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Your opinion on my hair loss - stress induced?

sprint3

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Hi guys,
I'm 25 years old, and kinda stressed out from work. I'm trying to stay stress free and all, but it's not working so well, and I think my hair is thinin as a result.

I'm hoping to take advantage of your expertise. Can someone suggest some probable best treatment options for stressed out hair loss?

I've gone to this hair treatment place, but it seems they were pushing laser therapy, and not really interested in the cause of my hair loss. Is that because it doesn't matter what causes hair loss - and the treatment is the same? Laser therapy?

I'm also considering drugs or topical treatments - but there's so many. Is there one that works well for stress induced hair loss?

I'm so stressed out! Over my hair!

Any recommendations would be appreciated, thanks!

Eric
 
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I bet you're wrong , and you have male pattern baldness like 99% of guys who lose their hair. Typically people don't lose hair over stress unless they're stressing over a traumatic event, like maybe a family member being killed in a plane crash, for example. I doubt you're losing your hair because of work.

I'd see a dermatologist but I bet you he tells you have male pattern baldness. I know you'd like to think that you're losing your hair because you're stressed and that if you stop stressing, it will grow back, but I doubt it.

Post some pics though. If you're losing your hair because of stress, it won't look like male pattern baldness. It would be falling out in clumps all over.

Laser treatment is generally regarded on here as a sham. if you really have stress caused hair loss, telogen effluvium, then there really is no treatment. You just wait for the hair to come back.

My recommendation would be to accept the fact that you likely have simple male pattern baldness, genetically inherited from a relative. What is the hair situation of your male relatives going back to the great grandfather level on both sides? I bet you you have some baldies in your family and you inherited it.
 

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It's very unlikely your hair loss is anything other than genetic. When people first notice they're thinning the natural reaction is to blame anything other than male pattern baldness. This can be costly as the longer you wait to treat it, the less likely you are to have success. Also, stress related hair loss usually only occurs a few months after the stressful incident...not during it. Go see your doctor if it's bothering you.
 

sprint3

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I see

Thanks for the replies. Yeah, I got this "free consultation" from a lady that works in a laser therapy place, and she said it was male pattern baldness. She seem to really push the laser thing like it's good for everyone, and wanted me to fork over $3500. I have no problems doing that, but it seem like a sham because she said they won't let you stop and and get the rest of your money back.

So for male pattern baldness, what do you recommend besides laser? I'd like to get the topical stuff, or try a drug, but I'm not sure what are the "typical" ones to try first, and whether I need to see a doctor. Where do you go to get dependable treatments?

Thank you. Thank god for the internet.
 
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sprint3 said:
So for male pattern baldness, what do you recommend besides laser? I'd like to get the topical stuff, or try a drug, but I'm not sure what are the "typical" ones to try first, and whether I need to see a doctor. Where do you go to get dependable treatments?

Thank you. Thank god for the internet.

No laser. Laser= scam. Get laser out of your mind.

You should see a doctor first of all if you have any doubt that your hair loss is due to male pattern baldness. See a dermatologist because they're the ones who specialize in diagnosing male pattern baldness, although many of them suck.

Ask them to write you a prescription for Proscar instead of Propecia. It's the 5 mg of finasteride, while Propecia is 1 mg. You can cut it into quarters with a pill cutter and take one quarter a day. And only spend like $240 a year while Propecia is near $700 a year.

That's the first part of the big 3- finasteride.

The second part is minoxidil, minoxidil, Rogaine, whatever you wanna call it. Minoxidil is the active ingredient in Rogaine. Use 1 millileter twice a day for regrowth. You can buy generic at Wal-Mart for $90 bucks a year or try that new Rogaine foam for like $170 a year which is supposedly more effective than the liquid.

Third part is Nizoral shampoo. The shampoo has anti androgenic benefits supposedly, or at least it has shown to increase the thickness of hair and keep your scalp clean. Only use it twice a week in place of your normal shampoo, about a teaspoon per time. At this rate each bottle should last you 21 weeks, so you'll go through 2.5 bottles a year. Each bottle is like $15 at your local grocery store so about $38 a year plus tax. Follow each use up with a good conditioner, Dove makes cheap ones.

You can treat your hair with the Big 3 for $350 a year. With these 3 things, you'll be taking huge steps to saving your hair.
 

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I agree with everything jayman and everyone else said but you will also benifit in many ways by dealing with ur stress. Try having a Rambo marathon, that usually does it for me. THAT DAMN COP.

RAMBONER
 

sprint3

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Thanks so much.

Man, I'm almost thinking I should have taken care of this thing like last year!

A few more newbie questions: Do you buy the Nizoral shampoo online? What's a good place to buy it? Also, once I get the prescription for the Proscar, do you just get it from a pharmacy...Walmart?


Thanks for the info guys. I've saved the stuff. Happy growing, good luck!
 

