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Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:57 am  |
My man's hairline is beginning to thin at an alarming rate... He used to have the most curly, bouncy, thick hair, and now he only has that hair at the base of his poor cute head.
Have any ladies out there actually witnessed results with any products that your husbands or boyfriends are using?
I'm just curious!
--avalange |
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http://newnaturalbeauty.tumblr.com/ 37, light-toned olive skin, broken caps, normal skin. My staples: Osea cleansing milk, Algae Oil, Advanced Protection Cream, Eyes & Lips, Tata Harper, Julie Hewett makeup, Amazing Cosmetics Powder, & By Terry Light Expert, Burnout, and daily inversion therapy and green smoothies! |
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Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:30 am |
| A guy I know uses Procerin and it really seems to work. He's been using it for about 6 months and his hair really looks thicker and the balding spot on top has filled in. |
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Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:42 am |
Viviscal has been proven to help men retain what they have....I have been taking it since the early 90's to help with my own hairloss.
Here is a recap on the Dateline study on men's hairloss products:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6590766/
Skin Biology Folligen also has had good results for men..I personally use the Folligen for Blondes and have been very happy with the additional growth from it. |
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Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:51 am |
| i think a good hair stylist is the way to go. they can help create hair styles that cater to receding hairlines, just look at many actors with some sort of receding hairlines, such as jude law and kevin spacey. |
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Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:16 pm |
| Avalange, if he goes to a dermatologist, they will give him propecia. Although not proven to regrow hair at the front of the scalp, it can certainly halt the hairloss. There are studies to prove this. It basically turns off a hormone that contributes to male pattern baldness. Then, for added effectiveness and potential regrowth, it is important to also use Rogaine. It is available in foam, which makes application easy. It is applied 2 times per day and the foam should last a while. You can get it at CVS or most drugstores. Sometimes it is behind the counter at the pharmacy. The concentration he wants is 5%. These are the 2 drugs that are FDA approved to stop hairloss. Other drugs may work well but they havent been proven with as many scientific studies. Honestly, this should stop the hairloss. It will take a little time to kick in. However, if he is dealing with a receding hairline, I wouldnt expect much if any regrowth. It should however halt it. |
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Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:19 pm |
| By the way, some doctors will prescribe 1/4 tablet per day of Proscar rather than propecia. It is the exact same chemical. It gives you a slightly higher dose if you do it this way. Obviuosly you would need a pill cutter. That way, it can be covered under insurance, since it is also a prostate drug. I am not sure if they are more stict about this in the states, but in Canada most doctors will do this. |
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Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:18 am |
Re Rogaine -
I ordered a package of Rogaine for my bf because I thought that was the best product to use to regrow hair no matter what kind of hair loss one experiences.
BUT when I received Rogaine and read the insert, I realised that this product is designed to help regrow hair/halt hair loss solely on the bald spot on top of a man's head. It's not supposed to be used on a receding hairline, which is my bf's problem.
My bf did not want to use Rogaine because of these instructions.
Can anybody tell me if he can use Rogaine on his receding hairline although the instructions say the opposite?
Merry Christmas and happy new year (and hair) to the readers of this thread!! |
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Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:30 am |
Avalange (and other women here): Be aware that exposure to propecia in women of childbearing age is strongly inadvisable because it has been proven to cause birth defects in male fetuses. Touching intact pills is not thought to be a problem, but contact with split pills is considered a risk. The problem is that Merck's patent on the drug--originally approved for prostate problems--expired a couple of years ago and so there are much cheaper generics available for that purpose. But to get the smaller dosage needed for hair growth, you would need to either buy the expensive low-dose Merck pills--the patent on propecia for hair growth doesn't expire for a few more years--or buy the generic high-dose pills and split them.
If your partner goes the "split the cheap pill" route, be especially careful not to come into contact with the pills if there is any chance you could become pregnant. |
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Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:13 pm |
| About the Rogaine and receding hairline, YES it can definately be used on a receding hairline! Just dont expect it to grow hair like if it were a bald spot. That area is hard to get regrowth in. But it will help stop hairloss, and it will cause a little bit of growth, but mostly just "peach fuzz." |
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Thu Jan 01, 2009 8:04 pm |
Avalange, a number of us are trying LLLT (Low Level Laser Therapy) for hairloss...you might want to follow our progress over the next several months and see if this is something that might work for your guy.
http://www.essentialdayspa.com/forum/viewthread.php?p=423554#423554 |
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Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:53 pm |
| My husband as well has a receding hairline so he went to the doctor who suggested rogaine and amazingly enough his hair started getting thicker. I was really happy with the results. Hope this helps. |
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:41 am |
this man http://www.shapeyourface.com/exercise_five.htm did a facial exercise from when he was 19 due to a hairloss problem. He's 74 now and still not bald.
I have also heard that a LED (light phototherapy) can help yoru hair grow back. |
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