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Hey mikey I'm almost at 2 months now with Minox extra strength and I'm starting to see really tiny hairs forming on my bald spots. I'm hoping they'll continue to grow haha.
lol, sounds good that's weird that minoxidil seems to be working, do you think you might have some mpb also or just the TE from tane. Why would minoxidil work in this case. very weird. also i just ordered some minoxidil 6 months supply for only 25$ off of amazon.com had its the 5% extra strength, is that the one your using 5%? i also started taking saw palmetto yesterday, got it for 15$ at drug store. I read many people have success with it in helping regrow hair and keeping their hair especially with a minoxidil along side of it. should be getting my minoxidil this week in the mail can't wait to try it. did you shave your head and use it? how are you using it. 2x daily day and night etc.. thanks
I also wanted to ask, is it normal for me to be losing my hair so rapidly, just months ago i had alot more hair. is this a sign that it is TE or accutane induced. because guys i seen that are losing their hair have been losing it for a long time like its a slow process. Mine seems to be so quick.
I also wanted to ask, is it normal for me to be losing my hair so rapidly, just months ago i had alot more hair. is this a sign that it is TE or accutane induced. because guys i seen that are losing their hair have been losing it for a long time like its a slow process. Mine seems to be so quick.
Such rapid hair loss is very characteristic of TE, so hopefully you will find out in due time once your hair begins to return 
I hope so volcom, im a lil scared because I took tane in 2006 for 6 months then 1 month in january of 2007. so it's been like 3 years since i had anything to do with tane. so i want to some how get this diagnosed if its te or regular mpb. I did take vitamin e for a few month 400ui of it everyday. and when i read that the body only needs 30ui a day i was again worried that that might be the reason, since vitamin e is fat soluable like accutane. just speculations. what you guys think, should i go to a doctor or is there an easier way to tell. i shed all over and my hair has changed texture back to a soft hair than before it was more wiry and dry now seems better after using nizoral for almost 2 months
I suggest if you have been loosing hair for the past 3yrs since accutane to at least see a doctor to figure out if it is early onset mpb or just TE...Some people have developed permanent TE from Accutane and it is known to speed up the process of mpb if it runs in the family.
Though your a male and may not suffer from any other sides from tane, might not be a bad ideal to have some hormones checked......Just a thought. I am no expert, but it sounds good right that the hair is more softer. i know my texture has changed since it started growing back in and i am about 18 months out...
Been about 10 weeks since I stopped and still slowly shedding. This question has not been answered for me still, so I will ask again:
Is there any possible chance that my temples could start getting some growth and thickness back eventually? I'm saying down the road even later this year or something. One of the knowledgeable people here- if you could confidently say that I have *some* hope in seeing some natural temple regrowth I would love more encouragement.
Hope some of you guys/gals are having some success!
hello volcom,
As you are only 10 weeks out and have bad shedding and already thinned temples this is not so good. Most accutane users temples don't receed badly the first time around with accutane especially not 10 weeks of stopping. its a slow process for this to be removed out of your system. I reccomend just eating healthy get a protein shake (hair = protein) exercise for circulation also use nizoral shampoo 1 or 2 times weekly at most. dont want to over dry. your going to have to wait 6months to a year before you can really know what the damage is, you might stop shedding soon or much later. but one this is almost for sure you will get some hair back maybe not 100% but you will. in the mean time maybe try some minox. if you go back in this thread to like 2 years ago you will see there was this user who had this problem and he took minox and had really great results he posted pictures as well. I have been in this thread since the begninng back in 2007 and haven't seen or notice anything concrete on how to stop this. don't try to stress it because that might bring on TE or prelong it if thats what you have.
hello volcom,
As you are only 10 weeks out and have bad shedding and already thinned temples this is not so good. Most accutane users temples don't receed badly the first time around with accutane especially not 10 weeks of stopping. its a slow process for this to be removed out of your system. I reccomend just eating healthy get a protein shake (hair = protein) exercise for circulation also use nizoral shampoo 1 or 2 times weekly at most. dont want to over dry. your going to have to wait 6months to a year before you can really know what the damage is, you might stop shedding soon or much later. but one this is almost for sure you will get some hair back maybe not 100% but you will. in the mean time maybe try some minox. if you go back in this thread to like 2 years ago you will see there was this user who had this problem and he took minox and had really great results he posted pictures as well. I have been in this thread since the begninng back in 2007 and haven't seen or notice anything concrete on how to stop this. don't try to stress it because that might bring on TE or prelong it if thats what you have.
Hey mikey,
thanks for the nice comment and some help! I appreciate it. My question about minoxidil is that it seems the main reason I would try it is to jump start my hair follicles, right? I think part of my problem is that some of my hairs have taken on a frizzier, thin texture and some areas of my hair seem to kind of grow and tend to go in different directions than before.
So I have to get used to that at the moment. I still have hope though! Thanks man, will keep updated on my condition seeing as I drink protein every other day, use nizoral a couple times a week and also take biotin+zinc supplements.
