The pictures say it all. The photo was taken before the final touch up to even out the hair line and evening out the SMP overall. Even before the final touch up you can see the dramatic change. His 10 year old boy commented, “Daddy, you have hair now!”.
NHI Scalp Micropigmentation before after
My hairline is starting to look like my son’s hairline as the frontal part in the mid-line has gone up about 1/2 inch and my corners have disappeared creating a V shape to my hairline. I am 52 years old.
Women’s hairlines often rise up to an inch as the woman get older. Menopause accentuated the hair loss process and it is reported than about 50% of women past menopause, lose their hair and are balding to some degree. This could be seen as thinning, a risking hairline, disappearance of the corner hairline, overall thinning in the front, top and crown of the head.
New Hair Institute Female Temple Corner Rounding 1000 grafts – 7 MONTHS Post Op
I am assuming that this lady has seen these changes recently. She is of menopausal age. The normal female hairline is located on the crease of the furrowed brow; however, as the hairline in women rise with age, it may rise as much as a full inch from the crease of the furrowed brow in the mid-line. Additionally, the corners of the frontal hairline often becomes thinner with age taking on the shape of the male’s mature hairline as this lady is reporting.
In women who have plastic surgery of the face, hairlines and frontal corners are often impacted with hair loss. Brow lifts induce frontal loss and lift the frontal hairline back, increasing the size of the forehead. Is is very common to see frontal corner hair loss after facelifts and brow lifts. We commonly get referrals from plastic surgeons for women who complain about the hairline changes with their facelifts.
Hair transplants can address hairline issues reasonably well and lower the frontal hairline back to the crease of the furrowed brow. The corners can also be filled in with hair transplants.
I need a hair transplant but don’t want any pain. I am told that the strip surgery is more painful than the FUE. Can a women have an FUE?
Many women have had FUE done very successfully.Some people are better candidates than others regardless of gender. The FUE has little pain associated with it by the next day. For a large session, the FUE requires a large exposure to the donor area which means we need to shave some areas in the back and sides of the head.We try to do this in inconspicuous areas. This is accomplished by shaving the scalp in stripes so that shaved areas are covered with the hair from above. See our NewHair.com website on FUE. We have also done long hair FUE that does not require any shaving, however, we generally do not do this for more than 400 FUE grafts. Strip surgery can have more pain due to the area of the strip being excised but the majority of people find it very manageable with proper medication. Some people get by with over the counter medications and a few may need something stronger.
Any area of scalp that is used for a strip surgery requires an area 4 times larger for an FUE because only one out of 4 follicular units are removed at a surgery. A large shaved area is required for a procedure as large as 1000-2000 FUE grafts. If shaving your scalp is not a problem, then FUE is a good alternative choice.
I chose to have a strip surgery instead of FUE for my hair transplants. I did not find that the strip produced significant pain. Pain management has come along way and was very well managed.
Doctor I read that oysters raise testosterone levels. Can a person who has genetic balding lose more hair by eating oysters?
ANSWER: I doubt that there is an association between balding and eating oysters. Balding is hard grained in your DNA. Only taking steroids by mouth, could accelerate balding. I would doubt that any reasonably good food would impact hair loss as it is just the genes that dictate your balding status.
Dr. Rassman, you once expressed an opinion, that hair transplant candidates should go ahead and get their hair now while they are young enough to enjoy it. Will I however be able to restore all the hair, which is harvested from the donor in a FUE, IF cloned hair one day becomes available? Do you believe that the cloned hairs can be implanted into the donor with the density as high as it was before the FUE?
My opinion remains the same. Let’s start with the basics: Hair transplant procedure is a cosmetic procedure to make you look better. If you don’t like your balding or your receding hair line and you have hair transplant procedure, you can enjoy your hair now. You don’t have to wait for cloning which still may take another 15 years and unlike a baby which we know arrives 9 months after conception, the arrival of hair cloning has been predicted as just around the corner since 1989! I always stress the Master Plan and the importance of being informed with a competent and ethical doctor who should give you a realistic expectation for your hair loss possibilities. Then you and your doctor, knowing where you are in the balding process, can set the goals you want to achieve. Hair transplant does not restore all your hair since it is basically moving hair from one location to another location. If or when cloning of hair becomes available, you will still need the same type of hair transplant to add more hair. Theoretically you will have an endless supply of hair and your hair density can be as high or higher than what you started with, but what good will it do for you if you are 80 years old when hair cloning is available.
Some people just want to keep their hair short. Some realize the comb over is not fooling anyone. They think about a hair transplant procedure but they realize they may not end up with a full head of hair with just one surgery (especially when they want to keep their hair short and they are completely bald Norwood 6). This corporate businessman in his late 30’s didn’t want to look like he was in his 50’s. He chose SMP.
