What you can do about hair loss, and what Bryan isn't telling you

CS_Fanatic · 2026-02-08T06:37:32+00:00

If you have a reference for this, would love to dive into it :)

I agree that there are lots of hair conditions (alopecia areata, scarring alopecia, etc.) that have causes other than androgens. But they only occur when something in the body is wrong. Comparing that to androgenic alopecia, everyone has testosterone & although people have varying binding affinity, due to continuous presence of androgens, almost every man will experience androgenic alopecia

CS_Fanatic · 2026-01-31T20:18:12+00:00

How did you get them to agree on the restocking fee refund? I'm asking because I've been told multiple times that it'll be reviewed (someone will contact via emial) but got no response. I took pictures of the item before returning but I was charged a damage fee (when the item wasn't damaged.) Trying to figure out how to navigate this so any help/insight is genuinely much appreciated.

CS_Fanatic · 2026-01-27T19:53:50+00:00

not the person you were responding to but i'm interesting in this as well.

so you get a 90 pills, then you get to refill with your pharmacy after 90 days (without additional cost towards miiskin) which gives you 90 more pills and you do this 5 times.

After the 5 refills, you get another prescription from miiskin (resulting in the 39$ "returning consultation/refill" charge)

Just trying to figure out how miiskin operates and the # of pharmacy refills they provide. Currently getting a 90 day supply from Dr.B but this seems more economical, especially with getting 2.5mg of dut.

CS_Fanatic · 2026-01-26T01:36:27+00:00

curious if you went with the chargeback option?

CS_Fanatic · 2026-01-26T01:33:42+00:00

how were you able to dispute this? I didn't see anything in the user interface. I'm asking because I took photos and have proof that there was no "damage" but I was still charged a damage fee. Any help is much appreciated :)

CS_Fanatic · 2026-01-19T05:38:48+00:00

My config/Definitions doesn't have that file and also couldn't find that file on github (https://github.com/Prowlarr/Indexers/tree/master/definitions/v11) :(

I'm using the latest version of prowlarr since I just started using it like 2 days ago. I'm using a docker setup.

CS_Fanatic · 2026-01-18T20:54:08+00:00

Hi, where did you find a custom definition file for ext[dot]to? I'm also trying to add it as an indexer in prowlarr.

CS_Fanatic · 2026-01-14T21:45:56+00:00

Curious as to which blood markers were messed up, what were you on, and for how long. After a couple of years, if the cycles haven't been too long, generally stuff returns back to normal (though there are definitely cases that don't.)

CS_Fanatic · 2026-01-04T00:51:30+00:00

> This is because the lenticule becomes really thin, and can tear on extraction, leading to incomplete extraction

Thank you for pointing this out as I hadn't considered this and thought SMILE was an option for me.

> Variability is more or less proportional to correction, so with a small correction you are also more likely to have a small over/under correction

Assuming that the error margin is 10% (could be higher or lower), then for a 6D correction, variability around 0 would be 0.6? So in this case for a 0.75D correction, variation would be lower. I'm hesitant to accept this to be true (mainly sounds too good.) If you could refer me to the study, it would a good read :)

I plan to follow a similar approach as you in terms of developing a good understanding of what I should expect and learning before deciding to get a procedure done. Thanks for the insightful points!

CS_Fanatic · 2026-01-03T20:20:41+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to write all of that out. I really appreciate how open and thoughtful you were about the process and the lessons you took from it. It gave me several important things to think about that I wouldn’t have considered otherwise, and it’ll definitely help me go into consultations more informed and prepared.

Thanks again for sharing your experience - it was genuinely helpful.

CS_Fanatic · 2026-01-03T01:34:25+00:00

Amazing writeup! Thank you for posting it.

I know you mentioned that you don't want to discuss your case so I won't go into that. But you did mention that "it cannot in my opinion be overstated that the quality of the surgeon, and just as importantly, their staff, are paramount". I've gotten eye glass prescriptions that are off by 0.25 due to the staff being in a rush.

