Gents, I'm going to throw this out there: I'm getting serious shedding with a combined seti + minoxidil regimen. It's persisted for about 6-8 weeks now, with now signs of lightening up.
I fully understand that shedding is a natural part of hair loss treatments. However, it's persisted long enough that I think this is relevant info for the forum, specifically because
@westonci seemed to be seeing results within 30-60 days. I certainly am not. In fact
my hair is way thinner now than when I started because I'm losing it at a rapid and unyielding rate.
I have very different hair than westonci - it's much longer (3 - 4 inches) and curly. The nature of my hair is such that it hides thinness, which is good, but it also makes before/after pics pretty worthless: they are impacted more by the way I style my hair and less by how think my hair is. However, the nature of my hair also means that I can notice shedding and the pace of hair loss way more than most guys with shorter, straighter hair, because it's more noticeable in the shower.
I've been counting the amount of hair I get in the shower. Before starting seti & minoxidil, I would say this number was no more than 25 or so total. I'm now at 50-100 hairs in the shower. Some days it feels like there's chunks of hair coming out.
My real fear here is a that these two things are both happening: 1) the seti is just not working, and 2) the minoxidil is causing shedding but won't result in regrowth that's strong enough to make up for the shedding I've experienced.
I'm going to tough this out for at least another month, but I want to throw this out there because no one else on here is really talking about this issue, and I think it's relevant.
