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[Adamzski]

Im pretty sure the syn-ake stuff does a little. I have not used any recently but will start using it again. I really back to having tones of lines around my eyes when smiling. And that snake injector guy, I seen it previously he seems to shake a lot!

[Raptor87]

Sly looks like an animatronic these days, I'd rather look more natural like Rick Springfield.

Yikes. You'd think that a guy with Sly's money and connections could get more natural-looking hair transplants. (can't believe I'm posting in this thread- it's like a car crash that I can't turn away from...)

The sad thing is that hairtransplants often end up with very bad results. I have never seen a good hairtransplant. Often times you keep losing hair even with hormone treatment and it all becomes a battle against looking like a puppethead. Even right after surgery there is something that looks like a mechanical intrusion done to the scalp which is very visible for most of us. I am losing a great deal of hair myself and I find it sad that we can almost do anything to the body, even do head- transplants. But we can't find a way to get a youthful head of hair. The person who invents a pill that really works and gives a youthful set of hair, they will become one the richest people in the world.

Edited by Brainfogged, 11 July 2013 - 01:59 AM.

[JohnD60]

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The sad thing is that hairtransplants often end up with very bad results. I have never seen a good hairtransplant. .

Well, then you just do not take notice of the good ones. As an example, it is widely believed matthew mcconaughey
had hair transplants. Of course he denys it. But the evidence is pretty overwhelming imo. He had an excellent result imo.

[Raptor87]

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The sad thing is that hairtransplants often end up with very bad results. I have never seen a good hairtransplant. .

Well, then you just do not take notice of the good ones. As an example, it is widely believed matthew mcconaughey
had hair transplants. Of course he denys it. But the evidence is pretty overwhelming imo. He had an excellent result imo.

Yes he denies transplants and says that he is using hairtreatment, minoxidil/laser and propecia does wonders for some.

[bis]

hello brain

i 'm not agree with you. i have personnally received a fue 3 years ago (norwood 3) in bruxelles and the result is very good.
for example, you can discover a lot of people who talk about their operation (photo) in this forum. its really impressive
http://www.internati.../lupanzula.html

Edited by bis, 11 July 2013 - 06:28 AM.

[Adamzski]

Here is my real hair early 2010

I was a NW3.5-NW4 but had a good clump at the front and could brush my hair forward and up so that it did hide a fair bit of hair loss at least from the front. I would make my hair into a faux hawkish style and use some concealer powder (toppik), to ake myself look still OK but definitely could not hide that I was seriously balding.
I had been using propecia/minox/retin-a/spiro/nizoral for 12yrs.. well minox/propecia all that time, the other things on and off. I managed to hang onto my hair but I lost property and a restaurant that I owned and yeah bang a year of absolute brokenness.. lost y hair and money.. its ok was not too much of either of them anyway.
I went to a strong NW5 within a year having my clump of hair at the front recede 3cm and thin out drastically.

mid 2011 I started wearing a wig and really It is the only option when you are NW5, NW3 and treatment can look ok with transplants but it is a losing battle.
The wig is not such a huge problem with females, it gets me through the door with women that I would have no chance with if I still had my 2010 hair.
Wig are good these days. I have never ever spotted someone wearing a wig but I have seen tons of corn row hair transplants.

Im happy enough with it, I have knowen people for months who have seen me everyday, my flatmates previously, they were very shocked when I told them. Also the way I see it is its just another hat, I really dont care if people can bust me wearing.
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[JohnD60]

@adamzski
I agree that hair transplants are not good for every guy or even most, but the same could be said of wigs. In a way it is blessing that you lost your hair rapidly, you could just shave your head and glue on a wig. I imagine it is much easier to wear a full wig vs. trying to match the color and thickness of your existing hair when only wearing a small wig in the crown. Do you shave your head completely?

[Raptor87]

I don't think that there is not so much we can do about aging and trying to look young, there's a lot of horrorstories out there when people are going to extremes. I think the most healthy thing we can do is try to age with grace.

We have to give Sylvester credit for his awesome body though, he has set a new landmark for a people to strive for. 65 doesn't seem old any more. Somebody needs to strip his plastic surgeon off his licence because he hasn't followed the overall aesthetics and it's obvious that something very intrusive has been done, also Sylvester's hairline needs some re- modelling.

