BlahBlah12 said:KIEL you are friggin awesome!!
that outfit you sent me- wore it twice already, one night w random girls..they loved it. the next night with my date who loved it.
COngrats on the awesome hair dude, looks amazing.
As for me, here is my one month update fellas:
I started shedding around the end of the 2nd week...still shedding at the 4 week mark i think more than usual but its hard to tell if thats really the case for 2 reasons:
1. I shed more on days where the night before I didnt wash my hair. I used to wash my hair every day. Now, Ive gotten lazy and been out partying so I tend to just rinse it out or even leave the gel in, apply the Plus, and go to sleep
2. My hair is the longest it has ever been. So I am really noticing the hairs that are falling out. They end up curling around my wrists, chest, hands...seems like everywhere.
After I scrub my hair and rinse it out, I can usually count around 20-25 hairs that landed on my arms, chest, and neck. Which means I am losing more because I dont really stare at the hairs left on my hands after the initial scrub. This to me is indicative of a shed, but it can also be because the hair is so long its just getting trapped throughout the day in the other hairs. Either way, its concerning me...but seeing Kiel's posts make me feel more confident and optimistic.
As for side effects: Knock on wood, my labido seemed to be outa control for the first 2 weeks but that also coincided with the fact that a close friend was home for the holidays and we went out partying every night so I was in a good mood all the time and horny from seeing girls everywhere. Furthermore, no difference in semen consistancy or volume. All is fine. I took notice of every detail for a month before that to make sure I would notice even the slighest change, nothing to report.
I am hoping this shed ends soon, I dont really want to cut my hair...but I think I might because its starting to look kinda limp and the shed is starting to linger in my mind and worry me. I dont want to start obsessing. Its easier to not notice sheds when the hair is short. MUCH easier.
ANyways, no need for pics yet, but ill start taking them again around month 3 to compare to baseline.
Good luck fellas!!!
Kiel, you know I only like YOUR popsicles. I miss those days we used to spend in the basement. But now that you have more hair than me, you won't invite me anymore. I would love to try Xandrox15-plus but I am afraid it will cause facial swelling, water retention and acne like the foam does. Dr Lee and Rassman said those side effects mean an adverse reaction to minoxidil. I do have to admit my hair is worse at the front center every since I stop using liquid minoxidil twice daily. Those hairs became minoxidil dependent and all the surrounding hairs that were perfect and non minoxidil dependent became dependent too and so now I am suffering because nothing can save them but going back on minoxidil twice daily.KielMcK said:I fiure start off with the strong stuff that way you get to keep as much hair as possible and get to grow as much hair as possible. Like why in the world would someone start at 5% to gain and maintain a little bit and then when things slow down get on the strong sh*t!??! Might as weel just start off on the strong sh*t and gain and maintain as much hair as possible from day 1.
I was about a Norwood 2-3 my density was half of what I have now and my crown was thinnin pretty bad to the point where my parents would even make jokes (effin dickheads) and my temples were receding quickly. So like a Norwood 2.5 when it was at the absolute worst and now I would say I'm a 1-1.5 and could soon enough be a solid 0-1 : )
I never had any noticeable bloating. I did however get extremely dry skin and hands on the Rogaine liquid. Really sucked.
Dr. House.. I have a quick serious question for you though. Do you like popsicles?
I agree with you JWM. I still have some Xandrox15 laying around that I stopped using and I put some on tonight. So far no immediate reactions. I am going to see if it causes water retention or not. As far I remember, the foam caused it but I am now thinking that because I could never get the foam all the way into my scalp and alot got on my hair, as I slept and I know my face tends to rub on the pillow sometimes. I am thinking some of the foam that was in my hair rubbed against the pillow and then rubbed onto my face and caused the swelling maybe. Honestly, when I used Dr Lee's liquid minoxidil many years ago, I don't remember if I had facial bloating. I guess with this experiment I will find out. By the way, Kiel, didn't you use plain Xandrox 15 before and did not notice any improvement but then when you switched to the Xandrox15PLUS, you finally noticed the improvement. Kiel, were able to regrow thicker hairs in areas that were not saved by your previous treatments. I am just wondering if I can still bring back those minoxidil dependent hairs I lost since last year with the Xandrox15 or PlusJWM said:Kiel
You mentioned before that the Rogaine liquid made you dizzy, but the Xandrox-15 doesn't??
I also question the advantage of using topical finasteride if one is already taking it orally. Maybe best to stick with plain Xandrox-15 as opposed to Xandrox-15 Plus if you're taking finasteride by mouth?