Can hairloss really be stopped?

[Revolver123]

I'm an NW1 ready to start doing treatments because my frontal is thinning.

Question is, if I do all the treatments and do them diligently, can I really really really stop hereditary hair loss? I think it sounds farfetched..

Or is reality more like I can only slow it down.......

If that's the truth, how much can I slow it down?

Because once you're NW2, it is socially noticable that you are going bald, which sucks.

So I want to be NW1 forever...

 

[CCS]

Depends on your genetics. Some guys will get thicker, some will stay the same, some will decline more slowly. Look at the propecia 5 year graph to see the average. Add nizoral too. Maybe add spironolactone to your hairline, since it is most likely to bald to strongly for propecia to stop. Do not get on minoxidil until later, if you want more hair. Minoxidil does not maintain at all. It just makes hair thicker while you use it. You'd got bald just as fast as the next guy if you only used minoxidil, but you'd have more hair at any given time than him.

 

[decro435]

Depends how sensitive your hair is to DHT.

People who bald younger have more sensitive hairs.

 

[s.a.f]

Because once you're NW2, it is socially noticable that you are going bald,

No there are much more NW2's than any other Norwood. NW2 is the most common hairline, there are planty of teenagers with NW2 hairlines who will probably never go bald.

 

[follicle84]

No there are much more NW2's than any other Norwood. NW2 is the most common hairline, there are planty of teenagers with NW2 hairlines who will probably never go bald.

:agree:

A solid norwood 1 is completelly unrealistic. Personally i dont think being a norwood 1 forever will look good when your over 30. That type of hairline is generally found in boys and few men. You can even be born a norwood 2 although thats not common.

 

[CCS]

Tom Cruise is a NW1. I saw an even lower NW1 on a shampoo commercial. It does look good even in old age. Just no point in setting your hopes on something you can't have. The only way you can have it is if you stop your hairloss, get FUE into your NW1 area, and get BHT into the holes the FUE came from so you don't thin out your sides too much. Then put more BHT between the NW1 FUE. That is my goal eventually. It can be really expensive though. And the difference between you and me is I'm 29 and have been stable on finasteride and nizoral for almost 6 years now. I know I'm a good responder to minoxidil, I just don't want to use it right now. I haven't even tapped thickening shampoos.

 

[follicle84]

What would you say christian slater, michael J fox, arnold shwartznegger are? They are easilly norwood two's and have been for many years. Norwood two is the most common hairline across men. Anyways CCS norwood two isnt even bad why would you want to be a norwood one. I'd understand if you were 18 but your 29. Your hairline from your pics looks great and i'd leave it at that. I think norwood 2 shows maturity and is not something to stress over. Im personally a norwood 2 -2.5V and dont see it as bad anymore now that i've grown up. The only problem i have with my hairline is the fact my fringe is thinning and is quite easilly on its way to a norwood 3. Wanting to be a norwood one is just superficial for a man of your age no offense.