Rogaine Experiment

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FuzzyKen	Re: Update time: 1 week	#21	[-]
Posts: 204 (01/28/03 09:07:03) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Dear Curious and Triumph, Keep up the good work with the project and I would suggest that you stick with this but ignore things for 30 days and use that as a re-evaluation interval. The shorter the interval here, the more you can be fooled into thinking somehting is happening under the "wishful thinking" clause you already mentioned. Be patient and stick to it. - - - - - Once a hair follicle starts growing it will remain active for it's life cycle. Rogaine will cut down drastically on the number of dormant follicles and radically increase the number of active ones in most people. If you stop using Minoxidil the hair will not immediately "fall out". This is a bunch of garbage started by others in the scalp hair replacement industry to push their own wares over Minoxidil. Effectiveness would depend on your genetics, patience and your ability to stick to a long term program of usage. Remember if it is going to work you are not going to see much for the first 90 days. If you see much more than maybe a little fuzz you should consider yourself lucky. Good Luck, Fuzzy Ken P.S. As a car collector I like the name!
Curi0usGeorge	Re: Re: Update time: 1 week	#22	[-]
Posts: 48 (01/28/03 10:51:34) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well, I'm going to stick to my once a week update plan for now. I've already said that I'm going to stick with it for a while, but I like the idea of posting progress here on a weekly basis, because that's the kind of thing I ouldn't find when I was looking. At worst, I'll drop down to reporting once every two weeks.
vanderloo1978(d)	Rogaine wont cause your beard to grow.	#23	[-]
Posts: 0 (01/31/03 02:40:26) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Rogaine will not cuase your beard to growh here is why: THe hormone called "type 2 DHT" causes beard growth. Products like rogaine and other hair growth products reduce this hormone because DHT causes SCALP hairloss. Type 1 DHT is also responbile for body Hair. I'm sure you have noticed that hairy guys go bald as they get older. This is because their bodies produce too much DHT hormone which causes their scalp hair follics to shrink. When a person goes bald they are not really bald it's just that their scalp follicles have shrunken too small to allow their hair to grow thru. If you don't believe me look up the hair loss drug called Propeica. Go to the company's website and read about DHT and hairloss. If you can't grow a beard you should feel blessed. It suck to have to wake up everyday and shave. It makes a person look scungy and dirty. I would rather look baby faced any day.
Curi0usGeorge	Minoxidil	#24	[-]
Posts: 48 (02/01/03 05:05:31) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Minoxidil does not affect hormone levels at all. Minoxidil promotes the growth of hair, but it does not directly counteract DHT. Minoxidil actually works by promoting blood flow to the root, so the hair grows better. It has the effect of counteracting DHT, but it doesn't actually affect DHT' production or receptors.
Curi0usGeorge	P.S.	#25	[-]
Posts: 48 (02/01/03 05:08:43) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hmm. I wasn't given the edit option, or I would have just added this onto the end of the other post. A couple more things: 1. There is scientific evidence that Rogaine increases facial hair production (an often unwanted effect). 2. Rogaine is often used to help patients with other types of hairloss regrow hair (especially on eyebrows and to a lesser extent, beards)
Curi0usGeorge	Update: 2 Weeks	#26	[-]
Posts: 48 (02/03/03 12:38:22) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well, I've broken my "no shaving except on Mondays" rule already. Looking really scraggly bothers me, so I'll probably continue shaving, and update based on how the stubble grows in after 2-3 days, rather than 7. Overall, the growth is about the same, though there are more vellus hairs, now. The little patch of hair around my earlobes is slowly growing. I'm hoping that in a week or two it will grow high enough that it connects with my sideburns. (i.e. I hope it grows to fill in where my sideburns should be.) Chin has a few more "real" hairs now, but not many more. More vellus hair, though, I believe. Soul patch - some of the older vellus hairs are slightly thicker. Newer vellus hairs have also appeared. Cheeks - still devoid of real hair (except for the aforementioned patch on each side). Maybe more vellus hair than last weeks, but not enough to really matter. Underside of law/upper neck - more vellus hair. No new "real" hairs have appeared. Mustache is the same, as far as I can tell. As a side note, I believe that my chest hair might be thickening up as well. I'm not certain, though. I'll be keeping an eye on it. As I said earlier, I can tolerate a bit of chest hair, but if I start to see hair on my back, the Rogaine experiment will be over. I plan to wait two weeks before my next update, as week-by-week shows little change.
