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Is there any cure or good treatment for frontal hair loss?
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AREYOUOKAY?
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John_Ryder
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Rub the affected area with toilet paper.
Ristifer
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Can you ship some of those women to me somehow? Because I didn't get any compliments when I did it. Certainly not from "many women." Maybe I'm ugly as fuck, but the advice is still good. Just own it and don't try to hide behind anything. Put on some muscle and you're good to go.
Hudo
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I can, if you pay postage.
But I dunno, man. I didn't do anything differently other than having just shaved that shit off. First girl that complimented me was actually a girl I was crushing on during my undergrad time. She just told me that I looked good. And a day after that, another girl who was doing her PhD at the time and who I was sometimes hanging out with was saying the same thing to me (she had a bf, tho).
Some time later the girl working at the coffee shop that I visited like maybe 2 - 3 times a week at campus also said the same thing. So that's when I started to think "maybe I'm on to something here..."
Happened a couple times again through the years. Even a gay guy said it to me once, which was both flattering and weird. But a compliment is a compliment.
Ironically, my now gf said back when we hated each other in beginning that she's way above my league (I agree).
Turns out she isn't, tho.
Roxkis_ii
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I second microneedeling. I have a bald spot under my chin causing me to cut my bread.
I've been Microneedeling for about 2 months and I have noticed new growth. It's not going to happen overnight, but I notice slow progress.
mortal
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From what I understand finasteride and dutasteride are the two most common treatments with studies that back their efficacy.
I'm 31 years old. I'm using Minoxidil for frontal hair loss but is not helping. It only helps in the back, but not at front. So gaf, anyone knows another treatment for this problem? I really don't want to go bald so soon.
Minoxidil seems like more of a buff to use in combination with either of those.
Although I'd imagine it also depends on the type of hair loss you suffer from. You're better off consulting a specialist for this issue.
Tams
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I don't think the 'just shave it off/go with it!' comments are helpful, especially if you don't treat it, it's pretty much impossible to get it back.
Notably, you don't often see people say, 'you must go on these treatments to save your hair now!', outside of adverts.
It is a personal choice, and for some people (myself included), head hair is very important to us.
Now, if the treatments carried significant risk, then I'd be more open to the dismissive comments. But they don't. There is some with all of them in different ways (Minoxidol and blood pressure, Finasteride and libido/unborn child development (if conceived while on the drug), microneedling and infection, etc.) but so far nothing major that can't be avoided with minimal care.
Notably, you don't often see people say, 'you must go on these treatments to save your hair now!', outside of adverts.
It is a personal choice, and for some people (myself included), head hair is very important to us.
Now, if the treatments carried significant risk, then I'd be more open to the dismissive comments. But they don't. There is some with all of them in different ways (Minoxidol and blood pressure, Finasteride and libido/unborn child development (if conceived while on the drug), microneedling and infection, etc.) but so far nothing major that can't be avoided with minimal care.
*Nightwing
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Taking an inevitable natural traumatic event that occurs to most men and science cannot yet combat or reverse and then feeding false hope is just fucking evily mean beyond the selfish preaching virtue signaling.
Trying to take a traumatic life event and make light of it with comedy to not only give the person something to laugh at and let them know it’s not as serious as it feels, but also to let them know we are there and they are not alone in this eventuality is a natural empathetic response.
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Romulus
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Op has some serious elongated skull even before the receding hairline becomes an issue.
Don't fight it, buzz cut the lot and give off that "This is how I choose to look" energy. You will fool nobody with any treatments. Well, maybe just yourself....
Idk, friend of mine did the hair plug thing and it looked damn good.
hybrid_birth
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Kenpachii
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If u got money, hair transplant.
Other then that, just shave it completely or go like this
Or u can just do the asmongold solution
Basically let hair where it grows grow longer to cover the weaker spots up, but its a eternal pain u gotta deal with as when wind blows on the street u going to look like a diseased goblin.
My hair started to thin a a bit at the front when i was 30, got a bit more bad through lack of vitamins most likely and stress at 38 and i decided to to trim it super short like the first picture. Best shit in my life, got to get used towards it for a few weeks then its basically no going back.
Other then that, just shave it completely or go like this
Or u can just do the asmongold solution
Basically let hair where it grows grow longer to cover the weaker spots up, but its a eternal pain u gotta deal with as when wind blows on the street u going to look like a diseased goblin.
My hair started to thin a a bit at the front when i was 30, got a bit more bad through lack of vitamins most likely and stress at 38 and i decided to to trim it super short like the first picture. Best shit in my life, got to get used towards it for a few weeks then its basically no going back.
