oblivion19
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Hey Guys,
I am from India and I'll share my hairloss story. I am aged 26 years now. I started noticing hair loss from the past 4-5 years. It became worse in the past two years and especially in the last year which has affected my self confidence.
Below Picture is from November 2011. I had lost quite some hair but not noticeable due to my long hair. I was misguided at that time and thought it was probably due to not taking care of my hair rather than male pattern baldness since nobody in my family or relatives have male pattern baldness. My elder brothers are in their mid 30's and still rocking a decent scalp.
I tried some homeopathy and probably a month of Rogaine but stopped.
So, past few months, even my long hair are not able to hide my bald spots. I have decided to take this seriously now. I really admire the discipline of you guys in sticking to great regimes over long periods of time.
Here is my current regime which I have started just today.
-Togaine( 5% Minoxidil foam) Daily twice
-Nizoral shampoo(1% Ketoconazole) twice a week
Additional
-Jaborandi hair oil with saw palmetto(once or twice a week according to convenience)
-Cleanser with saw palmetto
This is from a hair loss clinic. I have read about poor results with their therapy
They also wanted to prescribe Serenoa Complex which has Saw Palmetto ’extract’ and Horsetail ’extract’ as the main ingredients. I did not want to experiment this on my body so I gave that a pass. They claim that its a natural DHT blocker without the side effects.
-My issues with Propecia and other DHT blockers.
I don't want to mess with my libido at the moment as Im young 26 years and getting married in few months.My fiancee will gladly accept my bald head rather than deal with issues with libido/ED. Also, another major issue is I that I have multiple kidney stones. This is extremely painful at times and I do not want to try anything that may worsen my condition.
Here are my current pics.
Some doubts that I have
-Is this definetely male pattern baldness or it can be anything else?
-When you guys say, you wash off the rogain foam after 4 yours, do you use shampoo?
-Also, whats the point of washing it off in the first place. Why cant I apply it in the morning and apply it in the night and rinse off next morning?
-Any suggestions are welcome. I am not going to try finasteride for now, anything else is welcome.
The Plan
-Stick to this regime(Rogain foam plus Nizoral 1% for 3 months)
-Join a gym and work out. I read somewhere that DHT will get redirected to building muscle rather than causing hair loss. Is this true?
I am from India and I'll share my hairloss story. I am aged 26 years now. I started noticing hair loss from the past 4-5 years. It became worse in the past two years and especially in the last year which has affected my self confidence.
Below Picture is from November 2011. I had lost quite some hair but not noticeable due to my long hair. I was misguided at that time and thought it was probably due to not taking care of my hair rather than male pattern baldness since nobody in my family or relatives have male pattern baldness. My elder brothers are in their mid 30's and still rocking a decent scalp.
I tried some homeopathy and probably a month of Rogaine but stopped.
So, past few months, even my long hair are not able to hide my bald spots. I have decided to take this seriously now. I really admire the discipline of you guys in sticking to great regimes over long periods of time.
Here is my current regime which I have started just today.
-Togaine( 5% Minoxidil foam) Daily twice
-Nizoral shampoo(1% Ketoconazole) twice a week
Additional
-Jaborandi hair oil with saw palmetto(once or twice a week according to convenience)
-Cleanser with saw palmetto
This is from a hair loss clinic. I have read about poor results with their therapy
They also wanted to prescribe Serenoa Complex which has Saw Palmetto ’extract’ and Horsetail ’extract’ as the main ingredients. I did not want to experiment this on my body so I gave that a pass. They claim that its a natural DHT blocker without the side effects.
-My issues with Propecia and other DHT blockers.
I don't want to mess with my libido at the moment as Im young 26 years and getting married in few months.My fiancee will gladly accept my bald head rather than deal with issues with libido/ED. Also, another major issue is I that I have multiple kidney stones. This is extremely painful at times and I do not want to try anything that may worsen my condition.
Here are my current pics.
Some doubts that I have
-Is this definetely male pattern baldness or it can be anything else?
-When you guys say, you wash off the rogain foam after 4 yours, do you use shampoo?
-Also, whats the point of washing it off in the first place. Why cant I apply it in the morning and apply it in the night and rinse off next morning?
-Any suggestions are welcome. I am not going to try finasteride for now, anything else is welcome.
The Plan
-Stick to this regime(Rogain foam plus Nizoral 1% for 3 months)
-Join a gym and work out. I read somewhere that DHT will get redirected to building muscle rather than causing hair loss. Is this true?
