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Exactly. For children, a smear of paste on the brush is enough. For adults, a pea size amount is recommended.

Yes, my son is prone to cavities. Is Clinpro also a creme? Their website mentions that it's to be used as a regular toothpaste

While they have different ingredients, GC Tooth Mousse amd clinpro have more or less same purpose. 3M recommends to use clinpro as a toothpaste, while GC recommends to use Its tooth mousse as a creme to be used after brushing. Its better to follow manufacturers recommendations regarding usage.

For someone who is a victim of MPB - male pattern baldness in a relatively young age, can the product 'Super Million Hair' be of any good use? Just for the purposes of having a head full of hair?

Hair fall is caused by multiple reasons and your first priority should be to stop further loss of hair rather than get back lost hair.

Go to a good trichologist. Ask your medical practitioner to refer you, don't go to multi chain brand clinics who have a bottom line to take care off.

Let the trichologist or even a good dermatologist figure out the cause of hair loss in a young individual before you start taking over the counter products.

I had visited one in the past. He explained me the causes of male pattern baldness, the ways to treat it, the results it can give, and its side effects. MPB is always a result of hormonal imbalance. Upon experiencing the medications and their side effects, I decided to not to further pursue the course. That leaves me with two cosmetic choices - weaving and clinging (Super Million).

The Super Million appeals to me as it is way to cheap (Re 2750/-), plus it is a Japanese invention! :D

I am assuming your issue is not because of smoking, poor diet or lack of sleep etc.

Sharing an instance of my own experience of losing hair way before expected. I had seen a good independent consultant about 1.5 years back. Same issue - Major MPB. If it's heredity there is not much you can do, maybe just prolong the inevitable to an extent.

So I was prescribed a pill in the morning, a different pill at night. A spray (Containing minoxidil) at night and a special shampoo along with strict instructions to wash my hair with only RO water. I diligently followed this for a couple of months. The results were apparent, my hair started seeming thicker and fuller. But, there were some not so nice side effects and it costs a bomb per month. I didn't feel the effort was worth it. So, I just stopped altogether.

Do note that such a treatment will have to be continued religiously for 1-3 years. It is a huge commitment and not very practical or easy. If you stop the hair loss accelerates multifold before settling down again at a steady rate. Do keep that in mind.

In short, I'd strongly recommend be graceful about it and let it go. Grow a beard, getting short fade style haircuts. And in a few years time evaluate a hair transplant or something similar. :thumbs up

Hope this helps!

No. Neither any of the above. It is hereditary.

I have gone the Minoxidil and Finasteride way already. Would not want to continue that way. Among hair weaving, hair transplant, weaving looks good and cheaper.

I agree with you on keeping short hair cuts, beard, etc. But the problem with MPB is that bald patch on the crown looks bad.

Still, would you suggest to opt for something like SMH?

Query for a friend who will be a first time user of power eyeglasses...
Progressive lens eyeglasses seem to cost an arm and a leg! He has looked at Varilux and Nova and the cheapest lens is about Rs.9000.

Are there any alternative options that may be cheaper or offer more Value for money ?

That is the range. The only option would be any promotions from Lenskart or others.

Thanks @Condor.

He was shown the product brochures and told that the more expensive lenses offer wider field of vision. The opticians do not have actual samples to show, so he wanted to know if there really is a perceivable difference and will it be worth going for the more expensive ones.

Just got some more details on the options he was offered...
Varilux Xion 9.2k and Varilux Physio 11.2k, higher end ones go on to 24k
Nova basic 8.7k and Nova HD 15.3k (top end)

In fact some people cannot adjust to varifical at all. My experience has been wasted money. Although my last try probably failed due to bad work as I could not see anything properly at any distance. Due to being heavily involved elsewhere I never got that sorted out.

In some other countries they will give a warranty to get your money back if they do not work out. Which, in itself shows that, for the best majority, it does.

The rest of us have to have bifocals and/or different lenses for different purposes. I have four!

I myself need to get a new set now, and our Opthamologist, who we Trust, has asked me to go for the digital + wide type considering that I am in the IT industry and working a large part of my day viewing the screen.

The more expensive ones go beyond 40k

Back in the day when displays were relatively narrow CRTs, one of my first varifocal failures was that spreadsheets turned into waves, like a 3d wire drawing. Horrible. Point your nose, they said, but my eyes were content moving in their sockets, so I changed the glasses.

Technology must have moved on a lot, but even recently I read that varifocals don't play well with wide displays.

I wish I could be comfortable with them!

Are you going for the ones where they 3d scan the whole lens of the eye and match the lens? Sounds good, doesn't it! I don't know that that technology is even available in this city... Hmm, maybe/probably at the pricier private eye hospitals.

Disclaimer : I am not a doctor / medical professional.



And these lenses cost just 200 Rs to make (Plastic: molded, polished, coated and put in frame).



Technical process of making these :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJuScKSgvGM


Investigative report that compared name-brand glasses with online glasses and found no difference in quality (In fact, same defects in fit). Skip to 16:30 in this video.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8vNi6IeRNU




I had to get glasses earlier this year. Use case was identical. I have a 29 inch Monitor and spend ~1 our a day with excel spread across the monitor.


Expensive glasses ("Wide Corridor") have larger horizontal area for middle -distance. So you need not move the head and eyes can see through the glass.



These lenses cost approx 9k (cost to manufacture : less than 1k).