Duo001	Re: Rogaine wont cause your beard to grow.	#27	[-]
Posts: 1 (02/05/03 11:39:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Ya know I am one of those "lucky" people who has to get up every morning, or whenever I get up, and shave. IT SUCKS. I have to buy razors, shaving creme and all that good stuff all the time. Granted its not that expensize but... I would much rather look baby faced. While I think that facial hair looks good, a guy to have no facial hair is more apealing to me. ---Duo---
Curi0usGeorge	Re: Rogaine wont cause your beard to grow.	#28	[-]
Posts: 48 (02/05/03 13:47:16) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I think most people who have lots of facial hair wish that they didn't, and most of the people who don't wish that they did. I also wish my hair was a different color, and my eyes. I wish I was taller, too. People want what they don't have (beard, smooth face). I still have to shave. I have just enough hair on my chin and moustache that I have to shave every other day, or it starts to look like I'm lazy (and 13). I think that's what most guys with thin facial hair dislike. We get most of the hassle, and none of the benefits.
Unregistered(d)	I'm trying	#29	[-]
Posts: 0 (02/13/03 17:17:53) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Inspired by this thread I also started applying minoxidil on my face twice daily about a week ago and will continue to do so for at least six months. I haven't noticed any difference besides very dry and itchy skin! I'm 28 and have good beard development on chin and cheeks. Around my upper and lower lip i have lots of vellus hair which is developing very slowly. Will minoxidil help transform this vellus hair into real beard hair? Or is minoxidil only good for activating completely dormant follicles?
FuzzyKen	Re: I'm trying	#30	[-]
Posts: 204 (02/13/03 18:37:59) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Dear Nic, As I have previously stated the itching skin is caused by the alcohol carrier used in the product. Alcohol is extremly hard on the skin and it will cause dryness and flaking as well. A follicle growing vellus hair is already active. Nothing is certain, but there is a good chance that with repeated diligent effort, Minoxidil will speed things up. Again, if you are going to have a positive effect from Minoxidil it will take a good 90 days before anything significant develops. The hardest part here is patience. Once it takes off and starts growing then things begin to happen more quickly. Read some of my other previous postings and it will give you more information regarding what you are trying to do. Best, Fuzzy Ken
Curi0usGeorge	Keep trying	#31	[-]
Posts: 48 (02/13/03 23:18:26) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Just give it time, and get some good lotion. I'm using Neutrogena Hand Creme. It doesn't completely stop the flaking, but it certainly helps. If you apply the minoxidil, wait for it to dry completely, and then apply a good lotion, you'll probably find that the "scaling" stops for quite a few hours. (Maybe all day. I've never really timed it.) Also, spend some time scrubbing your face every day. With a mild soap, though. It sounds almost ironic, but shaving daily really helps to cut down the scaling, at least for me. In the morning, I scrub in the shower, then shave, then apply Minoxidil (after drying my face, of course), and finally apply the lotion after the Minoxidil is completely dry. It sounds like a long routine, and I guess it is, but it's not really that much different than my routine used to be. I didn't used to apply lotion, but I applied after shave, so I've really only added one step, the Minoxidil.
Unregistered(d)	lotion	#32	[-]
Posts: 0 (02/16/03 16:30:44) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I've started applying lotion to my face once daily and it helps a lot with the scaling. I apply 3-4 hours after applying the minoxidil to avoid that the lotion somehow counteracts the effect of minoxidil and to let the minoxidil absorb properly into the skin.
Curi0usGeorge	Update: 4 weeks	#33	[-]
Posts: 48 (02/17/03 03:23:57) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well, it's technically Monday here, so I'm going to go ahead and do my update. in a nutshell: Lots of new growth I didn't shave from Wednesday until Sunday. I learned that I've gained a lot of growth on my cheeks. My moustache is thicker, chinhair is thicker. Those little patches that were at about earlobe level are still growing. I expect that they'll connect to my sideburns soon. They technically connect now, but some of the hair is too thin to be very noticable. Soul patch is slowly getting thicker. New hair underneath jaw and on upper neck. Basically, I've got new hair everywhere. Most (but no all) of the new hair growth I've got could probably be classified as vellus hair, but it is definitely thicker than it was. Last time I tried to let my beard grow, nothing was noticable on my cheeks. Overall, it's working well, and rapidly. ----- Now, for side effects. I'm definitely growing more body hair. I doubt that anyone would notice it but me, and even I can't tell from more than a foot or two away. My chest/stomach hair is increasing. I don't like that, but as long as it stays to a minimum, I'll continue. The hair on my legs is getting a litle thicker. I dont really care about that, so long as it doesn't become abnormally thick. No noticable hair on my back. (thank goodness) Eyebrows are getting thicker. I don't like this, because I've always had very good eyebrows. I suppose I'm just going to have to pluck the stray hairs, though. A couple of hairs way up my cheek, right beneath my eyes. Nothing major, but sort of anoying. They'll also be getting plucked. Hairline is getting a bit of new growth. It had slightly receded (less than half an inch, for sure) since I was about 16, but it's actually growing forward a bit (at least in the corners). Sort of a nice side effect. I've just now (as of Friday) started applying minoxidil to my hairline, too, because why not? None of the side effects are bad enough that I'm going to quit using the minoxidil. I'll continue to monitor them, though. ----- If I get this much new growth consistently for the next few months, I'm going to have a full beard long before I expected.
