losing hair
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- Jaline0
You can laugh, but I started taking Propecia at 24 when they started to thin out at the top. They grew back and my hair is fine now.
Redmond
(Jun 29 07, 05:44)No worries,
I think this is a good idea (if it does work).Hopefully there is no horrible disease you'll get in the long term from using it.
(not being sarcastic).
- -sputnik-0
it must suck to lose one's hair :(
- Jaline0
I know, seriously. I have thin hair already (which I volumize with Dove, of course), and I can't imagine it being gone.
- ozhanlion0
well, first it starts from the front then opens up the top. if it's not too late use something, it can stop..
- ********0
I have so think hair, I have it thinned out when I get it cut
- Jaline0
My hairstylist always thins out my hair even though I tell her not to since my hair isn't really as thick as it looks everyday. She just believes what she can see.
Bitch.
- Jaline0
whoops, that was a bit harsh.
I have to stand up for myself.
- M0NEYCIDE0
zinc, saw palmetto b50 vitamin e will keep what you got and if you do it right you'll get more. it's then natural equivalent to propreca and rogain
- rafalski0
Aren't these pills basically estrogen?
- version30
has nothing to do with growing up
- version30
Hair grows from its follicle about the rate of one half inch per month. Each hair grows on the average for about 5 years, rests, then falls out. At any one time, 85% of the hair is growing and 15% is resting. We lose about 10,000 scalp hairs every day. Baldness, or alopecia, occurs when the rate of hair falling out exceeds hair growing in. It can be associated with genetic predisposition, aging and alternating levels of androgens, the male sex hormones.
In balding, the hair follicle becomes smaller and the hair that grows from the follicle miniaturizes, loses its pigmentation and decreases the time it spends in the growth phase, which goes from 2-5 years to a month or two for really fine hair, sometimes called “vellous” hair. The terminal stage in balding involves atrophy and fibrosis of the hair follicle.
The typical pattern that occurs in women particularly around and after menopause is that the hair thins all over the head. Oddly enough, the frontal hairline remains intact. On the crown of the head there may be a moderate loss or thinning, but rarely does this progress to total baldness, as it occurs in men. Other reasons that may cause baldness in women are: breaking of hair follicles from twisting or pulling the hair, patchy areas of hair loss called alopecia areata, which is an immune disorder causing temporary hair loss. Certain medications can also cause hair loss.
In males, hair loss can start in different areas of the head but more often starts in the temple area or on the crown of the head. In males, it is the effects of hormones on the hair follicle that produces alopecia. The hormone testosterone, present in males in high levels after puberty, is converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) by an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase. DHT makes the hair follicle slow down and renders it weak. The follicle then produces shorter hair growth. Sometimes it stops hair growth completely causing baldness.
It is important to remember that it is not normal if your hair falls out in clumps when you wash your hair or after sleeping at night. Other causes of hair loss include: thyroid and pituitary problems, birth control pills, childbirth, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, steroids, stress. Medications such as interferon, ringworm or fungal infections of the scalp, burns, or high temperature associated with the flu or infections can also cause hair loss.
- JKilla770
Just do what this guy did.....
- M0NEYCIDE0
Aren't these pills basically estrogen?
rafalski
(Jul 1 07, 17:10)they regulate a type of testosterone. too much = hair loss, so basically it's evening it out. you'll also lose a few hairs in certain unwanted areas. saw palmetto especially does exactly what rogain and propreca do basically reglulating that type of testosterone. you won't grow boobs.
- M0NEYCIDE0
i've been taking those in cycles for over 5 years and i have more hair than when it first really started to bug me. also more energy, more jiz, more! famed pornstar peter north is a taker of zinc for the money shots. a lot of them say "for prostate health" on the bottle where this type of testosterone is generated. i think in general saw palmetto is recomended for swollen prostate, something more older men have to cope with.
- AndyRoss0
Gee. You sound like an expert on this kind of stuff.
What I really want to know is, what can I take to make my girlfriend prettier? And don't say booze, 'cause I've tried that.
- M0NEYCIDE0
hey if it works drink it. the other solution is making yourself uglier.
- ********0
- bcline0
right there with ya man
- pascii0
i'm bald now. shiny top makes people smile :)
- pascii0
i'm bald now. shiny top makes people smile :)