Thinning Hair / What Has Actually Helped?

You could consider using Minoxidil alongside tretinoin, both applied simultaneously. Sadly, tretinoin needs a prescription or a grey source. Retinal could serve as a substitute for tretinoin.
 
Hey, I'd like to throw out a different perspective: maybe it's simply male pattern baldness. I'm a guy whose hairline started retreating when I was a freshman in high school (yep, at 14), so believe me when I say the smartest move is to either keep it very short or go ahead and shave it off.

I used to worry it would hurt my dating life. Turns out women are wonderful and usually barely notice our hair at all. When I carried myself with confidence, it genuinely didn't matter to them.

With any luck it's only a deficiency issue and some vitamins will fix it, but if that's not the case and it's just genetics, don't stress - honestly, the ladies don't care.
 
miameow said:

angeliquereta said:

miameow said:

Ferritin is just 1 part of the overall picture. Losing weight quickly can cause hair shedding through several mechanisms, so I would keep looking at the broader view: a full nutritional and hormonal panel, not just 1 single marker.

Other things to factor in include zinc, vit D, B12, folate, thyroid function, hormonal shifts, protein intake, and how many calories you take in overall. If your ferritin really is “high,” whether that matters depends on how high it actually is, so it may be worth investigating, but hair loss is not usually caused by high ferritin.
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My ferritin has typically been on the low side for as long as I can remember. At times it has dropped to 3. Every 3 months I receive IV iron. It appears, though, that I may have some form of iron malabsorption. For both hair thickening and low ferritin, what approach would work?
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Wow, that's really low. Do you not feel any fatigue or exhaustion?

In my case it was on the low end of normal, and even that was enough to trigger shedding. Once a week I make a point of eating liver. To be honest, if you keep telling yourself your hair will come back, you can get through it. It's a normal food for Eastern Europeans, so I just force it down and swallow it quickly.

Lately I've begun giving myself IM injections too, since I'd rather not sit in a clinic for IVs. After getting my ferritin up, the shedding has clearly gotten better and so has my energy.
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Yeah, I'm completely worn out. I went through a hysterectomy in March to try to fix it, and that's when they discovered severe adenomyosis. I'm relieved the operation took care of all that, but my ferritin hasn't budged at all. The doctors think I might have some form of malabsorption or an autoimmune condition, which means the iron I eat doesn't stay in my system.
 
From what I understand, when weight loss triggers hair shedding, the root issue is that your system sends the protein you consume toward essential bodily tasks first — and hair along with nails sits near the bottom of that priority list. So upping your dietary protein should help put the brakes on the shedding. And if weight loss is indeed the trigger, then once your weight levels out, your hair ought to grow back.
 
From my perspective, how much hair grows or thickens seems tied very closely to each person's own biology. I'm 61, and my hair has thinned a bit and receded at the front sides. Baldness isn't something I'm concerned about. That said, I began taking KLOW (manual) for tissue repair and similar purposes, and the standout side effect was a big improvement in my skin, plus my hair became clearly thicker and is filling back in. It's a bit neat, though I don't really mind either way.
 
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Check out r/bald

This bothered me for YEARS. Eventually my barber trimmed a little too much from the top—the part that had been covering up how thin it was—and I decided enough was enough, buzzed it... then went all the way with a shave.

These days I keep a permanent "freshly buzzed" appearance, and my hair hasn't crossed my mind in 6 months. The real wonder treatment is simply moving on.
 
miameow said:

skaylife said:

lovemycats2025 said:

Seeking current info about hair-thinning treatments for those using glp's. For others, what has helped and what hasn't?

Only this weekend did I notice how sparse the hair at the back of my head has become.

Thanks ahead of time!
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For my hair thinning, Ahk-Cu has been effective. However, I didn't use it as a serum. My vendor suggested injecting it, following the same protocol as GHK-Cu. Rset is my own research and not a recommendation. I've been injecting it daily beneath the skin of my head using a 12.7 mm insulin syringe, and it has worked. As I said, this is only my own research and not an officially verified method.
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That's quite intriguing. Has microneedling been part of your routine alongside it? I went ahead and purchased a Dr Pen, planning to microneedle my scalp using AHK-Cu.
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I want to learn more about this. I've been looking around and reading up, and the advice is completely inconsistent. Do you think the AHK-Cu is the way to go? Or is it better to mix the dry peptide into a hair serum you already have? Please give me the specifics!
 
Since last year's holidays, I've been doing daily KLOW injections, plus a DIY serum (GHK-cu, AHK-cu, hyaluronic acid) that I apply somewhat inconsistently. Over the past 2 months, there's been a clear increase in my hair thickness, and the sparse areas are at last filling in.
 
PurpleSage said:

miameow said:

skaylife said:

lovemycats2025 said:

Seeking current info about hair-thinning treatments for those using glp's. For others, what has helped and what hasn't?

Only this weekend did I notice how sparse the hair at the back of my head has become.

Thanks ahead of time!
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For my hair thinning, Ahk-Cu has been effective. However, I didn't use it as a serum. My vendor suggested injecting it, following the same protocol as GHK-Cu. Rset is my own research and not a recommendation. I've been injecting it daily beneath the skin of my head using a 12.7 mm insulin syringe, and it has worked. As I said, this is only my own research and not an officially verified method.
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That's quite intriguing. Has microneedling been part of your routine alongside it? I went ahead and purchased a Dr Pen, planning to microneedle my scalp using AHK-Cu.
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I want to learn more about this. I've been looking around and reading up, and the advice is completely inconsistent. Do you think the AHK-Cu is the way to go? Or is it better to mix the dry peptide into a hair serum you already have? Please give me the specifics!
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My AHK-Cu raw material hasn't shown up yet, so I haven't been able to test it. Instead of adding the powder to something I already have, I intend to make a basic serum of my own. Using an injectable prep with microneedling isn't something I'm considering.
 
I combined AHKCu and BAC water. For application, I use an eye dropper. Its consistency is water-like, and that's fine. To make it a little thicker, I put in some glycerine, only a small amount. The container I store it in is a brown bottle that has a dropper cap.
 
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