The vast majority of instances of advanced balding all start with an area of thinning hair which turned into a larger problem. Perhaps it was a small bald spot on the top or the head near the center or back or maybe it was first noticed as a diffuse area of thinning hair evenly distributed throughout the scalp. The truth is every case has the potential to be quite different due the amount of testosterone being converted to DHT, along with a genetically predetermined pattern of hormone receptors and enzymes situated on the scalp.But for me the pattern that triggered the alarm that something was going terribly wrong was hair thinning on top, on the crown, and the early signs of what was once a well established hairline starting to recede and become somewhat undistingu hair regrowth ishable.As with most men and women I had seen the advertisements for over the counter prescription medications that seemed to virtually guarantee to put a stop to this nonsense. A little voice inside of me was saying not to worry because for only about $16 a month I could turn this train I had inadvertently boarded which was headed straight to the land where all heads are bald and shiny around in 45 days or less.But for me those popular minoxidil infused treatments didn’t proved to be the magic bullet I was hoping for. To make matters worse both the store brand and name brand minoxidil infused hair re-growth products irritated my scalp to a point where scalp irritation along with dandruff and flaking became so severe it was not longer feasible to continue their use.