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July 7, 2006

Hair Loss Information » Onion Formula – Balding Blog

Doc,

Is there anything to this Onion Formula phenomenon? Thanks!!

I found some herbal info at MyHairLossAdvisor.com. Creative ideas never cease to end and here is another one. Apparently, you rub your hair with an onion before washing. I have also heard of hanging from your feet for 20 minutes three times a day to get more blood flow to your head. I would suspect that putting the onion to it prior to hanging upside down may be one step closer to the solution, from the ground up, that is. Or maybe if you just love the strong odors, you should add some garlic and hot sauce to it. Oh boy.

So is there anything to this onion stuff? No.

July 7, 2006

Drugs in Our Foods – Hair Loss Information by Dr. William Rassman

I thought this was interesting and worth sharing. Over and over again, we are becoming more and more aware that what we eat impacts us. This article shows that the fish we treat with drugs impacts our medical care:

“More than 70 per cent of the bacteria that cause hospital-acquired infections are resistant to at least one of the antibiotics most commonly used to treat them. The report published in Environmental Microbiology, July 2006, details the common practices that occur in the fish industry, particularly in developing countries, where large amounts of antibiotics are used to prevent infection. The antibiotics used are often non-biodegradable and remain in the aquaculture environment for long periods of time. This encourages the growth of bacteria, which can survive in the presence of these antibiotics, acquiring a resistance that is passed on to subsequent generations. The danger is these bacteria can be transferred to human and animal pathogens, leading to increased infectious disease in fish, animals and humans alike.”

Full article: Study warns excess fish farming drug use promotes resistance

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July 7, 2006

Donor Scar Healing After Transplant – Hair Loss Information by Dr. William Rassman

I had roughly 2600 grafts done 5 weeks ago. Although the donor scar has healed on the ends, the middle part of the scar right at the back of my head hasn’t healed and is a little weepy.

Is this normal? Typically I heal very well after injuries, etc.

Thank you.

If part of the scar is weepy (wet) then go back to your doctor. You could have an infection present. Wet wounds in a scar 5 weeks after any surgery is not normal.

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July 7, 2006

Dead Skin in Recipient Area After Transplant – Balding Blog

Hello Doc

I had my hair transplant done about 1 and 1/2 months ago. Couple days ago i went to see a car race. It was 98F and i was wearing a baseball cap. I stood in the sun for about 15 min and i was sweating badly coz of the heat. I went to mens room to cool off and sprinkel some cold water on my head. When i took my cap off i saw sweat dripping off my fore head and there were like white tiny things on my forehead (transplanted region). I wiped my fore head i didnt see any thing on the paper towel.I am little concerned, Were they roots of the new transplanted hair? Or just the skin.

Thanks very much for your advise.

You may have left some mild crusting still in the recipient area. When washing is not vigorous, the dead skin accumulates in the recipient area and needs to be washed off when shampooing. The sweat accomplishes the same thing. Don’t worry, be happy! The exciting times are yet to come as the hair grows in.

July 7, 2006

Chemical Castration Effects on Hair – Hair Loss Information by Dr. William Rassman

hi dr, ive read some on chemical castration, is there any way to produce the effects of castration that it has on your hair without actually doing it and so avoiding the other effects

Castration prevents hair loss because without testosterone, one can not make DHT and without DHT, balding does not occur. It is well known that removal of the testicles will prevent hair loss, but I have not seen anyone willing to take up this cure. Castration will not reverse what hair loss has already occurred, but it is the ultimate DHT blocker for preventing what may yet unfold. I do not know of a way to do what you’re asking though.

July 7, 2006

Blister-Like Bumps on Scalp After Chemo – Hair Loss Information by Dr. William Rassman

Hi Doctor,
I have had 2 cycles of chemo, Taxol and Carbo. My hair started to thin out and 14 days and due to the massive shedding, I had my kids shave my head. About a week later my head was covered (no room for another)in what looked like chicken pox blisters without the fluid. After a while I figured out that these might be ingrown hairs. Do you have a solution on how to rid these sore and annoying bumps. It seems my hair is still growing a little bit, I bet that will be short lived after round 3! Thanks so much for your help!

Have a good day

Chemotherapy makes you more susceptible to infections. If you shaved or clipped your hair, did you damage your scalp with nicks of bleeding points? I would worry about folliculitis, and would suggest that you get to your doctor for diagnosis and treatment.

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July 6, 2006

Hair Loss InformationWhy Not Transplant Hair From the Arm to the Eyebrow? – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Hello
I had a question about hair transplantation for eyebrows. Ive read through the blog and many articles about this kind of procedure. What am wondering about is, why take hair from the scalp when we know it will act like the hair from the scalp, growing 3 feet or so when using hair from the arm won`t grow any longer than an avergae eyebrow hair.

Would that be a possibility, to actally take hair from the arm insead of the scalp, and not needing to trim the eyebrows after the procedure?

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Arm hair will grow like arm hair so you are correct that for delicate eyebrows in a coarse haired person, head hair may be too thick and arm hair in theory might be better. Now with that said, the problem with arm hair is that the telogen (sleep) cycle for the hair is longer than the growth cycle. If you place 10 arm hairs in the eyebrow, only 2-4 of them will be growing at any one time while the rest is in telogen. To address this problem, you would have to transplant at least twice the number of hairs to achieve the targeted densities. Great idea, just not the right hair sleep cycle.

July 6, 2006

Best Hair Color For Thinning Hair? – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

what is the best hair color to camflouge thinning hair?

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The best hair color is your skin color. For white people, white hair, for blonde skin, blonde hair, for dark skin, matching dark hair. Make sense?

Now that you are an expert, let me say that light hair always looks better than dark hair and the lighter the hair the better. Black men with white hair look fuller with the same amount of hair that might look thin when naturally darker. If this sounds confusing, think of a newspaper print and how it might look if the paper was dark and the print was white,

July 6, 2006

Taking Rogaine for 9 Years and Want to Switch to Propecia Now – Hair Loss Information by Dr. William Rassman

I’m 30 and have been taking rogaine for the past 8 or 9 years. I recently got a prescription for propecia. Should I gradually get off of the rogaine?

Assuming that you have benefits from the Rogaine, you should assume that your hair is minoxidil dependent. That means that if you stop the minoxidil, the hair may fall out. Propecia will not prevent this phenemonon. I would suggest that you stay on the Rogaine and get your hair mapped out for miniaturization before starting the Propecia so you know what you are doing.

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July 6, 2006

Sun Burn 10 Days After Hair Transplant – Hair Loss Information by Dr. William Rassman

I had sun burn for one day about 10 days post op. I am currently 5.5 months and have weak growth. Could I have damaged the grafts. Don’t think I dislodged them.

Do you think I damaged the collegen? would this cause them grafts not to grow, grow slow, grow thin or what? thanks

At 5 months, do not panic and wait out the full 8 months. The sunburn should not have impacted your grafts or significantly damaged your collagen.

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