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Rudolph... friend belive me your hair looks great.. i would like to have such healthy hair as you have now. Even that you are loosing alot you have a system that makes it grow as it was before.. or almost.
when i had that terrible shedding in month 3 .. i was loosing around 150 hairs/ day.. but they didnt grow in the same proportion .. and also my hair structure is changed now...
I had black hair before and now is almost blond .. a proof that my hair is not healthy as it was.
well I haven't posted here in a while but I am just about 4 months post tane and still shedding. I can't tell if it has slowed down or what. It seems that the most common place I find hairs is on the bathroom floor, or on my shoulders after drying my hair.
Rudolph- Is that hair that was taken just from the shower drain or if not where did you collect all that hair?
Also I am somewhat worried because I took propecia for 3 days last week in some way hoping it would help with the shedding but then I read online that it can cause an additional 3 months of shedding. Hopefully since I only took it for 3 days this won't happen to me because if I keep shedding then I won't know whether it was the accutane or the 3 days of propecia, what do you all think?
well I haven't posted here in a while but I am just about 4 months post tane and still shedding. I can't tell if it has slowed down or what. It seems that the most common place I find hairs is on the bathroom floor, or on my shoulders after drying my hair.
Rudolph- Is that hair that was taken just from the shower drain or if not where did you collect all that hair?
Also I am somewhat worried because I took propecia for 3 days last week in some way hoping it would help with the shedding but then I read online that it can cause an additional 3 months of shedding. Hopefully since I only took it for 3 days this won't happen to me because if I keep shedding then I won't know whether it was the accutane or the 3 days of propecia, what do you all think?
Well it was all from the shower drain but thats where I lost most of the hair since I was gelling my hair everyday it kept any from falling out until I took the shower.
Well I never really search around the internet for accutane hair loss but I recently did and now I am even more freaked out. There were plenty of stories of people experiencing excessive hairloss for years. I thought most people stopped shedding within 6 months. I have been shedding for 4 months but interestingly enough my hair doesn't appear too much thinner. I really am distraught though after reading people's experiences online because I thought that this was a simple case of TE that would resolve itself within 6 months.
davidhatesacne said:i went to the derm today. she said that i took it a lower dose for such a short time (apparently i only took it 3 and a half months) she can't see my hair loss becoming permanent. i don't even care anymore. i don't even know if i'm still losing hair. i'm haven't really been worried about it the last week. i have a nice set of hair now and i just don't see how shedding a few more hairs per day can really do anything.
Ya know Im still losing hair everyday but Im not sure if its actually enough to make my hair thinner at the moment. Heres a pic of it I took today.
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Rudolph said:davidhatesacne said:i went to the derm today. she said that i took it a lower dose for such a short time (apparently i only took it 3 and a half months) she can't see my hair loss becoming permanent. i don't even care anymore. i don't even know if i'm still losing hair. i'm haven't really been worried about it the last week. i have a nice set of hair now and i just don't see how shedding a few more hairs per day can really do anything.Ya know Im still losing hair everyday but Im not sure if its actually enough to make my hair thinner at the moment. Heres a pic of it I took today.
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that is pretty much how i feel. hearing stories of people losing 100-150 in the shower makes me feel a little better about my 25 in the shower.
silverchair said:K , since i stopped accutane, i used differin for a bit but realized it also can cause hair loss, right now im only using cetaphil clindamyicin mix. Surely to god i am safe by just using this? this cant cause hairloss can it?
Lol, you probably would of been fine with the differin, it doesn't cause the hairloss in the same way. I guess if you wanna be 100% safe then yeah... clindamycin will be fine!!
Here is a pic of me in 6 months 
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lamarr1986 said:silverchair said:K , since i stopped accutane, i used differin for a bit but realized it also can cause hair loss, right now im only using cetaphil clindamyicin mix. Surely to god i am safe by just using this? this cant cause hairloss can it?Lol, you probably would of been fine with the differin, it doesn't cause the hairloss in the same way. I guess if you wanna be 100% safe then yeah... clindamycin will be fine!!
