A true cure would be a change in the way male baldness is perceived by society.
Baldness has been in fashion for nearly two decades. Between that and beards returning, this is a great time to be balding.
Cure for male pattern baldness given boost by sugar discovery
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Re: Cure for male pattern baldness given boost by sugar discovery
#202Hmm the article says it is believed to be "as effective as Minoxidil" - which really doesn't cure baldness, more like prevents its onset. So if you're already bald - tough luck. So far I think the reality of it is: - to slow down baldness - drugs like minoxidil - to stop baldness - PRP sessions once every few years - to reverse it - hair transplants I wonder if they would be able to not only get into "slow down" terr…
How long will hair transplants last?
I’ve been told by the doctor that if I do nothing, they should last for a couple of years and start balding up again.
If I do a few PRP sessions, and then continue with PRP every few years, should keep indefinitely - and honestly I’m pretty ok with that - kinda like going to the dentist ever so often to be proactive.
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#203Earlier quoted context omitted.
took 1 pill, pp fell off tl;dr While it can have undesirable side effects, these are long-term. But these side effects make it a powerful nocebo for some people to the point where they almost instantly get side effects (nausea, anxiety, sexual dysfunction), despite that being pharmacologically improbable.
It's mostly nocebo, they read about it online for weeks and then try it, and at that point they are so psyched out that they keep watching for every little thing, effectively making it a self fulfilling prophecy. I started dutasteride when I was 20 and have been on it for many years and it really stops hair loss, because my hair loss was very fast and aggressive.
So if someone after two weeks had their semen consistency change to be completely watery, would it be their eyes that produced the nocebo effect or? Or how is the doctor who went on it for a few months, lost erections, then gained them back after quitting explained by a nocebo?
Again, I've heard at least 5 of these first-hand, which is kind of wild for a drug I've probably only talked to 20 people about in total.
We're terrible at detecting changes over long periods of time. If anything I'd think long term users would be much more liable to bias.
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This whole thing is weird to me. I have the genetics for good hair but ended up bizzing it off because it was annoying every few months. I only get haircuts now because my 3 year old son wamts haircuts and needs an example.the whole thing seems so dumb.
"I don't know why those weirdos obsess with baldness" says man without baldness. To be honest, I also cut it very short because it's comfortable and indeed looks better when it's receding, but it would be nice to have the choice.
I also shaved it completely with a double edge razor (and sometimes my straight edge, although rarely) for several years. I only stopped because that was more of a pain in the arse than shaving it close with clippers.I've done it all from completely razor shorn bald to a nice hairstyle, none of it makes any sense to me. Women don't care about your hair, they care about your ability to earn income to support their desires, that you don't have any off putting aromas (translates to not too fat, and regularly cleaned) and that you have an ok personality so it's not like conversing with a board of wood, literally in that order
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How long will hair transplants last?
I’ve been told by the doctor that if I do nothing, they should last for a couple of years and start balding up again. If I do a few PRP sessions, and then continue with PRP every few years, should keep indefinitely - and honestly I’m pretty ok with that - kinda like going to the dentist ever so often to be proactive.
Thanks. This is the most believable info on this so far.
If you don’t mind me asking, how much was the implant. And how much was the PRP. Obviously, prices will vary, but all the existing info I find from googling is so far all over the place I struggle finding a realistic projection of my cost.
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....and money, and not being a douche.
Let’s not forget smelling like a dog (or having a strong body smell) ;)
That's weird, because women these days seem to really love dogs. There's a stereotype about women loving cats (which do not normally have a strong body smell at all), but these days women seem to greatly prefer dogs over cats. I think it has something to do with the fact that dogs require far more maintenance than cats, so they basically act as surrogate children. Cats are independent and don't need to be bathed (you do have to clean their litter box, but that's about it) or walked 3x a day so you can pick up their fresh poop in your hand, so they don't take any time out of your day, or force you to adapt your schedule to theirs, the way dogs do.
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Even if we assume that's true, all sorts of negative things are "in our nature", yet we collectively choose to overcome them.
Signs of health and youthful vigor (full head of hair, nice teeth, being in shape, etc) will always be attractive.
>Signs of health and youthful vigor (full head of hair, nice teeth, being in shape, etc) will always be attractive.
Some people are working hard to change this, and making up terms like "fatphobic" to shame people who find in-shape people attractive.
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You know you don't have to let yourself be gatekept by a doctor, right?
It's either go through a doctor, get a prescription and have it covered in some capacity by insurance, or I go order from a third-party/online solution and pay hundreds of dollars for something I desperately want, but won't be able to sustain financially because insurance won't cover treatments without a prescription. I've already depressedly resigned myself to going bald - my hair is too far gone to have any medicat…
You're not allowed to find another doctor?
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#209I hope there's a cure for hair loss but it's too late for me. My doctor doesn't want to prescribe me finasteride or deuteroxide because of the negative health side effects, even though I was persistent. I was told by my doctor to "come to terms with it" because he's bald. Guess what, you're a doctor buddy, you'll be attractive to anybody you talk to. I'm just a lonely IT guy with no life and no social prospects, so a…
lonely […], no life and no social prospects Let’s say there’s a magical pill that gives you amazing hair. You’ll still be a lonely IT guy with no life and no social prospects. I don’t mean to offend you, but don’t you think that you could work on these things for guaranteed massive benefits instead of hoping for a pill that might work somewhat? Whenever I hear people this desperate about their hair loss I notice how…
>Let’s say there’s a magical pill that gives you amazing hair. You’ll still be a lonely IT guy with no life and no social prospects.
>I don’t mean to offend you, but don’t you think that you could work on these things for guaranteed massive benefits
Let's look at an extreme example: suppose there's a lonely IT guy who looks like Quasimodo or worse. Someone that unattractive is not likely to have a great social life or much success in dating, for obvious reasons. Would you also tell him "you just need to work on your self esteem for massive benefits!!"? Sorry, but society doesn't work that way. Attractive people have a much easier time in life and dating.
Rightly or wrongly, OP thinks having a full head of hair would improve his attractiveness, which if he's correct, would probably improve his life to some extent.
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Let’s not forget smelling like a dog (or having a strong body smell) ;)
That's weird, because women these days seem to really love dogs. There's a stereotype about women loving cats (which do not normally have a strong body smell at all), but these days women seem to greatly prefer dogs over cats. I think it has something to do with the fact that dogs require far more maintenance than cats, so they basically act as surrogate children. Cats are independent and don't need to be bathed (you…
I meant that a specific strong body smell in men has been shown to be attractive to a lot of women, it doesn’t specifically smell like dog, but the study also showed that men dislike this odour – unless it’s exactly theirs ;) hence me calling it “dog smell”, but it’s inaccurate.