Developing a bald spot please help!

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Hey guys
Im developing a small bald spot on my crown area.
Anything i can do here?Is there a gel or shampoo that actually works out there?
 
Embrace it and shave it all off.
There is nothing you can do to stop it.
Save your money.
 
Chicken crap helps, preferably the organic kind. You can find it at the health shops.
 
Rub it vigorously with a towel every morning. Has the same effect as the pills & lotions.
 
Go to a doctor and get a script for propecia. Works really well. Been using it for 10 years. Stopped any hairloss in its tracks. get the generic finpecia. Costs about R150 a month

http://www.drugs.com/propecia.html
 
Hair loss is linked to your body's natural reaction to YOUR particular level of hormones. Anything that you take to stave off the onset or expansion of hair loss is almost inevitably going to do bad things for you.

Call me crazy, but I think I would rather embrace it that take something that might make me lactate, or develop cancer.
 
SoulTax said:
Hair loss is linked to your body's natural reaction to YOUR particular level of hormones. Anything that you take to stave off the onset or expansion of hair loss is almost inevitably going to do bad things for you.

Call me crazy, but I think I would rather embrace it that take something that might make me lactate, or develop cancer.
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The treatments help with blood supply, not hormones. Cause and 'treatment' are not in opposition.
 
Seriously dont bother yourself...It's not your problem after all (you dont have to look at it), its everybody else that has to deal with it;)
 
AntiGanda said:
The treatments help with blood supply, not hormones. Cause and 'treatment' are not in opposition.
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If you're referring to the now twice suggested Propecia then no - they don't just act on blood supply:

The mechanism of action of Finasteride is based on its preferential inhibition of Type II 5a-reductase through the formation of a stable complex with the enzyme. Inhibition of Type II 5a-reductase blocks the peripheral conversion of testosterone to DHT, resulting in significant decreases in serum and tissue DHT concentrations, minimal to moderate increase in serum testosterone concentrations, and substantial increases in prostatic testosterone concetrations. As DHT appears to be the principal androgen responsible for stimulation of prostatic growth, a decrease in DHT concentrations will result in a decrease in prostatic volume (approximately 20-30% after 6-24 months of continued therapy). In men with androgenic alopecia, the mechanism of action has not been fully determined, but finasteride has shown to decrease scalp DHT concentration to the levels found in hairy scalp, reduce serum DHT, increase hair regrowth, and slow hair loss.

Source: http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB01216
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I've been using Nioxin shampoo and conditioner for about 8yrs now. It basically stimulates bloodflow to the scalp. It's certainly not a cure but it does help prevent further hair loss and there's a noticeable difference if I stop using it for a month or two.
 
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