Do any of the balding treatments actually work?
Do any of the balding treatments actually work?
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GeorgeMackmurdie

Original Poster:

21 posts

179 months

Saturday 5th November 2011
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I have the full Phil Mitchell look and would really like to do something about it!

George Mackmurdie

MacGee

2,513 posts

259 months

Saturday 5th November 2011
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the best method to achieve balding is a full head shave..100% successful!

toxgobbler

2,903 posts

220 months

Saturday 5th November 2011
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Rogaine/regaine does actually work, however there is a big caveat, if you stop using it, you go back to where you were with male pattern baldness as if you hadn't used it and it's quite pricey. It will be a life long decision.

Be bald and proud.


Victor McDade

4,395 posts

211 months

Saturday 5th November 2011
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Many of the treatments will slow down the rate of loss but if you're already at Phil Mitchell stage then you may be too late.

I know people who have had good results with propecia and to a certain extent Minoxidil (regaine).

However after a certain stage only a transplant will be of any help and they are not guaranteed to work. And a good one will cost you £10k+.



Steffan

10,362 posts

257 months

Saturday 5th November 2011
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As others have said Regain or Minoxdil works.

There are several well accredited surveys which have confirmed the ability of Minoxidil to reduce hair loss and restore hair growth. But it only works as long as you use it. Stop and the loss returns.

In reality this is generally male hereditary hair loss. If all your antecedents lost their hair early you are likely to lose your hair early too.

Minoxidil does work. The decision is your to make.


cqueen

2,647 posts

249 months

Saturday 5th November 2011
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I still dont understand how in this day there is still no 'real' treatment for baldnes.

Think how much of a money spinner it would be if you were the company that created it.

Mr Snap

2,364 posts

186 months

Saturday 5th November 2011
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Get some decent clippers and forget about it.

Real women don't give two fks about how much hair you've got - but they can spot a bloke who lacks self confidence from 100 miles away.








GeorgeMackmurdie

Original Poster:

21 posts

179 months

Sunday 6th November 2011
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Thanks all. I'd heard there was a new treatment where they take a hair, clone it, then stick many more hairs back in but it could have been sci-fi!

Cupramax

10,999 posts

281 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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cqueen said:
I still dont understand how in this day there is still no 'real' treatment for baldnes.
There is, look at Wayne Rooney. Transplants work if you have £30k to throw around.

Shaw Tarse

31,886 posts

232 months

Tuesday 8th November 2011
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He's just been on afternoon tv http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13706... yes he's has hair, but I'd rather be bald & spend the money on something else!

The Ferret

1,288 posts

189 months

Tuesday 8th November 2011
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Shaw Tarse said:
He's just been on afternoon tv http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13706... yes he's has hair, but I'd rather be bald & spend the money on something else!
True, with a face like Rooney's I always thought having a hair transplant would be a bit like trying to polish a turd laugh

andrew311

6,386 posts

206 months

Tuesday 8th November 2011
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I think it's dependant on what type of balding you have as to the results i.e. topicals such as Regane are siad to work better on the crown area than the front. My mate has had excellent results with Regane, but you'll also need to take a DHT blocker such as propecia or a generic clone of that drug.

It's totally up to you, you can get treatment where they transpalnt folicles from the back and sides of your head to the top. If/when my time comes I'll give it a go but otherwise shave it all off and save on shampoo.....

paulwoof

1,759 posts

184 months

Tuesday 8th November 2011
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i use Minoxidil and have had huge gains off it on my receeding hairline. i dont use regaine/rogaine, but get kirkland Minoxidil shipped from the states, kirland is like our tescos own brand stuff and is significantly cheaper.

i started with a receedinig hairline around age 15 but at a very slow rate. by 17 it was getting progressivly worse. then over a very bad winter it got really bad in which i resembled alan shearer with a receeding hairline and left a little island on my forehead. i hated myself.

i started using minoxidil as a last hope before taking to the skin head route on 29 April i remember being it was when another baldy got married which was forced upon the nation. since then the "island" has filled in completely and small hairs creeping forward and almost hidden the hairline completely. too which friends/family couldnt believe this "magic potion".

i would give it ago for 3 months, if it doesnt work then youve lost a small pittance.
i get mines from here.
http://www.minoxidil-direct.co.uk/Kirkland_Minoxid...