems pretty devastaded after 4 months and a half of minoxidil use. My crown's got no problem now.
Is this normal?? Should I stick with minoxidil?
I'm pretty concerned, my temples had never been so receded.
By the way, I had a somewhat bad shed btw months 2-3, I believe it has stopped now. I loose about 5 hairs in the pillow and 10-20 shower, more during the day but not so bad.
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talmoode

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unless you have sides, you should keep doing what you are doing at least for one year before you make any decision. I know hair loss sucks big time!!!!!! I am into 11 months now on the Big Three and I am not 100% convinced if it has worked out well for me yet...You said shedding has stopped now? I guess it is a good sign and you will have good regrwoth coming soon! any vellus hairs popping up yet?
 

Malin

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Hopefully :/, I see some vellus hairs, but not so many to make a huge difference, maybe regrowth will come later. I will continue with the BIG 3 and post every month photos to see if there's any change.
 

talmoode

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Hopefully :/, I see some vellus hairs, but not so many to make a huge difference, maybe regrowth will come later. I will continue with the BIG 3 and post every month photos to see if there's any change.

Thats' good to take pictures monthly to see if things are getting better or not. I had a few white vellus hairs turned into dark, not all but a few..but some is still better than nothing! Keep it up!
 

Malin

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JANUARY 2013 (5 MONTHS MINOXIDIL 2 YEARS PROPECIA)

Its been a month since last update, I had to change minoxidil brand as the Spectral DNC was giving me serious irritation and small pimples, so now I am on a generic brand called "folcress" it doesn't irritate my skin but gives me some skin peeling which is kind of tedious, I believe it's becouse of it's high alcohol %. I'm going to China next month for a period of 1 semester to study chinese, as there is no minoxidil/propecia in that country I will need to stack up my propecia and probably a 12 month kirkland minoxidil just in case. :freak: .
I'm starting to see a lot of small hairs along my hairline, and the shedding has almost stopped.photo.jpgphoto01.jpgphoto02.jpg

** My hairline is still worse than when I started the minoxidil treatment (august 2012)
 

vaecnn

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what kind brand on minoxl have been used?

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is rogaine useful???
 

Malin

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MARCH 2013 (7 MONTHS MINOXIDIL +2 YEARS PROPECIA)

My hairloss continues to be a pain in the @ss, my right temple seems to be completely DEVASTATED, I really don't know what I should do, I'm already on the big 3 and taking vitamins.

What would you guys reccommend me?
I'm even eating every day this chinese mushroom called 木耳(muer) which supposedly is pretty good for the hair.

Should I give up on my treatmens ? ...
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By the way, I also hate it that every chinese has perfect hair, I think male pattern baldness practically doesn't exist in this area of the world...
 

vaecnn

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I am a chinese

I am chinese ,but my hairloss very serious ,i am so hurt ,my English is not good ,hope to be friends````

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My QQ number is 869035098
 

Malin

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Hey, I don't know if rogaine is useful or not... but I'm afraid to stop using it. 你觉得这个木耳有用吗
 

meddyharry

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Hi Malin, I think you status improved from the December to the March photos. Because the process of hair restoration takes long, you shouldn't be expecting any results before 6 months of having been using minoxidil.
Btw, to respond to your first post, weightlifting itself doesn't have an effect on your hair. Only if you take steroids you will suffer from hair loss.

How much propecia do you take per day?
 

vaecnn

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not useful there are so many chinese people hairloss ,the doctor in china is not well,木耳没有用

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not useful there are so many chinese people hairloss ,the doctor in china is not well,木耳没有用
 

Malin

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Do you think so? I will stick with the minoxidil, I just hate it that I have to wake up at 3am apply rogaine then sleep again to be able to wash it in the morning,
I take 1mg propecia a day.
 

meddyharry

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Just apply the rogaine when you come back from work/college/school, and then again right before you go to bed (as it only requires 4 hrs in between the applications).

You can split the propecia in half and only take 0.5 mg, which saves you money. You can also order proscar and cut the 5 mg pill in fifths and only take it every 2nd day. It is said that 1 mg doesn't give you any significant advantage over the 0.5 mg regarding your hair loss. However, I haven't yet seen a scientific study proving this assumption.
 

Malin

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So I just turned 21 and my hair line seems worse than ever :sad: is it possible that after almost 8 months on minoxidil and 2 years on propecia/nizoral my hairloss is winning this battle??? WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? I just added 5000mg biotin a day to my regimen.

**By the way, the small hairs growing on my hairline are just the result of a bad chinese hairdresser.





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talmoode

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Sorry to hear that you are not doing well...same here..my hair line is worst ever at the moment....but you still have very thick head of hair everywhere else!!
 

hahadaxiao

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Come on guy , your hair seems to be good and take it easy . Continue to use the drug for at least half a year . It seems that the situation of your hair is becoming better & better .

BTW, I ALSO HATE IT AT ALL!!!!! Yes that is true , almost every Chinese has perfact hair , BUT me !!!(I`m Chinese)
 

Malin

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June

June 2013 situation. After 3 months seems things have pretty much stabilized, and biotin has really helped on the quality of existing hair. :pint:
By the way I've been staying since last month many nights on my my new girlfriend's house, so I've skipped many times the minoxidil application. Hope it doesn't affect in the long run.

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Malin

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September 2013


Still with the Big 3 and 5000mg biotin /day, trying not to skip minoxidil application againla foto(1).JPGla foto(2).JPGla foto(3).JPGla foto(4).JPG


Should I be concerned about the left temple??
 
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