Month: August 2009

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Painful Donor Area After Huge FUE Case – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

hi there

I had a FUE hair transplant. I had two sessions over two days of 3500 hairs. It has now been 2 weeks – the receipient hair looks great and I have had no pain. This is completley the opposite of the donor area. The donor area became so painful that I had to go to hospital for 6 days. The area was felt like it was burning and having constand tingling.

The neurologist advised I had “neuropathic pain”. I am now taking lyrica ( 3 tabs per day) to calm the nerves, neurobion, and tramadol (4oo mg per day) to help ease the pain. I am also using ice packs to calm the entire area.

Can you advise:
1: Have you ever heard/seen this type of reaction before. No where on the net can I find any reports of this type of negative reaction
2: How long can I expect this type of sensitivity from the donor area.

I look forward to your response

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3500 hairs or 3500 grafts? I will assume you’re talking about 3500 grafts. If I’m mistaken, let me know…

3500 FUE grafts over a two day surgery seems outside the standard of care today. I would doubt that your donor area would have enough hair to supply that, meaning that the grafts were taken outside the donor area in parts of your scalp that may not be permanent hair. I have heard unofficial reports about some patients where extremely large numbers of FUE grafts were extracted from the back and side of the head with compromises of blood flow, and complications such as bleeding and pain occurring. I’m not sure what was done in the surgery, so I couldn’t tell you how long your donor area will feel pain. Generally, I agree that the approach with the neurologist may be the best way to go until the pain subsides or is well controlled with medication.

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My Doctor Told Me Finasteride Caused Telogen Effluvium – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

I recently saw a doctor about my problem of excessive shedding several months after finasteride therapy has started. He told me that around the 11th to 16th week, there can be sudden shedding, sometimes on a massive scale. The entire phenomenon fits the description of a telogen effluvium. In the case of finasteride use, the telogen effluvium appears to be a reaction to the sudden change in the systemic levels of the sex hormone, DHT.

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First, I would want to examine you, do a hair pull test and map out your hair for miniaturization, as I typically do. I am not doubting that this could be a case of telogen effluvium (TE), but over the internet, the diagnosis by me can not be made. If you are impacted by finasteride, stopping it is an option.

The loss of hair on an acute basis may be a TE and that would explain a large amount of hair loss between the 11th and 16th week, but the cause of TE is often mysterious.

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I Abused Steroids and Lost Hair – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

hello, i used steroids for bodybuilding for about 3 years i basically abused them. my question is i noticed hair loss torwards the end so i came off immideatly, i never touched steroids or any drugs since. My hair began to grow back nice and healthy within 2 months or so after i discontinued, then all of a sudden one day about 6 months later it began to thin again, why would this be?? No one in my family mum or dads side has genetic hair loss. Please Help me figure this stressful problem out.

Thank you

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The steroids may have triggered genetic hair loss and you are now following through with your genetic pattern. Even though you don’t see hair loss in your immediate family, the expression of the gene can skip generations. Finasteride might be good at blocking this effect, but you should get a doctor of your own to give you a diagnosis and then treatment recommendations. This isn’t something I can do online.

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I Buy My Finasteride at Walgreens, But it Comes from Israel – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Hey Dr. Rassman,

I currently cut a generic version of Finasteride 5 MG, which I purchase directly at my local Walgreens. I keep reading on your site that you should make sure that you are getting what you pay for and should question the validity of across sea’s medication.

I did some research and I found out that Walgreens get’s their generic Finasteride 5mg version from a company called: Teva Pharmaceuticals US. Walgreens.com

I then googled that company and their generic Finasteride together and I found out the following: Teva finasteride

At the bottom I can identify that they are talking about my pill by it’s identification of being blue and having “93” on one side and “7355” on the other. But what I noticed was that the medicine is manufactured in Jerusalem, Isreal (By Teva IND) and then they send it to their Pennsylvania location to Teva US.

I called 3 different Walgreens and asked them about this drug and they assured me that it is FDA regulated and that I am getting what it says I am. I don’t think a company like Walgreens would allow bad medication to be sent in….but my question to you is if you would trust the validity of this drug because it’s being manufactured in Isreal?

Thank you for your time

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TevaMany drugs are manufactured overseas by good companies which subscribe to FDA quality manufacturing rules. Teva Pharmaceuticals is one of those companies. They’re one of the largest makers of generic medications in the world.