Recent content by wanttobehippie

reason for strong shedding found Hello Taugenichts, Did you check, if your hairloss is only androgenetic? Then Finasterid is the best against it, because it blocks DHT systemically. Then comes Minoxidil according to statistics. Pantostin is said to be weaker than minoxidil. Now that I have...

no vitamin/mineral extras !?!! thank you, Antonio! I read about one Greg in the photogallery, that he had more shedding while he was taking extra vitamins. So I wont give up as long as I can find out more information - I stopped taking extra vit/minerals. I read also that too much magnesium...

Don't panic, the stress will only make things worse. You can#t imagine what it means to me: that I could have become a man 20 years ago, if I had known that it was possible. The loss of life and the actual fear of the future (consequences of lost careers) is hard to swallow. And it is not...

sudden changes I never had 13 hair loss in the best days of my life. What do you say about 600 a day? (300 in the morning, raining hairs all day and 200 in the evening. Or 500 in sink after washing, rest raining). In your case the problem could be your sudden changes. That is what hair roots...

not convinced about minoxidil I used minoxidil for two years and I gave it up: I had the impression that it only shortened the hair phases, so that hairs became shorter and shorter. It didn't help enough against receding at the forehead, if anything, it produced fluff. It seems that the...

psychology / mirrors Here is another fish. I, too, think, that especially your side look is absolutely beautiful for a man. I in comparison have a shape that I fear to be ridiculous, which is worse than ugly, I think. I'm very sympathetic to your feeling of loss for the pony-tail (see my name)...

more shedding after finasterid I, too, experience an increase of shedding AFTER treatment with finasteride.: I counted 600 a day. And you can watch the balding process: half a year back I could'nt see my skin through the (10 cm) hairs at the Back crown. Yes, the shedding seems to be all over the head...