Hello Gentlemen,
I Know that I am to post over in either the Ladies section of this site, or visit
the new women's forum ( of which I am a current member) but after three to four month's of lurking here....I just tend to believe that it might get a better answer in this section of the forum
Quick history: Some problems with hair loss since 2001-- TE's mostly due to Thyroid ups and downs( and the need to adjust meds) and some hairloss due to certain meds that I have had to use--usually settled down fairly quickly after stopping the offending med...... usually 200-300 hairs daily tops--and usually stopped within 6 weeks or so of being off the med that caused the problem( trigger)
But due to some "concern" about AGA from previous dermo--I started the 2%, Rogaine( way back when) and moved up to the 5% formula--which I had been on for the last two years--it gave me the best head of hair that I ever had in my life.....along with good diet and vitamins
So, I was using the 5% once, or twice a day when the TE/Shed from all "H*ll"
started...................
Well, They reformulated the Armour Thyroid medication that I had been using for years to treat my thyroid disease ( just garden variety Hypo--low thyroid) and that started another shed--and boy, do I mean a "SHED" 300-400 hairs a day, sometimes more than 500-600 and few days of over 800 hair count--scary. The new formulated thyroid turned me into a case of "Hyperthyroidism" And I had no symptoms of a hyperthyroid condition,I felt "normal" but was stressed out from all the hairloss/of unknown cause--I was actually out looking at wigs( hubby suggested this)
Lucky for me--Endo caught it fairly quickly, and 3/4 months into it shed is slowing down to between 150-200 hairs daily, a few days are less, like 100-150, scalps still a bit tender, so if I styled my hair more ( I let it air-dry) I might still have a higher hair count.................
So Here's my query to you all:
I was on the 5% minox when this all started, dermo(who I went to see due to hair loss and scalp pain prior to knowledge about thyroid med problems) recommended the 5% foam, stating that it was reported to have better results
Used the foam and within a week, my head was on FIRE, now, I've had sheds before, and they can cause some "scalp sensitivity" but this felt like "nerve damage'--I had to change shampoos,( nizoral, OTC as well as by script) go off the minox for about a week, see the dermo again to make sure there wasn't something else causing this extreme pain, such as a reaction, scaring alopecia, infection, ect.
I literally could not get the 5% minox foam, or liquid, back on my scalp--I had to drop down to the 2%, and could only get my scalp to tolerate it once a day--but no redness,rash, bumps, nothing......................
Well, the Endo figured out that "part" of the scalp pain may have been due to
having to convert me to a T-4 thyroid med to treat my condition until we could get thru to a Canadian Pharmacy to get the original Armour formulation--I had a reaction to the T-4 med--he has several patient experience this recently--all complained of scalp pain, and hair loss( Alot of Armour Thyroid users are allergic to standard T-4 thyroid med's)
Sooo, after loosing so much hair due to the shed perpertated by the thyroid med, we ( Endo and I) are concerned about upping back up to the 5% Minox too quickly--as I've lost about 35 to 40% of my hair in the last few months due to this...and possibly causing another increase in shedding by going right back to the 5% solution( I don't know if I could handle anymore increased shedding/scalp pain right now)
Should I?
Go to 2% monix twice daily, then maybe mix 2% and 5%( equals 3.5%) then maybe yet again go back up to the 5%, at first once a day, then finally back to the 5% twice a day? Would titrating up like this cause less of a "Dred Shed"? ( I went thru a strong shed when I started Rogaine years ago, even the Endo doesn't think that sort of shed would be wise to trigger right now)
I am sorry to come here and ask you this--but you guys seem to have so much experience with Rogaine--by that I mean trying out different things--you Gentlemen are quite a creative lot--so I was wondering if you might help me out with you thoughts/ideas on this
Thank You for reading this, and for any help/suggestions that you might have
Best Regards,
Dawn
I Know that I am to post over in either the Ladies section of this site, or visit
the new women's forum ( of which I am a current member) but after three to four month's of lurking here....I just tend to believe that it might get a better answer in this section of the forum
Quick history: Some problems with hair loss since 2001-- TE's mostly due to Thyroid ups and downs( and the need to adjust meds) and some hairloss due to certain meds that I have had to use--usually settled down fairly quickly after stopping the offending med...... usually 200-300 hairs daily tops--and usually stopped within 6 weeks or so of being off the med that caused the problem( trigger)
But due to some "concern" about AGA from previous dermo--I started the 2%, Rogaine( way back when) and moved up to the 5% formula--which I had been on for the last two years--it gave me the best head of hair that I ever had in my life.....along with good diet and vitamins
So, I was using the 5% once, or twice a day when the TE/Shed from all "H*ll"
started...................
Well, They reformulated the Armour Thyroid medication that I had been using for years to treat my thyroid disease ( just garden variety Hypo--low thyroid) and that started another shed--and boy, do I mean a "SHED" 300-400 hairs a day, sometimes more than 500-600 and few days of over 800 hair count--scary. The new formulated thyroid turned me into a case of "Hyperthyroidism" And I had no symptoms of a hyperthyroid condition,I felt "normal" but was stressed out from all the hairloss/of unknown cause--I was actually out looking at wigs( hubby suggested this)
Lucky for me--Endo caught it fairly quickly, and 3/4 months into it shed is slowing down to between 150-200 hairs daily, a few days are less, like 100-150, scalps still a bit tender, so if I styled my hair more ( I let it air-dry) I might still have a higher hair count.................
So Here's my query to you all:
I was on the 5% minox when this all started, dermo(who I went to see due to hair loss and scalp pain prior to knowledge about thyroid med problems) recommended the 5% foam, stating that it was reported to have better results
Used the foam and within a week, my head was on FIRE, now, I've had sheds before, and they can cause some "scalp sensitivity" but this felt like "nerve damage'--I had to change shampoos,( nizoral, OTC as well as by script) go off the minox for about a week, see the dermo again to make sure there wasn't something else causing this extreme pain, such as a reaction, scaring alopecia, infection, ect.
I literally could not get the 5% minox foam, or liquid, back on my scalp--I had to drop down to the 2%, and could only get my scalp to tolerate it once a day--but no redness,rash, bumps, nothing......................
Well, the Endo figured out that "part" of the scalp pain may have been due to
having to convert me to a T-4 thyroid med to treat my condition until we could get thru to a Canadian Pharmacy to get the original Armour formulation--I had a reaction to the T-4 med--he has several patient experience this recently--all complained of scalp pain, and hair loss( Alot of Armour Thyroid users are allergic to standard T-4 thyroid med's)
Sooo, after loosing so much hair due to the shed perpertated by the thyroid med, we ( Endo and I) are concerned about upping back up to the 5% Minox too quickly--as I've lost about 35 to 40% of my hair in the last few months due to this...and possibly causing another increase in shedding by going right back to the 5% solution( I don't know if I could handle anymore increased shedding/scalp pain right now)
Should I?
Go to 2% monix twice daily, then maybe mix 2% and 5%( equals 3.5%) then maybe yet again go back up to the 5%, at first once a day, then finally back to the 5% twice a day? Would titrating up like this cause less of a "Dred Shed"? ( I went thru a strong shed when I started Rogaine years ago, even the Endo doesn't think that sort of shed would be wise to trigger right now)
I am sorry to come here and ask you this--but you guys seem to have so much experience with Rogaine--by that I mean trying out different things--you Gentlemen are quite a creative lot--so I was wondering if you might help me out with you thoughts/ideas on this
Thank You for reading this, and for any help/suggestions that you might have
Best Regards,
Dawn
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