Losing my hair, need to act soon!

[KeepTheHair]

Today is a vicious day

Today I use everything!

I have taken finasteride a few hours ago, I have applied a LOT of rogaine. Once it dries I will apply a LOT of spiro .

And I have taken 2 MSM pills, will take 4 more today. A lot of people believe it extends the anagen phase? Some others believe it just grows hair faster. I am not sure which it is, either will do a lot of good for the appearance of my hair.


Tomorrow marks the 1 month mark, since my haircut and start of rogaine use. I think rogaine works to a certain extend for me, I definitely notice new hairs on the right side of my forhead. Perhaps a few on the left I am not sure.

I am definitely NOT shedding anymore. I did shed for a few days, a few days ago lol. I am shedding much less now. I think I was shedding around 200+(not sure how much, but I could easily count 60+ each time I looked in the sink when washing rogaine off, or shampooing) hairs per day for a few days.


I am definitely sick also, I have some sort of flu or whatever. Taking antibiotics to stop infection now etc and some other crap for it.

So, I think the flu is what caused my rogaine side effects. I will see what happens today, I applied a lot even though I am not recovered yet.

I am going to give 2% rogaine a month or 2 more before I try 15% minoxidil. I just don't want to screw up my hair with excessive shedding. I will give it a month or two since I think 2% is doing something for me.


I feel relieved and much less anxious than I was a month ago. I feel like I can win this war against my follicles...

I expect some regrowth and a better appearance in a few months. Though I will give finasteride over a year to work.

I will take 6 msm pills for a week or 2. Then perhaps go down to 4 etc etc. Since I just want to grow my hair longer, fast. I don't like short hair.



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[KeepTheHair]

whynot: It was a girl that I guess just wanted some attention. I was sitting and talking to a friend she was standing behind me and was just messing around I guess. Still stings a little hearing "your balding"...She didn't mean to be an ass but I mean hard not to be. But to be honest a lot of my friends who aren't balding also have SOME skin showing at the vertex area. Like everyone has a little revealed there. But now I have even more. But I think my regimen is working.

anyway,


Welcome MSM, to my army.


Methylsulfonylmethane(MSM) - May 10

[whynot]

Ive had girls come up to me in class and looking at the back of my head and touching it and going "lol your balding!!!"

Wow. Well, I've never experienced anything even close to that, where I'm from (Toronto). Who are these girls? Why do you let them touch your head? It sounds like something out of Carrie.

The most similar experience I've had to that would been a few weeks ago, when I was talking to this drunk hipster girl at a local bar. She was carrying on about how her last 2 boyfriends had been balding, and how old it made her feel (she's what, 23). She continued on with "Honestly, I just should have just stuffed vitamins in their mouths when they were asleep. Take care of yourself, jeez!". At that point I stopped feeling angry with her. This person didn't even understand the process by which these men were going bald. How can I hate somebody that stupid? The respect I lost for her wasn't mingled with anger in the least. You drop the ballast when you're done with it, and that's that.

My actual friends, when we talk about thinning and balding, are totally unaffected by it. One of my best friends (who, for the record, is definitely one of the more attractive people I know), shrugged her shoulders and said "well, everybody we know is going to be balding by 30 anyway."

[crashul]

Humility is a great thing and will get you very far in life. Very far.

I totally agree with that.

"The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility. Humility is endless...." T.S. Eliot

hindsight2020 i wrote a post about this. Will you please read it and tell me what you think. I'd love to hear your opinion.

http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/showthread.php?t=2586

[KeepTheHair]

I get headaches. I think my heart races a bit more. I also feel uncomfortable... but I sleep easily.


Do you still have some minoxidil? :P maybe apply some and see if you get the same symptoms again? I'd be really curious to know if it is the minox. I think for me it might be the minoxidil. although I am very unsure of it.

[[mcr]]

I get side effects hard to describe: heart starts racing, I feel kind of an uncomfortable feeling all over, sometimes my head hurts, and I have trouble falling asleep.

This could all be due to something else at that time, I can't tell for sure.

[KeepTheHair]

hingsight: I just don't want to be that guy... I don't want to BE that damn guy... man.. lol


Mcr: will check out your threads now. Happy for you man! Hope it does something for me too. Btw, what were those sides? In case I don't find them in the threads.


