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Tonic and medicine for preventative hair loss

YS2003

YS2003

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Finally I have arrived.....
What products are recommended to prevent the hair loss (I mean the hair on the head)? This is for a person with a full head of hair, who has started noticing some shedding in the shower.

Rogain's product info said it is only for the hair loss at the top of the head and does not help receding hair line or frontal part of the head.

Is there a "generalist" type of medicine which activates or rejuvenates the hair follicles to promote the hair growth?
 
Worth popping into your doctor YS2003. There's some other conditions (not bad ones) that can cause your shed/thin. May as well exclude something fixable before embarking on purchasing expensive products (which may or may not work).



edit: also can't make any recommendations. I'm just letting my hair go at its whim.
 
Unfortunately, no products like these actually work very well. Thing is, hairloss is a part of our genes and can't really be mended. I think there are some vitamins one can take to slow down the rate of which you lose hair, but if it's gone, it's gone.

I'm a lucky guy with a full head of thick, dark hair. Unfortunately, in about ten years that won't be the case anymore of I have my dad's genes. =/
 
Heilage said:
Unfortunately, no products like these actually work very well. Thing is, hairloss is a part of our genes and can't really be mended. I think there are some vitamins one can take to slow down the rate of which you lose hair, but if it's gone, it's gone.

I'm a lucky guy with a full head of thick, dark hair. Unfortunately, in about ten years that won't be the case anymore of I have my dad's genes. =/
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Not true. Rogaine works extremely well, as long as you start using it early on. Propecia also is excellent. Now- I'm speaking as someone who shaves his head. ;) I actually used Rogaine for a while in my early 20s. It works. You just can't ever stop using it. If you do, all that newly grown hair falls right out very fast. I eventually decided to get rid of it all. I wish I'd done it sooner. I like how I look with no hair, and so do all my guys. I'm rarely without company. :)
 
Heilage said:
Unfortunately, no products like these actually work very well. Thing is, hairloss is a part of our genes and can't really be mended. I think there are some vitamins one can take to slow down the rate of which you lose hair, but if it's gone, it's gone.

I'm a lucky guy with a full head of thick, dark hair. Unfortunately, in about ten years that won't be the case anymore of I have my dad's genes. =/
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Baldness actually comes from the mother's side. It doesn't matter if your dad is bald, it does matter if you have a bald grandfather on your mother's side.
 
leekohler said:
Not true. Rogaine works extremely well, as long as you start using it early on. Propecia also is excellent. Now- I'm speaking as someone who shaves his head. ;) I actually used Rogaine for a while in my early 20s. It works. You just can't ever stop using it. If you do, all that newly grown hair falls right out very fast. I eventually decided to get rid of it all. I wish I'd done it sooner. I like how I look with no hair, and so do all my guys. I'm rarely without company. :)
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Just to be fair, you do look very good bald. But I still insist that you can't regrow hair that has fallen out with roots (which is what I meant). You can only slow down the process or repair "damaged" hair.


anjinhamarota said:
Baldness actually comes from the mother's side. It doesn't matter if your dad is bald, it does matter if you have a bald uncle on your mother's side.
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I don't. Wohoo! =D
 
You don't actually LOSE hair. It migrates south to your nose, your ears, and your back. ;)

Sorry - eat a well-balanced diet, exercise. However, if your genes dictate, hair loss, aging, loss of hair color, boobs sagging, wrinkles - aging of all types will eventually occur.
 
Heilage said:
Just to be fair, you do look very good bald. But I still insist that you can't regrow hair that has fallen out with roots (which is what I meant). You can only slow down the process or repair "damaged" hair.
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Propecia will stop loss completely, and regrow some new. That's why anyone who wants to do this should do it ASAP.

anjinhamarota said:
Baldness actually comes from the mother's side. It doesn't matter if your dad is bald, it does matter if you have a bald uncle on your mother's side.
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Filthy lie. The men on my mother's side had lots of hair on their heads all their lives. My Dad's side? All bald.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2610/is-male-pattern-baldness-inherited-whos-to-blame

Another thing to keep in mind- testosterone is to blame for this. The more you have the more likely you go bald. If you're a hairy guy in general, you're more likely to go bald.
 
leekohler said:
Propecia will stop loss completely, and regrow some new. That's why anyone who wants to do this should do it ASAP.

Filthy lie. The men on my mother's side had lots of hair on their heads all their lives. My Dad's side? All bald.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2610/is-male-pattern-baldness-inherited-whos-to-blame
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I find that hard to believe, but I'll take your word for it, for now. :)

As for the bald thing, thanks for again making me nervous about my 30's. ;)
 
anjinhamarota said:
Baldness actually comes from the mother's side. It doesn't matter if your dad is bald, it does matter if you have a bald uncle on your mother's side.
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It doesn't matter if your Uncle is bald either. He inherited the X-chromo from his mother. It DOES matter if your maternal Grandfather is bald. Mom will be guaranteed one balding X-chromo. It's fifty-fifty from there unless Mom is bald too; in that case all of her male offsprings will be bald.

Back on topic: Preemptive strike is the way to go. Shave your head.:eek::p:D:D;) If your gonna be bald, be bald on your own terms.;)
 
leekohler said:
Most guys who go bald start losing hair early- around 19-20.
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That is true… my maternal grandfather was well on his way to complete baldness when he got married around 22 yo. One of his two sons was also bald by his early 20s. The other has a lush head of hair — although he was premature grey at age 30. :)

I have defintely inherited my father's hair pattern. Just your bog standard Male pattern baldness. So I just keep it short. :)
 
leekohler said:
Filthy lie. The men on my mother's side had lots of hair on their heads all their lives. My Dad's side? All bald.
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I've read stuff that says otherwise... :confused:

The findings are also interesting for the aspect of how hair loss is inherited. The gene for the androgen receptor lies on the x chromosome. Men always inherit the x chromosome from their mother. In many cases men therefore take after their grandfather on their mother's side rather than their father. However, this defect is not simply caused by one gene: "We have indications that other genes are involved which are independent of the parents' sex," Prof. Nöthen stresses. The hereditary defect can therefore sometimes also be passed on directly from father to son. Bald men wanted.
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from http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/7953 , it says the gene comes mainly from the mother's side, but other factors are involved too...

EDIT: I meant grandfather in my post, not uncle.
 
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