So I'm thinning on top. I took Rogaine for a few months, and I think I did notice some slight regrowth, and definite slowing of hair loss, but it started itching to the point that it was driving me nuts! And the instructions say to discontinue use if you itch all the time. So I stopped. I was looking up other solutions online today. Avacor, which I saw a commercial for, seems to be complete bunk. Propecia
seems to do ok, but has a lot of possible side effects, and is expensive as hell! There's something called Procerin that isn't nearly as expensive, seems to have less reported side effects, and about 80% of the people that tried it and responded to this independent website I was looking at (they looked at all the different
products out there, the guy that started it is going bald and is a doctor and wanted to see what works best without all the bias in company sponsored studies) seemed to feel Procerin was really helping. Almost all reported slowing, and about half said they noticed regrowth. So I guess I'm gonna try it. Wish me luck! I don't want
to lose my hair!

Procerin, by the way, is a DHT blocker. DHT is a side effect of some sort of genetic thing where men's bodies get rid of excess testosterone. Unfortunately the DHT causes hair follicles to shrink or something, and stop growing hair. I'm sure someday, probably in the next twenty years or so, they'll have some pill or topical solution that is a complete cure for baldness, but until then, I'll just have to try out these stop-gap measures. There's no way I'm ever going to be so caught up as to get hair plugs or something, so don't worry. If nothing works, then I guess I'll jsut have to live with it.