That's a lot cheaper than I would have guessed. I guess there is a point of no return when a treatment like that isn't an option?
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Hair loss-era. How have you handled it?
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Transplant definitely works if you can afford it. It's a cure but not everyone can do implants. What they do is that they take hair from rear/sides and plant it on the front/top. You don't gain more hair, you just redistribute it. It's a painful, expensive and lenghty procedure and you're basically out of commission for two weeks or similar but the end result is good. Is it worth it? only you can decide. For some people their hair is their career, like actors, models etc.
I grew up with seriously thick hair that would grow at a very rapid rate. Funny thing is I would get a .1 head shave MONTHLY due to how fast and thick it grew (a shaved head was neater). I basically shaved it once a month from when I was 6 years old. Started growing less hair around 22-23. Didn't really phase me as I rocked the Stone Cold Steve Austin look fairly well.
I'm thinning out in the back a little. I hope it stops at that, but I doubt it. My barber always ask if he should blend it when cutting. I just tell him I've given up.
If you've never lifted before then any program will work, begginners grow muscle easily, this is what i use right now
It's not too bad. I use it in the morning after a shower on damp/towel dry hair, drop a few drops on my finger and massage it over my scalp (top of my head) and a bit on the back of my head. Does not really stick much ad all and compliments the wax/hairspray i use after.
It's 5% kirkland minoxidil btw i just import it from america on ebay it's not that expensive. If i forget it in the morning ill do it in the evening. But i make sure to use it daily, takes 1-2 minutes btw so not to bad. Guess i pay like 3 bux a month wich isnt too bad.
Normally it should be used 2 times a day but my doctor said once a day was fine aslong as i cover the scalp, and well after 5 years now i actually got more hair my hairtype used to be thin by nature now its almost thick. Think honestly if i wasnt early with this i would be balding now. Or well thats what the dermatologist said 🤷‍♂️
Edit: btw after a month when i started years ago i already noticed improvement and felt new hairs growin out with my hands. It also even helped a bit with my beard growth somehow. It also grows insanely fast like i have to upkeep every 1-2 weeks.
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From my experience, Nizoral<Min<Derma roll<Finasteride. Work your way up, and implement as many as you need.
Join the club breh. Eventually anyway. You're good for a while. Took a bit to get used to but its fine. My beard going grey is bothering me more than losing the hair on my head. Makin me look old for my age. My head was so white compared to the rest of my face so at first it looked a bit funny. But get some sun on that bad boy and after a while it blends in and looks much better.
And putting on a little muscle never hurts a bald guy.
And putting on a little muscle never hurts a bald guy.
I'm in my early 30's, have long blond hair, when I put it up I notice that it's slightly thinner at the hairline above my forehead, but I haven't noticed any change over time, so maybe it's very gradual or that's how my hairline is. Worries me sometimes but I try to not think about it. My dad (turning 70) has fairly thin hair by now, but on the other hand he wasn't exactly the picture of health so I don't know what to expect.
I just keep a blended buzzcut (#1 on sides blended to a #3 on top). It works for now, but if it gets worse I'll just shave it all.
Hell I started balding when I was like 22. I just shaved it all off when it got worse and haven't looked back, I have a pretty well shaped head for that look at least.
It just takes a lot of my time to shave my head every 2 days.
Sometimes I can feel slightly insecure about it even now that I'm 31 but I try my best not to think about it much.
It just takes a lot of my time to shave my head every 2 days.
Sometimes I can feel slightly insecure about it even now that I'm 31 but I try my best not to think about it much.
Cut really short at the back and sides, what I have left on top is bolstered by some good hair putty and a dusting of fibres. Can't say I'm happy with how it looks most days but my head is so monstrously large the idea of shaving it all off terrifies me.
Yep, totally doomed. You look horrible now.
Is something no one on this planet would say or think. Except you, apparently ;)
Real talk: Only reason you'll be eternally single is because you don't approach enough women. There are literally millions of women who would love to be your GF. If you were gay, you'd be getting action every week. Maybe every day.
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With that said, you'd look even better with a full head of hair. You just need to be over 25 and still have significant amounts of hair, which you do, to be eligible for a HT. HTs have one of the highest satisfaction rates of any plastic surgery procedure. Do you have $3 or $4k to blow on your hair to make it look good for the next decade or so? You cool with doing it again when you're 40? If so, HTs will give you back your hair and your hair-related self-esteem in about 12months (it takes time to grow back after shaving your noggin).
PM me for further details or if you have questions.
You also need to be taking finasteride stat, and forever. Through a dermatologist if you can, canadian pharmacy if you can't afford it, because it works well. Minoxidil is worth a try, though it doesn't work most of the time for receding hairline (it's meant for crown balding). It didn't work for me as far as I could tell, so I stopped
Or you could go bald, your choice. Just remember: Many people went super-bald in their early 20s and were never eligible for a HT, so they are generally very biased towards shaving/beard/weights and will not recommend HT because they have no experience with them.