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It's been about 10 years since I just said fuck it and shaved my head after I started to recede in my early 30s. It's very helpful advice to just say shave it off. Your self esteem will be miles better if you listen to what your body is telling you.
If after a few shaves you don't like it and you're still down about it, just grow it back and go down the drug route.
It's like a weight off your shoulders for most of us though. I look cool as fuck with a shaved head.
Mr Reasonable
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I shaved my head a few years ago after I looked into the side effects that finasteride leave an unfortunate minority of users with.
Seems like nobody understands what's happening when it goes wrong, the side effects stick around after stopping and there's no treatment.
Seemed like a really unsafe roll of the dice to me.
Sakura
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The treatments are useful if you start early on. The problem is a lot of people wait until they're too far gone before they start looking into them, as they are often living in denial/not noticing their hair is getting worse and worse. The treatments that exist are not miracles.
I think shaving it off is good advice because so many people get really stressed out and let their hairloss bother them to the point it affects their confidence and how they live their life.
And let's be real, if you shave your head it's not like it won't grow back. You can still keep up the treatments while having a shaved head too (microneedling and minoxidil is probably easier with a shaved head anyway). Ultimately though it depends how far gone your hair is.
Halo is Back
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No. I think it's good advice. I struggled with hair loss since my early twenties. I had constant anxiety about my hair loss and body images issues with low self-esteem. I originally tried to go the chemical route and I slowly realized that it's just going to be a battle for the rest of my life. Spending money, time, and energy just trying to keep or maintain the hair I had. Once I finally made the decision to shave my head, it was like the most liberating feeling. I felt like a brand new person and now I can appreciate the way I look when my head is nicely shaven and smooth.
While I agree that it is a personal choice, I still think it's the best advice I could give someone struggling with their hair loss the same way I did. If people want to go the other route then that's fine and it's their choice. However, the reality is that you with have to keep that routine for the rest of your life.
Eiknarf
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So, the non-hair-transplant way is the PRP treatments, where they take your own blood, mix it with some shit, and inject it back into your scalp. They do the front, too! Your hair naturally grows back. You have to go once a month for the first six months, then once every six months. It's around $1400 for each one hour session. So it adds up.
Daniel Tosh shows himself getting it done on his podcast:
The problem is, once you stop PRP treatments, the natural male pattern baldness will happen again. So its temporary.
The only real permanent solution is what the majority of other celebs (Joel McHale, Jeremy Piven etc almost every male actor) do: An actual hair transplant. That'll run ya about $16,000 and takes about six hours in one sitting.
Daniel Tosh shows himself getting it done on his podcast:
The problem is, once you stop PRP treatments, the natural male pattern baldness will happen again. So its temporary.
The only real permanent solution is what the majority of other celebs (Joel McHale, Jeremy Piven etc almost every male actor) do: An actual hair transplant. That'll run ya about $16,000 and takes about six hours in one sitting.
The Pleasure
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8bitpill
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I guess where to start, is it genetic? Does the males in your family have this typical balding pattern?
Next, what type of shampoo and conditioner are you using?
Are you taking vitamins? A multi, E, D, B12, Biotin, and Fish Oil. These aren't a cure all or make it that you start growing back hair, just a preventive maintenance.
I'm not bald and thankfully have a thick head of hair at 40, but it has thinned out of the years at the crown. Nothing terrible but I'm sure by the time I'm 60 it will be more of a bald spot.
If it's inevitable, a hair transplant is the way to go. Just make a effort to save up for it.
Next, what type of shampoo and conditioner are you using?
Are you taking vitamins? A multi, E, D, B12, Biotin, and Fish Oil. These aren't a cure all or make it that you start growing back hair, just a preventive maintenance.
I'm not bald and thankfully have a thick head of hair at 40, but it has thinned out of the years at the crown. Nothing terrible but I'm sure by the time I'm 60 it will be more of a bald spot.
If it's inevitable, a hair transplant is the way to go. Just make a effort to save up for it.
BigDeadFreak
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Shave it off and maintain your self respect.
That's what I did and I never regretted it for a single minute.
That's what I did and I never regretted it for a single minute.
japaneses are working on a keratin based gel. it has only been tested on mice so far.
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www.tsukuba.ac.jp
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Effect of Keratin Microsphere Gel on Hair Growth in Mice | Research News - University of Tsukuba
Image by Pixel-Shot/ShutterstockKeratin microsphere gel, consisting of keratin-based microspheres that swell in water to
www.tsukuba.ac.jp
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Badlucktroll
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What Happens When Hair Transplants Go Wrong
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