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Treatment from the first year.
One Year! I am completely satisfied the scalp I knew so well
as I constantly fretted over it in the mirror of a year ago is covered nicely. Kinda
funny because in a year this is one of the most discouraging times. No side effects
and only treatment change this month is I've run out of Nano also. The shed is real
and it's here. The first few weeks I was loosing a lot but no real cosmetic effect
other then my part was getting a little wider. Well by the last week of October all
the kinky hairs on top were gone 300 or so a day. It is a cosmically noticeable shed
without a doubt. It is definably not as worse as I thought it would be for the
amount of hair I'm losing and I am still no where near as bad as where I started, but I
feel more comfortable in the hats for a bit until it all grows back again in a month and I
know it will. The hair left on top is all about an inch long and very soft and non
kinky I believe most is non-Minox hair. It is very funny as it looks like I got a
hair cut, I get that all the time. The only problem is the sides are still longer
and bushy. By the way in case I didn't mention it before the sides and back of my
head have also gotten much thicker during the treatment, I have a tough time getting a
comb through there. Well the last week of October the shed finally settled down to
about 100 a day in the shower and 50 in a comb out. Probably because there aren't
many of those kinky inch and a half long hairs left. I have resupplied in Nano and
Nizoral and have added them to the routine again. No side effects (other then
shedding) at all.
Well it's over. The one year shed has ended. I'm still having good days and bad between 50-300 in the shower but more good then bad and it's growing back rapidly. I am back on Nano shampoo and Nizoral regularly along with T-Gel and L'Oreal thicker fuller. I have no real pattern. I have been off the Saw Palmetto and NAC for no other reason then I keep forgetting. Still using 1 ml of 5% Rogaine twice a day and 1.25 mg of Proscar in the morning. Results feel and look great. Still have the problem with the very right temple. If anyone has any information on the high percentage gels please e-mail me any results as I'm looking into trying that on the right temple. Started getting some acne which could be a possible side effect of the Proscar but my skin does not feel oily at all. Last week and shedding is done and gone and it is looking great. Ran out of 5% and I'm using 2% until I can get to Sam's Club (3 bottles for 50 bucks can't beat that!)
Looking excellent! My hair is in the best
shape in years. Right temple is still weak but hey looking at pictures it is better
then it was almost 4 years ago! The top is thick and solid even the part has sealed
right up so hardly any scalp shows. Even out of the shower it's not that bad and
when it is dry you could never tell I even had a problem once. I'm only loosing
about 40 hairs in the shower. Want to get off this 2% before the itching sets in.
Side effects are still pretty much none except my sex drive is way up again.
It seems to do this after ever shed and usually is with a period of good growth. I
have never had any decrease in libido from Proscar. Loss has picked up the last
week.
Things are going alright. There is more loss
then normal but it is only about 100 or so in the shower. It really hasn't seemed
like much loss but I think it has made more of a cosmetic difference then I expected.
Treatment is still 1.25 mg or Proscar in the morning and Rogaine 5% in morning and
evening. Shampoo are cycled between Nano, Nizoral, L'Oreal Thicker Fuller, and
T-Gel. I am not taking any of the herbs this month. Dandruff seems a little
high also. Nizoral and T-Gel don't seem to be bringing it down much either, but it
is not itchy. Looking at the picture in the July Treatment Month 10 the front is still a little thin in the red area,
but the trouble spot in the back has completely filled in. Stay tuned...
Month 17 February 1, 1999 - Month 24 October 1, 1999
Wow all this time and not much changes in
treatment, side effects or results! I have changed my treatment for financial
reasons to generic Indian Proscar (Fincar first now Finast) from www.drugsrus.org. I take 1.25 mg (one quarter)
pill in the morning along with 1 ml of 5% Rogaine. I wash my hair with Nizoral (1%
OTC) 3 times a week, T-Gel 2 times a week and L'Oreal Thicker Fuller 2 times a week.
In the evening I use 1 ml of 5% Rogaine and that is it. I haven't been using
any herbs or anything different. No side effects at all, I get some dandruff now and
then but I skip a treatment and use T0Gel and it clears up. The sheds of the past
don't happen, now and then I "comb out" and can count 40 or so hairs but I think
the hair growth is staged enough that it all doesn't fall out and once anymore. As
for results... well not updating the page in forever should be a clear indications I am
very happy with results. I even was in a hot tub during spring break and had wet
hair and someone was taking pictures, I was nervous but when I say those pictures a few
weeks later there was no difference between myself and others and in fact I looked more
hared then a few. For those of you that have had this embarrassment you can imagine
how elated I was. I rarely ware hats but still want my hair to dry before heading
out. The right temple is my problem spot and does not want to come in I kinda style
with a mini comb over but the comb over hairs are sparse and have been since starting
treatment as pictures show.
Well treatment is the same, but I feel my results have slipped a little. It has become a little thinner over the top in the past few months. It is still better then how it was say even a year into treatment, but down a bit from a few months ago. Maybe it is just a cycle but top is the main effected part, you can notice this on top dry pictures that more scalp is visible. I have looked into adding Xandrox or something, but am not as educated in hair loss as I was in the beginning with checking alt.baldspot and www.regrowth.com almost hourly :). If anyone has results or advice let me know. I will reevaluate in a few months and decide then if I should add something to treatment.
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