Here is a pic of me in 6 months
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You have a lot more regrowth then I do.. now Im worried again.
lamarr1986 said:silverchair said:K , since i stopped accutane, i used differin for a bit but realized it also can cause hair loss, right now im only using cetaphil clindamyicin mix. Surely to god i am safe by just using this? this cant cause hairloss can it?Lol, you probably would of been fine with the differin, it doesn't cause the hairloss in the same way. I guess if you wanna be 100% safe then yeah... clindamycin will be fine!!
Here is a pic of me in 6 months
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hey man, atleast you look good bald. you're a bigger guy from what i can tell. i'm 5'8 125 pounds tops. i would look ridiculous. 
you'll be fine, though.
davidhatesacne said:lamarr1986 said:silverchair said:K , since i stopped accutane, i used differin for a bit but realized it also can cause hair loss, right now im only using cetaphil clindamyicin mix. Surely to god i am safe by just using this? this cant cause hairloss can it?Lol, you probably would of been fine with the differin, it doesn't cause the hairloss in the same way. I guess if you wanna be 100% safe then yeah... clindamycin will be fine!!
Here is a pic of me in 6 months
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hey man, atleast you look good bald. you're a bigger guy from what i can tell. i'm 5'8 125 pounds tops. i would look ridiculous.
you'll be fine, though.
yeah im pretty big, 6'2 210 pounds, steadily increasing... But i really don't think i will be keeping my hair, i think my case is like julius/ron....
Your hair hasn't even changed buddy so you don't need to worry about being bald anyway!! i always said you and dolph would be fine...
lamarr1986 said:davidhatesacne said:lamarr1986 said:silverchair said:K , since i stopped accutane, i used differin for a bit but realized it also can cause hair loss, right now im only using cetaphil clindamyicin mix. Surely to god i am safe by just using this? this cant cause hairloss can it?Lol, you probably would of been fine with the differin, it doesn't cause the hairloss in the same way. I guess if you wanna be 100% safe then yeah... clindamycin will be fine!!
Here is a pic of me in 6 months
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hey man, atleast you look good bald. you're a bigger guy from what i can tell. i'm 5'8 125 pounds tops. i would look ridiculous.
you'll be fine, though.
yeah im pretty big, 6'2 210 pounds, steadily increasing... But i really don't think i will be keeping my hair, i think my case is like julius/ron....
Your hair hasn't even changed buddy so you don't need to worry about being bald anyway!! i always said you and dolph would be fine...
But Im really concerned about my big lack of regrowth. My hair is still fine because it was really thick to begin with.. but Im worried that because I dyed my hair twice after accutane maybe it destroyed the follicles.. noooooooooooooooooo
haha lamarr...the bald head isn't that bad of a look for you.
something that gives me a little hope was that I read on some forum from a couple years ago, of a guy experiencing accutane hairloss for something like 8 months and he had his e-mail address, so then I e-mailed him and he said he stopped shedding after about 10 months.
Thanks again Lamarr for the very helpful input! Do you think evening primrose oil is just as effective as grape seed oil? I've been thinking about switching from black current seed oil...
I am shedding over my entire head, though I would say due to losing as much hair as I have that the front hair line and temples are the worst and most obvious for me. I'm still shedding ridiculous amount on a daily basis even the days I don't wash it. I've just gone to my doc yesterday to get all my blood work again which I should have the results for next week. If it all comes back fine, I'll know for sure I just have to wait it out (well, it seems I have to wait it out anyway 
). But I think you're right that I hould give it another 4 months and if it's then still shedding I'll then look at other options such as minoxidil etc. Though I really don't want to indtroduce any other drugs to my system since this horrible experience with accutane.
