Day: January 1, 2023

I have been practicing medicine for 27 years, and since the drug was released in the mid-1990s, I have prescribed it thousands of times. In my practice experience, I have never seen this syndrome among the people who got the prescription from me, but since I became aware of this a few years ago, I inform every patient of this risk. Even if the risk is very, very low, for the man who gets it, the risk is 100% and is tragic.

Came across an article on Medium about his ‘Post Finasteride Syndrome’. What are your thoughts? from tressless

Dr. Rassman’s Comments: I saw Dr. Insalaco present these findings at a meeting last month in the United Kingdom. About 200 hair restoration surgeons attended the meeting. Her results (combining Finasteride and minoxidil in a drug formulation) was very impressive, reversing hair loss in various parts of the scalp over an 18 month period of […]

Amazing results at reversing miniaturized hairs in as short as 3 months. He should keep working on it and it will only get better

Over the two months between these photos, the hair has been allowed to grow out which could account for these results shown in the photos below. Always be skeptical when seeing a difference either in photography or hair length when comparing before and after pictures

Is there any truth to the fact that running will help with Baldness? Since increase in blood circulation.

Also, what can i take to increase my blood circulation?

Where do these urban legends come from? No, there’s no truth to running as a treatment for hair loss. And before someone asks, running won’t make you lose hair either.

With respect to blood circulation, as long as you can feel the tips of your fingers and toes and it’s warm, I suspect you gave good blood circulation. Hair loss is not related to blood circulation — it is genetics.

Hi doctor,
I am a 19 year old male who had really long hair a year ago. I use to tie my hair in a bun with lots of rubber bands. The rubber bands were pushed really hard against my scalp and my scalped from a bruise/bump. The bruise was red, painful, itchy, and bumpy. I pushed down on the bump with my thumb to make it flat and applied Neosporin. The swelling went away but the hair loss remains till this day. My dermatologist recommended rogaine foam but i have seen little progress(5 months in.)My doctor does not recommend cortisone injections.

You were not doing yourself justice with making tight rubber bands pull on your scalp. This can cause traction alopecia. In your case though, I can’t tell you what is going on with your scalp without seeing you directly.

Are you balding all elsewhere or just one hairless spot? Are there local areas that are missing hair? I can keep asking questions, but without even a picture, I am helpless.

You may wish to see another dermatologist if you don’t feel you were given adequate time or treatment. Or go back and ask your dermatologist for a follow-up.

If you rubbed too hard on the crusts in the recipient area prior to the 12th day, you could have dislodged grafts. I wrote an article on this, and it takes 12 days for the grafts to be secure with crusting. (Read here: https://baldingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/mp-2006-graft-anchoring.pdf).

The hair was preserved. I wonder why? In many digs with skulls going back thousands of years, wigs have been found on the skulls