Today I finally got a haircut after — get this — two full months of not visiting the barber. The fro was getting totally out of control. Anyway it’s been a long time since I posted a rant as I haven’t had much to report on my progress. I have been a bit lax with my regimen lately, missing the odd day here and there… Okay, missing the odd week here and there. But I am not overly worried because I haven’t lost any of the gains from persistently sticking to my regimen for the last 7 or 8 months. I have discovered a phenomen, at least when it comes to my own situation with hair loss, and that is that whenever I get things under control and regrow some hair, I get lazy and stop the regimen for a while. It’s the dumbest thing I can do, but I am guilty of it.
The last time I let this happen I stopped completely for many many months. BIG MISTAKE. I lost all of my hard earned gains. This time, I won’t let that happen. I am back on the regimen after a small hiatus. Life has been extremely busy (and tough) for me for the last couple of months.
There have been layoffs where I work, and the environment has become a bit political in the aftermath of a company reorg. I sort of let some things slip in this interval, my regimen being one of them. It’s easy to do when you’re busy. But as I have said in the past, a hair loss treatment regimen should be kept simple, using the minimum number of things necessary to get the maximum result. That will help you stick with the regimen, and more importantly, it will make things a lot easier when you do not stick your regimen, because picking up the ball is a lot easier when you don’t have 8 different products to purchase and you’re running low and time, money, and/or energy. My regimen is simple, but fairly comprehensive, and that’s why it has been easy to get back on before it’s too late and I end up losing everything I’ve gained yet again.
Anyhow, back to the haircut… so as I was saying the fro was getting way too big and unruly. So I pay a visit to the barber. This particular barber I had not been too for about 5 months. The first thing she did was a double-take. She kept shifting the hair around in my crown area and at the top and back of my head and said, “Your hair has gotten so much better!” She was shocked. She asked if I had done something to it. I told her I was using some topical treatments and she said, “Whatever you’re doing, it’s definitely working. The last time I saw you you had a lot less hair at the top and in the back. Now it’s filled in quite a bit!” She was absolutely amazed. I was somewhat surprised by this because even though I knew the treatments were working for me, I still felt like I have a lot less hair up there than I want. I can see my scalp clearly even when the hair is dry in my crown area, but here was a woman saying that it had gotten a lot better. This is another strange phenomen — namely, that when the treatments are working, especially when they take a long time to work, one sometimes doubts that they are making very much progress, or at least one thinks the progress is not as sufficient as one would like. Well, clearly people who aren’t checking for new hair in the same spots everyday notice the regrowth more than we do (at least barbers do in any case). This made me happy today, and it also made me want to redouble my efforts and stay persistent with the regimen. It’s working! And if you read my last rant from a few weeks back, not only is it regrowing hair for me, but it’s also reversing my grey! I have a fair amount of grey on the sides of my head, and a bit on the top and along my front hairline. It’s not really noticeable in pictures unless it’s a close-up shot. Anyway, it may be just my perception, but I can swear that it appears as if about a quarter of the grey I had from about 4 months ago is gone! I’m not sure if this is because of my regimen, but I have a feeling that it is. What else could it be? I haven’t made any serious diet or lifestyle changes, and if anything I have a lot more stress in my life these days. I’m not growing any younger either. Anyway, whatever is behind this interesting effect I’m experiencing, I’ll take it. No complaints.