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he's lost density but has good coverage.
not any more, no.
he's lost density but has good coverage.
no op is a troll
it's quite obvious who the troll is in this thread. Stop being annoying dude.
sorry dude, didn't mean to call you annoying, I am in a bad mood. Your boner jokes make me lol. haha
my trolling is meant to lift both our spirits man
im not sure what else to do at this point
the thinning in my donor is so f*****g bad right now its almost as thin as my balding on top
i will have like 6 hairs left on my scalp in less than 10 years time
truly revolting
will everyone shut the f*** up? I mean please? This post is about horrendous, unbearable scalp inflammation and methods to remedy it... not about your critiquing my rotting birds nest.
It would b helpful for people like myself who believe inflammation is one of the keys to addressing hair loss. Would be interesting to see how much this inflammation has affected your hair and if permanent transplanted hair is affected. There are many here that still will claim scalp itching and inflammation and scalp conditions do not affect hair loss.
no, inflammation does not affect hair loss, it happens BECAUSE of hair loss. Androgens are raping my scalp (because of finasteride) directly causing my hair to fall out and miniaturize... inflammation is a response to the injury. That's what I believe. Why else would finasteride cause such immediate and direct inflammation, only in the NW7 pattern?
Probably another futile post, but I HAVE to keep trying. I tried finasteride for a year in 2015 which caused unexplainable inflammation, which continues to this day.
It's unbearable. I can't cope with this.
Now, it is this INTENSE pressure throughout the entire hair line. Like blood is just rushing to the area all the time. Burning also. I have itching and crawling through midscalp and crown, which basically stops on the sides and back in the NW7 pattern. Still losing way too much hair throughout.
Here's what I've tried religiously.
-minoxidil
-stemox
-antiinflammatory supplements - curcumin, tumeric, etc...
- sprays - metaderm
The only thing that ACTUALLY works is drinking, which I cannot continue to do. If I don't drink, my nights are a nightmare just because of the horrendous inflammation.
1) I had a blood test about a year ago. Everything came back completely normal. Not much with my body has changed. I had scalp inflammation then and I have the same now. For some reason it has now almost completely decimated my hair line.
2) yes, it's the androgenic pattern, including almost half way down the back, like my father. Also on the sides but higher up.
3) Started thinning in the crown and left hair line probably about 25-26. The crown became noticeably thinner and the left hair line pretty thin at about 30. Got an hair transplant to fix the left hair line at 31. I am now 35. Have been on minoxidil for like 6-7 years, with no issues ever. I believe it kinda works for me.
4) I eat healthy and work out extremely intensely. By extreme, I mean hardcore HIIT for 1-2 hours, non stop per day. I am still overweight. Don't know my BMI, I am 5'9" about 190lbs, thick muscular frame covered in a layer of fat. overall, my heart rate is good, my cholesterol is good, my blood pressure has gone up after gaining weight. I do drink almost every night.
-Tried RU for almost a year. 5% concentration in both stemox and minoxidil. This was 2016. I attempted fina in 2015 also for a year. I also attempted microdosing it this year from about march-august. Throughout that time, even though I was on like .05mg / eod, my scalp went crazy and my hair thinned even worst. I have now been off it for almost four months. I LITERALLY have no native hair remaining on the left side of my head, from the hair line and two inches back. You pull it up and see about 50 thick transplants spaced evenly about .5cm apart. Looks pretty weird man.
I tried dutasteride for a couple weeks last year... My scalp went insane beyond belief. I simply could not even physically deal with it. Massive inflammation immediately.
THE ONLY THING I know for sure is that my scalp inflammation and my sex drive are directly correlated. For example if I don't masterbate for a day, my scalp feels better. If I masterbate twice, it feels a lot worst. Whenever my balls tingle, I know I am about to get burning, crawling intensely in my scalp. Sounds like a joke or a riddle or something? it's totally true man. I just think for myself, testosterone rapes my scalp, even more than DHT. When I was on finasteride, my DHT plummeted, but my T went up. I have said on here several times, I want to reduce my testosterone.
Okay that's all helpful. Then your options are simple.
1) RU 7.5-10% 2 ml twice daily
2) Darolutamide 0.25% 2 ml once daily
Plus you could add desloratadine 1% to either of the above.
Obviously option #2 is far likelier to succeed since it can completely castrate your scalp against both test and dht in a way no other treatment can.
Worked for me when nothing else did.
where do I get Darolutamide? How does it work, by binding to the AR, like RU? What are systemic side effects? I don't know man. I have become so apathetic at this point, it's just hard for me to even want to try anything.
Sorry about your apathy but I've already made a thousand really long and detailed posts about it in the daro thread and I can't make them all again here.
In short yes it is an androgen receptive antagonist like RU. But that's as far as the comparison can go.
Maybe take a break, and when you have the mental energy, read through the thread start to finish to decide if you'd rather do that or be shaved bald.
If your problem is androgenic, topical daro is nuclear. It's not a matter of if it can solve the problem. It's just a matter of dose, risks, and costs, which you will have to evaluate for yourself.
ok, ill check out your thread. seriously, thanks for all the advice and encouragement !!
No worries man. If you have specific questions after reading let me know.
Also I saw you followed me. Trust me you don't want to do that. 90% of my posts at this point are just me shitposting about hating being short and ugly. All the "big thinking" I was ever going to do for hair is done and over with. I'm just here to rot now until I'm bored of it. Your choice of course, but I don't think you'll want to read too much of that.
Tried topical Dutasteride mesotherapy with shots once every 3 months as recent studies have done ?
Nobody had sides.