Reply With QuoteI've always wondered- does Rogaine only work on your head? Can you spread this foam all over your chest and end up with braidable chest hair?
I know I'm asking for it by posting about this, but it might be of use to someone so what the hell.
The new foam is actually pleasant to use. This is a big change from the old minoxidil solutions: they might have been clinically proven to work, but they left your hair/scalp in such an icky state that my biggest problem was that I didn't use it consistently enough for it to do anything. Not so anymore. It's a huge improvement. Recommended.
I've always wondered- does Rogaine only work on your head? Can you spread this foam all over your chest and end up with braidable chest hair?
If you apply the foam without wearing gloves, does it hurt your ability to meet members of the opposite sex?
You just rinse your hand in cold water first -- the stuff seems to require warm skin to absorb.
The directions leave me discouraged to attempt something like this :P that and a wife who doesn't really find lots of chest hair attractive.Originally Posted by Mike O'Malley
But what about facial hair, seriously?
Bald men are sexy :(
Completely bald men, sure. Dudes like Jason Alexander with the pattern bald spot, not so much.
Sexy is a tricky word. Bald men who are insecure about the fact are almost never sexy. But Patrick Stewart has pretty standard MPB and he totally pulls it off (the gray helps, I think.) Sexy is presentation and and attitude as much as it is strictly physical.
no matter how many chicks I've dated tell me they actually prefer me shaved n bald, I'd trade my six pack for a head o hair anyday. Mostly because I could get my six pack back. Having to put lotion on your head in california is really annoying. Also, every chick I've dated was lying. Just like when I tell them I like some flesh to grab and that small boobs are actually better, and that that facial irregularity gives you character.
From a Google search on 'Rogaine Warning':
So I guess it does work other places.Rogaine Warning (what NOT to do)
Here is what not to do:
take 1.5x the suggested amount of 5% minox.
a) facial hair got darker(brown to BLACK)
b) had these interesting lines of semi brownish hair running all the way down my forehead. I wore my hair down, so i could cover it.
c) 'beard line' jumped on the sides of my face a solid inch.
All of the above made me just give it up.(all the wolfman hair went away) That stuff is powerful when you take even a lil too much of it. I'm giving it another shot in the 2% form @ 1/2 dosage. if i turn into wolf man, i'm just gonna dillute this stuff even more.
Minoxidil/Rogaine is a carcinogenic and causes infertility.
Bald versus dead and sterile.
I guess you are automatically sterile if you are dead.
So:
Bald versus dead.
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I think being bald isn't so bad. I am anxiously awaiting the day my hair starts to fall out. I hate getting haircuts. Have you read the thread about barbers? You would wish you were bald too after reading that thread.
I noticed my hair thinning several years back and just embraced it and started shaving my head.
Intriguingly enough, when I took Rogaine, I noticed a lower sex drive.
And my bald spot is in the shape of a heart. It's cute!
So, fuck Rogaine.
Fire it before it quits, as my friend Alan used to say.
My biggest problem with baldness is that I have to shave my head every week and a half or I start getting the crazy scientist scraggly look. Three weeks is the maximum I can let it go without starting to look uncivilzed or old. It's messy, takes half an hour, and annoys me. I miss my teens where I just let my mop grow for three months before shaving it off.
But yeah, otherwise I do say I look dashing and sleek. But a shaved bald head, coupled with a shallow forehead like mine, make my baseball caps blow off my head all the time. San Francisco winds have claimed two from me already.
Have you guys ever considered pubic hair transplants to the scalp?
I can't find any such claims about this compound. Do you have a source?
Non-carcinogenic, and now available OTC.
Rogaine will do some good if you have "crown baldness"--bald spot on the back of the head. For classic pattern "receding hairline" baldness....you're outta luck.
My hair started thinning in highschool, so now I just shave it.
Were you the go-to guy for beer runs? :) We had one of those...
Anybody tried the Laser Haircomb thing? Supposedly its FDA approved to regrow hair now =)
Man this is a sad topic for a forum primarily about gaming. How soon till we all start discussing your favorite antacids and hemorrhoid cremes?
At that price I'm going to stay bald.
Don't worry, we're less than 6 years away from a genetic engineering approach.. at least, according to Wired ;)
No idea why you're trying to hide the fact that you have a higher testosterone level than those hairy guys. :)
haha :)
That's brilliant. I didn't hang with the drinking crowd in highschool, so it never even crossed my mind.
Confession time. Returned the bulk pack of Rogain foam I'd recently bought to replenish my supply (yay Costco), and bought a razor instead. w00t.
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