I take Toprol XL for high blood pressure & Welbutrin. Would propecia interfere with these medications? Thank you
Propecia will not interfere with these medications. Raise these concerns with your prescribing physician.
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Please Dr., answer this as clearly and thourghly as possible. Does propecia stop muscle growth, slow muscle growth, or effect muscle growth in any way? I am getting paranoid and very anxious with all the different responses on the net. One source says dht is essential for muscle development. I simply just want the truth. Please respond as quickly as possible. Thank You.
To my knowledge and from what I read, Propecia (finasteride 1mg) should not stop muscle growth. I also have not received any complaints about muscle issues from my patients that are taking the drug.
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I use propecia and I dont know exactly if it works, but I took a pic a year ago and now and it appears to be working, but who knows, Im sure I should have seen someone to measure. Is there any other process that I can do now to tell if it works (besides stop taking it? – guess that would work huh? – haha)
Anyway, I wanted to switch to Proscar rather than Propecia. You mention in the blog I can get a prescription from you? What is the process for this? My prescription for propecia is up and I only have about a weeks worth of doses left. No medical history and no problems in terms of the sexual drive etc.
Thanks for your help
We will take you on as a patient over the distance. This requires a telephone consultation and that you send me photographs. We will discuss the steps over the phone. You can call us at 800-NEW-HAIR to setup a phone consultation.
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i’m only 17 and i have already got about 3 white hairs atthe top of my head, one of them has beagn to grow black agian but this is really stressing me out and i’m worried about it. will i get more? is there naything that i could do to prevent this. will i get more? i don’t know whther to cut it or will it just spread?
Getting white hair early on is genetic, just as is balding (though there is no correlation between the two). There is nothing you can do to prevent this and there is no way to predict when you will get your 4th white hair. I wouldn’t stress yourself out about having only THREE hairs that are white, or you might see even more appear. If you want to make the white hairs disappear, look into using hair dye.
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From Scotland on Sunday:
Scientists Bill and Iain Forbes have been carrying out experiments on raw coffee beans after discovering they had properties which could stop women’s hair from thinning, a problem which affects 50% of women by the time they are 50.
Now, after signing a “six-figure” contract with the major high street chemist Boots, the duo’s product is expected to become a major seller when it hits the shelves next month.
Last week, Boots unveiled its Expert Hair Loss Treatment Spray for Women, which is said to improve the thickness of each individual hair and has been shown in trials to significantly increase hair growth.
The full article can be found here — Eureka! Father and son make hair grow with magic beans
While interesting, I really don’t know the value of green tea or green coffee beans, so it is difficult to comment. While both the green tea and coffee claim antioxidant properties, that should not produce hair growth. Claims are easy to make for herbal remedies, as the standards are not stringent for such claims. It just goes to show that there is a huge consumer demand for hair loss treatment products and it continues to be a buyer beware market. I doubt that the use of green coffee will do any good or produce any harm. If I see evidence to the contrary, I’ll reserve the right to change my opinion. In the meantime though, regardless of how much the contract they signed with Boots (a large pharmacy chain in the UK) was, it appears to be just more hype.
A quick Google search turned up a forum on HairLossHelp.com discussing this new product:
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Dr. Rassman
I understand you are a doctor, not a financial advisor, but I thought this question was worth mentioning anyway. Currently Intercytex stock is trading around 52 British pounds per share, giving the company a value of about 42 million British pounds. This means that the company is valued at around $83 million. Lets be serious, the success of the cloning procedure is worth way more than that. Lets say there is a 1 in 5 chance of success along with FDA approval within 10 years, the company could be worth a couple billion I’d say. So I would think the stock is a decent bet, at least for those willing to speculate. What do you think?
You are correct in stating that I am a doctor, not a financial adviser. Risks are a matter of timing and intelligent selection. If I knew what to do with discounting the long delays in a financial sense, then it might be worth the gamble. In other words, your best bet is to ask a financial adviser.
Hi Doc..I am a 47 yr. old male and I have thinning on the top and crown of my head. i have been using an herbal shampoo ( superhair engenizer) and 1 mg. finestaride which made my hair and scalp healthier and more manageable. I wanted to add more density and decided to give scalp med, a try…used it for 2 weeks and it made my hair brittle and dry …also had some hairloss. I stopped using the product and have been off it for two weeks…but hair still feels dry and brittle…my question is how long will the effects last from the scalp med. which contains minoxdil, last and will I recover the hair that I have lost
It is impossible to tell if your dry hair was due to ScalpMed or just coincidence. Either way, it is also not possible to tell when your hair will regain the loss you suffered. I do not have any personal experience with ScalpMed, but with respect to topical minoxidil it can sometimes cause scalp irritation as an unfavorable side effect.
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Hey Doc! I’m 22 With Norwood Class 3 (with some thinning in the crown) and I was wondering at what age do you recommend one does a transplant. I have noticed that most of the patient photos are from people older than 40. I really don’t want to wait that long. Do I have to? Thanks!!
I generally do not like to perform a hair transplant on someone whose pattern is not clearly evident based upon miniaturization studies when I map out the scalp and hair. Men under the age of 25 generally fall into that category, but clearly I have done hair transplants on men under 25 when there is frontal hairline loss or a clear pattern that has advanced such that the medications like Propecia and Rogaine will probably, in my opinion, not work. Everyone deserves a personal assessment. In other words, there’s no set age.
A good one-on-one examination and the building of a Master Plan with each patient is critical. It seems like you are too early for a hair transplant and should get good results in the crown with Propecia. Get your baseline mapped to you know where you are going and do it yearly.
Warning: It is quite unfortunate, but there are many unethical doctors who recommend hair transplants on young men who are easily swayed by the power of their MD and their fear of going bald. Although this is an important warning for men under 25, it also applies to all men considering hair transplantation. Be sure that the recommendations are in your best interests at all times, not in the interest of the doctor’s mortgage or fancy car payment.
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Minoxidil question:
My situation: age 60, hair thinning on top, no baldness, with a general appearance of a full head of hair. My primary concern is simply stopping hair thinning/loss.
- Will minoxidil achieve this, and if so, for how long, (assume that I will live another 20 years.)
- Minoxidil directions all call for application twice daily. What will result from application once daily, or: some days once, and some days twice, or: sometimes missing a day? Missing 2 days?
- Is it a good idea to use a hair brush after application, to ‘brush the scalp,’ assuming that invigoration will aid absorbtion-?
Thank you!
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i’m an 19 year old girl suffering from androgenetic alopecia. i’ve been losing much hair and tried everything(rogain 2%, hormone therapy) but didn’t see any major results. i’m considering of having FUE on my frontal hairline, the problem is, my skin is prone to forming keloids. I know that keloid will probably form on the donor area but is there any possibility at all that keloids will grow on my hairline??
Yes, you are at risk of forming keloids on your recipient area (frontal hairline), but the risk is low. In all of my years, I have never seen a keloid in the recipient area. At a medical meeting some years ago, we polled the audience of about 300 hair transplant doctors to ask them to raise their hands and tell us if anyone ever saw a keloid in the recipient area. No one raised their hands.
You must also consider that androgenic alopecia in a 19 year old female is very rare and make sure that you have the correct diagnosis along with realistic expectation of what you are trying to accomplish and the fullness that you are going to have from a transplant. In other words, you must weigh the risks versus the benefits and you absolutely need a diagnosis by a competent doctor.
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