$1700 in Istanbul for the procedure itself.
With plane ticket, 4-star hotel accommodations for 5 days and roundtrip tickets, it will still be less than $3000.
Years of rogaine and finasteride have slowed mine to a crawl. It's a little noticeable at this point but I'm comfortable with it. I recommend both regimens if you're not scared of purported side effects.
I think if you're lightly predisposed, definitely Nizoral shampoo once or twice. Otherwise fin is the best preventative treatment
Mine is slowly moving backwards, but... I don't think its bad enough I would ever shave yet. Wife hasn't said anything. I've always had it fairly short. My main goal is just to never have a combover, which probably means that someday I'll have a combover.
A few months ago I let my beard grow out on vacation and found it has huge patches of gray in it. That has me more distressed. But... I'm 40. It had to happen eventually I guess. Maybe someday I can get fat(ter) and be Santa.
A few months ago I let my beard grow out on vacation and found it has huge patches of gray in it. That has me more distressed. But... I'm 40. It had to happen eventually I guess. Maybe someday I can get fat(ter) and be Santa.
Been on finasteride + rogaine for years now with no side effects. While I didn't grow back all my hairline, it just maintains what I have.
If any of you are in the early stages of hair loss, do your research and start a regimen now. Not starting my regimen early is probably one of my biggest regrets in life.
If any of you are in the early stages of hair loss, do your research and start a regimen now. Not starting my regimen early is probably one of my biggest regrets in life.
What are the supposed potential side effects of those treatments?
I'm on finasteride and minoxidil. Has kept my 1.5 Norwood scale hairline since I noticed back when I was 21. I'm 29 now.
I don't think I'd risk it, though depends how common those are
Is it though? It used to be so much better. And all of my mom's side's uncles have bald heads. This was me years ago:
I may have gotten in shape and lost weight, but it will never replace the core aspect of my being, my hair...
I feel like I am doomed to be eternally single because of it.
Not to be rude but the haircut you have now is much better than the one in the pic.
I wanted to get on it two years ago and got a prescription but the side effects scared me away. I can only rock a buzz cut these days without looking awful, I'm not sure if I would say it's a regret but who knows what could've been? I did use minoxidil but quit last fall cuz it didn't seem to do anything for me, that or I used it wrong.
Started finesteride in my early 20s. Basically stopped my losses and saw some recovery in areas that were in the process of thinning. Just happy to still have a full head of hair at 28
You're fine OP. Take it from someone who truly lost their hair at around 23 years old.
Fortunately I grew up skateboarding and listening to punk rock and could never grow my hair long, I tried once when I was around 12 and it just got really wavy and curly and I looked like some 1970's porn star. So I have been shaving my head since I am 14 years old. Now I just shave it bald. I do realize I also have a pretty good shaped head for a shaved head, so I am fortunate there.
But you would have what I would describe as thin hair. Your hairline itself is still pretty good. My own receded way, way back and no way in hell I was rocking a George Costanza. Seriously you are fine. It may not be what you are used to, but you still have something to work with. A lot of people do not have that option. So enjoy the fact you do.
Fortunately I grew up skateboarding and listening to punk rock and could never grow my hair long, I tried once when I was around 12 and it just got really wavy and curly and I looked like some 1970's porn star. So I have been shaving my head since I am 14 years old. Now I just shave it bald. I do realize I also have a pretty good shaped head for a shaved head, so I am fortunate there.
But you would have what I would describe as thin hair. Your hairline itself is still pretty good. My own receded way, way back and no way in hell I was rocking a George Costanza. Seriously you are fine. It may not be what you are used to, but you still have something to work with. A lot of people do not have that option. So enjoy the fact you do.
dude you are so lucky my hair was so thin in the front i shaved it all off. im much more confident now but you look great! keep it
This is me now.
Clearly I have no head of hair worth bragging about. But I am not totally bald either.
Rocking the "short" look until I can't anymore.
I'm a bit camera shy but if you do a search on hair on ERA there are people who have no problem showing their results. The before and after looks so good.
$7,000 is a big deal to me and I'd sure like to have that sitting around in my account now but I have no regrets. Well worth it!
This is me now.
Clearly I have no head of hair worth bragging about. But I am not totally bald either.
Rocking the "short" look until I can't anymore.
If you haven't got a bald spot leave it. If you have got a bald spot shave it. There's too many cameras these days that you'll be pissed off when someone puts up a facebook image with you in the background looking the other way, bald spots look a lot uglier than shaved head.
If your hair is so important, why don't you get on a regimen now? Your anxiety and tension about the future of your hair is killing you.
Use Lemonaid, keeps, forhims, etc to get prescribed to Finasteride. At least that will half the damage.
I use Miz, Fin, and dermarolling and have had good results so far
Poorly. I get insanely pissed off by people who say "but you look so much better now!"
