You know something though, in watching that press conference (and it could have been the lighting) I could see thinning behind his hairline and up his temples. And what's with the shaved head all of the sudden?
Guys, Thanks a lot for your input. Actually I'm hoping this is in fact chronic telogen effluvium because according to experts it never lasts longer than 7 years so at the most I have only 3 to go. Sometimes I hear guys on these forums complaining about a "shed" or Telogen Effluvium episode and all I can...
Both during and now even after taking propecia, I have experienced repeated cycles of telogen effluvium where I shed an enormous amount of hair from everywhere I my head and then grow everything back 9 months later only to shed it again in another 3 months. This has happened for 4 years now and...
I can't reccomend it oevr spironolactone because they do two totally different things. Crinagen reduces DHT by inhibiting 5-alpha reductase in the scalp and spironolactone blocks DHT from attaching to the androgen receptor. Crinagen also has a few growth stimulting properties. I myself have used both crinagen...
Has anyone tried either Tricomin or Folligen Shampoo? It has copper peptides as well but I'm not sure how much.. I just ordered some tricomin shampoo and I plan on letting it soak into my scalp for at leats 5 min. in the shower. Any thoughts?
Quartz
Unfortunately right now the only permanent solution is transplantation. As for all the other treatments out there, they need to be used indefinitely in order to continue working. So if you were to stop taking finasteride and applying spironolactone then DHT would resume its normal production...
spironolactone!!!!
Quartz,
Topical spironolactone is definitely the next thing to add. While finasteride inhibits the production of DHT, spironolactone works by actually blocking it from attaching to the androgen receptor by essentially attaching itself first. With roughly 75% of the affinity for these receptors that...
Quartz,
It took me a full 10 months to see any results from finasteride. In fact I shed a ton of hair in that time and really wanted to stop the drug but decided to give it at least a year as most doctors recommend. Good thing I did because I had very dramatic regrowth around the 10 month...