Although I've been attributing my additional hair loss (of late) in my temples to the stress of doing aerobic exercise (dancing) 5 hours straight, twice a week, to the point of exhaustion... whacking and sex could actually have something to do with it as well, because I've also been doing that much more the last few months.
I'm sure by the end of next week I'll be frothing at the mouth and ready to go home with a fat girl... but I'll see if abstaining for a week or so and then reducing my frequency to maybe once a week helps with the irritation and brittleness in my forehead hairs. Not much that it could hurt. Sex once a week should be fine.
So while decreasing my frequency likely won't cause a massive change, I could see as how my once a day frequency could be negatively affecting me, especially on the days I exhaust myself dancing. Staying up late whacking instead of going to sleep couldn't be helping either. :laugh:
That said, I do have to say something else... dougfunny... geminix... and several others without such distinct avatars... have you both realized how trollish your behavior has been throughout this topic? Name calling... constant insults... constant negativity... I can hardly see how the majority of your posts in this topic have been constructive whatsoever. You speak of how Hoppi is immature, an idiot, and has no higher education in biology... well, have you taken a look in the mirror lately? Both figuratively and literally?
There isn't a pill that's going to magically correct all of the problems with hair loss, much less anything else that isn't a bacterial infection. With hair loss, you're fighting naturally occurring chemicals your body constantly produces every single day. You're fighting a genetic code that's like a dam ready to burst and all you have is wood and nails. A combination of efforts to slow down and reduce hair loss is the most sensible answer.
This sort of negative garbage reminds me of the sort of negativity people say about chiropractors vs. "modern medicine." I couldn't care less if a chiropractor was a "chiropractor" after a 3 hour course once a week for a month. When I slipped a disc in my back while exercising, all of the pills and "modern medicine" in the world wouldn't have done anything to fix my spine touching a nerve. Surgery? Ridiculous, I refused to even consider it. I hurt my back doing crunches and sit ups, it felt out of place, and it was so painful I could barely walk. A few visits to the chiropractor got my spine aligned in a more comfortable fashion and the massaging helped greatly. Over a period of a few weeks I was on my way to feeling as good as new and have not had an issue since then.
What's the point of that anecdote? Propecia and Rogaine aren't going to cure you. You're going to have to start living healthier to have a healthy appearance. If you want fewer wrinkles, quit damaging your skin and depending on expensive "modern medicine" creams to repair the damage. If you want more hair, start considering ways you could be healthier to look healthier. Humans are not all alike. If we were, Rogaine would work for all of us, and Propecia as well. If someone finds that taking saw palmetto, MSM, biotin, or even whacking less often improves their appearance or actual health, it doesn't mean it will work for everyone. We aren't all chemically alike. Some of us can drink cow's milk without and gastrointestinal problems, and others can't. Just being conscience of what you eat could improve your appearance and health without having to resort to strangely written advice from China or India. Some of you might find that limiting your corn and corn by product intake could help your appearance (and hair) just by improving your overall health. Corn is in almost every product--corn syrup in juice and candy, corn starch, etc.--and it causes a high omega-6 to omega-3 ratio which has led to thoughts that it causes all sort of problems with your entire body and heart. Switching from regular Coke and Pepsi to non-caffeinated can cause you to feel great over time (I know it's improved my overall health). Seemingly little things like this can, for an individual, reduce hair loss when combined with other efforts. Is any one thing going to cure it? Maybe. But I think the majority of us like our balls and don't want them removed when we're children. :jackit:
And one last note to the negative nay-sayers... claiming you're trying to maintain the integrity of this forum for legitimate medical discussion is a farce. Just look at some of the main post icons. :gay:
uke: :jackit: This is hardly a meeting of the minds on here, so don't try to pretend it is. It's just a bunch of people spreading information and sharing ideas, whether they be good or bad.