FuzzyKen	Re: Update: 4 weeks	#34	[-]
Posts: 204 (02/17/03 06:02:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Congratulations Curious, Glad to see things are going so very well for you. As time goes on the process will go faster. Be prepared for this and also understand that once the hair starts it will remain for it's growth cycle. This is the same for the other hair as well. Keep up the good work. Fuzzy Ken
Unregistered(d)	new growth	#35	[-]
Posts: 0 (02/17/03 12:19:27) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Great news Curious, and congrats! I hope I will get good results as well. I've been using minoxidil for about ten days now and it actually seems that there's a little new vellus hair growth. Hope this turns into real beard hair sometime this year. The finer/lighter/blond beard hair, that I already have, hasn't changed. My skin is still very dry, although the lotion does help. It's freezing where i live (Denmark, Europe), so when spring comes, my skin will probably get better. Curious, when applying the minoxidil, do you just cover the skin with it or do you soak the skin with it? Or something in between? (Hope I'm making sense here)
Curi0usGeorge	fairly thick	#36	[-]
Posts: 48 (02/17/03 12:52:06) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I put it on pretty thick, but not so thick that it runs after I'm finished applying. I also rub it in with couple of fingers, which helps it soak in quicker. I actually use a whole milliliter on my beard area. Thanks for the encouragement, guys.
Dianabolic(d)	minoxidl and retin-a	#37	[-]
Posts: 0 (02/19/03 15:35:40) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Strange that no one here on the board talks about Retin-A! This compound is oftenly used for acne problems and aging of skin but it has the ability to grow hair and specially to enhance the effects of minoxidil by fasting the skin cell turnover. This combo is used for bald people in attempt to grow hair with 90% of sucess for most cases when used for several months (12 to 24 months or so). Although like minoxidl 5%, Retin-A also needs a medical prescription wich should not be dificult to obtain. Just invoke the acne reasons. Make a search on the net about the mixing of this 2 compounds.
PatrickQ	Retin-A and minoxidil	#38	[-]
Posts: 7 (02/20/03 00:13:32) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Dude Retin-A cost a fortune, of course that's online and without a prescription. It's $129 for a 45mg tube, might be cheaper if you get it thru your doctor for acne, but that sucks I don't have acne Well I guess over time it might end up like Rogaine. Remember when Rogaine was $60 a bottle. With that money you can get 12. Well I might look around to see if they have a generic Retin-A...chaio
madcat2k(d)	heh	#39	[-]
Posts: 0 (02/20/03 00:18:22) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Just to let you know you can give yourself temporary acne that can fool your doctor into giving into you. There's hundreds of things out there that can actually "Create" this. Although only good for a week or youmight have some rather nasty acne for a while. And in some cases it may stay with you.
FuzzyKen	Aware of Retin-A	#40	[-]
Posts: 204 (02/20/03 05:59:33) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have been aware of Retin-A for some time. It is true it will maximize the effects of Minoxidil. It does have it's problems and to me the price is not as much the issue as the problems themselves are. Not every person can use Retin-A. Some do have adverse reactions to it. Skin rash and other dermatologic issues are common with Retin-A use. It is for that reason that it has fallen to a great degree out of favor with MD's for use with ACNE. Accutane is now what is being prescribed most often for that one. Retin-A can be obtained over the Internet. It is expensive, but occasionally there are "deals" on it. One of the worst things with Retin-A however is that it reduces your ability to resist sun exposure. If you choose to use Retin-A read and understand the product literature very thoroughly. If you are an active guy, I don't see that the added expense would be worth the gain. Yes, it definitely according to documented research will speed things up, but in reality how fast do you need? Good Luck Fuzzy Ken

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