bababa
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Hi all,
I've been checking the site for about a month or so.... I gotta say I think its great. It's so awesome seein and hearing everyones experiences on this so taboo a subject...
Anyway's, I thought I'd give my 2 cents on my wee story and pose a question or two to the seasoned battlers, winning the war agains male pattern baldness. There is a little history of hair loss in my family, but it seems to skip men very often, so its a bit of a hit or a miss if your born into it. My old dad, whos 55, started lossin his hair in his 20's, but even at the grand old age of 55, still have a nice fine layer over the majority of his head, the same can be said about my grandad on my mums side.
Anyways, about a 1 or so ago, I noticed my temples were starting to charge a little, and the number of hairs in my comb when I brushed my hair were gettin a little worrying (40-50 in the shower!)... I stress about it for about 6 months and then decided to bite the bullet and go get it checked at my local GP (I have noticed a few of my friends my age also starting to loss their hair, so I kinda put 2 and 2 together). SO, at the age of 22 (23 in a month) I was sent to the dermo who put me on Proscar, cut into 1/4s taken once daily...
It's been 6 and a bit months, and so far my hair loss has either stopped, or has slowed significantly. Now rather than combing out 40-50 hairs in the shower, its more a dozen or so... So far so good! However, I really don't see much hope in the restoration of my once great NW1 hairline on just this treatment. Though the recession is minor (probably a 1cm on oneside and a little more on the other), I really want to try and stimulate hte fine miniturized hairs left to regrow to their once thick blonde glory...
Anyways, after reading this forums, I have decided to try minoxidil.... Today I went to a hair specialist in Perth (A+M) to see what advice they had. Now I know their game, so I went in loaded with questions as well as lot of info I have gather over the net, so after about 5 mins, the guy knew he wasn't dealing with an idiot whom he could sell his over priced regimes too. After hearing his little shpill, I told him flat out I didn't want it, but that I wanted to try minoxidil, and I wanted what was most successful, quick drying (I'm very active with sport and love the beach), and easiest to apply. I suggested to him that I would like to look at the Rogain foam, but he was at a loss to what it was (never heard of it), so I had to explain to him what it was all about (lol, that didn't look good on his behalf)... Anyway's, he told me that because I had caught it so early, I shouldn't have a problem gettin my hairline back to at least a much more straight/sysmetrical look....
He offered my generic minoxidil (7% with Ret-A 0.01%) that could only be bought with a perscription (which they provided lol) created by their company. From the photos he showed (those on a similar regime to what I'm wishin to go on) it seems the sh*t is pretty good. However what took me by surprise was the price... a 2 month dose is worth $190 Aus!!!! He explained to me that it was because Ret-A is perscription based in this country and your dose level will be tailored. Anyways, I thought what the hell... even though I'm a student for another year, whats a $100 a month (one night on the piss usually).
What do you guys think, particularly those other Australians on the forum, or those that have dealt with A+M? It would be great for some input, and perhaps some advice on what I should do... The cost is the main factor, but I was told by the sales guy that I only have to apply this stuff once a day (2ml) and that it is dry in an hour (so if I do it in the morning I can still hit up the beach in the morning)...
Thanks guys
I've been checking the site for about a month or so.... I gotta say I think its great. It's so awesome seein and hearing everyones experiences on this so taboo a subject...
Anyway's, I thought I'd give my 2 cents on my wee story and pose a question or two to the seasoned battlers, winning the war agains male pattern baldness. There is a little history of hair loss in my family, but it seems to skip men very often, so its a bit of a hit or a miss if your born into it. My old dad, whos 55, started lossin his hair in his 20's, but even at the grand old age of 55, still have a nice fine layer over the majority of his head, the same can be said about my grandad on my mums side.
Anyways, about a 1 or so ago, I noticed my temples were starting to charge a little, and the number of hairs in my comb when I brushed my hair were gettin a little worrying (40-50 in the shower!)... I stress about it for about 6 months and then decided to bite the bullet and go get it checked at my local GP (I have noticed a few of my friends my age also starting to loss their hair, so I kinda put 2 and 2 together). SO, at the age of 22 (23 in a month) I was sent to the dermo who put me on Proscar, cut into 1/4s taken once daily...
It's been 6 and a bit months, and so far my hair loss has either stopped, or has slowed significantly. Now rather than combing out 40-50 hairs in the shower, its more a dozen or so... So far so good! However, I really don't see much hope in the restoration of my once great NW1 hairline on just this treatment. Though the recession is minor (probably a 1cm on oneside and a little more on the other), I really want to try and stimulate hte fine miniturized hairs left to regrow to their once thick blonde glory...
Anyways, after reading this forums, I have decided to try minoxidil.... Today I went to a hair specialist in Perth (A+M) to see what advice they had. Now I know their game, so I went in loaded with questions as well as lot of info I have gather over the net, so after about 5 mins, the guy knew he wasn't dealing with an idiot whom he could sell his over priced regimes too. After hearing his little shpill, I told him flat out I didn't want it, but that I wanted to try minoxidil, and I wanted what was most successful, quick drying (I'm very active with sport and love the beach), and easiest to apply. I suggested to him that I would like to look at the Rogain foam, but he was at a loss to what it was (never heard of it), so I had to explain to him what it was all about (lol, that didn't look good on his behalf)... Anyway's, he told me that because I had caught it so early, I shouldn't have a problem gettin my hairline back to at least a much more straight/sysmetrical look....
He offered my generic minoxidil (7% with Ret-A 0.01%) that could only be bought with a perscription (which they provided lol) created by their company. From the photos he showed (those on a similar regime to what I'm wishin to go on) it seems the sh*t is pretty good. However what took me by surprise was the price... a 2 month dose is worth $190 Aus!!!! He explained to me that it was because Ret-A is perscription based in this country and your dose level will be tailored. Anyways, I thought what the hell... even though I'm a student for another year, whats a $100 a month (one night on the piss usually).
What do you guys think, particularly those other Australians on the forum, or those that have dealt with A+M? It would be great for some input, and perhaps some advice on what I should do... The cost is the main factor, but I was told by the sales guy that I only have to apply this stuff once a day (2ml) and that it is dry in an hour (so if I do it in the morning I can still hit up the beach in the morning)...
Thanks guys