Do you really think people that do recover from hair loss from accutane really just don't report back? I wonder.... I certainly would, just to give people hope since I know how awful it is!
With regard to your loss, I remember at about month 4-5 it getting really bad...but then it seems to have stayed at that level (cosmetically speaking) - fingers crossed it won't get any worse 
It sounds like you too are doing everything that you can - guess we just have to hang in there!
Jade
Yup i think it is just a waiting game for all of us... If we are producing new hairs (which most of us are) then our follicles shouldn't be damaged.... it is just chronic TE (unless lupus is in the picture) which is just a matter of time. Even then though accutane hairloss seems to be more prolonged and i have read medical articles that say 12-18 months for standard TE.... just hang in there guys, permanent hairloss isn't very common and if it does happen we probably have a long time, so get out there and try and enjoy yourselves!!
Jade your hairloss sounds alot like mine, my hairline has receeded slightly but i still have hair growing all along it including the temple area. About the grapde seed... It is used for increased cell proliferation at the follicle, meaning hair growth should speed up and it definently seems to help for me...Flaxseed/fishoil/evening prim etc are taken for anti inflamatory purposes because they contain omega 3's soooo... it is up to you!!
P.s. I strongly recommend you begin using soy products, have a read up on them, they are clinically proven to stop DHT doing their damage on hair and other organs such as the prostate...
Yup i think it is just a waiting game for all of us... If we are producing new hairs (which most of us are) then our follicles shouldn't be damaged.... it is just chronic TE (unless lupus is in the picture) which is just a matter of time. Even then though accutane hairloss seems to be more prolonged and i have read medical articles that say 12-18 months for standard TE.... just hang in there guys, permanent hairloss isn't very common and if it does happen we probably have a long time, so get out there and try and enjoy yourselves!!
Jade your hairloss sounds alot like mine, my hairline has receeded slightly but i still have hair growing all along it including the temple area. About the grapde seed... It is used for increased cell proliferation at the follicle, meaning hair growth should speed up and it definently seems to help for me...Flaxseed/fishoil/evening prim etc are taken for anti inflamatory purposes because they contain omega 3's soooo... it is up to you!!
P.s. I strongly recommend you begin using soy products, have a read up on them, they are clinically proven to stop DHT doing their damage on hair and other organs such as the prostate...
Well I dunno about the whole hairloss isn't permanent deal in my case because i feel it very much is. the front portion of my hair and the back top portion has become so diffuse. I can still get by with it based on the fact that it's grown out and i'm wearing it long, but if i got it cut short it would be very obvious that i have massive diffuse loss. Granted bear in mind that I am a worst case scenario here. One thing is I can attest that my hair follicles are most likely very much damaged, if not permanently based on the fact that I used to have poker straight hair, and now it is this wirery mess of curls that looks like a mad scientist as my friends call it. This whole ordeal just sucks and I'm just constantly ready to get back on propecia again I just gotta will myself to do so. But I would say that if all continues like it does over the next 6 months it will start to become obvious that I am balding and if it continues at the same pace there after in a year's time I could very well be bald.
hey guys now i'm back for a day from the army so i have an update: my hair loss becoming more like it was at the beginning, more then a 100 a day for sure. some thing like 30-40 on the pillow and more then 50 in the shower. also when i brush it come out easily.
it makes me sad cause i lost only 50 or so a day for a 4 months period(with no regrowth) and now i can see some new short black hairs all over the frontline but i'm afraid they won't grow.
what can i say... perheps i'm done with hair and should shave it? or it is good as some say that the shed is increased towards the end? (I'm losing hair from my all head as well but the tempels are the worst).
Do you feel you are producing new hairs all the time ithappens? also do you feel you have entered male pattern baldness or do you feel your loss is completely un related?
