Month: January 2023

No! Clogged pores do not cause hair loss but there are many people who believe this and will want to sell you some product or service to unplug your pores. Rip-offs are commonly presented by those who promote clogged pores.

In the recent issue of the Economist, there were three significant articles that addressed significant, a really means significant, breakthroughs in three of the biggest polluting causes of Carbon Dioxide production. Worth Readings:

1. In New Zealand a discover that a certain type of seaweed if put into the feed of livestock that produce methane gas (cows, sheep, etc…) can reduce their methane production by about 2/3rds. It is actually healthier for the cattle. This problem is one of the leading causes of CO2 gas build-up in our atmosphere and it appears that a new industry is now being built in New Zealand to produce this new seaweed in for feed-stock.
2. In Australia, a company has figured out a way to produce concrete without the heavy CO2 product byproduct buildup in the atmosphere (may cause up to 5% of CO2 production world-wide). They have replaced the re-bar with fibers and change the chemistry of the curing process. The result is a better product that is lighter and will last longer with no significant maintenance. They are now tackling a huge bridge with this technology. It can apply to almost all concrete structures and as the advantage of no steel and therefor no rust buildup in bridges and other outside structures
3. Ships are now installing bubble produces on the bottom of the ships. The ships ride on a layer of bubbles. This decreases the fuel consumption by reducing friction and has the benefit of reduction of costs for fuel of between 5-10%. Most cruise ships are now going in this direction and many of the commercial ships are moving in this direction as well.

This means that maybe our children and their children will have a better world.

Cleopatra’s cure for balding consisted of scorched crushed mice paste and crushed horses teeth, deer marrow, reed bark, and honey massaged into the scalp. Has anyone tried it? We have been looking for a cure for balding for a long, long time.

I have a scar on the upper side of the lip and I need to get a hair implant/transplant. I’m nearly 18 years old and I have a beard/mustache and the scar doesn’t help at all. Any help or advice will be appreciated

A hair transplant into the scar will completely hide the scar. This is an excellent solution. If the scar is small and you don’t have to grow a mustache or can’t because you don’t have enough mustache hair, then a highly specialized cosmetic tattoo called SMP can hide it. You can actually do have both SMP and a mustache transplant for the absolute best result, see https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/

Although I do not see your eyebrows lifted to show the wrinkles on your forehead, I believe that you have a Classic Mature Hairline. This is what I achieve with a hair transplant and my patients who get it are thrilled.

This is Diffuse Unpatterned alopecia (DUPA) which shows only 5 normal thickness hairs which are labeled in the photo (1-5) and the rest are miniaturized. This comes from the donor area which almost certainly is see-through. Note that this is best seen when the hairs are cut short because they can be easily counted as you can see on the long hairs on the left of the photo. Anything over 20% miniaturization is DUPA if it is the donor area.

 

This is a real problem for the few men that have permanent erectile dysfunction claimed from the drug Propecia, made by Merck.

The problem that they will face in court will be two-fold:

1. Can they prove that they have Erectile dysfunction at all and is it related to this drug?
2. There is a normal frequency of Erectile Dysfunction in the normal population.

Quebec court approves class action lawsuit linking erections and hair loss medication from tressless