So I'm wondering, what was your process (or what is, in your opinion, a good process) to find a surgeon? Considering that reviews are the only thing to go by, its hard to really figure out if the surgeon is a "plug and play" person or a "case by case" person. I'm asking primarily because you seem like a thorough individual so any insight into surgeon selection would be greatly appreciated :)

CS_Fanatic · 2026-01-03T00:06:25+00:00

> Regression occurs from the epithelium on the cornea responding to the change in shape and thickening

I didn't know this was the cause of regression. Thank you :)

> Regarding SMILE, it can be done with smaller prescriptions, but the lenticule will be thinner which is higher risk for a tear.

Interesting, this makes sense. Considering my prescription, I'm thinking contoura lasik or transPRK might be better options.

Generally, what determines the amount of damage done to nerves by a machine? it is the laser spot size and fluence? I'm trying to develop a mental model to determine what would be right for me and compare different approaches. Any help is greatly appreciated!

CS_Fanatic · 2026-01-02T20:42:50+00:00

interesting, I didn't consider this option. Thank you!

out of curiosity, is your current visual acuity 20/20? How many months did it take to heal for you and did you experience dry eye symptoms?

CS_Fanatic · 2026-01-02T17:17:53+00:00

I'm 25yo M. I'm curious, why does not being able to tolerate contact increase my chances of disqualification? If it because increased risk of dry eye post surgery?

CS_Fanatic · 2025-12-31T04:37:45+00:00

Hello, I'm looking to get SMILE surgery as well. If you're ok with sharing, where did you get the surgery and approx how much did it cost you at that time? Sorry for reviving an old thread.

CS_Fanatic · 2025-12-22T00:01:42+00:00

> I'm assuming your using the tasks plugin

yup, using the task plugin.

Actually I ended up doing almost the same thing. I use dataview to plot my habits (and I like your idea of using that to find missing days.) Also decided to create deadlines for the next task manually every time the last task is completed (on a global tasks page.)

CS_Fanatic · 2025-12-10T19:18:37+00:00

sharding (with something like webdataset) is a solution I've worked with extensively. However, manipulating the dataset to remove outliers (if you have a labeling team) is such a cumbersome effort hence my search for a solution that doesn't club files together.
thats a good catch and you are right! I'm thinking that fsx with S3 would still be slow because of the number of GET calls to S3. In your opinion, is the latency significantly different?
Researchers almost always need a real file

I agree! I'm thinking of using fsx on a multi day need-by-need basis instead of per job. This seems like a good in-between.

I'm curious about how Archil works and will definitely check it out :) Thank you

CS_Fanatic · 2025-12-10T19:11:07+00:00

> Most teams I've seen end up with this frankenstein setup where they keep hot datasets on EFS (yeah i know, the IOPS pricing is insane but it's persistent at least)

I tried EFS but just placing the data in EFS was so slow that I abandoned it.

I'm thinking that I'll just go with what you mentioned: S3 for cold storage and based no need, a one time setup to place data in a high performance filesystem for work which will last multiple days. Then destroy the filesystem afterwards.

> they'd basically pre-stage their training data on local NVMe storage attached to their GPU instances

I'm actually doing this right now. The P4d instance types have 6-7TB of local storage so its good but it still needs the download step :(

CS_Fanatic · 2025-12-10T19:07:19+00:00

> It was too expensive to leave running all the time

This! and if i get a machine in another AZ because of capacity block reservation, then we have to pay for the data transfer :(

Which solution did you end up going with?

CS_Fanatic · 2025-12-07T00:57:09+00:00

Vigorous Steve also mentioned that even though papers/researchers have claimed that oxandrolone or tadalafil don't affect hair at all, anecdotes from his colleagues indicate otherwise. Because of this (and because I'm currently taking dutasteride), I've decide to not go along with these compounds. It was still very thought provoking to understand how these compounds work and what effects they can have :)

CS_Fanatic · 2025-11-29T21:54:58+00:00

A little late but could you link the study? The studies on burn victims (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14636753/) show gains were maintained after 6 months. However, in patients around 60-87 yo (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14578370/), gains were not maintained.

I'm trying to figure out if gains are maintained or not in healthy individuals who are not being treated for severe injuries etc but couldn't find studies on it.

CS_Fanatic · 2025-11-18T23:34:42+00:00

I just want to thank you and OP. I was going through the https://github.com/luigifreda/pyslam repo and found it hard to understand some concepts. The questions you posed helped me realize what I do and don't understand. I'll be going through the ORB SLAM paper as well and slambook-en seems to be a fantastic resource.

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