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Well, i will like to give a shot to the hair system, but in case something goes wrong, i will continue using propecia, becouse i stil have hair, am nw3,
thanks a lot for your replies
thanks a lot for your replies
Anyone Have Use A Hair System While Using Propecia?
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Wouldn't having a hair system bonded to your scalp be unhealthy for hair growth? Can't apply topicals anymore either. My impression was that once you go system you have to forfeit remaining hair unless you wear a take on and off every night wig.
Noah
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No, it shouldn't be if you keep it hygienic. Systems only damage your growing hair through traction alopecia, but that doesn't happen if you shave and use glue or tape direct onto your scalp, with changes every 7-14 days. I still have hair under my system which I have to buzz off every week, and there is no sign of it getting any weaker because of the piece.
The Hair Club methodology does cause traction alopecia, because they superglue the system a month at a time to a buzzed track of hair, but there are so many reasons not to use that technique.
Strongly agree with Shookwun - gotta keep those sides healthy if you want the piece to look good.
The Hair Club methodology does cause traction alopecia, because they superglue the system a month at a time to a buzzed track of hair, but there are so many reasons not to use that technique.
Strongly agree with Shookwun - gotta keep those sides healthy if you want the piece to look good.
Hi Noah, I don't understand what is the difference between the "Hair Club Methodology" and the regular methodology (maybe because my english is not perfect and I don't really understand what "buzzed track of hair" really means)
Isn't it the normal methodology to glue the system to a buzzed head?
Noah
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Hi Mompo
With the "ordinary" method you clear your bald area of any remaining weak hair, and then you glue or tape the hairpiece to your scalp. With the Hair Club methodology they clear your bald area of any remaining weak hair as normal, but then they also buzz down a 2 centimetre strip of your good growing hair all around the bald area, and they glue the hairpiece to the hair on that strip. The significant point is that the glue they use is basically superglue - cyanoacrylic glue - which cannot be used on skin, so they have to stick it to hair instead. Consequently (1) the attachment lasts for a month at a time, (2) you can't take the hairpiece off, only they can, so you are dependent on them, (3) you are obliged to come back for regular appointments (more money for them), (4) when you do come back for your monthly 'service' you have a month's worth of dead skin and muck under your base, (5) the track hair grows out during the month, and so the piece gets loose, (6) the hairpiece has to be pretty tough to withstand being in place for a whole month at a time without maintenance, with a thick base and loads of hair - exactly the opposite of the delicate lace pieces which are the most natural and undetectable. All bad stuff, and for their benefit, not the wearer's.
Good luck with your transition, incidentally. I hope the tattooing goes well.
Noah
With the "ordinary" method you clear your bald area of any remaining weak hair, and then you glue or tape the hairpiece to your scalp. With the Hair Club methodology they clear your bald area of any remaining weak hair as normal, but then they also buzz down a 2 centimetre strip of your good growing hair all around the bald area, and they glue the hairpiece to the hair on that strip. The significant point is that the glue they use is basically superglue - cyanoacrylic glue - which cannot be used on skin, so they have to stick it to hair instead. Consequently (1) the attachment lasts for a month at a time, (2) you can't take the hairpiece off, only they can, so you are dependent on them, (3) you are obliged to come back for regular appointments (more money for them), (4) when you do come back for your monthly 'service' you have a month's worth of dead skin and muck under your base, (5) the track hair grows out during the month, and so the piece gets loose, (6) the hairpiece has to be pretty tough to withstand being in place for a whole month at a time without maintenance, with a thick base and loads of hair - exactly the opposite of the delicate lace pieces which are the most natural and undetectable. All bad stuff, and for their benefit, not the wearer's.
Good luck with your transition, incidentally. I hope the tattooing goes well.
Noah
Hi Noah,
So if I understood correctly they put glue only around the balding area and not on it because the glue has to stick to hair? Because otherwise it does sound a little bit like what my hair saloon has been doing to me for a little bit more than a year... I was going there only once a month to clean and reattach the system. Is this methodology exclusively used by the company "Hair Club"? Sorry for all these questions haha I'm just trying to be sure that it is not the same thing that I have been doing because I really hope I haven't caused traction alopecia to my hair...
