Month: January 2023

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I’m 16 and My Doctor Prescribed Propecia

Hey, I am a 16 years old and I have started to notice that I am losing my hair. My doctor has prescribed me propecia and I have been on it for almost 2 months now. I have noticed that a lot of hair has been falling out recently but I have heard this is common with propecia. Is this true?

I was also wondering if you have heard of anyone of my age who has been successful with propecia, since it is meant for people who are 18 and older. I’m not really looking to grow more hair, I just want to keep the amount of hair i have now and hope that I wont lose anymore.

Propecia will slow the process down and sometimes provide some regrowth, but it won’t cure the loss completely. You will continue to lose hair at some rate, over time. I do not believe increased hair loss is common when you start Propecia use, but I have heard others mention it.

I would expect that a 16 year old will get a better response than a 21 year old with very early loss. We rarely see boys of your age go on the drug or have enough hair loss to warrant taking the drug, so I don’t have a wealth of past experience with teens on Propecia. Please follow up with your doctor.

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I’m 16 and Have Extremely Thin Hair, But Haven’t Noticed Any Hair Loss

Hey I’m sixteen years old (male) and I have extremely abnormally thin hair. My hairline is normal with no receding at all. The top is thin enough where I can see my scalp. The only way to describe it is that it looks more or less like skinny strips of no hair. That is not terrible but on the back of my head, it is as if I am balding because I have a gigantic strip of scalp going horizontally on my crown. I’ve been like this for about 8-9 years and I haven’t noticed any hairloss in that time because my hair has stayed the same. I had normal hair when I was a child though. My dermatologist prescribed olux-e, but it doesn’t do anything. Any help please?

Very fine-haired individuals always have a see-through look and the scalp can be easily visualized, especially under certain lighting. That is not a disease, it is just the way you were born.

If you think that this is not normal, see a good doctor who will judge what you have and make a diagnosis if there is something wrong with you. Perhaps the dermatologist you saw didn’t fully understand the issue you were having, as I don’t know why you were prescribed Olux-E unless you had psoriasis or some other skin condition.


2013-11-13 11:40:04I’m 16 and Have Extremely Thin Hair, But Haven’t Noticed Any Hair Loss

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I’m 15 and Want a Hair Transplant

Hi my hair has been thinning when i was early-mid 14, its been almost an year now and my hairline is going bk more. I also noticed my hair gets really oily if i dont wash it for one day. I have been going to doctors but most of then said they cant do anything about it.

I’m currently using rogaine 2% for 4 months now but nothings really changing. I was wondering what can i do about this? Whens the earliest age to get hair transplant? I’m really scared to go bald as i’m still only 15.

At 15 years old, your idea for a transplant is likely not reasonable. Rogaine (minoxidil) probably wouldn’t do anything for your hairline, and at only a few months after starting it, I don’t think you’d even see any benefit at the crown (where it works best).

If you’re in the Los Angeles area, you can visit me at the New Hair Institute for a consultation. I will give you an opinion and not brush you off. You would also need permission from your parent(s) or guardian since you are underage.

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Here Is an Illegal Ad Which Uses One of Our Patients by a Doctor Who Could Not Do the Quality of Our Work and Preferred to Infringe on Our Copyright

He violated this patient’s rights by using this ad to promote his hair transplant services. This is a misrepresentation by the doctor defining a standard of care that is our standard of care, NOT HIS standard of care. In the State of California, a doctor can (by law) lose his license to practice medicine with such fraudulent representations. I omitted the doctor’s name at the bottom of the ad as I will deal with him through my attorney.


2019-02-20 08:25:12Here Is an Illegal Ad Which Uses One of Our Patients by a Doctor Who Could Not Do the Quality of Our Work and Preferred to Infringe on Our Copyright

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iGrow — A Hair Laser Hat… with Headphones!

Snippet from the article:

The latest in laser-based hair rejuvenation is the iGrow, a stylish new wearable device from Apira Science that packs 21 laser diodes and 30 LED lights. According to the company, that matches the output of most clinical hair lasers, and it should result in “thicker, fuller and healthier” hair in just a “few short months.” But that’s not all. The iGrow also includes a remote that has been programmed for both men and women, and it has a built-in set of headphones that you can use with your own iPod or MP3 player

Read the rest at Engadget — iGrow promises to regrow hair with lasers, accessorize any wardrobe

And it looks so classy! Any regular reader to this site knows how I feel about the laser hair therapies that make big claims with little to back it up, but this one goes a step further by including headphones and an Apple computer style iPhone/iPad/iPod naming convention.

CNet also points out that the maker of this product is covering their tracks by adding the fine print on the bottom of their site for their other laser product that states, “The REVAGE 670 has not been cleared by the FDA for medical use and any references are purely investigational.” I’m sure the iGrow falls into that same category.

