By: Joyce

Joyce — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 23:00:44 +0000

Hi Beth –
I totally understand.
I’m 81, and I find it very hard to get used to my quite sparse hair on top and in the back, so I sympathize with you! I take oral minoxidil (½ a 5g tab). I’d like to hear what others use as well, and if anything works for you. Applying liquid minoxidil did keep hair loss to minimum, though still some loss, but I hated growing facial hair. When I stopped using, I was shocked after a month or two by how much sparser my hair is, but oral use hasn’t restored at all.

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:51:24 +0000

Hi,
I was hoping to get some feedback about my current hair loss situation (and if this isn’t the appropriate way to ask, apologies and no need to respond).
I’m 61. I noticed some hair loss at the front of my part about 18 months ago, but nothing drastic. Then, in about a 4 month period, I’ve gone from mild loss to major loss…large patches of scalp showing through at the part and back of my head. My dermatologist prescribed oral minoxidal, oral finasteride, topical minoxidil, and PRP. I started the minoxidil and finasteride about two months ago, and had my first PRP treatment 1 month ago. I know it’s supposed to take several months to see results (if they happen), but if anything, the loss hasn’t even stabilized, it has worsened. I’m also concerned that given my age, none of this may be effective. Do you have any knowledge about how age affects these treatments? Particularly, I can’t find info about age and PRP. Anything you can offer would be appreciated. I am pretty distressed and anxious all the time about this hair loss, and it’s really having a terrible impact on my self-esteem and my mood in general; and then I also feel guilty about being so deeply depressed/anxious about something aesthetic and not life-threatening or physically painful.

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