My alopecia is localis and temporary. Will Rogaine help?
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This sounds like an autoimmune alopecia--alopecia areata is the usual name for this.  There are several other diseases, however, that can cause hair loss--thyroid disease is an example, as is syphilis--so a trip to your friendly neighborhood physician is in order.\n\nOdds are, this is alopecia areata, and a topical steroid lotion may be of some help.\n\nOr, of course, you could just give up and bic your bod...\n\nOK, OK, bad suggestion.  So go see a doctor, already.
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wow!  I say you are one lovely lucky person! Praise the good Lord sweetie. There must be lots of people who'd rather lose their hair than their life!  Anyway, your hair will grow back, it's only hair......... in the meantime, go to a professional wig shop and let them fit you properly so your temporary hair will look as natural and feel as though you have no wig on. After your hair grows back  you may still choose to wear the wig! God has blessed  you and given you many more happy and healthy years to come. Embrace them and don't fret the hair. Also, maybe you can take vitamin B and also Evening Primrose vitamins. These are supposed to help with hairloss.  Good luck to you and remember,,,rejoice in your newly blessed life and don't fret the small stuff sweetie.
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I didn't check what the patents are for.  For example, they could be for how the pill is constructed rather than for the use as a hair restorer.   However, assuming that all of the patents cover something important, it would be in 2013 before a generic version is available.  \n\nSeven years is a long time to be losing your hair.  Once you are really bald, Propecia won't make much difference.  If you decide to go the medication route, you can try minoxidil (which is now generic) or pay for Propecia, and assume the price will come down--eventually.   BTW, Rogaine (the brand-name minoxidil) is about to come out with a mousse application that will apparently make it much easier to use.  But of course, the mousse will not be generic.\n\nSorry, I wish I could give you better news.
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Propecia is very effective.  Also try minoxydil for women.  Between the two, you can dramatically slow your hair loss.  (unless you have a more serious health problem)
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Not a damn thing you do at home will work.\n\nThere are all sorts of claims made by people about the cause of hair loss ranging from stress to nutrition to shampoos to wearing hats.  None of them are true.  None of them.\n\nUnless you are severely malnourished, your hair loss is hereditary and unstoppable without medical intervention.\n\nSome hair follicles around the head have certain receptors for a hormone called DHT (dihydroxytestosterone).  These poor hair follicles, upon binding DHT, start to produce thinner and weaker shafts of hair until they no longer produce hair at all.  Hair follicles can vary, it seems, in their sensitivity to DHT.  Obviously, hair follicles on the sides and back of a bald man's head are not sensitive to DHT.\n\nMedications such as Minoxodil produce limited results.  Minoxodil, believe it or not, was initially used to treat hypertension (if memory serves) and is basically a vasodilator that, when applied to the scalp, increases blood flow to the hair follicles.  You must apply it daily otherwise any improvement will be reversed.\n\nPropecia (a pill), on the other hand, is a DHT antagonist, that blocks DHT from reaching the DHT-sensitive hair follicles and thus allows these follicles to grow hair.  Same situation with DHT, however.  Stop taking it and you'll lose hair again.  Moreover, it affects the hormone that makes us act like men, which is why one of the side-effects of propecia can be decreased libido.  To hell with that, I say!  (Fortunately, I'm not bald!)\n\nThe only way known to man that restores hair are hair transplants.  Non-DHT-sensitive follicles are harvested and transplanted to bald areas of the scalp, and thus continue to grow (provided the graft survives).\n\nI've heard of some ridiculous home remedies though.  My older brother's hair was thinning several years ago, and my mother suggested that he apply olive oil to his scalp!
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Sweetheart, yours is falling but mine is gone!  I have rheumatoid arthritis too and my hair is in bald patches and spots and I wear wigs now. I have Systemic Lupus and hair loss is a symptom of the illness. Have you been screened for the anti body? If not you should be. There is no cure for the disease and it is terminal but not deadly, necessarily. Discuss this with your rhuematologist as it is a strong possibility that it's what's going on with you. There is no baldness in my family either, not even the males.
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Three days aren't very long. Give it a few months if you really believe  your body is recoving from vitamin defficiency. If that doesn't work i'll let you know right now--i've got no problem with bald chicks.
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There's no treatment out there but i guess you can always use Rogain or something... But it will come down to genes. My facial hair used to grow really slow... But I started shaving every other day and I have been noticing that it's been growing much quicker. So Try shaving even if you have a little hair because the more you shave the thicker and darker it will grow.
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Rogain for those going bald.
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If you're not balding too badly yet, you should see a doctor soon and start on Propecia. I've seen good results on my guy friend.
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I'd see the doc. and maybe get him on Rogaine.
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Sounds like you have an early case of the female version of male patterning baldness.  Tough break, girl.\n\nIs your hair falling out or is it just not growing there?\nTry taking a multivitamin for whatever vitamins or minerals you are deficient in.  Then go to your doctor.  And check out Rogaine.
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Nov. 4, 2004 -- Balding men and women take note. Hair cloning -- the next hair restoration remedy -- is on the way.\n\nOK, it's not exactly cloning, although that's what it's come to be called. Researchers working to perfect the new technique prefer the term "hair multiplication."\n\nAnd no, it's not ready for prime time. Not yet, says Ken Washenik, MD, PhD. Washenik is medical director for Bosley, the giant hair restoration company that's one of several firms racing to bring hair multiplication to market. He's also clinical assistant professor of dermatology at New York University Medical Center.\n\n"There is no doubt it will be a tremendous breakthrough," Washenik tells WebMD. "It is the thing people have been waiting for. There have been so many remedies for hair loss that didn't pan out. This is one that really looks like it is going to happen -- and happen in the next few years."\n\nIt's not just hype, says hair researcher George Cotsarelis, professor of dermatology and director of the hair and scalp clinic, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Cotsarelis consults for Bosley, but is not involved in the company's research program.\n\n"It is hard to predict whether they will be successful, but there is good evidence that will happen," Cotsarelis tells WebMD. "It is not quackery -- they are not charlatans. It is based on real scientific knowledge. But there are a lot of hurdles still to overcome."\n\nThe promise of early research often evaporates in the harsh light of clinical testing. Yet Washenik predicts that hair multiplication will be available for hair restoration in three or four years.
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I would stay away from Rogaine type medicines.  I don't want to take anything that women shouldn't even touch, personally.  Ginkgo biloba improves circulation to the scalp.  Horsetail can help strengthen your hair.  Green tea and Saw Palmetto may help prevent further hair loss.  Tea tree oil can help kill mites, bacteria and fungi that can live on the scalp and cause hair loss.  Apple cider vinegar and sage tea as a rinse can help hair grow.  Biotin supplementation can help hair grow.  Read all the lables for these products and consult a physician if you have any health concerns before taking these products.\n\nJust remember, many women find baldness very sexy.  So maybe shaving your head would be the easiest solution.
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Rogaine, it doesn't work for everybody though!\n\nhttp://www.total-knowledge.com/~willyblues/
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Rogaine works ok.\n\nMost people have better results with finasteride (Propecia).  It blocks DHT.  You can buy Proscar, cut the pills in 1/4 and take it instead.  It's cheaper that way.
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I have heard that Rogaine is an excellent choice.\n\nhttp://www.rogaine.com