I hoping to learn if anyone had been sucessful in stopping a receding hairline with Rogaine.  I wanted to get a prescription from my dermatologist for Propecia but he suggested I try Rogaine first.  I was a little leery since Rogaine is supposed to be most effective for hair loss on the crown, not the hairline.  I know results will vary for different people but I was curious if Rogaine has been useful for stopping a receding hairline for anyone here.

Thanks,
Bree

Hi hun

its not really desgned for reccession as you mentioned but i have read various reports off people saying it has helped. Do you take Avodart or a generic.

As far as im aware recession can really only be solved by hair transplanation in the long run as its dht sensitivity thats the problem but products like avodart (dutasteride) will for sure hold back the years.

They can slowly reverse foilicles that are still alive allowing you time for when you can atleast afford it.

The Wiki heres really good for hair related

Rogaine worked some for me, but Aldactone stopped it in it's track and regrowth has been great, of course the side effect is chemical castration.

Rogaine didn't do anything for my hairline, but it did help a bit with the crown.

 I think if you have dorment folicals they may grow back but if it`s been gone for a wile that means the folicle is dead and will not grow and for that you need transplants.. I have been taking Avodart and I have new growth were my hair was thin but not on the forhead where it was bald.

Thanks for the info.  I'm not taking anything now except the Rogaine.  My hair is thinning in the front and the hairline has just begun to recede.  I'll give it a couple of months and if it doesn't seem to be working I'll have to get a prescription for a dht blocker. 

Thanks,
Bree

I have alopecia arreata over various parts of my head - it moves about fairly randomly and sometimes goes all together - i have been to soooo many tricologists to try and figure out what causes it but no-one seems to have a clue.

anyway, they put me on rogaine (its called regaine in the uk) 2.5% topical iirc and it did make my hair grow back. BUT my hair loss is not male pattern baldness, and as soon as you stop using it, the hair it stimulated to grow will fall out.

i did try a 5% topical solution that my auntie sent over from the usa, but i couldn't use it because it stung like hell when i applied it

basically, as far as i can tell, it is a temporary solution. i don't know how it would affect a receding hairline as that is effectively male pattern baldness (isnt it?), not something rogaine is designed to treat AFAIK - i dunno, try it see it it works?

hth
fusi
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Quote from: fusi on December 06, 2008, 09:29:01 AM
i did try a 5% topical solution that my auntie sent over from the usa, but i couldn't use it because it stung like hell when i applied it

Sounds familiar. I tried it for a few months, and while it did help some with my hair the skin underneath didn't like it at all. I'm not sure if it was the minoxidil itself or just a matter of the alcohol in the solution drying up the skin. Anyway, finasteride works at least as well and doesn't have those side effects (it has different ones, but I'd much rather have a little breast growth than an itchy and peeling scalp ).

Quote from: fusi on December 06, 2008, 09:29:01 AM
basically, as far as i can tell, it is a temporary solution. i don't know how it would affect a receding hairline as that is effectively male pattern baldness (isnt it?), not something rogaine is designed to treat AFAIK - i dunno, try it see it it works?

It's supposed to work, at least for a while. No-one really knows for sure how it works, although it may have something to do with increasing blood circulation around the roots, just that it does. On the other hand, I don't think there are any long-term studies of how effective it is over the decades. In contrast, the way DHT blockers work is pretty well understood (essentially, male pattern baldness needs both DHT and the 'right' genes), and they cannot stop the process completely, just slow it to more or less the rate a woman with the genetic tendency would have.

  Nfr

Quote from: Seshatneferw on December 06, 2008, 03:00:15 PM

Quote from: fusi on December 06, 2008, 09:29:01 AM
i did try a 5% topical solution that my auntie sent over from the usa, but i couldn't use it because it stung like hell when i applied it

Sounds familiar. I tried it for a few months, and while it did help some with my hair the skin underneath didn't like it at all. I'm not sure if it was the minoxidil itself or just a matter of the alcohol in the solution drying up the skin. Anyway, finasteride works at least as well and doesn't have those side effects (it has different ones, but I'd much rather have a little breast growth than an itchy and peeling scalp ).

Quote from: fusi on December 06, 2008, 09:29:01 AM
basically, as far as i can tell, it is a temporary solution. i don't know how it would affect a receding hairline as that is effectively male pattern baldness (isnt it?), not something rogaine is designed to treat AFAIK - i dunno, try it see it it works?

It's supposed to work, at least for a while. No-one really knows for sure how it works, although it may have something to do with increasing blood circulation around the roots, just that it does. On the other hand, I don't think there are any long-term studies of how effective it is over the decades. In contrast, the way DHT blockers work is pretty well understood (essentially, male pattern baldness needs both DHT and the 'right' genes), and they cannot stop the process completely, just slow it to more or less the rate a woman with the genetic tendency would have.

  Nfr

yea, when i tried the 5% stuff it started stinging as soon as it was applied - i remember having to wash it out because it hurt too much and i was concerned of an adverse skin reaction. very strange though that the 2.5% solution i got here in the uk had no such side-effects. i no longer use it at all or anything else as my hairloss is far too erratic (random patchiness), and ive kind of come to accept it - it was a big problem when i was growing up (had it since i was 4), but now that im older i care less about what people think when they see a bald spot.

hehe whenever i hear anything that has a feminising side-effects my ears prick up! might give this finasteride a try haha :> though the majority of my hairloss is not due to dht, i do have some quite unsightly 'widows peaks' that are