Hey everybody,
This is a very interesting post and has both shed some light on the topic of hair loss and worried me also. I finished accutane in November 2009...I completed a ten month course of tane at 60 mg a day. When I was three months into the course I explained to my derm that I felt my hair was becoming very fragile and weak and disapearing around my temples and channels. She advised me that I would see the hair return within a month of being off of tane. This advice put me at ease. But being 5 months post tane now my hair has got a hell of a lot thinner, on the temples and the channel area, I am completely depressed about the whole thing, I feel like I have aged atleast 15 years.
I went to the doctors last week and they laughed when I explained my story, she told me it my hairloss was genetic as I am 24. But I have different views....I really do believe the hair loss is due to the tane. I am going to a derm on Monday morning, so if anybody is interested in knowing what the response is from them, I will be happy to share what they had to say next week.
Although I am clear of acne, I now feel like I am aging rapidly....I am trying to grow my hair to cover the balding and I just regret taking tane. It feels as if I have millions of fine, baby hairs growing around my temples and channels and not actually thick hair. Its very strange.
I wish you all the best, and good luck with curing the hair loss
Danny
hay danny, thanks for you input. you are correct this is bullshit the derms know what is going on, they just don't say anything so you can keep going back to them every month for more accutane. and they say the hairloss would stop, well in a lot of cases it doesn't and that is something they should say. go on minoxidil it will help you regain hair and also keep hair till maybe this stuff resolved out of your system if it doesnt just stay on minox and u decide form there what route you want to take. hair transplantation or whatever. but i wish you good luck, stay with us here visit frequently we have lots of information that will help and we want to track your progress. thank you
Thanks alot Mikey,
I will definetly keep everybody updated. I have had enough of being sent away from my appointments with no medications for this hair loss; Instead I am given the feeling that I am balding naturally and I am a hypercondriact. The funny things is, looking back at my previous posts on this site, I was posting messages about hairloss I had noticed during my course. This isnt something that has just started happening, but something that begun 2-3 months into the tane.
Anyways! I wont go to into it again! But I wont take no for a answer on Monday with the derm, I will get something out of them, this isnt on.
Speak soon
Danny
Yeah your derm is a bit of an idiot for suggesting the hair will return after only 1 month. My family doc thought it would return within 3 months and it hasn't, so my derm said to me he expects hair to return about 3-4 months after I finish my minox, right now I'm about 9 weeks into minox and using extra strength. So that would mean after 4 months minox, it would've been 8 months since I've stopped Accutane, but my derm said that my hair should return to normal by no later than a year tops.
I'm three years post tane and still shedding disfusly i must add to which is def a sign of TE or similary not mpb, tho i do have the least hair on top, its only normal since that is where the hair is weakest in males. I started taking saw palmetto last week taking it everyday, 450mg of it i dont know for sure but seems i have been losing less hair. also using nizoral almost 1 1/2 of it, using it 1 or 2x weekly has improved my hair quality and texture its smoother and feels more healthy before it was wiry and life less. i got my minox today, 25$ for a 6 month worth. going to start today with the minox.
while reading the instruction booklet for the minox, i read that it will not help against, any disease or vitamin imbalance(taking too much vitamin A) it said that and i was like well accutane is pretty much vitamin A in high dose. but hopefully this works enough to bring enough hairs back so my scalp isnt visible, and now that summer is on its way it sucks even more. but my hair loss is def not natural, it happened to fast. I had a fairly good amount of hair you couldnt see my scalp even with short hair. and within 2 months i lost so much hair. I am going to get myself checked out because i was in the hospital back in october for stomach pains and they ran some blood work and said that my kidneys needed further analysis and i didnt go back because i had no money to keep paying for it, now i have insurance and will go back to see what is up with me. i will try to get as many answers as i can from my doc, hopefully he isn't as breadded at so many derms are.
also, csmike after using minox how long did it take to see results, even if they were small.
edit* im going to give this 6 months if by then i haven't gotten good enough results with minox and the nizoral and my blood test come back normal then im going to look into a hair transplant, they are about 3$ a graph so with about 2,000 graphs(i have a smaller head) i can get by i have way more hair on my sides and back (donor area) so i def will be a candidate for this procedure. I can't possibly go bald i am not the person that will look good like that.
hey mikey, it took me about 7 weeks to see results, but I'm just hoping these tiny hairs will grow fast. Keep in mind I'm using 5% extra strength formula
On the down side though, I was growing tiny hairs, but also losing some of my longer hairs, I think this is a normal side effect of Minox because it's supposed to make you lose some of your current hair to make room for the new ones I guess.
Hi guys,
I just thought I would give anybody who cares an update on my hairloss situation. I went to the derm this morning and showed him the right side of my head that is shedding hair quite badly. He did his checks, pulling and tugging about on the hair all over, and looking at it under microscopes etc and told me that I have super healthy strong hair and that I have nothing to worry about. He tod me that it is normal for hair to fall out while you are on the tane, especially isotretotoin which I was on for ten months. He finished by telling me that yes there is some thinning, but he has no doubt whatsoevr my hair will eventually return when the tane completly goes from my system which can vary, he just told me to wait till the end of the year to be completly sure.
