Where Did It Go?
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Hi All.
My male pattern baldness started I think when I was in my 20's after taking Accutane. From that point onward, I was losing a ton of hair in the shower every day but since there was so much I thought it was normal and I never noticed any difference. When I was 28 I finally noticed the thinning in the mirror and went to the derm who gave me Proscar. I took it for a few weeks, got sexual sides so I quit. The hair loss slowly progressed and now looks really bad.
I am living overseas now and went to see the derm/hair loss clinic here. He gave me Proscar and I started on Minoxidil 5% shipped from ebay. I also use Nizoral 2% every 3 days. For the first few months I was not getting a shed and the hair appeared to be thicker, but then for the last two weeks it is all shedding. I am freaking out because I expected it at the beginning, not so far along into taking the meds.
I saw the derm today to get a price on a transplant, he was pushing FUT and said that if I want FUE it would be 2.5 times more expensive. But he said my donor hair at the back is only 100cm2 and the average Caucasian is 80cm2 so he can only transplant about 5000 hairs. The price for FUT would be about $10,000 Canadian if I do the conversion. I am thinking of just forgetting about it and wait on the meds. He told me to wait about 6 months for finasteride results but I guess I am a little impatient.
I have 2 main questions
1. I see a lot of people are posting different things in their regimen, is there something other than the big 3 that you think makes a marked difference in your treatment. What is it and why?
2. I bought Tretinoin cream and mixed it in with the minoxidil and shook it together, it appears to have mixed. When I saw my scalp on the follicular camera, it appears to be caked with dead skin and doesn't look very healthy. I figure the Tretinoin cream would remove the dead layer of skin and perhaps allow the hair to breathe. I have heard of people mixing Tretinoin but does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks..
My male pattern baldness started I think when I was in my 20's after taking Accutane. From that point onward, I was losing a ton of hair in the shower every day but since there was so much I thought it was normal and I never noticed any difference. When I was 28 I finally noticed the thinning in the mirror and went to the derm who gave me Proscar. I took it for a few weeks, got sexual sides so I quit. The hair loss slowly progressed and now looks really bad.
I am living overseas now and went to see the derm/hair loss clinic here. He gave me Proscar and I started on Minoxidil 5% shipped from ebay. I also use Nizoral 2% every 3 days. For the first few months I was not getting a shed and the hair appeared to be thicker, but then for the last two weeks it is all shedding. I am freaking out because I expected it at the beginning, not so far along into taking the meds.
I saw the derm today to get a price on a transplant, he was pushing FUT and said that if I want FUE it would be 2.5 times more expensive. But he said my donor hair at the back is only 100cm2 and the average Caucasian is 80cm2 so he can only transplant about 5000 hairs. The price for FUT would be about $10,000 Canadian if I do the conversion. I am thinking of just forgetting about it and wait on the meds. He told me to wait about 6 months for finasteride results but I guess I am a little impatient.
I have 2 main questions
1. I see a lot of people are posting different things in their regimen, is there something other than the big 3 that you think makes a marked difference in your treatment. What is it and why?
2. I bought Tretinoin cream and mixed it in with the minoxidil and shook it together, it appears to have mixed. When I saw my scalp on the follicular camera, it appears to be caked with dead skin and doesn't look very healthy. I figure the Tretinoin cream would remove the dead layer of skin and perhaps allow the hair to breathe. I have heard of people mixing Tretinoin but does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks..