Full Head of Hair
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who has been on any hair loss treatments that has maintained/kept, and or grown back all of their hair? And I don't mean someone who has been on treatments for only 2 months.
Is there anyone
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socks
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NO ONE CAN REGROW THEIR ENTIRE TEENAGE LION'S MANE BACK
Neither current treatment or even a great hair transplant can give you 100% of your thickness/density back. The sooner you accept that very simple premise the sooner you can develop realistic expectations.
With current treatments it *IS* reasonable to expect a slowing down of the male pattern baldness process. It should also be possible to completely halt the progression of male pattern baldness so long as you are a good responder and you didnt wait too long to get on treatments.
Finally, it is reasonable to say that 60% or so of men on Finasteride do get some regrowth and thickening... While there are some "super" responders who make huge gains, you should keep *your* expectations to "moderate" regrowth/thickening IF you're one of those 60% who even get any regrowth/thickening.
Regardless of whether your an "average" responder or a "super" responder you will NEVER get all your hair back. That is just the way the ball bounces with current treatments.
I'm not trying to be a downer just wanting to give you the real low-down on treatments. I've been on Finasteride for about 14 months and been using Nizoral for about 10 months or so.
I personally responded well to treatments and I got some moderate thickening of existing hairs and, as of today, I am better off then where I was 14 months ago.
I have read plenty of post of guys who been on Finasteride 3 - 5 yrs + who are either maintaining or greatly slowed their male pattern baldness from progressing... The key is to stick with treatments and not to have unrealistic expectations!
Good luck
Neither current treatment or even a great hair transplant can give you 100% of your thickness/density back. The sooner you accept that very simple premise the sooner you can develop realistic expectations.
With current treatments it *IS* reasonable to expect a slowing down of the male pattern baldness process. It should also be possible to completely halt the progression of male pattern baldness so long as you are a good responder and you didnt wait too long to get on treatments.
Finally, it is reasonable to say that 60% or so of men on Finasteride do get some regrowth and thickening... While there are some "super" responders who make huge gains, you should keep *your* expectations to "moderate" regrowth/thickening IF you're one of those 60% who even get any regrowth/thickening.
Regardless of whether your an "average" responder or a "super" responder you will NEVER get all your hair back. That is just the way the ball bounces with current treatments.
I'm not trying to be a downer just wanting to give you the real low-down on treatments. I've been on Finasteride for about 14 months and been using Nizoral for about 10 months or so.
I personally responded well to treatments and I got some moderate thickening of existing hairs and, as of today, I am better off then where I was 14 months ago.
I have read plenty of post of guys who been on Finasteride 3 - 5 yrs + who are either maintaining or greatly slowed their male pattern baldness from progressing... The key is to stick with treatments and not to have unrealistic expectations!
Good luck
Greg1
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Full Head Of Hair, no, I have not grown back all of my hair, but I have maintained and also have seen my hair quality, health and some vellus hairs pigment and grow. I've been using Low Level Laser Therapy for the last two and a half years. Results so far have been something to write home about
Full Head of Hair
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Thx for the replies guys. The reason I ask is I'm 23, and started treatments 3 weeks ago. I have (as my name suggests) a full head of hair. I have very minor recession on my right temple and very minor thinning on top. I only noticed this because I'm extremely vain and check my hair out everyday for like the past 5 years :lol:
Basically I'm asking, since I caught this at the very beginning, can I keep all that I got now if I'm a good responder?
Basically I'm asking, since I caught this at the very beginning, can I keep all that I got now if I'm a good responder?
Full Head of Hair
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Anyone else maintain what they have for 6 plus months with no recession?
The Gardener
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Yes. A year and a half of maintenance, and steady improvement as well.
Full Head of Hair
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Thanx Gardener, I like hearing from you, you seem to be very knowlegable about hair loss and its treaments.
GeminiX
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Interestingly, over the recent bank holiday a pal and I did a "Per-Square-Inch" count on my head (Not on my own, hehe). If I include the hairs which are only slightly thicker than vellus, we worked out that I have regained about 65% of my hairs in the last 18 months.
This does take some liberties, namely:
- The thicker hairs will continue to mature.
- The "measurements" were taken from at least two inches from my current hairline, and not counting any area recently treated by hair transplant.
- Vellus hair on the "mature" sample were also not counted.
We'll do the test again in another six months.
This does take some liberties, namely:
- The thicker hairs will continue to mature.
- The "measurements" were taken from at least two inches from my current hairline, and not counting any area recently treated by hair transplant.
- Vellus hair on the "mature" sample were also not counted.
We'll do the test again in another six months.
Full Head of Hair
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Good for you, hope your treatments continue to work