So I just came home, and got my hair clippers out and shaved my head completly bald at the sides and went for a metal looking mohikan haircut for the time being.....I am only in University at the moment, so I have no worries. I will let it grow again at the end of the year to see how the sides are coming along. I just cant keep going along looking in the mirror every 2 minutes looking at my fading channels and temples. So the mohikan it was, I feel a little better now I suppose for the time being....only time will tell when I will know if the derm was right or not.
Fingers crossed I suppose.
Danny
Hi guys,
I just thought I would give anybody who cares an update on my hairloss situation. I went to the derm this morning and showed him the right side of my head that is shedding hair quite badly. He did his checks, pulling and tugging about on the hair all over, and looking at it under microscopes etc and told me that I have super healthy strong hair and that I have nothing to worry about. He tod me that it is normal for hair to fall out while you are on the tane, especially isotretotoin which I was on for ten months. He finished by telling me that yes there is some thinning, but he has no doubt whatsoevr my hair will eventually return when the tane completly goes from my system which can vary, he just told me to wait till the end of the year to be completly sure.
So I just came home, and got my hair clippers out and shaved my head completly bald at the sides and went for a metal looking mohikan haircut for the time being.....I am only in University at the moment, so I have no worries. I will let it grow again at the end of the year to see how the sides are coming along. I just cant keep going along looking in the mirror every 2 minutes looking at my fading channels and temples. So the mohikan it was, I feel a little better now I suppose for the time being....only time will tell when I will know if the derm was right or not.
Fingers crossed I suppose.
Danny
My derm did the same thing. Tugged on my hair, pulled a few out, but reassured me everything would be just find. Right now I think it's BS until I actually see some growth.
Im with you bud. All the way....I just thought it was all bs I was getting told....It can no way be a good sign if your hair falls out in one area in such a quick time span. I mean, I am 24 years old, I realise that balding can be genetic or what not, but it is far too coincidental to have happened so near the start of my tane treatment. And also, how quick the hair just started thinning and then vanishing, leaving me with a thin amount of hair over my temples, where you can actually see scalp.
I just had the feeling the derms are protecting the tane? Call me paranoid! But they are trying to tell me this is normal! I have healthy strong hair!? I can see my scalp! That cant be a good sign. Yes they can tug on my hair in the middle of my head and say it is strong, but I want to know why my hair is falling out at my temples!....its like they scoot around the topic and then kinda imply that your going crazy and imagining the hair loss....putting the blame on anxiety. Smells like crap to me.
Danny
Again, I completely agree. By any chance have you noticed a lot of hair loss in the back of your head on the bottom? My hair is super thin at the very bottom and it feels like just a big jumble of thin baby hairs all tangled. My hair seems to be falling out most on the back of my head right now.
In fact, it takes me maybe 5 times to even pull a hair from the top of my head now, but the back and temples seem to shed more easily. I have longer hair, and I always like shaggier hair, but in the very bottom of the back of my head it is so much more sparse than it used to be. I am just praying I start seeing some slow regrowth by at least this summer....I mean I used to be more conscious about my appearance with acne, but now that I traded it for hair problems I feel like my mood fluctuates radically from time to time.
I just wish a derm could even be frank with me and say what they honestly feel rather then being spoon fed bullshit comments and their false reassurances. I go in talking about my hair loss, and they act like it's not a big deal. I wish I could transfer the problem to them for a month and see how they like dealing with it, and realize it's more than just a petty issue that will resolve with due time.
I think the girls get their hair to grow back a lot more easily, but I fear that Accutane has just made my hair permanently unhealthier than it was before. I don't think it will ever grow back to how it was before, so I guess I just have to cope with it now and hope for the best.
My hair is the thinnest at the temples and the front of my hair, but the back is gradually getting worse. It just feels like I have loads of thick hair on top. But like I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I have now shaved it all completly off to a mohawk so I havent got to look at it.
I definetly agree with the moods swinging now about the hair issues. I will be fine one day, telling my self my hair looks fine, but I switch to the complete opposite the next, so bad that I feel like not goin out, or not sleeping at all through the night with worry.
Funny thing with my derm not taking my hair loss seriously, is that he is bald himself! So all he says is "it happens to all of us sometime in our lives, you may aswell except it"...but its like hello, you didnt lose yours through accutane use, and I bet you werent in your early 20's when you did.
Danny
Hey volcom, strange question for you, but your picture shows you having very thick hair, was this before accutane?
yeah man, I probably had more hair than anyone I knew really...it was so thick before. The good thing is that all this loss still has my hair looking normal, but of course anything I am not used to is abnormal.
Right now the back is really ridiculous, like I am sure I have alopecia areata just because of some of the patchiness. Like I said before, I am actually noticing less shedding, so I just gotta stay hopeful. I will never expect hair like I had before accutane.