Hairloss on Eq??

[sparetire]

I've been noticing a thinning out lately on the top side of my head. I usually have pretty thick hair, so much so, I call it my straight afro! ;0 I asked my wife if it was just me thinking this, and of course she replies with, "yeah I noticed it also.." I then asked her when did she start noticing it and she replied with a couple of months ago. I did my last eq shot on Saturday, currently just on a low cycle 300 mgs eq for 15 weeks. I've been on higher amounts in the past..I don't have baldness on either side of the family..so just curious about this...and if this is caused by eq, does it come back?

 

[Mavafanculo]

EQ is considered one of the hair friendlier AAS's, but its not the first time I heard reports of thinning on eq.

if it just happened over a few months its more like a Telogen Effluvium shed than the actual miniatureation of male pattern baldness which occurs gradually over many growth/dormant cycles.

do you notice a white bulb at the end of many of the shed hairs -- more shed hairs than usual on your pillow, in the shower etc.

if you grab a bunch of hair between your thumb and pointer finger how many hairs do you pull out?


If its a TE it grows back with the next growth cycle (figure 2-3 months)

 

[sparetire]

Okay, i don't know if the thread posted, so I'll ask again on my reply (had a time out error)..

Basically, out of the total 7 times pinching my hair and pulling, 3 strands came out. One strand on each pull out of 7 that is. 2 of them didn't have bulbs while the other one did.

Does the bulb signify a dying follical or the opposite? I haven't noticed many hairs on my pillow, in fact, I just checked for the first time. Most of them don't have bulbs or if they did, they're long gone.. When I do notice a hair or two after the shower, it's usually without bulbs..but I will pay closer attention..

thanks..now you got me wondering about the bulb or no bulb thing! haha..

 

[Mavafanculo]

Okay, i don't know if the thread posted, so I'll ask again on my reply (had a time out error)..

Basically, out of the total 7 times pinching my hair and pulling, 3 strands came out. One strand on each pull out of 7 that is. 2 of them didn't have bulbs while the other one did.

Does the bulb signify a dying follical or the opposite? I haven't noticed many hairs on my pillow, in fact, I just checked for the first time. Most of them don't have bulbs or if they did, they're long gone.. When I do notice a hair or two after the shower, it's usually without bulbs..but I will pay closer attention..

thanks..now you got me wondering about the bulb or no bulb thing! haha..

OK, now grab a handful and try to light it on fire. does it catch fire immediately or is there a delay?


J/K lol


the bulb is an indication of a follicle that is shed after going into resting (telogen) phase. at any given time a small percentage (10%? 20%? I forget) of your hair is in telogen, the remainder is dormant or growing.

when you see ALOT of shed bulbs, its an indication that a larger than nofrmal percentage of hairs are in resting phase - (thus the term telogen effuvium)

but in your case it doesnt really sound like much. the hair pull wpould get you 3 or 4 or more on each tug if it was an active TE. it may have been a slight case that already passed.

no need to freak yet.

try using some minoxidil 5% to prevent further loss and acceleraterecovery.

also, use B-5 on cycle to reduce oiliness and follicle choke off. 1000mg 3 or 4 times a day (but work up to that)

 

[enacer420nj]

your old bro its inevitable! jk lol

 

[1500]

Okay, i don't know if the thread posted, so I'll ask again on my reply (had a time out error)..

Basically, out of the total 7 times pinching my hair and pulling, 3 strands came out. One strand on each pull out of 7 that is. 2 of them didn't have bulbs while the other one did.

Does the bulb signify a dying follical or the opposite? I haven't noticed many hairs on my pillow, in fact, I just checked for the first time. Most of them don't have bulbs or if they did, they're long gone.. When I do notice a hair or two after the shower, it's usually without bulbs..but I will pay closer attention..

thanks..now you got me wondering about the bulb or no bulb thing! haha..

3 hairs out of 7 pulls is not a lot of hair bro. I think its natural to lose up to 200 a day due to the phases that the hairs go through as stated by mav.

 

[sparetire]

thanks ..makes me feel so much better...that i'm old enacer! ahahaha.. Good info.. You know, I just forgot something else..lol.. I was taking accutane 80mgs a day for 7 days, 80mgs e0d 5 days, 40 e0d 5, 40 e3ds 10. I forgot if accutane causes shedding..i must look into this!

 

[eddymerckx]

<-- the white bulb should not look like this. if it does, oh man, not good


and i shed on eq. around week six or so but it grows back.....mostly

 

[stressman13]

really depends on the person. Some shed like crazy on EQ. Problem with EQ is you really need to run high doeses of it for it to be really effective, and thats where the shedding comes in. Shedding on compounds is very user specific.