propecia trials.. quesiton.

[jeffsss]

Heres a good question...

weve all heard that we could "shed" on propecia.. my question is this though:

during the trials when they are doing the hair counts.. how could most people have an increase in hair? did NOONE go though a shed on the trials.. or did they just not report it or what?

 

[cook'n'milkies]

it's because they only measure at certain intervals and because shedding is also very subjective and psychological. I think many people only shed in their minds.

 

[Bryan]

it's because they only measure at certain intervals and because shedding is also very subjective and psychological. I think many people only shed in their minds.

I agree with you completely!

Over the last 10 years I've read hundreds of medical journal studies and articles related directly or indirectly to balding, and I don't recall a single one that ever even mentioned the (alleged?) phenomenon that people on hairloss sites call "shedding". As best I can tell, I've never experienced such a thing myself, and I find the whole concept so puzzling that I'm not even entirely sure what other people really mean by it. That's why I never bother to post in threads that are about so-called "shedding": I don't know what it is.

A few years ago, there was an interview on regrowth.com with Dr. Panagotacos, and he made what I thought was a VERY profound statement: he said that he had treated 600 patients (I'm pretty sure that was the number) with finasteride for male pattern baldness, and he had never seen a case of so-called "shedding", although he had read about the phenomenon on the Internet!! :freaked2: I do believe that that simple statement speaks volumes: just what exactly IS this thing that so many posters on hairloss sites call "shedding", and why isn't it recognized by the medical community?? Are some people simply overreacting to normal hairloss, and blaming it on their medication? Hmmm...

Bryan

 

[cook'n'milkies]

yeah, i have to tell you, I dont really believe in it either. I mean, i've been on all my treatments for two months and i've seen nothing but a marked DECREASE in hairloss since day 1. I really think people are just f*****g nuts and that once they start treatment they are so f*****g paranoid that they convince themselves they are shedding. The internet can be so awful sometimes.

I mean, every human being on god's green earth sheds around a hundred hairs per day. why is it that once someone starts a hairloss regimen, these normally shed hairs are suddenly "Treatment-induced catastrophic-life-destroying-sheds"?

It's hard not to just say to everyone, "shut up and pop your f*****g pill" to these people.

 

[Aplunk1]

The Rogaine manual doesn't use the word "shedding," but it does say "an increase in hair loss." I'm sure it's referencing a shed.

Also, Dr. Lee is pretty reputable. He speaks a lot about shedding on http://www.minoxidil.com .

 

[kosmo]

just because you didnt shed doesnt mean other people are "nuts" or "paranoid."

i have had several serious sheds over the past year since being on propecia. shedding meaning a serious increase in the amount of hair that falls out on your pillow, floor, shower, etc.

when i compare pictures from before the shed with pictures after the shedding seems to have slowed, i can see a visible thinning in my hair.

i realize that many people exaggerate how much hair they lose during a shed. but shedding is real and does happen to some people when using treatments.