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     Brennan New member Username: Juelz Post Number: 5 Registered: 03-2008 |
Hello again. I have been doing the facial exercises on and off now, but I have committed myself to doing the scalp exercises every day. I do believe in the theory that this can promote hair growth. However, I had a few questions. One, I see very smaller hairs that are a bit in front of my receding hair line... are these hairs doomed or can they be saved by scalp exercises? Secondly, I have always had thin hair since I was a little kid and I recall always losing hair on my pillow so when I examine my pillow and find a few hairs I am not too worried. However, are there hairs that may (as a part of the re growth cycle) fall out and are stuck in your hair, so maybe when you rub your hair more fall out then normally would? | ||
| Thomas Hagerty Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 62 Registered: 05-2006 |
Brennan: You asked, "I see very smaller hairs that are a bit in front of my receding hair line... are these hairs doomed or can they be saved by scalp exercises?" These short, lightly pigmented hairs at the front of your scalp in what used to be your frontal hairline are called vellus hairs. They are usually thin in diameter. The follicles that produce these vellus hairs once produced terminal hairs. Terminal hairs are relatively thick in diameter and are fully pigmented, especially when you are young. In men in the early stages of male pattern baldness, the hair follicles that produce terminal hair gradually cycle into follicles that produce vellus hair. The process is called miniaturization. Miniaturization is sometimes a reversible process. I've seen the scalp exercise plus a nutritious diet reverse miniaturization in myself and others, but I've also read about failures in the Testimonials pages of my website for hair loss suffers. I wish I could give you the probabilities of success or tell you something optimistic so that you would have more confidence in the scalp exercise. I'm not in the business of BS though. You also asked, "However, are there hairs that may (as a part of the re growth cycle) fall out and are stuck in your hair, so maybe when you rub your hair more fall out then normally would?" I assume you mean by your question that you think some telogen hairs that are doomed to fall out might still be lodged in the new anagen hair follicle. The new anagen hair follicle is producing a terminal hair. This hair occasionally will "push out" the old telogen hair, but it's more likely that the old telogen hair will just fall out. Don't worry about this telogen hair "clogging up" your hair canal. It won't. During a shower these old hairs automatically fall out. I don't advise rubbing the scalp too hard to dislodge them though. In fact, I recommend not rubbing the scalp briskly when you are in the shower because your hair follicles are then in a vulnerable state. | ||
| C M New member Username: Ceeme Post Number: 56 Registered: 06-2007 |
Hi Brennan, just wondering how you're doing. You came to mind as I was doing the scalp flex at my desk at work, and I just wondered how you were getting along. Wishing you a positive mental attitude and positive progress in your journey. |
