At what age will a transplant not work?
I have done hair transplants on children with bad scars and men as young as 89 years old. They really work regardless of age. I perform it with the same basic anesthesia routine, but in children, I often use less systemic drugs if one of the parents comes into the operating room and holds the child’s hand. There is nothing more soothing to a child than the touch of a parent’s warm hand.
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Hello NHI team,
I was wondering if you have heard of another NHI hair transplant clinic in greece and how they can use the same name. They use the choi implanter. Their representative is a man called Malcolm Mendelsohn. Heres their web site www.nhihairclinics.co.uk
I try to refrain from commenting on other clinics unless specifically asked. One can only assume that the NHI name was taken by this man for his clinic, because he wanted to claim some affiliation with us (or give the illusion of such). There is no connection between this clinic and the New Hair Institute. The name has also been copied by others in various parts of the world for hair transplant clinics (from Australia to the UK to even here in the US) with the same nefarious reasons, I suspect.
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History, from the earliest recorded times’ bares out the impact of balding on men, their manliness, and their sexuality.
From the article –
It’s a terror so great that a musical superstar such as Sir Elton John, whose hair has been as thin as a Chernobyl technician’s since the mid 1970s, convinced himself he could fool the world into thinking that he has a mane as lustrous as a teenage beauty queen. It is this kind of susceptibility to mass delusion….
Read the full article by Christian O’Connell: TimesOnline UK – The thing every man fears
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From the article –
Unlike Rogaine solution, “the foam formulation does not have propylene glycol, an agent that commonly causes irritation and occasionally causes an allergic contact dermatitis,” said Dr. Elise A. Olsen, professor of medicine in the divisions of dermatology and oncology at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
“Many patients prefer a foam versus a solution that may drip on application to the scalp. The foam is not greasy or drying,” she added.
Read the full article at Reuters Health: Foaming Rogaine has advantages, expert says
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Is it safe to use a Laser Comb after transplant surgery? Do you recommend such use?
While I believe it is safe to use a LaserComb after a hair transplant surgery, I do not necessarily recommend its use.
If the half-life of finasteride is 4 to 5 hours, wouldn’t it be better to split the 1mg propecia pill in two, and take one in the morning, and one in the evening?
The half life of finasteride is 4.5 hours. This means that in 4.5 hours, serum levels of finasteride drop to the half of its original level, but the tissue levels will last longer than the serum levels. Finasteride blocks the effect of the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase, and the effects of the medication due to the blocking of this enzyme is actually much longer and can last up to a few days. On the other hands, the body can eliminate the finasteride, but the pharmacological effects of the medication persist long after.
Considering long lasting pharmacological effects of finasteride, taking it on a more frequent basis probably does not make any difference in its final results.
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This 24 year old man presented to my office today with hair falling out. He has been on Propecia for 9 months. Upon examination I made the following observations:
I am concerned that this young man has Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA) and that he may lose some of his donor hair in the future. This condition is an absolute contraindication for hair transplants and at the age of 24, what is the rush? As you can see from the photo below, his hair looks full, but just thinner in the frontal area. I told him that he needs to be followed closely over the next few years and that his Propecia is the correct medication to try to hold his condition at bay. Many other doctors with less scruples might transplant him and if they did, he might accelerate his balding pattern in the recipient and the donor area and a see-through look could develop from the sides. The last doctor he visited never mapped out his hair for miniaturization and as such would have missed the diagnosis.
Click the photo to enlarge. Note that the miniaturized hair count is about 30% from the donor area.
Hello Doctor,
I have had male pattern hair loss for about two years and now am a class 3 patient. I have been taking proscar for about 6 months and I still lose hair. I would like to know if my hair loss may be caused by hyper, or hypo-thyroidism? How can I find out if it is my thyroid gland? Also, how long should I wait for proscar to start working?
You need to see a doctor who can perform blood tests for thyroid issues. Finasteride (Propecia / Proscar) generally takes about 6 to 12 months for one to see some results, but it should be noted that these results may be only a cessation of hair loss. If you do have a thyroid problem, then hair loss associated from it will not abate until you tackle the thyroid problem. Generally, thyroid problems will produce hair loss all over your scalp and not in a Norwood Class 3 pattern.
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Dear Doc,
I’m a girl and i’m 22 years old. My dad is almost bald while my mom has thick wavy hair. My head hair is thin and not very dense. My hairs near the hairline are very thin and they dont grow at all ,that is, they have a fixed length. Please guide me as to whether it would be effective if I shave them off, those near the hairline? Would their length increase afterwards? Is there some other way using which I can make them grow longer? Kindly help me out please!!
The hair at your hairline may not grow as fast as hair elsewhere on the scalp. This is particularly true in the corners. You should be evaluated by an expert in-person; without seeing you and examining your entire scalp, I can not help you properly.
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Hi,
i recently went to the doctors and i was worried about the thinning of my hair, and that my scalp was extremly itchy a lot. He told me to use selsun blue or sebulex, beucase it was most likely the sebacious something? (not really sure what he said it was). But i was wondering if i should go get it checked out from a dermatologist, if its something else. AS well, all the females on the mothers side have thin hair, but none of the men do, or did. Just wondering?
thanks
Some doctors feel that selenium has value in treating hair loss, but there is no proof that there is a deficiency of selenium with hair loss. There are even numerous claims that selenium causes hair loss. It is very confusing and I have no direct knowledge to based an opinion on.
Head and Shoulders Intensive Treatment and Selsun Blue both contain selenium sulfide, but this is topical and not in the vitamin supplement area. These two shampoos are both good shampoos, but I do not believe that they will help treat your hair loss. For more on selenium, see Medline.
