Virile Mane Log
I recently picked up 3 bottles of Virile Mane on sale from NutraPlanet for a pretty nice price of $23.99 a bottle. I purchased 3, with the intent on running it for 3 months to see if I experienced any positive signs of regrowth. To my delight, upon further inspection I realized that each bottle is 3 months. That is quite generous compared to other hair regrowth products on the market.
A little bit of history...
I started notice shedding around the age of 19. I started to observe significant amounts of hair coming out when I would shower. I never took too much concern to it because I started exercsing regulary around that time and began to lose a significant amount of weight. I thought that it had to do more with my diet than anything else and perhaps some vitamin or mineral deficiency. For about 2 years the shedding continued and I started to become concerned. I went to the doctors and had blood work to confirm the hair loss wasnt associated with some other underlying issue. The bloodwork came back fine and the doctor confirmed my worst fear, male pattern baldness had begun to rear its ugly head.
Regimens:
I've tried several things in the past to combat MPB, Saw Palmetto, Rogaine, Xandrox, Spironolactone and Propecia. The best combination I found to be was Rogaine Foam followed by Spironolactone 15 minutes later. My hairloss has dramatically halted over the past few years. I no longer notice hair in my hand when showering or any dramatic shedding. I have not noticed any regrowth, but the speed of shedding is definitely way down. Propecia....sucked. It was horrible. I was only able to tolerate it for about 3 weeks before I threw in the towel. It made me feel absolutely awful. I've been using Rogaine Foam/Spiro for quite sometime, but I've been using it less and less frequently due to the cost, and I dont think it is exactly healthy drenching your scalp in Spiro day in and day out. I currently am not using any other Hair Regrowth products except for my shampoo. I rotate EOD Nioxin/Nizoral. I'll get some information on Nioxin on here for those who do not know what that is.
Family History:
My father has more hair than I do. He is 57 and has a thick, massive head of hair. It is rather discouraging. Both of my mothers brothers have full heads of hair. My dads father was completely bald when he passed away at 76 and my moms dad had hair but was really thin when he passed away at 50.
The Plan:
I plan on applying Virile Mane sparingly to my head once in the morning and once in the evening after I shower. I plan on discontinuing Rogaine/Spiro while I am using VM. I have medium length hair now. I plan on getting a pretty short haircut on Tuesday. I haven't decided yet if I am going to take before and after pictures or not. I probably will take them and decide at a later time whether or not to post them.