Steroid made my hair start growing back

[bluesprings]

I figured you guys might find this story interesting so I decided to join and make a post about my experience. I became very ill about a year ago and my doctor put me on a steroid. I noticed after a short while that the hair on my head was starting to grow back. There were thick dark hairs coming in on top of my head where there hasn't been anything but fuzz for ten years. I wondered if I stayed on this stuff long enough if I could have gotten all my hair to grow back. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find out.

Seeing as how this steroid made my hair start growing back leads me to believe that balding must be some kind of autoimmune disease. I know what a steroid does is shut down your immune system and relieve inflammation. I think DHT must be a component in the process but not the actual cause of baldness. It makes me curious as to whether or not any research has been done on inflammation and hair loss.

PS
For any of you guys thinking about trying to use a steroid for your hair loss, please don't. They have some really horrible side effects. You don't want to end up looking like the hunchback of notre dame.

 

[majorsixth]

You won't find that many studies that actually address such issues unless they are money makers, like finasteride, minoxidil, etc. After all you can't expect others to fund such studies which are not viable.

This hair loss game isn't about helping balding guys...it's about make money only !

 

[JimmyL]

This hair loss game isn't about helping balding guys...it's about make money only !

Spot on, dawg!

 

[Bryan]

I became very ill about a year ago and my doctor put me on a steroid.

Uhhh...what was the "steroid" that he put you on? Be specific, don't just say vaguely that he put you on a "steroid", and expect us to know what the hell you're talking about.

 

[bluesprings]

I became very ill about a year ago and my doctor put me on a steroid.

Uhhh...what was the "steroid" that he put you on? Be specific, don't just say vaguely that he put you on a "steroid", and expect us to know what the hell you're talking about.

I intentionally didn't state what drug it was because I don't want guys going out and trying to use this stuff. It's really dangerous.

 

[Bryan]

Then why don't you just say: "I became very ill about a year ago and my doctor put me on some medicine. I began growing hair shortly after taking the medicine."

So what's the point of your original post?? :dunno:

 

[bluesprings]

Then why don't you just say: "I became very ill about a year ago and my doctor put me on some medicine. I began growing hair shortly after taking the medicine."

So what's the point of your original post?? :dunno:

The point of the post is a strong anti-inflammatory made my hair start growing back. I didn't think it was that difficult to figure out.

 

[TheGrayMan2001]

Then why don't you just say: "I became very ill about a year ago and my doctor put me on some medicine. I began growing hair shortly after taking the medicine."

So what's the point of your original post?? :dunno:

The point of the post is a strong anti-inflammatory made my hair start growing back. I didn't think it was that difficult to figure out.

If an anti-inflammatory made your hair grow back then your hair loss problem was not due to genetic hair loss.

 

[squeegee]

Then why don't you just say: "I became very ill about a year ago and my doctor put me on some medicine. I began growing hair shortly after taking the medicine."

So what's the point of your original post?? :dunno:

Bryan! Why you are being a c***? Becoming a forum police LOL. Go get laid or something. This guy is on a strong steroid prescription...He wants to keep it anonymous so all of us don't go on it... He just saying that by shutting down inflammation.. it had regrowth. I know a lot about steroids..the side effects can be really gay! My ex girlfriend had Chron's disease.. Holidays were not good for you Bryan? LOL

 

[Bryan]

You say that it was a "strong anti-inflammatory", but you won't tell us exactly what it was. You probably won't get very far here by expecting us to play guessing-games with you.

 

[squeegee]

You say that it was a "strong anti-inflammatory", but you won't tell us exactly what it was. You probably won't get very far here by expecting us to play guessing-games with you.

Just ask him in a Private message.. God Bryan.. :shakehead:

 

[squeegee]

Bluesprings.. thank you so much for your post.. not the only guy coming here with stories like you.. Another guy had success taking high dose of sulfasalazine.. inflammation is the #1 enemy.

 

[beaner]

Seeing as how this steroid made my hair start growing back leads me to believe that balding must be some kind of autoimmune disease. I know what a steroid does is shut down your immune system and relieve inflammation. I think DHT must be a component in the process but not the actual cause of baldness. It makes me curious as to whether or not any research has been done on inflammation and hair loss.

The whole point of his post is right here in this paragraph. I think we can assume that this is what he wants to discuss. It wasn't that hard to figure out.

 

[squeegee]

Funny how people can be rude with new members with good intention..so sad so sad.

 

[Bryan]

In an article a few years back, Orentreich stated that topical corticosteroids (he had stated which specific ones he tested) had no effect on treating male pattern baldness. That strongly suggests that anti-inflammatories (and other effects of corticosteroids) don't work well, or at all, for male pattern baldness (still having to guess at what the original poster was using).

 

[squeegee]

In an article a few years back, Orentreich stated that topical corticosteroids (he had stated which specific ones he tested) had no effect on treating male pattern baldness. That strongly suggests that anti-inflammatories (and other effects of corticosteroids) don't work well, or at all, for male pattern baldness (still having to guess at what the original poster was using).