Thank you for everything Noah, I wish you to be happy as long as possible with your system before a cure hopefully comes out.
By the way, I just wanted to tell the little story about why I had to quit wearing (even though I was thinking about it for a while) : A close friend of mine that was unemployed after quitting his job had the great idea to become a hair dresser for my friends. He does it very well and he already cut the hair of many friends of mine. And guess what?.. He is very excited to cut my beautiful head of thick hair and is constantly telling me that he is waiting for me...
So finally my only solution if I dont want to get busted is to stop wearing, shave my head, get smp to make my hair look full and tell people that it is my new style and I give zero f****
So if I understood correctly they put glue only around the balding area and not on it because the glue has to stick to hair? Because otherwise it does sound a little bit like what my hair saloon has been doing to me for a little bit more than a year... I was going there only once a month to clean and reattach the system. Is this methodology exclusively used by the company "Hair Club"? Sorry for all these questions haha I'm just trying to be sure that it is not the same thing that I have been doing because I really hope I haven't caused traction alopecia to my hair...
Thank you for everything Noah, I wish you to be happy as long as possible with your system before a cure hopefully comes out.
By the way, I just wanted to tell the little story about why I had to quit wearing (even though I was thinking about it for a while) : A close friend of mine that was unemployed after quitting his job had the great idea to become a hair dresser for my friends. He does it very well and he already cut the hair of many friends of mine. And guess what?.. He is very excited to cut my beautiful head of thick hair and is constantly telling me that he is waiting for me...
So finally my only solution if I dont want to get busted is to stop wearing, shave my head, get smp to make my hair look full and tell people that it is my new style and I give zero f****
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Hi Mompo
Aach, what an awkward situation! It's lucky you were planning to ditch the piece anyway. It would be bad to be forced into such a drastic move.
The Hair Club method, as I call it, is not confined to Hairclub. I had it done to me by a different salon when I first began to wear. I think it is pretty typical of the once-a-month salons. No other kind of glue can be relied upon to stick tight for a solid month. These salons are basically selling the idea that you get your hair back and you don't have to do anything. You don't even have to see yourself bald again if you don't want to - they will do everything, and you just have to think what designerish hairstyle you want today. It's a fallacy of course.
So your piece was stuck direct to your skin, but for a month at a time; is that right? If so, it sounds like it must be cyanoacrylic glue, but maybe they have found a type which can be stuck direct to skin now, rather than to a hair track. My experience is from nearly 5 years ago. How did they get your piece off - did they use clippers, or solvent?
Anyway, if they were sticking the piece direct to bald scalp, I don't think traction alopecia is an issue. That only occurs because they sometimes stick to good growing hair.
Let us know how the tattooing goes, and how you find the transition.
Noah
Aach, what an awkward situation! It's lucky you were planning to ditch the piece anyway. It would be bad to be forced into such a drastic move.
The Hair Club method, as I call it, is not confined to Hairclub. I had it done to me by a different salon when I first began to wear. I think it is pretty typical of the once-a-month salons. No other kind of glue can be relied upon to stick tight for a solid month. These salons are basically selling the idea that you get your hair back and you don't have to do anything. You don't even have to see yourself bald again if you don't want to - they will do everything, and you just have to think what designerish hairstyle you want today. It's a fallacy of course.
So your piece was stuck direct to your skin, but for a month at a time; is that right? If so, it sounds like it must be cyanoacrylic glue, but maybe they have found a type which can be stuck direct to skin now, rather than to a hair track. My experience is from nearly 5 years ago. How did they get your piece off - did they use clippers, or solvent?
Anyway, if they were sticking the piece direct to bald scalp, I don't think traction alopecia is an issue. That only occurs because they sometimes stick to good growing hair.
Let us know how the tattooing goes, and how you find the transition.
Noah
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You could always take minoxidil orally if you want a growth stimulant in your routine. Growing hair while wearing hair 