Hi there
I’ve been thinning on top for about 10 years and have used minoxidil 5% for a couple of years with ‘some’ success. Get some regrowth but still very thin compared to normal. I’ve got exactly the same active / inactive follicles as my father….so it’s definitely genetic as opposed to other factors.
My question is this. I recently tried growing what hair was left to see if it would look a bit better (normally shave my hair) and noticed that 'some' hair grow to their full length and i can literally count those hairs on 2 hands. However in direct sunlight, i recently noticed that the rest of the hair (most but not all) 'do' exist but don’t grow beyond a certain length as i think they keep falling out after reaching a critical point. Out of curiosity i was reading about how body hair knows ‘when’ to stop growing as opposed to head hair which normally goes on and on. Body hair grows a bit then falls out to be replaced by other hair giving you the illusion that its the same hair and stops at a certain length. Anyway, getting to the point - it ‘seems’ as though this is happening to my head hair (maybe?) but the loss supersedes the gains per unit time. Seems weird that i’ve got a fair load of hair, but it grows then falls out...repeatedly, so it stays thin - even though the follicles 'seem' to be permanently active.
With this in mind, i was wondering whether this is a ‘different type’ of thinning which may have some sort of treatment other than the usual minoxidils etc. I’m not going any drastic route, really i’m not *so* bothered about it - but if something could be done, then better than not! And i’m not into witchcraft, jizz, lemon and egg mixes etc.
Thanks for any recommendations! Cheers...
I’ve been thinning on top for about 10 years and have used minoxidil 5% for a couple of years with ‘some’ success. Get some regrowth but still very thin compared to normal. I’ve got exactly the same active / inactive follicles as my father….so it’s definitely genetic as opposed to other factors.
My question is this. I recently tried growing what hair was left to see if it would look a bit better (normally shave my hair) and noticed that 'some' hair grow to their full length and i can literally count those hairs on 2 hands. However in direct sunlight, i recently noticed that the rest of the hair (most but not all) 'do' exist but don’t grow beyond a certain length as i think they keep falling out after reaching a critical point. Out of curiosity i was reading about how body hair knows ‘when’ to stop growing as opposed to head hair which normally goes on and on. Body hair grows a bit then falls out to be replaced by other hair giving you the illusion that its the same hair and stops at a certain length. Anyway, getting to the point - it ‘seems’ as though this is happening to my head hair (maybe?) but the loss supersedes the gains per unit time. Seems weird that i’ve got a fair load of hair, but it grows then falls out...repeatedly, so it stays thin - even though the follicles 'seem' to be permanently active.
With this in mind, i was wondering whether this is a ‘different type’ of thinning which may have some sort of treatment other than the usual minoxidils etc. I’m not going any drastic route, really i’m not *so* bothered about it - but if something could be done, then better than not! And i’m not into witchcraft, jizz, lemon and egg mixes etc.
Thanks for any recommendations! Cheers...
