Last Updated on November 22, 2016 by Robert Price
“I didn’t notice any hair regrowth, so I stopped using the treatment.” If you read enough hair loss product reviews, you’ll see countless people say something like that, over and over again.
A more educated reader will often respond to their complaint with this poignant question: “Yeah, but did you lose any more hair while you were on it?”
No answer.
Remember: regrowth is gravy.
When it comes to treating hair loss, maintenance should be your #1 objective. Regrowth is gravy, especially if you’re in the early stages of hair loss and just starting to address it.
By maintaining your hair now, you’ll have more options to regrow it later. A hair transplant may help you achieve total coverage. But you have to get the loss under control first. Moreover, breakthroughs in the hair loss field are on the way, perhaps sooner rather than later. If you can keep the hair you have now and minimize your losses, there’s a decent chance you can fill in the “problem” areas later.
People grouse about virtually all the treatments, not getting the results they expect, and so on. Minoxidil and laser therapy are two popular targets of scorn and frustration. And frankly, some of the complaints come from dudes who have let their hair loss problems linger for years, even decades. No sir, it won’t work on your fist-sized bald spot, sorry.
Once you’re bald, there’s probably no going back. Except with a toupee, perhaps. A hair transplant is the only treatment that effectively covers “dead follicle zones,” otherwise known as bald spots
So yeah, focus on keeping the hair you have. Minoxidil, laser therapy, and finasteride are all effective in helping people maintain their hair over extended lengths of time. Regrowth is possible too, but consider it a bonus if it happens. Like your good friend of the opposite sex who occasionally gives you “benefits” aside from their friendship. Something like that. Consistency is the key. If you do what you’re supposed to do, you may be pleasantly surprised by how thick and full your hair is 10 years from now, and beyond.
Robert Price is a writer, consumer advocate, and hair loss researcher with thousands of hours of experience in the field. His goal is to keep you out of the hair loss rabbit hole, underworld, or whatever you want to call it. He founded Hair Loss Daily, the unbiased hair loss blog, in 2016. You can learn more about Robert in the my story section of this website.