Well I would say that I am producing new hairs because even some of the hairs I am losing now in the shower are very short and only an inch or so long at times. However, I don't feel that I am producing any new hair at all in the front portion of my scalp, and even if I am producing a slight amount it is no where near what is needed to keep up with what I am losing on a daily basis. I think that I could havce possibly entered right into MPB from accutane, and I wouldn't be surprised if it is some kind of trigger for it considering there are reports i've seen of 15 yearolds who start balding after taking it and end up very much bald by their late teens. Keep in mind though that I my case is as severe I think as you can get with this stuff, even Julius said I remined him exactly of how he looked when he had his hair from the pics I posted. I wouldn't worry too much Lamar if you're losing a ton of hair and regrowing a ton at the same ton, as long as you don't see any structural changes in your hair there is nothing to worry about. As for me it's propecia within the next week or two supplemented with my arimidex that I finally recieved. I'm hoping if nothing else it can stop and or slow down the shedding and buy me some time. If that doesn't work I'm gonna hold out for as long as I can, hit the buzzer, and then hopefully find a good wig or something I dunno.
fellas, hey its been a while. some of you may remember my posts about four months ago. let me give you a quick rundown of the situation. im nearly six months post accutane. at the time i was taking accutane, i weighed 215 lbs and was taking 80mg/day for six months. hair became very dry and brittle around month four, then it did the craziest thing...it became much curlier than before. my hair was very straight prior to taking tane. then it seemed around month five i started shedding, i still feel like im shedding six months post tane. i'll tell you what....i experienced very diffuse thinning all throughout my hair very quickly. at first i noticed regrowth at my hairline, kind hung around for a while. now im seeing regrowth into my hairline, like not just where the hairline begins but back just a bit. however, when i part my hair to look at the rest of my scalp for regrowth (which is very easy to do cause its much thinner throughout), im not seeing the same type of regrowth that i see in the front. maybe its just harder to see but shit people....six months post tane, still shedding though not as bad, hairs still dry and dead, regrowth is taking forever, its a very frustrating thing for me. ive been taking biotin and msm for a month and a half now, hopefully itll kick in sometime soon. but hey, rapid diffuse thinning sounds like te to you guys right? how much longer do you think i have left on this shedding and when do you think ill see significant regrowth throughout my scalp. anyone else sharing these same symptoms. let me know. thanks, cya
fellas, hey its been a while. some of you may remember my posts about four months ago. let me give you a quick rundown of the situation. im nearly six months post accutane. at the time i was taking accutane, i weighed 215 lbs and was taking 80mg/day for six months. hair became very dry and brittle around month four, then it did the craziest thing...it became much curlier than before. my hair was very straight prior to taking tane. then it seemed around month five i started shedding, i still feel like im shedding six months post tane. i'll tell you what....i experienced very diffuse thinning all throughout my hair very quickly. at first i noticed regrowth at my hairline, kind hung around for a while. now im seeing regrowth into my hairline, like not just where the hairline begins but back just a bit. however, when i part my hair to look at the rest of my scalp for regrowth (which is very easy to do cause its much thinner throughout), im not seeing the same type of regrowth that i see in the front. maybe its just harder to see but shit people....six months post tane, still shedding though not as bad, hairs still dry and dead, regrowth is taking forever, its a very frustrating thing for me. ive been taking biotin and msm for a month and a half now, hopefully itll kick in sometime soon. but hey, rapid diffuse thinning sounds like te to you guys right? how much longer do you think i have left on this shedding and when do you think ill see significant regrowth throughout my scalp. anyone else sharing these same symptoms. let me know. thanks, cya
yea same exact situation all be it I was massively shedding for the first three months, but now I am 7 months off tane and still shedding a decent amount. Hairline has slightly receeded, but I attribute that to the massive diffuse loss throughout my scalp. I've had no real regrowth either, and from what I think we might or at least I'm very certain I won't have any signifigant regrowth to get my hair back to the point it was once. I will be starting propecia supplemented with Arimidex to see if I can end the shedding and regrow some hair.