Whoa hey guys, so sorry I forgot to come back to this. Ok, this is gonna be a long post/review.
First things first, I'm onto something. My hair has
actually grown back, and I absolutely promise, I swear, I am not being sponsored to say anything here lol. Everything below is entirely, 100% organic and I am receiving no kickbacks or commissions for saying this.
TLDR: My hair has absolutely gotten noticeably thicker and blacker. I've been taking two tablets daily (except for a one week period where I ran out of day medicine) that Dr Ranjit prescribed since early Aug 2021 consistently. The first two months, I was taking Biotin during the day, and Pyrida at night, as well as a hair spray (Vitamin A, I think?) just before bed - although I went through a period where I was forgetting. After the first two months, it was time to replace the Biotin (day medicine) with either finasteride (i.e. with
potential side effects, but faster and more effective) or taking his "natural" alternative, which is slower but does not have side effects. I chose the natural alternative, and started seeing results after around Nov 2021. I have continued to take his medication daily up until today and this remains the only medication/treatment that I've found which I can truly say has worked for me. Look at my list in my first post to see what else I've tried, and read on if you want to hear the full "story" and a whole bunch of other waffle.
Full version:
I ended up going to Dr Ranjit in SS15. I started in Aug 2021. For the first 2 months, I was taking Biotin during the day and Pyrida at night + using a hair spray just before sleeping. I then had my first follow up appointment after 2 months, and I was still uncertain about its effectiveness, but I was still willing to continue (not too expensive, nor time consuming). I was given the option of taking finasteride to "replace" the day time medication, or a herbal alternative which has no side effects, but is also less effective (i.e. slower). Just prior to this follow up, I did notice that the hair on my fingers were longer - which is kinda obvious to me cause I'm quite hairless, but I initially didn't link it to Dr Ranjit. I mentioned it during the follow up and he said, "see, means it's working" - I still wasn't convinced at this stage
After that follow up, I even had a conversation with someone (another customer) just outside who asked me about my experience, and I said, "I don't know, I don't feel like it's improved, nor do I feel like it's worsened but my finger hair has gotten longer, which Dr Ranjit says is proof that it's working". Btw, Dr Ranjit did say "you might notice some hair loss in the first few weeks, before it grows back" - but I didn't seem to experience any accelerated hair loss.
About a week after that follow up, I then started noticing the hair on my toes seemed to be longer too.
Fast forward to 3 months from the time I started taking medication, and I was really starting to feel like, ok it seems like I am growing a bit more hair on my head. But I didn't want to talk myself into a false sense of security, so I wanted to rely on others around me to confirm it. Not by me asking them, "hey, do you notice anything about my hair?" and them responding politely with "oh yea it looks thicker!", but instead, them
organically making comments uninvited. And sure enough, some comments started coming through. I'd say that about 30% of people that previously used to comment on my hair loss now started commenting on my hair
growth.
It's now been 7 months and to be honest, I can't believe it's working. Since I started on Dr Ranjit's medication, I've had a baby, which has resulted in me having less sleep and getting less exercise. I haven't changed my dietmy working environment/habits, nor have I done anything else differently in terms of my hair. I still remember the first time going to his clinic, thinking, "this is such an old looking clinic", "he uses such old tech" (the TV he displays the scan of your hair on is a bloody CRT TV, the kind with a fat back from the 1990s), "his services seem a bit too reasonably priced, surely this won't work". He also says the same thing as all the other places, "your pores are blocked, we need to unblock them, get the baby hair to grow out and come through then thicken them". All these hair growth places say the same thing.
Below are just some other data points/other tips/anecdotal stories that I want to shareHe also seems very casual about the timing of taking the medication, which was also a red flag to me. For example, I asked him, "if I forget to take the day medicine, do I just skip and take it the next day?" he said, "no no, don't worry - you can just take it together with the night time medicine" - with a very "just relax, stop freaking out" kind of body language with his response
it was hilarious, but also concerning. How can this be so flexible? How is this supposed to work?
Shampoo - he says, "up to you whether you want to use it, doesn't matter". Bee Choo Origin would say you have to use their shampoo daily (potentially a hidden agenda), and I recall a previous hair doctor saying you shouldn't use shampoo, because it may clog your pores. If you want to use shampoo, you have to use specialised shampoo, which is how I ended up using Alpecin.
Sleep - he says having bad sleeping habits doesn't really exacerbate hair loss, whereas Chinese treatments (including Bee Choo Origin) tend to say sleeping late will worsen hair loss.
Btw, after the first 2 months, when I was given the option of finasteride or the natural alternative, I was actually going to pick finasteride, because I was willing to "take the risk" of the side effects of finasteride. A big part of this thinking was because I wasn't fully convinced it was working (yet), yet finasteride is probably the most famous drug to deal with hair loss that is considered to work. But because one of the more common side effects is that it'll affect your sperm, I didn't want to take it just in case we want to have another baby. So I took the natural alternative, and just accepted that the hair growth (if it works, that is) will be slower. But I'm glad to report that it has absolutely worked for me, and it hasn't been too slow for my liking.
I asked if this is now a lifelong medication. He said - no, you need to firstly take it until your hair becomes thicker/darker. Yours is currently still a bit brown. Once it becomes black, you can take the medication on alternate days, then once it's properly thick again, you can probably come off it. I think he said it usually takes 1-2 years and it varies by person.
Another thing to share: In Jan 2022 (4 months after starting the medication), I went to get a haircut at my usual hairdresser. The first thing he said when he saw me was "whoa, what has happened to your hair?! It's grown back so well". He was well aware of my previous hair troubles hahahaha.
I'm pretty open about my hair loss, so it's not at all a taboo topic to me. I don't want people around me to feel worried that they'll offend me whether they think I'm losing hair or growing hair (not likely, but my mother in law, for example, didn't comment on my hair growth until I asked - and she just said "didn't wanna comment because it's private...").
So - there we have it. After trying so many different treatments, I can confidently say that Dr Ranjit is the one that is definitely working for me, and it's also nowhere near as expensive as some of the other crazily expensive hair treatments I've come across, so it won't burn a hole in your wallet, and it's not that time consuming (unlike Bee Choo Origin/Two Herbs - requires fortnightly treatments which take about an hour each time). I won't go as far as to say it'll work for everyone, because I would guess that people
may react differently to the treatment.
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I hope this post helps! Feel free to ask questions and I'll try to answer.