Vellus hair in 4 weeks and then nothing in 1 year... I'm pretty confident you will be able to conclude alone whether those vellus were there at baseline or not...That pic is actually 4 weeks into his regimen, NOT baseline. Vellus hairs popping up in that amount of time is typical. Them actually starting to grow into something more than vellus doesn't happen until many months later in.
Always the same arguments with the same results. Please feel free to waste your time with ST protocol. "Many hair cycles", do you know how long is a hair cycle?Suddenly? No, it'll take many hair cycles, thickening ever so slightly each time. And it'll only happen to those vellus hairs that are right next to already terminal hairs, where the scalp produces less PGD2. Why is this so hard for some of you to understand?
Suddenly? No, it'll take many hair cycles, thickening ever so slightly each time. And it'll only happen to those vellus hairs that are right next to already terminal hairs, where the scalp produces less PGD2. Why is this so hard for some of you to understand?
Suddenly? No, it'll take many hair cycles, thickening ever so slightly each time. And it'll only happen to those vellus hairs that are right next to already terminal hairs, where the scalp produces less PGD2. Why is this so hard for some of you to understand?
Suddenly? No, it'll take many hair cycles, thickening ever so slightly each time. And it'll only happen to those vellus hairs that are right next to already terminal hairs, where the scalp produces less PGD2. Why is this so hard for some of you to understand?
That's interesting because the pictures I just posted of the transgender hair regrowth was extremely rapid. The bottom one was in a time span of 10 months.
Secondly have you even observed enough results? For instance... People always get great results in the first year if they adopt a regimen of finasteride/minoxidil. If they don't have those awesome regrowth result in the first year they'll highly likely almost certainly won't have that awesome regrowth later on.
Observations contradict your statement.
Also read the following study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11511857
Evidence is presented to support a new concept that miniaturization is an abrupt, large-step process that also can be reversed in 1 hair cycle, as has been shown clinically, with confirmatory histologic evidence, in patients with pattern hair loss responding to finasteride treatment. It is hypothesized that the miniaturization seen with pattern hair loss may be the direct result of reduction in the cell number and, hence, size of the dermal papilla.
Vellus hair in 4 weeks and then nothing in 1 year... I'm pretty confident you will be able to conclude alone whether those vellus were there at baseline or not...
Always the same arguments with the same results. Please feel free to waste your time with ST protocol. "Many hair cycles", do you know how long is a hair cycle?
4 weeks to get vellus, many hair cycles to get them terminal. This is a revolution.
Step back and think for a second, if it has taken him one year to get this far how long to you think it will take him to get to NW1? The answer is never as he will be dead before he even gets close. Hence the word suddenly.
The Garza/Cotsarelis, et al study is exactly that, a scientifically backed theory. And no one's selling sh*t. If you come to the conclusion too that PGD2 restricts growth and you want to try counteracting that and hopefully getting yourself some regrowth, go buy a CRTH2 antagonist wherever the f*** you can find it.I will "understand" when I see a scientifically backed theory rather than some hypothesis peddled by the guys selling this stuff.
That's interesting because the pictures I just posted of the transgender hair regrowth was extremely rapid. The bottom one was in a time span of 10 months.
Secondly have you even observed enough results? For instance... People always get great results in the first year if they adopt a regimen of finasteride/minoxidil. If they don't have those awesome regrowth result in the first year they'll highly likely almost certainly won't have that awesome regrowth later on.
Observations contradict your statement.
Also read the following study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11511857
Evidence is presented to support a new concept that miniaturization is an abrupt, large-step process that also can be reversed in 1 hair cycle, as has been shown clinically, with confirmatory histologic evidence, in patients with pattern hair loss responding to finasteride treatment. It is hypothesized that the miniaturization seen with pattern hair loss may be the direct result of reduction in the cell number and, hence, size of the dermal papilla.
I'd go further and say 3-6 months. That was certainly the case for me as once it kicked in the month on month changes where so great that I was confident I was going to gain nearly two norwoods in one year. Unfortunately that wasn't the case but the point being that any proper cure should show new terminal hairs growing pretty quickly in the same way that hair transplants regrow terminal hairs once they go into telogen after being transplanted.
