I think they already have treatment options but when I look at the side effects, well I'd rather not gamble with erectile disfunction.
...and then the hair turned sentient and started brainwashing its host, slowly transforming him into the supervillain known as...SADDAM HUSSEIN!
You can get a month's supply of 5 mg (which is a super higher dose for treating mpb) Finasteride for like $30
https://www.inhousepharmacy.vu/p-2081-prosteride-finasteride-5mg.aspx
Cut the pills in half and it comes out to like $15 a month.
Yeah, that's what happened to me. Doc wouldn't go for the 5mg stuffI might consider the Sam's club idea, but yeah, trying to get a doctor to prescribe me 5mg finasteride, which I think is prescribed for prostate issues and wading into a whole "prescribe me this even though I'm not gonna use it in this way" conversation is something I've not really been trying to do with my doctor.
The company that cures hairloss will be trillionaires.
I'd buy it at whatever fucking price they want. I'm desperate.
When you get old you stop caring. Like, it would have to be $20 for the whole treatment for me to even bother trying.
All it would bring me is the return of barber shop visit costs.
I mean, if it's genetic, it would require genetic editing to really fix it...STEM ERA,
It's 2018. How is there no cure for hair loss?
*I'm actually quite curious.
Bald is beautiful.
(btw if anyone knows of a way to keep hair from growing lemme know)
Male pattern baldness is carried on the X chromosome. So, you'd need to find out about your mothersm dad and your maternal grandmother's dad to really rule it out.I'm 30 with no signs of balding, and my father has a full head of hair too. I guess I still can't say I'm safe, though, and I reckon I'd struggle to accept baldness if it comes to that :( But in the end, even if I do love my hair, it's not really such an important thing.
I know my mother's dad didn't go bald at the very least. It's not looking bad, I guess! But again, I'd rather not convince myself that it'll never happen.Male pattern baldness is carried on the X chromosome. So, you'd need to find out about your mothersm dad and your maternal grandmother's dad to really rule it out.
My mother's brothers didn't go bald either :)Baldnes is inherited from your mother's side. Check your uncle if you want to know your future.
There are a few misconceptions about the current treatments available in this thread.
Minoxidil is primarily good for helping to regrow lost hair, but it does not prevent further balding. This is because balding is caused by DHT and Minoxidil does absolutely nothing to prevent DHT from killing your hair follicles. All Minoxidil does is increase blood flow to the scalp, which can stimulate further hair growth. In isolation it may cause some hair to regrow but it will not stop DHT killing follicles and so after a few years you will probably find that you are continuing to lose more hair.
If you want to dramatically slow down hair loss you need to block the DHT and that is where Propecia comes in. Propecia will cut down the DHT levels in your body, and as DHT is the main driver behind hair loss this will slow down, if not halt hairloss. However, it doesn't work for everyone, it can cause sexual side effects like impotence or extremely watery semen, and even if it does work studies show that the effect usually tails off after a while. If you take both Minoxidil and DHT in combination you can expect to have a way better head of hair in ten years than someone who doesn't, but you definitely shouldn't consider yourself immune to further hair loss.
Hair transplants have also been mentioned in this thread but you have to consider that not everyone is suitable for a transplant. I should know, I went to one of the top hair transplant surgeons in the world when I was younger and desperate, and I was told I wasn't a suitable candidate. This is because they take hair from the donor area at the back and sides of your head to move it to the areas with hair loss. However, people have varying degrees of follicle density in the donor area, and different sized areas they need to transplant to as well. I was told that I had mediocre hair density in the donor areas and that they weren't willing to transplant it to the top of my head in case I continued to lose hair behind the transplanted area. If they did that, I wouldn't have sufficient donor hair left to 'fill in' the areas behind the transplanted area at a later date and my hair would just end up looking weird.
At the time I was devastated as my hair loss was really affecting my confidence and I'd pinned everything on getting a transplant. Now I'm 33 and I couldn't care less. I have a shaved head, a beard, I got muscly (all the stereotypical stuff lol) and I just don't even think about my baldness anymore. Acceptance and working on improving the rest of you is the usual advice for a reason - it's the truth. I'm also glad I'm not longer on Propecia - males produce DHT for a reason (hence why sexual side effects when on Propecia are fairly common), we shouldn't be so cavalier about shutting it out of our bodies for decades on end just to preserve hair.
Lol I'm not sure where the myth that hair loss comes from your mothers side originated but it's nothing more than a myth, unfortunately. Hair loss likely has a multifactorial etiology.
The moon landing is a just fake footage filmed by Kubrick..../S
Yea....its a myth
Unless me and my brother have different mothers
STEM ERA,
It's 2018. How is there no cure for hair loss?
*I'm actually quite curious.
What about differences in 'lifestyle' between you two? If you dont mind answering...
I've been tested - it's not a thyroid condition or anything. I just don't gain weight. No matter what I eat, no matter how much I eat. It's real "fun".
Baldnes is inherited from your mother's side. Check your uncle if you want to know your future.
STEM ERA,
It's 2018. How is there no cure for hair loss?
*I'm actually quite curious.