Rogain

[skinsfaninok]

Guys I need some advice. I'm 25 and starting to see my hair thin in a few places, is rogain the solution? Does it actually work?

[That Guy]

I had a friend who used it, and basically, yes it works, but if you ever stop using it, you'll be bald very very quickly.

I think the more permenant thing is hair transplantation, but i really know very little about this, so i don't have much else to offer.

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by That Guy

I had a friend who used it, and basically, yes it works, but if you ever stop using it, you'll be bald very very quickly.

I think the more permenant thing is hair transplantation, but i really know very little about this, so i don't have much else to offer.

So basically you'll end up with less hair than you started with?

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

So basically you'll end up with less hair than you started with?

No. It's just that you need to keep using Rogaine to sustain the hair growth. If you stop using it, all the hair that would have fallen out by that point will fall out in a short time frame. So you'll go from nice head of hair to as bald as you would have been without Rogaine in a very short time, which is an emotional shock.

A buddy of mine had hair transplantation done a few years ago, looks good.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by That Guy

I had a friend who used it, and basically, yes it works, but if you ever stop using it, you'll be bald very very quickly.

I think the more permenant thing is hair transplantation, but i really know very little about this, so i don't have much else to offer.

Thanks, I've heard that too so idk but I do know that I don't want to be bald by 27 lol so I'm desperate

[los panda]

if i ever start losing hair, i'm going to embrace it w open arms. bald and fat is how i'd like to die

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by los panda

if i ever start losing hair, i'm going to embrace it w open arms. bald and fat is how i'd like to die

I can say from experience that bald and fat is the way to go. Embrace it and be yourself.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by los panda

if i ever start losing hair, i'm going to embrace it w open arms. bald and fat is how i'd like to die

I always said that too... But I'm only 25 lol

[mooby]

Yeah I'm only 23 and my hair is already starting to thin. I figure it's going to happen eventually because my dad is bald and you can already start to see the signs, but I didn't think it would start to happen this early.

People have told me to check out Rogaine, Hair Club for Men, etc. but I honestly don't want to use a product that will make me go bald if I ever stop using it. I think when the time comes I'm just going to shave my head and embrace it. I'd rather be bald than look like my coworker, who still rocks (note: I use 'rocks' very loosely here) a combover.

[dmek25]

mooby, im with you. when it happens, break out the razor and shave it up tight. but im also 50, and sporting a semi full head of hair

[MTK]

I went through the same thing in my early 30s. I just learned to accept it, now I just keep my hair buzzed down short.

If you can hold on for another 5 years or so, a real cure might be on the way

BBC News - Clue to male baldness discovered

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I went through the same thing in my early 30s. I just learned to accept it, now I just keep my hair buzzed down short.

If you can hold on for another 5 years or so, a real cure might be on the way

BBC News - Clue to male baldness discovered

Same. It's a real bummer skinsfan, but unless you want to make sure you're doing Rogaine daily, pay a few thousand for hair transplants, owning it is the best you're going to do.

I wish I had a full head of hair again, but until something like the link above happens, just going with the zero guard.

That being said, after reading this article, I'll be pretty pissed if this thing can totally stop baldness, but won't be able to regrow hair!

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I went through the same thing in my early 30s. I just learned to accept it, now I just keep my hair buzzed down short.

If you can hold on for another 5 years or so, a real cure might be on the way

BBC News - Clue to male baldness discovered

Yup. I do the exact same thing. I've embraced it. I hung on as long as I could (plus my wife wouldn't let me shave it before our wedding), but as soon as I got back from our honeymoon in June of 2010, off went the hair. I buzz it down with a zero guard on the clippers every other day.

I'm fortunate that I have a nicely shaped head- not lumpy or bumpy. I actually get compliments on my shaved head, so I'm cool with it. I guess I better be, because it's the look I'm gonna roll with the rest of my life.

[NC_Skins]

Just shave it and own who you are. Women like confidence. It's sexy.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I went through the same thing in my early 30s. I just learned to accept it, now I just keep my hair buzzed down short.

If you can hold on for another 5 years or so, a real cure might be on the way

BBC News - Clue to male baldness discovered

Lol my hair is about a 2 or 3 on the buzz length already but I've been short hair for a while I just don't want complete baldness