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If you’re going to loose all your hair why not accept it?

“If you’re going to loose all your hair eventually there is no point in treating it, you will be bald anyways, that’s how God wants you to be.”

A relative of one person gave him this comment. This was my answer: God gave us genes that cause hair loss. God did not say that one had to accept these genes and that is what I make a living at, helping people like you manage or cure your hair loss cosmetically or otherwise. If God intended that hair loss should not be treated, God would have stopped the science of hair restoration from growing like crazy. If God gave you cancer, heart disease, smallpox, measles, etc.. would you accept it or try to cure it?


2020-01-25 09:49:17If you’re going to loose all your hair why not accept it?

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If You’re Anti-Computer Generated Transplant Results…

You have repeatedly stated that computer generated images used to show hair transplant results are misleading and inaccurate. You recently stated “although using a computerized simulating system sounds like a neat idea, in reality the pictures are misleading at times and the final results may be considerably different from those shown on the computer screen.” Why then, did you stand on the stage on the American Dream show under computer enhanced photo of the contestant who won a transplant? Was this a case of letting the marketing opportunity of appearing on nationwide TV overcoming the deeply-held beliefs and positions you’ve espoused as a healthcare professional? If so this not speak well of your integrity.

Dream VoteI accepted to do the hair transplant on the patient (Russ) from The Great American Dream Vote show and the producers pushed me hard to project an “after” result for them that they could use for shock value on the show. With proper releases, I found another hair transplant patient who looked almost exactly the same as the Dream Vote show winner — he had the same hair thickness, color of hair and skin, and balding pattern as Russ did — and I used Adobe Photoshop to “move” the hair from the former patient to Russ’s head. It took a considerable discussion with the producers who wanted more so this was a compromise to meet what I thought was ethical. If I disappointed you by doing this, well I share some of your concern (and had pain as I negotiated the picture), but with the clear and proper disclosure, what I did was a reasonable exercise. Your point is nevertheless well taken.

I will post his after pictures following one or two procedures and we can see just how close my projected look would be.

For more about my appearance on this very short-lived television show, check these:

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If you think that finasteride is not working!

Before i started fin my hair was okay, diffuse thinning but i could hide it really well. After i got on fin, my hair got way worse, especially after a month of using it. People started making comments, stuff i never used to hear. I started thinking the drug was making my hair worse. Now i’m 2 and a half months in, and my hair is sooo much better. I don’t even have to try to hide my hair anymore, or do any special hair styles to hide my thinning. I’m excited to see what my hair will look like 6 months in. Don’t lose hope

The key with this drug is persistence. Stay the course and most people see value either with slowing the hair loss, stopping it and occasionally reversing the hair loss


2021-03-02 07:39:29If you think that finasteride is not working!

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If you take Saw Palmetto with no sexual side effects, does that mean Finasteride is safer?

My doctor prescribed me saw palmetto before all the exams hormonal sperm ecc before starting fin …I started saw palmetto which lowers dht by 35% What i feel Is improved erection quality, my Dick Is hard as steel, more libido, and i experience getting hard during the day … Does this mean that if i use fin, probably i will feel the same ? Or even better?

Saw Palmetto is a weak DHT blocker while finasteride is a stronger one. I would expect that some people taking Saw Palmetto without sexual side effects might be better on finasteride.


2020-11-04 08:41:09If you take Saw Palmetto with no sexual side effects, does that mean Finasteride is safer?

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If You Take Finasteride, Does It Let You Go Up One Norwood Class Each Decade?

I hope this is not a stupid question. I know in a perfect world no man would ever go bald and we would all have perfect hair. But, since its not the case and I know most men have some degree of hair loss as they age.

My question is regarding men who started balding when they were 18, but with the aide of finasteride it has been a really really slow balding process. Do you usually notice that these men, once they are in their 30’s, they are a norwood 2-2a and then when they are in theirs 40’s they are a norwood 3-3a and then in their 50’s they are a 5-5a and then 60’s either a 6 or 7?

It’s not a stupid question, but I think you’re confused about what the Norwood classifications are for. The Norwood chart (see below) classifies the final patterns of balding. By final, it generally means that there is no going back. Of interest, the patients with the most advanced pattern of balding (class 7) usually get there in their 20s and rarely show up becoming a Class 7 at the age of 60. Norwood classes are not a guideline for balding by age or decade.

Finasteride can slow the balding process and in very young men without advanced balding, it may reverse crown loss and occasionally even frontal loss (as it did in my son). The projections you did in your question is the work of a dreamer.

Norwood chart


2014-03-13 13:23:03If You Take Finasteride, Does It Let You Go Up One Norwood Class Each Decade?