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Falling Hair / Thinning Hair: How To Keep It and Even Grow It Back
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 When I drove under a streetlight at night, I was self-conscious about people seeing my scalp in my car. T-tops? I could never take them off. I had them limo-tinted so the sun couldn't shine through. But what if I went to the beach? What if I was in a store with bright lights? I hated it! I felt so self-conscious!!! This whole process can be reversed. Sometimes, even when you've lost hair for a long time, it can still be saved. If a hair is too thin, it isn't strong enough to push its way through the skin on your head. Over time, it'll become thinner and thinner until it's almost not even there. But just because your hair has thinned out, it doesn't mean that thick hair can't grow there anymore. Once you strengthen it up, it can push through. I thought my hair was gone forever! I was wrong! It was still there - it just never made it through the skin on my scalp.
Important Note #5: Finisteride (Proscar / Propecia) and Dutasteride (Avodart) is also used as a treatment for an enlarged prostate. The prostate reaches full size at around 20 years old - and begins another growth cycle at around 45 years of age. The Big Guns: Rogaine (Minoxidil), Propecia / Proscar (Finisteride), Spironolactone (Aldactone), Azelaic Acid, Fluridil (Eucapil), Retin-A, Ketoconazole*, Dutasteride Spironolactone: For hair loss prevention purposes, it has been found that a solution of Spironolactone in a 2-5% concentration can effectively block androgens (both DHT and others) from effecting the hair follicles at the scalp when applied topically. Azelaic Acid: Inhibits DHT up to 100% at the area of application.
*Nizoral Shampoo (2% Ketoconazole): When used every other day, Nizoral shampoo can help block the formation of DHT in the scalp. A special version of Nizoral shampoo, 'Regrowth Treatment Shampoo', is available that contains 3% salicylic acid . The salicylic acid helps strip dead layers off the epidermis from the scalp, resulting in greater absorption of the 2% Ketoconazole. *This isn't actually a "big gun" because it's not expensive - but I felt it was important to list here anyway. There's more to read about Ketoconazole later on... Fluridil (Eucapil): Supposedly has a longer half-life than Spironolactone. Cost might be prohibitive to some, but if it works as claimed it would be very valuable to those trying to save their hair. Also a general anti-androgen. Retin-A, or Retonic Acid, can be used in combination with Minoxidil for a synergistic effect. Studies have shown that combined with minoxidil treatments it will regrow more hair faster than with minoxidil alone. It may increase the absorption of Minoxidil through the skin, it also may have some hair regenerative properties. Again, not much is known about its method of action, only that it has positive results. Dutasteride, sold as Avodart, is a new drug prescribed for benign prostatic hyperplasia (or enlarged prostate). Dutasteride has also shown very positive effects as a hair loss treatment for sufferers of male pattern baldness. Dutasteride, which is taken in capsule form, has shown dramatic success in restoring hair to bald men in trials. It interferes with 5-alpha-reductase enzymes that break down the male hormone testosterone and turn it into dehydrotestosterone (DHT) - which causes hair to thin dramatically in later life. Dutasteride has better DHT supression results than finasteride (Propecia / Proscar). |