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    when is it time to say goodbye to the research section?

    Can confirm, this is the truth. We need a real solution, not promises and bandaids. There are also people who are not candidates for hair transplants, at least not as they currently do them: because of poor donor areas, too much loss and not enough donor hair, risk of shock loss, or all of...
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    NY Times article on benefits of oral minoxidil

    It's annoying that it still might not work, and it has crap side effects like hairy knuckles - never anything useful, useful like it add 3 inches.
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    NY Times article on benefits of oral minoxidil

    This was in the comment section of that article American academy of determatology: https://www.aad.org/dw/dw-insights-and-inquiries/archive/2022/low-dose-oral-minoxidil-alopecia
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    Know Any Good Alternative To Toppik?

    There is dermmatch, and then there are volumizing powders. How well they will work depends on a number of factors. A picture of your hair would help. How much density do you have? Are you diffuse thinning or do you have bald patches? How long do you keep your hair on top?
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    Hair Styling Tips For Thinning Hair

    The same as in the youtube video. Keep the sides and back shortened, close to the skin, tapered/blended into the top, keep the top longer. This gives the illusion of density. You'll have to judge for yourself how long that should be, based on what you have up top. Use a blow drier with...
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    Hair Styling Tips For Thinning Hair

    This guys youtube channel has some decent tips for hair styling with thinning hair. Most of his suggestions are things I discovered on my own through trial and error https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnlmMaH14N0dJeU0bW2KPXg I can turn this garbage in to this
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    Hair Loss Advancing After 7 Years On finasteride

    After seven years on finasteride it seems my hair is noticeably weakening. For a while, styling, hair cuts, and light use of product was sufficient to keep things roughly together on my head, and finasteride was doing its job maintaining at least. With age though finasteride can no longer keep up. Now the...
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    Hair Fibers That Do Not Itch Or Cause Irritation

    Any one found any hair fibers that do not scalp itch?
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    The Itch, At The End Of My Sanity Please Help

    I'm going to try washing my hair with the same eczema shampoo (free of SLS, SLES, parabens, etc.) I've been using, and distilled water. I bought a water softener for the shower as well but that won't be here for a few days.
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    The Itch, At The End Of My Sanity Please Help

    I wonder if hard water is something that could be a cause. It's the only common denominator amongst all the things I've tried.
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    The Itch, At The End Of My Sanity Please Help

    Maybe, and this is a good point. I do like dairy, and grilled chicken. To the other poster, I haven't used minoxidil in several years
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    The Itch, At The End Of My Sanity Please Help

    No, no shedding but the itch is terrible. Some days it puts me at the end of my rope
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    The Itch, At The End Of My Sanity Please Help

    I have tried the following, over the past year Nizoral (1% & 2%) irritates the scalp T/Sal (Did not help) Head & Shoulders (minor scalp irritation, and did not reduce the itch) Tea Tree Oil (Did not help) Various suggestions about Coconut Oil, Vinegar, and Mayonnaise In addition, the...
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    How To Get Dermmatch Right? It Just Looks Like Paint

    I have diffuse thinning, but when using a volumizing shampoo and blown dry it can look very full. I generally just need touch one of two thin spots. Of course, once I do that it I have spots that no longer blend in with the rest of the hair, so I end up with situations as above.
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    Should I Use Toppik Or Dermmatch On My Scalp?

    You can test applying a very sparse amount of toppik, and it may slightly improve the thinning areas. However, none of the concealers are going to provide anything approaching a realistic appearance of full coverage. You simply don't have enough hair for fibers to attach, and putting dermmatch...
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