Yesterday I had a visitor from Saudi Arabia, a well known woman who is actively involved in the womens’ rights movement. She was sent to see me for thinning hair by a former patient I did some 10 years earlier. She came with a message for me, “Tell Dr. Rassman that for the past 10 years, I have been enjoying the hair that he gave me more than I would have ever expected”.
This message epitomizes what I experience every day, a sense of worth communicated by heartfelt patient appreciation.
I wanted to voice my gratitude for your posts! You are seriously one of the most helpful posters and it even makes me a bit emotional that you’re willing to make those posts day in day out. Hair loss can be terribly confusing, but your insightful posts about the current understandings make everything much clearer. Sorry if this message comes across a bit awkward but I really just wanted to let you know you’re very much being appreciated
Thanks. I have worked hard for people impacted by genetic balding for years and have published extensively in the peer reviewed medical journals educating doctors and bringing breakthroughs in the field. Posting on Reddit has given me great satisfaction as it does on baldingblog.com. It allows me to give back some of the things I learned and help a lot of people who are ‘lost’ the hair hair loss conundrum where few doctors seem to understand hair loss. I do this because my patients have made me so successful in the field.
My boyfriend has just started using the generic Rogaine from Costco in liquid form, and I have been helping him since depositing a dropperfull of liquid on the bald spot is not an easy thing to do alone. I use the dropper to distribute the liquid around the spot, but no matter what we do it seems that much of it runs off down his neck or forehead. The rest sits in the few hairs he has left in little droplets.
My questions:
– are we doing this wrong somehow?
– should I be putting on a latex glove and trying to spread the solution around with my fingers?
– would the foam work better? He has the typical bald spot at the crown of the head, with just a few fine hairs and mostly just scalp. But I have found in my research that an awful lot of guys say the foam just melts from your body heat and runs off anyway…Suggestions or pointers to articles would be much appreciated!
Your problems are well shared by many users of liquid minoxidil, thus Rogaine Foam was created so that the medication stays on the area you want to treat. It may “melt” and run off as you say, but it is better than the liquid in my opinion. If you still want to use the liquid (or your boyfriend does, more precisely), you can apply the liquid with a gloved hand. That might be best anyway, since you’re not using the medication.
after hair transplant about 15 days, I have been infected with pimple not sure it is folliculitis or not. My doctor let me take doxycycline and use betadine leave it for 5 minutes and wash. If I use betadine 2 or 3 times a days can it affect graft survival?
Betadine is a strong antiseptic containing an iodine solution that will significantly reduce the presence of skin bacteria. Infections 15 days after a hair transplant rarely are caused by skin bacteria. Many times the cause is as simple as scratching the scalp, thereby breaking the skin and introducing a source for skin bacteria to invade into and through the skin. When applied topically, Betadine will not hurt the grafts at this stage.
I am not sure what the problem is that you’re experiencing, so it is impossible for me to comment on a treatment. At the least, a picture may help. But since you’re under the care of your doctor, I’d go with his/her treatment plan.
2013-06-10 14:00:242013-06-08 10:59:31Applying Betadine After a Hair Transplant
I’m planning to start minoxidil but not sure if I can manage applying it twice a day. I can apply it in the morning but my schedule is random everyday. Most days I don’t get home till around midnight so if I have to apply it then I’d have to wait till 2-4 hrs before I can sleep.
Once a day at night is fine. I recommend that you take a hot shower and then apply it before bedtime. The heat will open the porse in the scalp and increase the circulation so that more of the minoxidil will be absorbed.
2017-12-19 06:54:262017-12-16 06:55:42Do I apply minoxidil twice a day, really!
Minoxidil, when absorbed through the skin of the scalp, will produce body hair. Facial hair is a known side effect. Either reduce the dose or stop the medication to reverse the facial hair growth. With good results on your scalp, I understand how difficult this will be for you. You must make sure that the liquid does not get on your forehead or face when using it.
2018-05-29 06:27:122018-05-18 08:49:28I Applied Minoxidil 5% to My Scalp – It Worked to Bring Scalp Hair Back, but My Face Developed Hair as Well
2019-06-03 04:39:532019-02-12 06:40:17Application of minoxidil, finasteride and the use of Dermaroller (called “The Big 3”) from Reddit
Hi,
I’m a 40 year old female experiencing severe hair loss. I’ve had problems with hair loss for the past 13 years but last summer I went to a local salon to have the graying covered with some highlights. Whatever she used burned it because after that the hair strands are very thin and dry. I use alot of conditioner and it doesn’t help. I noticed that when after she washed the hair that it was severly tangled which resulted in her having to cut 3 inches from it to get the knots out from the burning. My hair was at that time past my knees with very few split ends. It is now around knee length and I keep it pulled up in a clasp. I have enclosed some photos to show the hairline-thinning-damage. I’ve been prescribed (Appearex) and don’t know much about it. Does this product actually help the hair as it states on the box that it’s a nail product? I have taken Lupron injections in the past and not sure if those created some of the hair loss but the problem is getting much worse and I don’t have a clue what to do about it. Thank you for taking the time to help others, and any advice you could give would be greatly appreciated.
Appearex is a dietary supplement. Its generic name is biotin. Biotin is a water-soluble vitamin component of the vitamin B complex. As an essential nutrient, biotin acts as a coenzyme for the body’s carboxylation reactions and is a factor in maintaining healthy muscle, hair, nails, and skin. If you are Vitamin B complex deficient, then this may help your problem, but few Americans have such Vitamin problems with any reasonable American diet.
Because dietary supplements are essentially unregulated in the United States, you can not be sure what you are getting when you buy an over the counter supplement product. There are many preparations on the market (prepared or manufactured with different techniques that are not fully disclosed or regulated with different additives). With different preparations, the same supplement may not have the same effects or equal potencies. Because there is no regulation, the efficacy or the validity of such ingredients cannot be guaranteed. That is why you sometimes hear it is a “buyer beware” market.
There are many causes for hair loss. You should be evaluated by a medical doctor to rule out a medical cause for hair loss. If you are still not satisfied, you should see a hair transplant doctor to map your hair for miniaturization and a possible pattern for your hair loss.
2006-04-07 11:32:172006-04-06 13:36:13Appearex
“A photo of a patient with Aplasia Cutis Congenita. No treatments are being explored, but the presentation was unique, and in our own peculiar way, quite beautiful. I’ve never seen this presentation before, with so many hairs visible through translucent skin.” (Dr. Bob Haber)
This shows an amazing view of the anatomy of normal skin in the translucent area
Their is always so much talk about DHT being the root cause of Male Pattern Hair loss nearly everywhere one reads. I was just curious if their has been any other recent discoveries, excluding DHT, that may contribute or cause the condition?
For the genetic condition, it is the DHT that acts on the genetically sensitive hair follicle that causes hair loss. There are nother recent discoveries that I’m aware of relating to what you’re asking.
2010-01-19 08:35:042010-01-18 17:50:33Anything Besides DHT That Causes MPB?