NHI Scalp MicroPigmentation Before After
FDA says there is little evidence testosterone treatment works.
The NBC Nightly News (9/3, story 6, 0:30, Williams) reported in its broadcast that the FDA “says there’s little evidence that testosterone boosting drugs taken by millions of American men are actually effective.” NBC notes that the agency also pointed out that it’s not convinced they carry serious risk either. “The condition has been marketed as low ‘T’ and the medications are offered to help with low sex drive and fatigue among some men,” notes NBC.
The FDA’s comments come ahead of a public meeting “to discuss the benefits and risks of treatments that raise levels of the male hormone” on Sept. 17, according to the AP (9/4, Perrone). The meeting comes after two federally funded studies “found links between testosterone therapy and heart problems in men.” The AP also testosterone boosting treatments have come under the spotlight “amid an industry marketing blitz for new pills, patches and formulations that has transformed testosterone a multibillion-dollar market.”
I have been taking finasteride for 15 years, and though I still have most of my hair, I have fairly brittle hair, at least on the hairline. Today, my friend began celebrating like a madman and, without warning, aggressively rubbed the top of my vertex/crown area with his palm. Could this have permanently damaged some of the follicles in that area?
I then went to the gym, took a shower, and dried off in the sauna for about a minute. Someone must’ve turned the heat in the sauna way up because I dried off all over within the seconds and started to feel like I was on hot coals. Even my hair went from being soaked to being damp. Could the heat have damaged my follicles?
Was your friend’s name George?
Seriously, rubbing one’s scalp should not damage your hair follicles in that one incident. Even if the rubbing pulled out hair, that hair would return. No matter what type of hair you have, it is rather very difficult to permanently damage a hair follicle. I always discuss that people who are balding, should be gentle with their hair brushing as those hairs which are miniaturized, can be pulled out with repeated rough brushing.
For that matter, taking a shower or going in to a sauna should not damage hair follicles either. The most common cause of hair loss in men is androgenic alopecia which is genetic and genetically impacted hair often become miniaturized before they die off. If you were already going bald (fact you are taking finasteride) and there was vigorous rubbing or trauma enough to bring you to a hospital, maybe (far fetched maybe) you can have hair loss akin to shock hair loss which sometimes happens after a hair transplant surgery. (Shock hair loss usually impacts miniaturized hair and when it happens, it is often permanent.)
Following patient had a hair transplant surgery at New Hair Institute. The photos show 5 Days and 7 Months post op. Full results will be assessed at 12 months as more hairs may grow. There was 1000 grafts transplanted and you can see the rounding and a change in the forehead shape. We generally inform our patients results are variable and that 2 surgeries may be desired for added density (but not necessary). In this patient, the hair was very fine, so a second procedure will be necessary if she wants more fullness.
New Hair Institute Female Temple Corner Rounding 1000 grafts – 5 DAYS Post Op
New Hair Institute Female Temple Corner Rounding 1000 grafts – 7 MONTHS Post Op
New Hair Institute Female Temple Corner Rounding 1000 grafts – 7 MONTHS Post Op
You said before it’s normal for non-balding men to have around 10% miniaturization on any part of their scalp.
Could take a look at these photos to help those of us who perform our own miniaturization mapping what that looks like.
Is it normal for hairs to be different thickness like this? Are the lighter colored hair in an earlier stage of growth compared to the darker thicker hairs? Could the lighter hair actually be greying in process (I already have a few grey hairs in odd places)?
Photo 1: Left permanent side above ear.
Photo 2: Right permanent side above ear.
Photo 3: Top of head (middle).
I am 25 years old, with Norwood 2 trying to figure out if my hairline is maturing or I am going bald.
In general it is normal to have what appears to be 20% of miniaturized hairs on a normal person’s scalp. Some of these finer hair are actually vellus hairs but from a microscopic view they are shorter than regular normal hairs but also appear miniaturized. There can be variations and ambiguous interpretation when the hairs are naturally fine in texture or there are different colored hairs in the mix (grey, blond, brown). The photos show similar hair thickness on the left and right and it may be that your naturally fine can be differentiated from normal hair thickness in you. Hairs on top look normal as well. I didn’t see much miniaturization on any of the photos.
One other way to diagnose very early balding that can not be seen when hair loss is less than 30%, is to have your doctor perform a bulk measurement with an instrument called HAIRCHECK. This instrument will tell you if your hair bulk has been reduced and 99% of the time any reduction is due to genetic balding in the male.
Finally, we don’t diagnose hair line patterns here on BaldingBlog. If you are worried about hair loss please see a doctor.
