Hair loss

I’d like to reduce or even reverse my hair loss this year. My genetics are not good in this regard, and the whole “maternal grandfather” thing is just complete crap. Fake science. My Lolo Bob always had a lot of hair. Guess who started losing it in his early 20s? Thanks, half-white genetics. My brother didn’t get it though, or maybe he just started rogaine early enough. 

I’ve learned a lot from my years of rogaine use. It seemed to slow down my hair loss, and I’d get baby hairs growing. But, my hairline was still awful. It wasn’t enough. I recently switched from liquid to foam, becuase I would wipe away half the liquid before it got absorbed, because it kept running down my face (since I'm only losing hair up front). I’m also putting on more than before. This has helped a lot. It seems like I'm getting some legit normal length hairs returning. Though, maybe I just noticed tinier hairs that were always there lol. 

I don't want to use finasteride. I'm sick of googling that stupid medication. I don't want the risk of sexual side effects. I got a prescription recently from my dermatologist for the topical kind. It's supposed to be much less risky, but there haven't been a ton of studies on it. To be honest? I think I'm going to chicken out and not use it. Just toss it in my cabinet. I've spent way too much time stressing over it and reading a zillion studies and stupid anecdotes. Romance is just such an important thing to me. My system is working the way it should, other than the stupid hair loss. I don't want to tamper with it. My libido is fine, no ED or related issues and I'd like to keep it that way. Ugh, DHT. 

I'm thinking of using the following stack: Rogaine, Nizoral, one of those Kierr laser caps, and a dermaroller. My dermatologist won't be happy but oh well. If it works, fantastic. If not, at least I don't have ED. I'll maximize some other aspect of my appearance instead. The only thing that sucks is those stupid hair caps costing a thousand bucks. I'll pay pretty much anything for this, though. Just in money. Not side effects. 

Gonna give it a shot. 

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