TheGlamorous

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Re: Thanks so much.

sprint3 said:
Man, I'm almost thinking I should have taken care of this thing like last year!

A few more newbie questions: Do you buy the Nizoral shampoo online? What's a good place to buy it? Also, once I get the prescription for the Proscar, do you just get it from a pharmacy...Walmart?


Thanks for the info guys. I've saved the stuff. Happy growing, good luck!

Any pharmacies should have Nizoral thats where I get mine.

And pharmacy for proscar yes, with prescription. If you want to save more money cut it into 5ths, but that's not recommended. (it's harder and your likely to lose a little bit of finasteride when you break the pill. 1.25mg gives added security) :lol:
 

powersam

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i dont really think there is such a thing as stress induced hair loss. i'd prefer it to be called stress accelerated hair loss, as if your losing your hair in a noticeable way, rather than just some general thinning, then some part of the crazy male pattern baldness process is affecting you. just that process can be sped up by other factors.
 
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powersam said:
i dont really think there is such a thing as stress induced hair loss. i'd prefer it to be called stress accelerated hair loss, as if your losing your hair in a noticeable way, rather than just some general thinning, then some part of the crazy male pattern baldness process is affecting you. just that process can be sped up by other factors.

telogen effluvium = stress induced hair loss. it is separate.
 

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Re: I see

sprint3 said:
Thanks for the replies. Yeah, I got this "free consultation" from a lady that works in a laser therapy place, and she said it was male pattern baldness. She seem to really push the laser thing like it's good for everyone, and wanted me to fork over $3500. I have no problems doing that, but it seem like a sham because she said they won't let you stop and and get the rest of your money back.

So for male pattern baldness, what do you recommend besides laser? I'd like to get the topical stuff, or try a drug, but I'm not sure what are the "typical" ones to try first, and whether I need to see a doctor. Where do you go to get dependable treatments?

Thank you. Thank god for the internet.

It is a scam. Don't do it.
 

powersam

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jayman - good point, but to me Telogen Effluvium has always meant shock induced rather than stress induced. ie/ it happens in a short period of time rather than slowly as the OP's hair seems to be.

" A telogen effluvium is when some stress causes hair roots to be pushed prematurely into the resting state. Telogen effluvium can be acute or chronic.

If there is some "shock to the system", as many as 70% of the scalp hairs are then shed in large numbers about 2 months after the "shock". This sudden increase in hair loss, usually described as the hair coming out in handfuls, is acute telogen effluvium. "

plus in the causes listed stress comes under 'severe psychological stress' which i doubt would include having a few bad weeks at work.
 
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powersam said:
jayman - good point, but to me Telogen Effluvium has always meant shock induced rather than stress induced. ie/ it happens in a short period of time rather than slowly as the OP's hair seems to be.

the op's hair is progressing slowly because it is probably male pattern baldness, lol.
 

sprint3

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minoxidil/rogaine - is that prescription?

I've been looking around online.

Is there a prescription and non-prescription concentrations of rogaine/minoxidil? Jayman said there's a "foam" type of Rogaine. Is that a non-prescription type that I can get a Walmart?

There's so much hair loss stuff on the internet, can't tell what's real and what's not.

I agreed, my thining hair is probably male pattern baldness, not stress induced. But on another note, I just got a cat, and she was really stressed out for a while. She shed a lot of hair. But now she's fine. I envy her full body of hair...

Thanks
 
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Re: minoxidil/rogaine - is that prescription?

sprint3 said:
Is there a prescription and non-prescription concentrations of rogaine/minoxidil? Jayman said there's a "foam" type of Rogaine. Is that a non-prescription type that I can get a Walmart?

Not in the US. WHere are you from? In the US all minoxidil is non-prescription. liquid, foam, etc. foam is easier to use and is more effective. i'd use that. you can get it at wal-mart.

as for finasteride(propecia), when you go to your derm ask him for a prescription for proscar and cut it in fourths as I advised earlier.
 

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For starters, there is only two FDA approved hairloss treatments finasteride and minoxidil, most people add in nizoral because that is the shampoo used int he FDA trials for finasteride and in general it is a good product to get your scalp in good shape. Any male pattern baldness treatment starts with finasteride IMO. Because of your age, I would suggest using finasteride for at least 10 months and reevaluating, this is what I wish i would have done and I started at the same age. This way you can see how effective finasteride is for you and whether additional treatments are desired.
Yes, you would have been better served to have started finasteride earlier but don't dwell on this my friend because it is 1) pointless; and 2) losing a year should not set you back too far unless you have very agressive male pattern baldness.
 

powersam

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i don't think it actually was nizoral used in the trials. i think it was a shampoo 'similar to nizoral' which did not contain the ketonazoale active ingredient. they couldnt use that shampoo in the trials as it might skew the results, seeing as it may be a mild hairloss treatment in itself.
 
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