Hi guys,
I'm not new to all the hair loss forums. I've been reading for a long time and am immensely thankful. It's now time to register a proper account and giveback.
I've been dealing with hair loss for the last 5 years. I shaved my head and thought, screw it, just live with it. I only started caring when my crown started thinning aggressively. Almost as if it happened overnight!! I'm here to share my last 3-4 years (in order of use) of mastering my regimen.
- Rogaine - 5-6 months. Didn't like the fact that it made me itch but if it was going to work, eff it. i'll do it. Stopped about the 6 month in because the itch was unbearable. My scalp was beet red and my dr said to stop
- Finasteride - 10 months. The first three months were great - the hair loss stopped and i noticed my hair on my crown was a bit thicker or they could've been new hairs. The unfortunate part here was that i fell into, well almost fell into, the very small % of people that feel the side effects. I don't think it's true that the side effects are permanent. Well they weren't for me, maybe it's because i caught it early. I was recently married and now trying to start a family so i wasn't going to risk anything that might get in the way so i stopped this
- Revivogen (the full kit for 6-7 months) - I had some overlap with the finasteride and during that time the two together were great. once i stopped the finasteride, there wasn't anything happening. it stayed the same which is great but i just got greedy.
- Regenepure KIT (5-6 months) - same thing as the Revivogen
- I started doing a lot of research towards the end of the finasteride era and during the shampoo phase. i started doing the following and have been doing so for over 2 years now:
1. combing/massaging/tapping techniques on a daily basis
2. I did an acid peel every few months
3. I used a series of topical products - emu, PSO, saw p, hyaluronic, apple poly, argon, tamanu, etc. This mix of topicals changed so many times. I apply a consolidated version of all this once to two times a day.
4. using a scalp roller 0.5mm - once a week
5. hot & cold showers
6. 1000mg of PSO every two days
7. stop wearing hats
8. cleaned up my diet - cut down on synthetic foods - i don't know if this actually helped but sh1t, i was seeing results and wasn't willing to give that up.
- 12 months from when i started the above, my crown was almost new. my receding hair line remained where it was but i didn't care about that because i read that's hard, if not impossible, to address.
I thought with all the success i've had that it's time to share it more publicly as opposed to just friends and acquaintances. For a long time, i kept this quiet because i didn't want anyone knowing that i was using something for my hair loss. i was really subconscious but as friends started feeling stressed about their hair loss, i had to say something. My goal in this all was to just keep what i have and i managed to do that while making my existing hair stronger.
I'm not new to all the hair loss forums. I've been reading for a long time and am immensely thankful. It's now time to register a proper account and giveback.
I've been dealing with hair loss for the last 5 years. I shaved my head and thought, screw it, just live with it. I only started caring when my crown started thinning aggressively. Almost as if it happened overnight!! I'm here to share my last 3-4 years (in order of use) of mastering my regimen.
- Rogaine - 5-6 months. Didn't like the fact that it made me itch but if it was going to work, eff it. i'll do it. Stopped about the 6 month in because the itch was unbearable. My scalp was beet red and my dr said to stop
- Finasteride - 10 months. The first three months were great - the hair loss stopped and i noticed my hair on my crown was a bit thicker or they could've been new hairs. The unfortunate part here was that i fell into, well almost fell into, the very small % of people that feel the side effects. I don't think it's true that the side effects are permanent. Well they weren't for me, maybe it's because i caught it early. I was recently married and now trying to start a family so i wasn't going to risk anything that might get in the way so i stopped this
- Revivogen (the full kit for 6-7 months) - I had some overlap with the finasteride and during that time the two together were great. once i stopped the finasteride, there wasn't anything happening. it stayed the same which is great but i just got greedy.
- Regenepure KIT (5-6 months) - same thing as the Revivogen
- I started doing a lot of research towards the end of the finasteride era and during the shampoo phase. i started doing the following and have been doing so for over 2 years now:
1. combing/massaging/tapping techniques on a daily basis
2. I did an acid peel every few months
3. I used a series of topical products - emu, PSO, saw p, hyaluronic, apple poly, argon, tamanu, etc. This mix of topicals changed so many times. I apply a consolidated version of all this once to two times a day.
4. using a scalp roller 0.5mm - once a week
5. hot & cold showers
6. 1000mg of PSO every two days
7. stop wearing hats
8. cleaned up my diet - cut down on synthetic foods - i don't know if this actually helped but sh1t, i was seeing results and wasn't willing to give that up.
- 12 months from when i started the above, my crown was almost new. my receding hair line remained where it was but i didn't care about that because i read that's hard, if not impossible, to address.
I thought with all the success i've had that it's time to share it more publicly as opposed to just friends and acquaintances. For a long time, i kept this quiet because i didn't want anyone knowing that i was using something for my hair loss. i was really subconscious but as friends started feeling stressed about their hair loss, i had to say something. My goal in this all was to just keep what i have and i managed to do that while making my existing hair stronger.