I know it's a lousy example but I think George still looks good.

http://static.entert.../Image/cloo.jpg

Too bad that not all men are able to pull that off. Hair does a lot for our overall look!

There are good bald lookers also. But Ljunberg isn't exactly old (36).

A good facial structure helps a lot.

[bis]

video of me yesterday. 41 years

View on Dailymotion

[JBForrester]

video of me yesterday. 41 years

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x11udgh_bon-ete-2013-retour-en-septembre_lifestyleundefined#.UeO5ZvkqxN8

Wow...! I'm impressed. I would say in your mid-20s in that video. What's your secret? :-)

[marcobjj]

very impressive indeed. what do you do to look that young? any skin care / diet tips you can give us?

Edited by marcobjj, 15 July 2013 - 11:07 AM.

[bis]

Hé thanks jb !

innergame : i try to stay young in myself (creativity, spontaneity, smiling) . i try to avoid stress and too much working , i dont wont to be slave about
money or conditions materials (tv, car, rolex ect ect..) . I try to create of myself (self creation) and i try to be a good man for others . i think positive and
i think i'm nothing on the earth, each day alive is a gift for me.

outergame : a lots of sports (dancer, soccer, musculation), i eat some good foods, no alcool and smoke, good sexuality . 8 hours for sleeping. selection of my habits (color)
about face : cream twice by day (nivea cream), aloe vera gel, fine make up, sometimes argant oil, eyeliner, roller (twice by week). each 5 months, a seance of led (photorejuvenation cynerion). each 6 months (acide hyraulinique AH) . fue 2600 grafts (3 years ago) . massage of face sometimes. blond color for my hair.

Edited by bis, 15 July 2013 - 11:14 AM.

[marcobjj]

^thank you for the tips. do you think derma roller is superior to retin a?

[bis]

yes marco. derma roller is better . its my experience and roller is very impressive after 4 months .

Edited by bis, 15 July 2013 - 11:18 AM.

[JohnD60]

Random comment about Cory Monteith. He was 31 and played a high school student on GLEE. He defenitelly had a boyish look and looked young for his age, but he did not look like a real teenager. I think the common practice of having 20 somethings portraying teens on TV shows distorts our perspective on what a typical teen looks like.

[TheFountain]

What do you guys think of this? He is 45 and been injecting snake venom into his skin for 20 years.

http://www.vice.com/.../venom-superman

He looks his fucking age. And he's a fucking idiot.

[Adamzski]

yes marco. derma roller is better . its my experience and roller is very impressive after 4 months .

Hi yep you look really young in the video!

So you stopped retin-a and started dermrolling?
What size dermroller do you use and do you make yourself bleed?

[mustardseed41]

I've been rolling for 2 years now. I use a 2.0mm roller on my face, 1.0 around the eyes, 1.5 for the neck, hands, arms. I get some pin-point bleeding. I use a numbing cream on my face. I also use a single needle for old acne scars and the #11 between my eyes. And a 2.0 dermastamp for some arm scars.

[bis]

I use a 2.0mm roller on my face with this product. thats all

http://www.dermaroll...lers/mt-roller/

Edited by bis, 19 July 2013 - 01:48 PM.

[Adamzski]

2.0mm is fairly hardcore, I did use a 0.5mm dermroller for added penetration of topicals for a month and if I pressed hard it did hurt.

Do you guys have effects like redness for a day or two after rolling?

And how long to see results?

[mustardseed41]

For guys, 2.0mm is not that much of an issue for the face. Too much for the neck. I figure that since the average male has 25% thicker skin than a female, and the 2.0mm is 25% longer than the 1.5mm. If I only used a 1.5mm, I'd be rolling more shallow than the average female would at that length. But I'm anal like that...lol
I 'm only red for a couple of hours after. My arms can sometime be red for a few days with a 1.5mm. I can promise you I would not roll my face with a 2.0mm without numbing cream. I've seen dramatic improvement in some acne scars. Hard to say exactly how long it took. As for the rest of results, well I had great skin overall before rolling and I do so many other things as well.

[smithx]

Bacteria are very plentiful on the skin, and washing or even applying alcohol won't kill all (or even most) of them.

If you use a dermaroller, you are pushing bacteria under your skin, and hence into your blood, which somehow sounds like a rather bad idea.

[mustardseed41]

Bacteria are very plentiful on the skin, and washing or even applying alcohol won't kill all (or even most) of them.

If you use a dermaroller, you are pushing bacteria under your skin, and hence into your blood, which somehow sounds like a rather bad idea.

Crazy talk

[Adamzski]

It is something the sterilisation, How do you sterilise? I really think just alcohol or some solution is not enough if you are piercing the skin.

[sthira]

Bacteria are very plentiful on the skin, and washing or even applying alcohol won't kill all (or even most) of them.

If you use a dermaroller, you are pushing bacteria under your skin, and hence into your blood, which somehow sounds like a rather bad idea.

Crazy talk

This isn't crazy talk. And I hope you're not also creating tiny new scars with these puncture wounds. Your skin is a living organ. And I hope the longterm results don't turn out badly by doing this, but wow, yikes..

[mustardseed41]

Unless you have used one or are well read into the dermaroller, you are gonna likely think of it as some medieval torture device...lol

It is something the sterilisation, How do you sterilise? I really think just alcohol or some solution is not enough if you are piercing the skin.

Most just use a strong% rubbing alcohol and leave in for 30min- to 1 hour. Before that, I brush mine with a soft toothbrush with a dash of dishwashing soap to clean the roller.

http://dermaroller.o...nstructions.pdf



http://forums.owndoc...-microneedling/

[smithx]

Most just use a strong% rubbing alcohol and leave in for 30min- to 1 hour. Before that, I brush mine with a soft toothbrush with a dash of dishwashing soap to clean the roller.

An hour in alcohol plus soap will probably kill a high percentage of the bacteria on the roller.

But what about all the bacteria on your skin surface which will immediately get pushed under the skin when you puncture it?

The skin flora, more properly referred to as the skin microbiome or skin microbiota, are the microorganisms which reside on the skin. Most research has been upon those that reside upon the 2 square metres of human skin, cf. the human microbiome. Many of them are bacteria of which there are around 1000 species upon human skin from 19 phyla.^[1][2] The total number of bacteria on an average human has been estimated at 10¹² (1 trillion).^[3] Most are found in the superficial layers of the epidermis and the upper parts of hair follicles.
Skin flora are usually non-pathogenic, and either commensals (are not harmful to their host) or mutualistic (offer a benefit). The benefits bacteria can offer include preventing transient pathogenic organisms from colonizing the skin surface, either by competing for nutrients, secreting chemicals against them, or stimulating the skin's immune system.^[4] However, resident microbes can cause skin diseases and enter the blood system creating life-threatening diseases particularly in immunosuppressed people.^[4] Hygiene to control such flora is important in preventing the transmission of antibiotic resistant hospital-acquired infections.

,,,

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an example of a mutualistic bacterium that can turn into a pathogen and cause disease: if it gains entry into the blood system it can result in infections in bone, joint, gastrointestinal, and respiratory systems.

http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Skin_flora

Edited by smithx, 20 July 2013 - 07:33 PM.

[Matt]

I'm rarely impressed when I get told that someone looks younger than their age, I meet them, and they aren't that much younger looking. So a new girl started at work and all last week I had assumed she was a college girl, maybe around 18-20. I just got told while out with my friends yesterday that she is in fact 36!! She is small, about 5ft 2", from south of France, eats a good diet and is really slim. I've never in my life seen anyone that looks as young as she does. I'm so impressed! I always get told I look really young too, but my brain is so confused. xD The way she talks, looks, acts, dresses, everything about her is so youthful. Apparently her mother also looks in her 30's but she is in her late 50's. No idea if she also eats healthy. It could be combination of genetics, diet, and sun avoidance; she is quite pale and doesn't seems to have damaged skin. Amazing!

Edited by Matt, 20 July 2013 - 10:17 PM.

[sthira]

Ah ha maybe you found your mate, Matt.

[marcobjj]

Geraldo just twitter this. 70 is the new 50.