The Garza/Cotsarelis, et al study is exactly that, a scientifically backed theory.
I'll continue my regrowth w/ my current regimen, then once (hopefully) achieved, drop it all besides a daily dutasteride pill (or strong CRTH2 antagonist if/when available/affordable).
reentering anagen rather than vellus becoming terminal, which would actually explain your study's assertion that it can be reversed in 1 hair cycle.
It's not like like they have an improvement of like 20% in the first year then 20% in the subsequent year and then 20%, so forth. Nah the massive improvement almost always happens rapidly in the first year (of course I'm talking about a static regimen in the time frame itself).
As you admitted above, your regimen failed, yet you tear this one apart for not working in the same time frame. Obviously Westonci isn't expecting successful results in 3 - 6 months like you, @Stupidon and @Swoop. But he's not using finasteride/min either. If you're looking for finasteride/min-like results and consider anything else a failure, why not go elsewhere in the new research section and complain about how those treatments aren't coming out fast enough? He's doing the best he can w/ the treatments he's comfortable w/ and w/ what's available at this time. What's the point in shitposting all over his thread?
I don't know if/when he'll get to NW1. He's not on an AA and he's using a very weak CRTH2 antagonist at lesser amounts than the current trial. May not be enough oomph to counteract the high PGD2 levels in his bald scalp. He may have better luck w/ Fevi, but we'll have to wait and see if that's enough too.
The Garza/Cotsarelis, et al study is exactly that, a scientifically backed theory. And no one's selling sh*t. If you come to the conclusion too that PGD2 restricts growth and you want to try counteracting that and hopefully getting yourself some regrowth, go buy a CRTH2 antagonist wherever the f*** you can find it.
Where did you get topical estradiol? I can't find it anywhere online.It's true. When I used topical estradiol/prednisolone I started seeing vellus on temples by the 2-3 week mark and by the 2 month mark I had already grown back close to an entire norwood. I had to stop due to the side effects sadly. I didn't even use an anti-androgen at the time, just E2.
If I had used RU concurrently I would've probably been able to use less estrogen and get better results. In fact I might try that.
When you have the right compound the regrowth starts to happen pretty quickly.
It's not a theory it's a hypothesis: http://i.imgur.com/ujqSDHS.png
See whats written in big letters at the top? "Working hypothesis of PGD2's role in hair loss.
Garza/Cotsarelis wouldn't dare to argue like you that it's a "scientifically backed theory".
In fact Garza clearly describes:
"All the above is good evidence for the importance of PGD2 in the pathogenesis of Androgenetic Alopecia. The next question is the exact degree of importance. Is PGD2 the dominant agent which is downstream of testosterone and inhibits hair growth? Or is it one of many agents and itself only a minor contributor to Androgenetic Alopecia."
At this present moment arguing that PGD2 entails itself as a major contributor in Androgenetic Alopecia is a very weak position to be in honestly. I bet every hair loss researcher agrees with this including Cotsarelis. Nonetheless, you can start calling it a theory when you have very solid data to back it up.
"Hope", yes that works. People always hope. That's in reality whats dictating you thoughts, your feelings, not your rationality. There is nothing wrong with that. The funny thing is that you stretch this hope even further by hoping that you might maintain all the growth by dropping everything and then going on dutasteride. Keep your both feet on the ground mate, just start with your regrowth. I wish you luck.
Doesn't really matter even if the reversal was due to hair follicle cycle alteration of telogen > anagen, crude observations clearly show that reversal of miniaturization can happen extremely fast and almost in every case always does. The lucky transgenders who have massive regrowth in miniaturized areas are testament to this and also the lucky few that use practical regimens like finasteride & minoxidil.
It's not like like they have an improvement of like 20% in the first year then 20% in the subsequent year and then 20%, so forth. Nah the massive improvement almost always happens rapidly in the first year (of course I'm talking about a static regimen in the time frame itself).