hello mr Rassman long time reader here, you doing a great job here i must add. my question today is regarding my Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA). i’ve had dupa since the age of 17 im now 24 and i still have a decent amount of coverage.
i was thinking about a possible body hair transplant in the future and was wondering if hairs in the beard, pubic area and chest are viable as im looking for the fullest coverage. i for one don’t care about growing this hair out i would plan on keeping it very short shaved. as i am still 24 and still going through changes in terms of body hair i want to wait till im in my 30’s so i have more hair to harvest
what do you think of my chances in terms of having a transplant like this? would i need to take meds after this to maintain the new hair? is the hair permanent? thank you for your time
Body hair may or may not be permanent. I have never done a complete body hair transplant for a DUPA patient so I can not talk with experience under my belt. I suspect you can find someone willing to experiment on you to achieve the goal you defined above, but it would not be my recommendation.
Is there anything (medicine or lifestyle related changes) that can be done to reverse or at least prevent greying of hair?
Does stress or inadequate sleep contribute to or accelerate greying of hair?
I can advise you to get adequate amounts of sleep to be healthy and figure out ways to reduce your stress, but that advice would not necessarily deal with your graying issue. Gray hair may be caused in whole or in part by genetics in your case.
We have generic here for Propecia, and on the instructions they say that on propecia we should use a condom during intercourse. It seems that it is pretty new, and there is nothing on the intructions of Propecia. My first kid is a boy and was born while I was using propecia. It seems normal.
Is there really a risk ? What is the position of Merck on it ? It seems that we have different opinion and it is quite difficult to have an opinion. Why this warning has appeared ?
Is there a proof somewhere that a newborn has trouble while the father was on propecia ? Thank you for your answer.
There must be thousands of boys born whose father’s took Propecia (finasteride) during conception.
We know that in the womb during the first 3 months, if a woman is exposed to sizable doses of finasteride it can alter the sexual development of the fetus. If the man was taking it, however, there is no evidence that the drug will cross to the woman and into the fetus. I know that the formal concerns are published and they are unfortunately more a statement of what the lawyers want the drug companies to say rather than a scientific observable risk.
I haven’t seen the Propecia packaging that mentions using a condom during sex, but I will also refer you to this letter we received from Merck about this very issue a few years back. In part, it states that “no significant mechanism-based or non-mechanism-based teratologic effects have been observed in infants born to women exposed to finasteride via semen during pregnancy.”
Hey doc, been using Propecia for 2 1/2 years its slowed things down a lot, just added Rogaine Foam last week. Just wondering if I can get a straight answer on the effectiveness of Rogaine Foam. The commercial says 85% of men see regrowth, ive heard other people say it only works for 50% of men and then I saw a post from you in your archive where you say it only works well for 15% of men. Well which one is it?
We are prisoners of our words, so I will stick to what I said.
If you are in the 15% of good responders, then it moves you into the 100% category (playing with numbers, or course). Some people feel that the Rogaine Foam works better than standard liquid Rogaine drops, because it is easier to use and thus better for those who find the drops difficult to titrate. If there are 85% of men that see some growth, I’d estimate that maybe 15% of men see it work very well.
I like to to have a buzz cut during the summer months. How short can someone cut there hair if they go with a traditional hair transplant vs a FUE?
The visibility of the linear scar from the strip surgery partially depends upon how you heal. Some people heal with a fine line scar that will allow the very short hair cut (not a buzz cut) while others will develop a wider scar that could, at worst case in a single surgery, get to 1cm in height. If the worst case happens, the haircut must be longer to cover the scar.
i masturbate more than 5 times per day. And i continued it for 5 yeras. And i now noticing that my temple hair is totally gone.it is curable or uncurable? My message to masturbate dont be its addict
I really don’t know how much clearer I need to be about this. I have nothing to gain by lying to you.
Hair loss isn’t related to masturbation. Your genetics caused your hair loss. The link between masturbation and hair loss is a myth. There is no cure for hair loss.
I have seen the results of scalp pigmentation for people with what I presume to be naturally fair hair, and it seems that the pigmentation, although successfully creating a full look, is very faint and almost invisible in some lighting. Can a patient opt for a darker pigment, and have their real hair ever so slightly longer? Or if not, would a dark blonde/ olive hair colour allow for a darker pigment in the first place?
It is important for you to keep a few things in mind:
This procedure is absolutely permanent, so too dark may be your destiny if it does not lighten
There it a good chance that there will be some color change, as the first session often gets lighter when the pigment is absorbed by your body — but then again, there is the chance that it may not change color
The risk of color change from dark to a tint of blue or green is one that will be accentuated by a darker application. These variations are what create the art of what we do for Scalp MicroPigmentation (SMP) and we try not to go too light or too dark.
This is why you want a doctor with experience to do the SMP process. The final color will be decided between you and your doctor.
Thanks for sending the video. I had not seen it before. The video is of Dr. Ken Washenik from Aderans Research discussing where his company is at in the hair cloning race at the ICRAH (International Congress Research Against Hair Loss) meeting in France earlier this year. Even though it seems his voice was replaced with a female speaker in the video, this is very exciting stuff. It appears that we are getting closer to the final solution to the hair loss problem.
I am male, 25 years of age, 5′11 and 152 pounds. I have hair on both sides of my head but barely any in the middle. If I use Rogaine foam on the middle spot, will it help regrow hair on just that spot you put it on or your whole head regardless?
If you’re going to use Rogaine Foam, you need to apply it to the areas of the scalp that are thinning. The same goes for the non-foam version of Rogaine. Just putting it on a small spot won’t be effective on the entire area of hair loss.
Be sure to read the instructions that are included in the packaging for information on dosage and application. You can also check the Rogaine site for simple application instructions.
I got meningitis after i was born and it healed, but it left me wit a scar on the right side of my head the grows hair slowly. What can be done to accelerate hair growth on the scar, if nothing can a hair transplant help. Am now 21 yrs and i have had the scar all my life.
Without pictures and an ability to examine you, I can not intelligently comment on your question. Hair transplant might theoretically be helpful, but accelerating growth on scar tissue with the use of medication probably isn’t likely.
We are prisoners of our words, so I will stick to what I said.