What do new hairs initially look like?

[hoffmanbmx]

I've just started on Absalom Hair Care and MSM and Zinc, and after 5ish days I've got a few short (3mm approx) dark hairs growing on my better side (left) which I've either never noticed before, or they are new. I have also got a lot of short white hairs roughly where my hairline used to be before it started receding, again, which I've never noticed before.

Was just wondering, if, in case this is the start of regrowth, what do new hairs look like when they start to grow? Do they start off white, or do they just sprout out at your normal hair colour?

Might just me being optimistic, but I do think that this is starting to work.

 

[Melbs]

Those hairs wont be a result of your new regimen unfortunately... but what your doing can never hurt in the long run. 5 days wont make a difference... not yet. The small black ones are either new hairs that were shed 2-3 months ago re-sprouting as healthy hairs. Those other smaller ones are more than likely the hairs that are effected by male pattern baldness and as a result are growing back thinner and less dense than they used to be. These are the ones you should re-analyse in 3-6 months, and then make a decision.

Also, when you say you've never noticed them before its probably because you havent previously analysed your hair so in depth and up close, so the finer details are becoming more evident to you. I notice small hairs... maybe they're re-growing... maybe they're new but ive only been looking this close for three months. My entire Proscar taking for three years i never really pulled my hair back and had a good proper look... so its hard to say for both you and me.

 

[Mickey]

You will have to be on MSM and Zinc for a lot longer as like most vitamins it can take up to a month to kick in.

 

[Guest]

You need to wait a min of 3 months.

 

[Dinzy]

How about this as a rider to his question. How do new healthy hairs look? Ie how long is the tapered portion?

I have been on minoxidil for 4 weeks and finasteride for 3 and am noticing many small brown hairs. I can't tell if they are thin or not becuase they are just budding through. I just noticed my thinning so I am still wonderring if it was due to bad dermatitis or to Telogen Effluvium so maybe these hairs point to that rather than the minoxidil statrting to work. Though it could be the minoxidil because the hairs would fall in the 3 month to notice range because they are small there are not that many of them yet. The three months wait is for any noticeable result because it is the length of a telogen phase , it is not 3 months to produce any hair.

I really wished my health plan covered at least one trip to a derm