Moosetache
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(Sorry if this is long, I wanted to keep it short but I failed miserably...)
So, like many people on this board, I used to have thick luscious hair. So thick in fact that, every time I went for a haircut, the hairdresser would make a comment about it and proceed with thinning it out. It seems so unreal to me now as I've lost a considerable amount of hair.
My hair-loss probably started sometime around 18-20 years old, I remember shedding a lot of hair in the shower and when I was styling it, not thinking much of it and therefore it progressed unnoticed for quite a while. I used to spend a lot of time in front of the mirror (don't judge me ) and when I was 21, I finally realized that my hair was falling out fast as I could see my scalp on top and in the crown area. Keep in mind that I had fairly long hair at this point in time. This was devastating to me.
I started re-evaluating my entire lifestyle. I was always out, barely getting any sleep. My stress levels were very elevated. My diet was horrible. Really, the only thing I sort of had going for me was that I had been a gym rat since my mid teens and my physical shape was descent, though, if anything, this worked against me since all I did was hypertrophy.
Also, I started obsessing over cures for the hair-loss. I searched the internet for all the info I could get my hands on, picking up some valuable knowledge from different websites and going to forums like this one to learn from the experiences of people on their own quests to reverse their hair loss. A lot of the stuff seemed really scary to me, with all the side effects, so I decided to try and go with a more natural approach.
Over the following months(years), I changed my diet drastically. To keep it short, I cut all processed foods, switched to mostly all whole grains with limited wheat, I slowly started buying more organic fruits and veggies, I switched to leaner and mostly white meat only, I eat a sh*t ton of turmeric/garlic/ginger and I started incorporating lots of good fats from nuts/flax/oils etc. I also cut all refined sugar.
I started getting more sleep but I still have some way to go and my stress/anxiety levels have actually been even higher than ever these past few years so I definitely need to address that. Lastly, this is sort of embarassing but, I used to masturbate a lot (many times in a day). I've cut that down to 1-3 times a week (none if I'm having sex) and sometimes, when I don't have a steady girlfriend, I'll try to go a week or two without ejaculating.
I also take some supplements but they're not specifically for hair loss:
I'm now 25 years old and, despite some ups and downs in the past, I feel like my hair loss has pretty much stabilized in the past year. I still lose hair in the shower, but much less than before. It also appears a little thicker and definitely more lively than it did a year or two ago.
Which is why I am now back on these forums and posting for the first time. My hair stands at NW2+ and is still thinned out in a diffuse manner on top. I figure I'm still pretty young so if I am to do something about regrowth, it's now or never. The DHT blockers/inhibitors still scare me so I'm not ready to pull the trigger on those, but I do want to try something out. I'm hopping to get some regrowth on the temples and obviously thicken the top and crown areas.
This is what I'll start with:
I'll post pictures of my hair sometime this week as I prepare to start this new chapter in my hair loss reversal.
Thanks for reading, and again sorry it was so long. :beer:
So, like many people on this board, I used to have thick luscious hair. So thick in fact that, every time I went for a haircut, the hairdresser would make a comment about it and proceed with thinning it out. It seems so unreal to me now as I've lost a considerable amount of hair.
My hair-loss probably started sometime around 18-20 years old, I remember shedding a lot of hair in the shower and when I was styling it, not thinking much of it and therefore it progressed unnoticed for quite a while. I used to spend a lot of time in front of the mirror (don't judge me ) and when I was 21, I finally realized that my hair was falling out fast as I could see my scalp on top and in the crown area. Keep in mind that I had fairly long hair at this point in time. This was devastating to me.
I started re-evaluating my entire lifestyle. I was always out, barely getting any sleep. My stress levels were very elevated. My diet was horrible. Really, the only thing I sort of had going for me was that I had been a gym rat since my mid teens and my physical shape was descent, though, if anything, this worked against me since all I did was hypertrophy.
Also, I started obsessing over cures for the hair-loss. I searched the internet for all the info I could get my hands on, picking up some valuable knowledge from different websites and going to forums like this one to learn from the experiences of people on their own quests to reverse their hair loss. A lot of the stuff seemed really scary to me, with all the side effects, so I decided to try and go with a more natural approach.
Over the following months(years), I changed my diet drastically. To keep it short, I cut all processed foods, switched to mostly all whole grains with limited wheat, I slowly started buying more organic fruits and veggies, I switched to leaner and mostly white meat only, I eat a sh*t ton of turmeric/garlic/ginger and I started incorporating lots of good fats from nuts/flax/oils etc. I also cut all refined sugar.
I started getting more sleep but I still have some way to go and my stress/anxiety levels have actually been even higher than ever these past few years so I definitely need to address that. Lastly, this is sort of embarassing but, I used to masturbate a lot (many times in a day). I've cut that down to 1-3 times a week (none if I'm having sex) and sometimes, when I don't have a steady girlfriend, I'll try to go a week or two without ejaculating.
I also take some supplements but they're not specifically for hair loss:
- N-acetyl cysteine
Vitamins-- Bcomplex - B6 - C - D3
L-tyrosine
Sam-e(small dose)
zinc
5-htp (night, small dose)
Coq10
Astaxanthin (Very powerful antioxidant)
magnesium
ashwagandha
r-lipoic-acid
Chlorella/Spirulina (20g/day)
I'm now 25 years old and, despite some ups and downs in the past, I feel like my hair loss has pretty much stabilized in the past year. I still lose hair in the shower, but much less than before. It also appears a little thicker and definitely more lively than it did a year or two ago.
Which is why I am now back on these forums and posting for the first time. My hair stands at NW2+ and is still thinned out in a diffuse manner on top. I figure I'm still pretty young so if I am to do something about regrowth, it's now or never. The DHT blockers/inhibitors still scare me so I'm not ready to pull the trigger on those, but I do want to try something out. I'm hopping to get some regrowth on the temples and obviously thicken the top and crown areas.
This is what I'll start with:
- 5% kirkland minoxidil (just ordered 3 month supply from ebay)
Nioxin shampoo/conditionner/scalp therapy
2% nizoral
I'll post pictures of my hair sometime this week as I prepare to start this new chapter in my hair loss reversal.
Thanks for reading, and again sorry it was so long. :beer: