I was wondering if latisse (or a less expensive version- as I see rapadmin linked) would be good for limited application on our scalps to thicken and darken our hair.
Maybe at the part?
Did anyone ever experiment with this?
EDIT: I see there was a quick discussion of this product that seems to contain a version of latisse. A combo of the eye drops and minoxidil seems like that would be appealing. I don’t know enough about finasteride or if that one is appropriate for women.
I just found this product which I’ll read more about. Perhaps there are too many molecules.
It contains tretinion, which I once heard is good for the scalp, but I haven’t tried it.
Also, minoxidil (I currently use this aprox 3x per week as a preventative)
Dutasteride which seems to be an alternative to finasteride
And 3 other things: spironolactone, ketoconazole, hydrocortisone
The owner of my compounding pharmacy offers a test that apparently shows the cause of your hair loss in order to treat it properly. I don’t have hair loss yes and mostly looking to prevent age related thinning, so I haven’t done it, but perhaps it would be a good idea before using a product similar to musely.
Beth, I was thinking along those lines as well and actually put one 3ml bottle of bimatoprost with some distilled water and ethoxydiglycol in a 100 ml spray bottle for scalp application but unfortunately never got around to applying regularly. It’s a very amateur concoction and I have no idea if it is strong enough to do anything. I still have it on hand though so I’ll try it out.
Most people would be impressed with my hair (it’s literally probably my best feature) but I can tell it’s thinner than when I was younger.
I remember being a teenager and sometimes seeing women from behind and thinking they were my age because of their hair and youthful figure until they turned around! I’m that person now but see it from a different perspective and I’m thankful for hair and a youthful figure. I can’t have it all but I’ll keep trying!!!
2 months. I get it from the Carefirst pharmacy and their “foam” formula that includes 10% minoxidil, finasteride and bimatoprost irritates my scalp. hence, I prefer regular 5% minoxidil foam. Also there was no noticeable extra regrowth or effect on my grey hair vs regular minoxidil foam. To put things in perspective I’m Norwood 2 and don’t have many grey hair to speak of. Further trying to restore the hair that I lost 4 decades ago is a challenge. In my opinion microneedling + minoxidil is superior to very expensive carefirst formula.
Our result is interesting as hair darkening has not been formally reported as a side effect of cholinesterase inhibitors, and our findings will add to the list of drugs which can cause re-pigmentation of grey hair. Although cholinesterase inhibitors have been widely used for over two decades, darkening of grey hair has not been reported previously, which could be perceived as unusual. Possible explanations include a prolonged period of use is required for hair darkening to reach a level at which it becomes clinically detectable. Furthermore, patients often do not remain with their memory clinic physician long enough for the change to be observed, or the patients’ hair colour is not usually monitored as hair colour change is not an alarming complaint.
We focused on patients with a minimum 6 months drug use as scalp hairs grow at a rate of approximately 1cm per month.10 Thus, we assumed that at least 6 months would be likely to be required before the changes were clinically noticeable.
The mechanism of cholinesterase inhibitor-induced hair darkening is not known. Possible mechanisms include increased production of melanin due to activation of melanocytic stem cells or stimulation of melanogenesis.2 We found no significant difference in melanin concentration in darkened hair of patients treated with cholinesterase inhibitors and the dark hair of control subjects. This is consistent with the hypothesis of increased melanin production, and the findings suggest that the darkening of hair is less likely due to the deposition of a drug metabolite.
Interestingly, the most common site of hair darkening was the occipital region (70.9% patients with hair darkening). The reason for this is unclear. It has been noted in men that grey hair typically begins at the temples, and then spreads to the cranial vertex and lastly the occipital area.11 Perhaps the reverse may be true if re-pigmentation occurs.
Just wondering if anyone here has tried this formula and actually seen any results - good or bad. Would love to hear your experience. Also, has there been any new info or breakthroughs around reversing grey hair?
There isn’t anything proven to work. However I am trying a general kitchen sink approach mainly geared towards hair growth/preservation, hoping some of the intervention can reduce graying.
A. For hair directly:
Musely modern hair solution with
iPSC Exosomes 250 million/bottle
Latanoprost 0.004%
Caffeine 0.5%
Cetirizine 1%
Melatonin 0.1%
Costco Minoxidil
Oral dutasteride
Carol’s Daughter Goddess strength Fortifying Shampoo & Conditioner with Black Cumin, Castor Oil and Ginger. - I tried this from Costco and it moisturizes the hair, not sure if any of the ingredients actually do anything but can’t be worse than using Pantene.
No hair dryers or hair products for most part.
B. Anti-inflammatory diet - Green med style.
C. Exercise.
D. Sleep
E. Stress management
For 51, I have about 50-70 gray hair strands - not too bad, maybe something is working. Strangely my facial hair is more prone to graying, so more incentive for staying clean shaven.