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/41058995/Co ... nt-5026691

By anti-inflammatory agent is meant any agent known to reduce inflammation by oral or topical administration and includes both steroidal (e.g. corticosteroids) and non-steroidal (e.g. ibuprofen and its derivatives) compounds. Steroidal compounds are used in a concentration of 0.5 to 2.5% and non-steroidals are used in a range of 1 to 5%. Such anti-inflammatory agents are well known to a physician of ordinary skill. See. e.g., Medical Pharmacology, pp. 331-343 9th Edition (1978). These agents may be orally or topically administered. For ease of administration, simultaneous topical application of minoxidil and the anti-inflammatory agent (undertaken in a combined composition), may be preferred. However, in cases of severe inflammation, oral administration of the anti-inflammatory agent concomitant with topically administered minoxidil may be preferred.

Surprisingly, the present inventor has discovered that there is a chronic inflammatory process, subtending to the hair bulbs, in patterned alopecia, leading to eventual scarring of the lower follicle, making regrowth impossible. The present invention solves this problem by suppressing sub-bulbar inflammation, thus allowing for regrowth.

EXAMPLE 1
Fifteen males with early alopecia were treated with a combination of 2% minoxidil and 1% hydrocortisone in a hydroalcoholic vehicle. The subjects were shampooed weekly and hairs were counted after filtration. Fewer hairs were observed to be shed as treatment progressed. Hair regrowth has been substantially better than with minoxidil alone in comparable cases. The longest period of treatment is 6 months. Hair loss has virtually stopped in all subjects.

EXAMPLE 2
Twenty-six young-adult, balding white males were treated for at least five months with a hydroalcoholic solution containing: (1) 3% minoxidil; and (2) 2.5% hydrocortisone. These subjects were in an early stage of baldness, not exceeding 2 inches in diameter over the vertex.

The combination formulation stimulated hair growth in these subjects within three months. Most of the subjects volunteered comments of surprise that enhancement could be seen as early as two months. These results were compared with the results of a study at the same clinic of 50 patients using 3% minoxidil alone. In the opinion of the investigator, hair growth was seen sooner and on a greater proportion of patients in the group treated with the combination of minoxidil and an antiinflammatory agent.

 

[bluesprings]

Benoxaprofen a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

Reversal of male-pattern baldness, hypertrichosis, and accelerated ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1498062/pdf/bmjcred00603-0024.pdf

Case 1-A 75-year-old man had hereditary male-pattern baldness since he
was 45. At the age of 32 he had developed ankylosing spondylitis, which
subsequently affected his lumbar and cervical spine and sacroiliac joints.
Treatment with benoxaprofen 600 mg daily gave symptomatic relief. Within
a month of starting treatment he developed photosensitivity and onycholysis,
which he overcame by using sunscreens and avoiding the sun. After five
months' treatment he noticed growth of hairs over an area of scalp that he
previously been devoid ofvisible hair, and on the dorsum ofhis fingers, hands,
and forearms-areas that previously had never had visible hair. He also
noticed accelerated facial hair growth. The density ofnew hair growth on the
scalp was equal to that on the areas of his scalp that were not subject to
balding. Growth of scalp hair continued when he took a reduced dose of
300 mg benoxaprofen daily.

Case 5-A 45-year-old man had had hereditary male-pattern baldness
since he was 40. At the age of 39 he had developed psoriatic arthropathy
affecting his hands and wrists. He was treated with benoxaprofen 600 mg
daily and gained considerable relief of symptoms. Within one month of
starting treatment he had developed photosensitivity, which was successfully
controlled by use of sunscreens. Onycholysis developed after two months'
treatment. After nine months' treatment he noticed an increased growth of
hair over the area of scalp previously lacking hair. He also reported an
increased rate of growth of his finger nails. Treatment was reduced to
300 mg daily and the growth of new scalp hair and accelerated nail growth
continued.

 

[bluesprings]

Then why don't you just say: "I became very ill about a year ago and my doctor put me on some medicine. I began growing hair shortly after taking the medicine."

So what's the point of your original post?? :dunno:

Bryan! Why you are being c***? Becoming a forum police LOL. Go get laid or something. This guy is on a strong steroid prescription...He wants to keep it anonymous so all of us don't go on it... He just saying that by shutting down inflammation.. it had regrowth. I know a lot about steroids..the side effects can be really gay! My ex girlfriend had Chron's disease.. Holidays were not good for you Bryan? LOL

He's just angry because he's bald! :youbet:

 

[tsiroutraw]

Would be cool if you post pictures of new hairzzz

 

[Jacob]

squeegee...if you click on Bryan's name and look at his latest posts..even pages of 'em..it's all arguing about stupid things..putting down other products...and pushing Proctor.

Actually that's pretty much his history on these forums :woot: