new to all hair treatments, considering a Spectral DNC/Rogaine Foam combo

I'm in my early 20s and I've noticed my hairline seems to have changed a bit from my teenage years. When I look at younger photos, I always seemed to have a recessed hairline but my current one seems to have 'matured' (to put it nicely) a bit more. My left temple hairline seems to have receded inward a bit more than my right temple hairline. Rather than do nothing, I've currently been researching the various options and I'm considering the use of Spectral DNC and/or Rogaine Foam.

Being experimental, a part of me wants to try the Spectral DNC on my left temple and Rogaine Foam on my right temple hairline. How long of a trial experimental run should I try out with this divided approach?

My other plan of action consists of using the foam in the morning and the DNC at night for a one-two punch. What worries me with this plan is that if growth does occur, I may have to continue using both products rather than stopping the wrong one.

In any case, I'm wondering if any of you guys out there have any ideas concerning my first foray into the world of hair theory.

One final question that may or may not be the easiest to answer. Once I start a treatment and I find that it does in fact renew growth in the hairline, am I then committed to using the treatment to some degree for the remainder of my life?

I'll be eagerly awaiting responses.

Spectral DNC/Rogaine Foam combo

I'm still wondering if anyone has any ideas concerning my Rogaine Foam/Spectral DNC plan. At this point, I'm leaning more towards using each product on a different hairline as a pseudo-experiment with regards to the best treatment option for myself. At the same time, I'm still considering using the foam in the morning and the Spectral DNC at night on both hairlines.

Since both products use minoxidil, the divided experiment plan really only compares each product's delivery system (foam vs. nanosomes). There are also additional chemicals found in Spectral DNC that are not found in the foam which could impact results.

Does anyone have any ideas concerning either the divided experiment plan or the combined Spectral and Foam treatment plan? I'm still not sure how long of a trial run I should use if I were to divide the treatments between hairlines. In any case, I will be ordering the foam and Spectral DNC online in the next few days.

Let me know.

just don't understand your testing... it "clear" that the spectral is the better treatment (same base plus more active ingredients), it is also clear that it is much more expensive.

the thing is that for some people minoxidil foam/ lotion works just as effectivelly. so they would be wasting their money by switching to spectral.

maybe a good idea to test both on different parts, to see if there is actually a difference, but dont see how the foam could be better.

this is surly for many reasons but the main 2 i could think of is that althogh product number one may work faster,it peaks faster as well causing you to quickly disregard the second product because product one ,after say 6 months beat it.but whos to say that product number 2 just doesnt take longer because it works on a different dynamic and if you had used it for a year,you would have seen that product number 2 actually grew more hair.

the second reason is that although its commonly reccomended that you apply the product to the balding areas,its not uncommon for say minox,when applied to the back of the head,to cause excess hair growth on the face or other parts of the body.

what im saying is the two substances will mix somewhat regardless if they are placed inches apart.

im not saying it isnt but spectral supposedly tested for something like 10 years yet they release no data nore do they mention how much better(hairs per inch ect.)

this type of claims with nothing to back it up leads to much speculation.

now take rogaine foam.they did "real testing,on real people,in real amounts to be of significance" and they recorded the responces and it was proven that rogaine foam is i believe they said nearly 20 percent more effective than the typical "old "5 percent liquid".

now if i was the maker of spectral dnc,id surly do a comparison test and test it against its biggest competition(rogaine) ,just like rogaine did but instead rogaine competed against itself.why did or does spectral perform such a comparison test(and im not talking about 10 people)im talking about the hundreds it takes to perform a worthy test and what rogaine used in their tests.

its easy to say my product is better because it has added ingredients,but thats all speculation and without an actual comparison test i think it was irresponceable for spectral to make outragous claims without offering a single shred of the results of their tests.

now lets say they actually did tests and the tests do proove that specral did beat rogaine but by only one hair per square inch(or something like that)that is not even worth mentioning and surly only an idiot would pay 3-4 times as much for a product that will grow only a single hair more(per square inch)this difference is cosmetically insignificant and just to add another thing to think about.spectrals claims were made before the release of rogains "clinically proven"foam that is 20 percent better.

also spectral changed their formula at least 3 times in the past 2 years so who can take them seriously??? it takes nearly 2 years to evaluate a products effectivness in the first place.

Re: considering a Spectral DNC/Rogaine Foam combo

At this point, I believe the extended time frame of 6-12 months for treatment may invalidate any results of this head to head (or rather 'head on head' - yes, I hate myself for typing that) comparison. In any case, I won't be trying each product on a different temple hairline.

Costs aside, I'm still unsure of which product to use (if not both). Does anyone have any experience combining the two products in a morning and night routine?

The problem with using both products concurrently is that while the level of minoxidil applied is the same as if I were using one product twice a day, I would only be getting half a dose of the chemicals beyond minoxidil found in Spectral DNC. If I look at it a different way, by using both products concurrently, I get the benefits of a full dose of minoxidil with the added benefit of a half-dose of the extra chemicals found in Spectral DNC. Do you gentlemen have any opinion on these extra chemicals found in Spectral DNC?

I'll continue researching for the next few days before plunking down my cash on any of the products. At this time, the Foam and DNC are still, sigh, head-to-head in this comparison.