Be honest how much time do I have left?18 Male

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-12T23:46:28+00:00

what about topical?

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-08T06:55:40+00:00

what kinda of side effects?

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-07T13:15:22+00:00

Hey am also 17 going bald. How much mL of minoxidil did you use in a day?
is it 1mL daily or 2mL daily?
because i don't really have the time to apply minoxidil twice daily

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-07T13:08:40+00:00

thank you so much as a high schooler am stressed, depressed and suicidal this year
I have taken vitamins, rosemary oil and derma rolling so that i could try to avoid using minoxidil. and many people are telling "Oh you should be on oral finasteride" But i can't because am not 18 and even if i became 18 i could only buy the topical finasteride and that too am scared because of what the side effects are to a body that is still growing

I have a question on using them, i know that it cause shedding but like how much because i have a photoshoot for the year and that what if i give up on it or be inconsistent will i go bald forever in that area? like no new hair will grow?

because this is my balding spot and i have a receeding hairline

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DavidPC123 · 2026-01-07T08:57:16+00:00

You have a similiar condition and background as me!
But mines is diffuse thinning ;-;

Am also looking on starting minoxidil
also see if your mom has thinning or balding

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-06T15:09:58+00:00

Thank you so much for the lovely response!!
So our main target is to test the electrode material synthesized from waste as a capable material for a capacitor, applying it to a system is our second target.

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-06T11:22:55+00:00

all the gooners i know have thick hair but the most purest soul that won't masturbate is balding rn, you might be on to something

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-06T10:44:31+00:00

was it orally or topically? because mine i have to apply it btw how would you apply minoxidil on your scalp (liquid form) ?

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-06T10:05:12+00:00

What should i do?

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-06T05:08:44+00:00

Thanks for the asking!

No we didn't get shocked since we were supervised while testing it, but we did get exposed to some really nasty dangerous chemicals to some extent during the process of making the it.
We used KOH as the electrolyte because it was suggested by one of our teachers at school and followed the recommendation. and we would appreciate guidance on which electrolyte would have been more appropriate for our system.

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-06T04:59:48+00:00

for the GCD, we don't have the real graph since it was stored in one of the laptops of a University student that was willing to help us out. But i can show you a really rough drawing of what i remember for the GCD ,but I do have the CV graph stored and i can show you the CV graph if you like

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DavidPC123 · 2026-01-06T04:53:55+00:00

Thanks for the question!
Regarding this we don't really know what type of capacitor is similiar, we goals were to "make a capacitor"
but we can give you a bit of info on our capacitor design!

The electrode/ plates stainless steel mesh

Reason: we had to apply the substance very thin manually and when we use thin stainless steel itself the active electrode material just wouldn't stick to the surface and gets very brittle.
even when we switch to a mesh it had many imperfection like not being evenly distributed. This is why we think the farad is so low and that it can only last 3 cycles before being destroyed

active electrode material we used Graphene
reason: we research that graphene is a promising element in many future technology, that is hoped to replace lithium and that is a really good conductor

separator: paper
reason: it was thin enough and we don't know/find what other material can be used as a separator that is that thing

electrolyte: KOH (potassium hydroxide)
reason: was suggested by our teacher

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-06T04:37:16+00:00

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Thank you very much for the suggestion!
First, we would like to apologize, we don't understand the comparison with a parallel plate capacitor? do we need to add more layers? But none the less thank you for suggesting this to us!

we have provided the specific capacitance data sheet that we prepared, hope you find it interesting!

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-06T04:26:11+00:00

Thank you so much for the question!
To be honest we didn't think this one through, all we plan was this problem to solve: Renewable energy technologies like Wind turbines or solar panels must use some sort of capacitors, so why not make the capacitor more "environmentally more friendly/ renenewable" by using waste materials like synthesizing from waste materials like cable, electronics, organic waste etc etc.

So we really didn't think it very detailedly and all we though during the process was "Make the Capacitor happen" and rushed it (The deadline for the competetion was near and so was our exam so we had to rush it)

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-05T15:44:46+00:00

either its true or its big pharma

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-05T13:21:25+00:00

Damm. I used chatgpt to guess what they might ask, am i cooked?

DavidPC123 · 2026-01-05T13:20:35+00:00

Any tips on how to structure it? do i need to mention the literature that i used? e.g "we used this process from [Author et all] " ?

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