Hair is going.

[ara87]

Re: Hair is going.

What would a thyroid problem have to do with hair loss?

i'm not 100% sure why exactly, but it has to do with the hormones produced. A sudden trend in excesive over production of hair can also be a symptom of thyroid problems, as well as many other things. So basically if your thyroid's out of whack strange things happen

[Lucin]

Re: Hair is going.

I don't think it'll help me, I am pretty much a health nut job both in terms of diet and physical conditioning. Incidentally, I was browsing the web one time and reading about "natural" hair restoration. Besides their topical creams, they sold a multivitamin formula that was supposed to help hair growth. Although, I take a multi anyway and don't really trust "special" blends of stuff that you get daily anyway. The organism uses the vitamins and minerals that it needs or can use and disposes of the rest.

Oh, I thought your problem is simply thinning. If you experience severe/ unusual hair loss then stop browsing on the Net or just looking into some shops to find some products. It is a waste of time; most of these products which may be unreasonably expensive are just garbage. See a specialist and most probably, (s)he will recommend you Minoxidil. It is the most efficient medication available today and it works but as I said you have to have a lot of patience to apply it almost everyday to your scalp, and then clean it and so on... The results are not obtained overnight.

As for multivitamins whether in form of shampoos or creams or any similar form, it does not help that much. I have no faith in them. It's just a waste of time and money. And even if some of them work, as soon as you stop using them, your hair will quickly get back into his previous mode/ shape.

I don't know about your eating habits but if you can't change it quickly then start reinforcing vegetables into your diet, gradually. Vegetables are miracle; you'd better take the juice (especially celery and parsley...) and drink it. Wheat germ is also essential; one of the many things that it contains is zinc. I would strongly recommend you eat wheat germ regularly.

Anyway, I might give one of these DHT on the scalp reducers a go. If it significantly reduces the amount of hair I have on my comb, or just in general reduction "shedding", I'll be happy.

Look, shkara, DHT is a hormone. Hormones are 'dangerous', they have side-effects. I don't know much about this one but it may have some feminizing side-effects like growing breasts or may change your voice or… LOL, you don't need hair at any cost, what's more some bald men (I mean completely bald) are just sexy.

Lucin,

What is "touchwood"?

Oh, at one point, I thought I am translating from another language but it exists in English as well. It's an idiomatic expression said when you want to wish good luck or when you're trying to ward off the evil eye. I think I am being a little bit superstitious.

Read more, here.

[skhara]

Re: Hair is going.

It is simply thinning. The thing is that I have had thin hair all my life, so a little "shedding" on the top is undesirable for me.

It is the most efficient medication

I really never want to take any kind of medication. I don't have any bold spots on my head to be considering something drastic.

I don't know about your eating habits but if you can't change it quickly then start reinforcing vegetables into your diet, gradually. Vegetables are miracle; you'd better take the juice (especially celery and parsley...) and drink it.

I eat vegetables pretty regularly. Especially celery. I don't drink vegetable juice. Juices in the stores have toxic additives and preservatives.

Wheat germ is also essential; one of the many things that it contains is zinc. I would strongly recommend you eat wheat germ regularly.

Wheat germ? Hmm... I've seen wheat germ oil on health food stores shelves.

Look, shkara, DHT is a hormone. Hormones are 'dangerous', they have side-effects. I don't know much about this one but it may have some feminizing side-effects like growing breasts or may change your voice or… LOL, you don't need hair at any cost, what's more some bald men (I mean completely bald) are just sexy.

Oh no-no. I am not considering the use of any exogenous hormones. I think what i am considering is much less serious in terms of side-effects then Menoxidil.

Incidentally, Menoxidil is advertised under the brand name "Rogaine", they usually show mostly younger men with thinning hair in their commercials.

Anyway, I don't know that DHT has any specific benefit in the human body. It just froms from a colussion of testosterone and an enzyme.

Anyway, the men on my mom's side of the family did lose their hair as they aged. Grandfather and his two brothers were bald on top in their 60s and 70s.

[Lucin]

Re: Hair is going.

I eat vegetables pretty regularly. Especially celery. I don't drink vegetable juice. Juices in the stores have toxic additives and preservatives.

You can take the juice yourself. I do it on my own, it doesn't take much time.

Wheat germ? Hmm... I've seen wheat germ oil on health food stores shelves.

You don't know how they produce the oil. It may have some additives. Just buy the seeds, let it soften a bit into water and then eat with its shell which is not thick, very fine actually. The germ is the embryo within the seed.

Anyway, the men on my mom's side of the family did lose their hair as they aged. Grandfather and his two brothers were bald on top in their 60s and 70s.

Yea, there's the genetic factor as well.