I get systematic sides. But I am not sure it is minoxidil. Although I read this today:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1386573/

It definitely does change things systematically...and safety is not 100% gauranteed. I am going to wait until I feel better again and then apply some more minox...but right now I feel really ill.

Thanks for the replies guys...

[[mcr]]

To be clear, it's *******15+ that I tried using and had sides. I also tried generic Rogaine and got sides too.

Also, let me tell you that I experienced MASSIVE hair regrowth on Propecia over the past 2 years. Look at my thread, it has pictures. Rig

You may turn out to be one of the lucky people who react very positively to it too.

[hindsight2020]

lol...my one friend(not a prick like them) said, "Hey, did you cut your hair again recently?"
I just said..."No, there's just not a lot of it." I was at a party thing at that time and happened to be in a good mood so I decided to make fun of myself. Blah......

Make fun of yourself more. Humility is a great thing and will get you very far in life. Very far.

Everyone has faults. everyone that asks you about your hair has something about themselves that they dont like too. Fat, acne, no money, a big nose, a sixth toe... If your worried about these people saying stuff to you, you can become like them and point out their faults too... but then your no better then they are.

[KeepTheHair]

Ive had girls come up to me in class and looking at the back of my head and touching it and going "lol your balding!!!"


Oh and yes a LOT of people comment on it or at least you notice the facial expressions indicating they know.

lol...my one friend(not a prick like them) said, "Hey, did you cut your hair again recently?"
I just said..."No, there's just not a lot of it." I was at a party thing at that time and happened to be in a good mood so I decided to make fun of myself. Blah......




I DO NOT want to be THAT d%@#%@#$% 'ing guy.

Dammit.

[whynot]

I hate the smirk people give you when they see you are balding...I hate the looks. I hate the "wow dude, lift up your hair let me see where the hairline is?" questions...everything is annoying.

...is this a familiar experience shared among a lot of the readers on this forum? And by that, I mean "do you all have knuckle-dragging orangutans as friends?"

[KeepTheHair]

If I can find anything worth it I will continue adding things...although I doubt there is anything worth adding.

I read and replied to your story. I am glad you have had a successful life as a balding guy. But you have to understand that the same thing is not so easy for others.

[hindsight2020]

I attached a picture of my regimen and the stuff that I use at the moment.


...because pictures are more interesting.

Wow - thats quite the arsenal... I understand what your going through... I've been there. I just posted my story on the boards, maybe reading it will help and maybe not.

http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/showthread.php?t=2690

[KeepTheHair]

I attached a picture of my regimen and the stuff that I use at the moment.


...because pictures are more interesting.

[KeepTheHair]

Well... I was sure it was the minoxidil. Now I don't even know anymore.

I think I might be sick or something.


I used minoxidil for 2 weeks or so(A LOT OF IT) and I didn't get any sides. Now I am getting sides so perhaps it can't be minox. I am stopping it for 2 days to see if the sides come again later in the day. When I sleep I wake up fresh and the day gets progressively worse. I thought it was because I applied minoxidil... But same thing happened yesterday when I didn't apply it. I felt extremely sick yesterday. Today I feel better again...


I have nooooo idea whats going on.



Anyway:

My 15% minoxidil(*******-PLUS) and spironolactone(5% lotion) arrived yesterday with another month of finasteride.

I have been on finasteride for 18 days now.

My hair is the thinnest it has EVER been at this present time. I lose a lot of hair everytime I wash with ketoconazole shampoo. Although I love it since it makes my scalp feel much better. But I might be over doing it. I am only going to use it every 3rd day now instead of every 2nd day. I might also just be shedding from the minoxidil that I used. But what only when I wash with the keto shampoo? Doesn't make sense...but on the days I wash with it I lose about 3 times more hair or so than when I don't. Pretty sure of that too.


I am really hoping that I don't have minoxidil side effects and that it is something else because I have like a year supply of the stuff and it cost me a lot of money...but most of all...it is the only hope I have for regrowth.

I have some spironolactone in my hair at the moment. It does smell pretty foul. But only if you put it right next to your nose. I think putting this on at night is a great idea. Also, if I just use a small amount it will last me almost forever.


Minoxidil 2% (13 April)
Finasteride 1mg (21 April)
Ketoconazole 2% (21 April)
Spironolactone 5% (8 May)

Soon will use the ******* if I know I am not getting sides from the minox. Don't know what to do yet. I am not using the 2% at all right now to see what happens.


Thanks to whoever gives a crap about my progress.