Month: January 2023

Benefits from Finasteride will max out at 2 years and then hold steady for the future.

It takes about a year to get any reasonable results from either minoxidil or finasteride. Stick to it if you go that way

This is the first time I ever heard of this complication from SMP. It was clearly done by someone that just didn’t understand the process. It is also clear from the size of the dots, that the operator went too deep which probably accounted for the necrosis complication

This is a patient with Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) which is the most common scarring alopecia among African American women

It is not unusual for the hairline to mature and lose the frontal 3/4 inch upward. I call this a maturing hairline but it is not always uniform and it can start in the center anytime between the ages of 18-29 years. This can also be a sign of genetic balding but your hairline looks flat and low. You should see a doctor to determine just where this is coming from. The doctor will perform both a HAIRCHECK test of your entire scalp and miniaturization studies of your frontal hairline.

 

My daughter is 38. Her hair began thinning when she was on Celexa. The doctor changed her to Lexapro, and now her hair is falling out by chunks. She is now almost bald in the frontal area of her head. She’s going off of the Lexapro in hopes of her hair growing back. I wanted to report the Forest Laboratories Lexapro to the FDA, but my daughter wants me to wait until she sees a difference in her hair loss or if it will grow back. She has spent a lot of money on hair regrowth products, doctor appointments, and even went to an endocrinologist. Nothing has helped. Please, everyone, get the word out. Report your hair loss issues to the FDA. This massive hair loss my daughter has sure not helped with depression/anxiety. I wish I could upload a photo.

Celexa and Lexapro can cause hair loss. Your daughter needs to have a sit-down with her doctor about the side effects she experienced.

Hi Doctor thanks for the great website. I’m currently still trying to pinpoint where the mature hairline exists.

Would you say the ex president George W. Bush, actor Matthew Mcconaughey (post wig/ transplant) and actor Jim Carrey have mature hairlines, this is of course without a personal examination by you. I’m sorry to ask you about celebrities but they are the only people I can really compare my hairline to without being creepy and staring at strangers hair.

I have seen in photos of Matthew Mcconaughey which showed a frontal balding pattern. Whatever he did, it reflects something that is difficult to analyze. Hollywood can create wonderful hairlines in movies and on TV that can completely obscure the absence of a hairline. Another possibility is a really bad photo that is not the most flattering. I actually met Matthew Mcconaughey in person and I can tell you he has not had a hair transplant. While I’ve never met the former president or Jim Cary, I would guess that neither of them had a hair transplant. Jim Cary has a Class 3 pattern on the Norwood scale.

Ronald Regan and Bill Clinton both had juvenile hair lines.

You can search my BaldingBlog (see upper right) for “juvenile hair line” to read about the numerous posts I’ve written. You can also look at this POST. Generally, it is easiest to see the highest crease on the forehead to determine if the hairline is mature or receding. That requires the cooperation of the person being photographed or can be seen if the person being photographed was excited enough to lift his eyebrows up.

The hairline is straight, the grafts have more than one hair in the frontal edge and the shape is not natural. For a celebrity, that is a bad career move!