No, I looked better when I had nice, pretty hair, thanks, instead of looking like some skinhead douche. Not saying other people can't rock the look, but I KNOW I can't, because I look awful to me, which is what matters. I WANT bangs and no bald spot, goddammit.
But outside of being sad every once in a while and getting absurdly furious at people who insist they know what I should look like... It's not a big deal. I'm more concerned with my facial hair refusing to go the fuck away so that I can actually use makeup. At least I can hide my hair with a hat or a wig, potentially...
Just, between the hair, my facial hair, and my broadness, I just don't look attractive to myself so very often I don't bother taking care of myself since I look unattractive to me either way.
No, I looked better when I had nice, pretty hair, thanks, instead of looking like some skinhead douche. Not saying other people can't rock the look, but I KNOW I can't, because I look awful to me, which is what matters. I WANT bangs and no bald spot, goddammit.
But outside of being sad every once in a while and getting absurdly furious at people who insist they know what I should look like... It's not a big deal. I'm more concerned with my facial hair refusing to go the fuck away so that I can actually use makeup. At least I can hide my hair with a hat or a wig, potentially...
Just, between the hair, my facial hair, and my broadness, I just don't look attractive to myself so very often I don't bother taking care of myself since I look unattractive to me either way.
I've been thinning since I was 18, I always kept my hair short, so it wasn't really a big deal. Went to the hair doc when I was 23 and he offered me finasteride but I read horror story's online. Most were about sex drive malfunctions that were somewhat permanent even after stopping drugs. Anyway I decided my dick was more important than my hair so I just moved on. Now I'm 30, just went to one of the best hair docs in the country and am considering getting the surgery. It's pricey but it has come a long way and is the only permanent solution that doesn't involve drugs. It's worth a consultation so you at least know your options
My hair became noticeably thinner by 25 and at around 30 it was time to start shaving it. I resisted the idea for a while but in the end I like it. Little maintenance and my hair was never that great tbh, hard to handle, either dry or greasy. It was a nice color, golden-brown, but what's left is now pretty gray at 38. Going bald is really cold during winter time though, you need some kind of headwear.
One other thing, my hairdresser told my the "lumps" on my head were lipomas and could be easily removed by surgery. My head looks a lot better without them :)
One other thing, my hairdresser told my the "lumps" on my head were lipomas and could be easily removed by surgery. My head looks a lot better without them :)
I just sort of accepted it and let it happen. It gave me a mild sense of anxiety as I kinda came to that acceptance, though -- I used to rock really long, grown out hair through my late high school years and college and kinda identified with it. My balding started in my mid-20s, too. I'm in my early 30's now. I now have a bald spot at the center of my crown that's slowly growing out and my hairline has receded quite a ways up my forehead, and I've got a pretty prominent widows peak now. I was rocking shortish hair up until just a few days ago but I happened to get a barber during my last visit that literally didn't understand the length measurements I was suggesting because she was horrible at math, and she kinda messed it up and I decided to just go with a buzzcut. I've buzzed my hair before and been perfectly comfortable with it so it doesn't bug me, particularly as the warmer season is starting up, but my girlfriend wasn't too happy about it at first. It looks pretty uniform buzzed, my head is cooler with the warmer weather, and it's really low maintenance which is all nice, but I do get that its "style" isn't super hip or attractive to some.
Compared to how my hair has turned out, OP, your hair is pretty fuckin' gorgeous, lol.
Compared to how my hair has turned out, OP, your hair is pretty fuckin' gorgeous, lol.
Eh, Minoxidil and Propecia are both scientifically proven counters to hairloss, and there are other softer options to either combine with them or try on their own. Shampoos with ketoconazole have some support scientifically and a lot of anectodal support, micro needling works in conjunction with with minox and maybe in a limited way on its own. I have noticed a little recession in the temple area myself, but its limited, doesnt seemt to be worsening and I have no hair loss on either side of the family, so Im hesitant to start minoxidil at this point because im not sure if its necessary. But ive started using a shampoo with ketoconazole once a week and microneedling once a week with a rosemary solution after. Its a soft counter so to speak, but i have seen new hairs start to appear.
29 and one year into noticeable recession where a patch has appeared in back.
One week into trying finasteride for it and some of the sexual side effects are already impacting me, though I'm taking it day by day to see, because it would be nice to put this whole process on pause until I'm closer to 40, but if it comes down to a choice between hair and virility, well, I know I can work around one of those in my quest to find a long-term girlfriend, so I'll drop the finasteride by July 4th if things don't turn around.
One week into trying finasteride for it and some of the sexual side effects are already impacting me, though I'm taking it day by day to see, because it would be nice to put this whole process on pause until I'm closer to 40, but if it comes down to a choice between hair and virility, well, I know I can work around one of those in my quest to find a long-term girlfriend, so I'll drop the finasteride by July 4th if things don't turn around.
