I want to start going to the gym but I heard that doing exercice can accelerate my hair loss and therefore making the finasteride useless.. Is that true or can I start going to the gym?
Exercise all you want while on finasteride. No problem
Existing Hair Falling Out In Transplanted Areas
Hi, I’ve had 2 hair transplants to the front of my forehead where i still had a substantial amount of hair. The reason i did it was to thicken the area up. I noticed that after the surgery, my current hairs fell out next to where the implants were put, and a lot never grew back. The surgeon said that was because they were going to fall out anyway, but that was 8 years ago and it is still obvious where my hairs fell out, the other ones near them havent fallen out. My question is, Is it true that the trauma DOES make existing hairs die?
For people who do not take Propecia (finasteride 1mg), they run a higher risk of shock hair loss or an accelerated hair loss pattern after a hair transplant. Your doctor is correct, but the acceleration is usually about a few years worth, unless you are taking Propecia (by prescription and for men only).
2008-03-18 08:33:222008-03-14 14:32:42Existing Hair Falling Out In Transplanted Areas
Exercise and finasteride
Hi doc, in your experience, is finasteride less successful for people who are lifting weights in the gym? Currently on 3mg/week for almost 2 months and still lose some hair.
I don’t see going to the gym as reducing the impact of finasteride
Extenze and Hair Loss?
Does Extenze cause hair loss? If you’re on Propecia would that combat any hair loss potential by Extenze?
I know very little about herbals like ExtenZe that claim to increase the size of a man’s penis, which is what Extenze seems to promote. I have seen the commercials for this product advertising it on CNN and frankly it is unbelievable for me to imagine that it can do what it claims to do. If someone out there has actually used the product (hold the spam, please), feel free to post a comment to let our large group of male readers know. I tried to do some actual research online, but its difficult due to the amount of advertising spam hidden as articles about this product. They really have a large marketing campaign going on the web (and television, obviously).
I did manage to look up the ingredients for ExtenZe and it lists DHEA, which can cause hair loss in some men. I haven’t seen any reports of hair loss from the pill, though. Connecting it with Propecia is well beyond anything my imagination can muster.
EXT From Hair Club
I currently use the EXT product line from hair club. Are there any other products comparable to EXT?
You should dissect each element of their EXT approach:
- Cleansers on the scalp do not do much
- Lasers, in my opinion do not work
- Lotions that contain minoxidil work just like minoxidil without the packaging
- Scalp massage feels good but doesn’t grow hair
- Finasteride works well
- Vitamins have limited value in a person who is not vitamin deficient
- Miniaturization studies tell you where your hair is going and how fast
- Hair transplants work very well with the right Master Plan
I do not offer many of these elements because they may not work, take too much time, and will raise the costs for most people.
Exercising After a Hair Transplant
First of all, a great blog – so thanks and I hope you get lots of patients from it!
I’m a 35 year old male. I had a hair transplant 10 days ago (1400 grafts) and am due to have my stiches out on day 12 (the doctor said that 10 days is ideal – but today’s a Saturday).
I’m a regular gym-goer and would like to know when I can hit the gym to my usual intensity. My doctor said that I should exercise only lightly initially. But I’d like to get back to my usual heavy weights. When would you generally say is safe to lift heavily?
Many thanks!
Exercise after hair transplant surgery is a concern for many people who are physically active and want to get back to their normal routine. You are facing two risks after a hair transplant:
- The risk of losing new hair grafts from scratching or rubbing the skin of the recipient area. If the hair and scalp are washed well after surgery, the risk of graft loss after 3-5 days is small, as the risk occurs as long as the scabs are present.
- The incision in the donor area, which is primarily closed by sutures or staples. The body takes 3 weeks on average for the wound to be reasonably secure. The healing of the incision of the donor area follows a general wound healing process that is standard no matter where the wound occurs. The process of healing starts from the moment the wound is closed. The body lays down the supportive infrastruture of fibrin from which the stroma for a secure would builds. Any vigorous activity should be avoided within the first week and then any aerobics can be done as long as the wound is not stressed (no heavy weights at all). After 2 weeks, the strength of this newly healed skin is not anywhere close to its final level, but between weeks 5 and 6 it reaches better than 80% internal strength. You can probably start your regular aerobic activities after the first week (the sutures should hold the wound together), but no weight lifting should be undertaken for 4-6 weeks. The process of wound maturation takes up to six months after the surgery.
2006-12-13 14:33:012006-12-13 14:44:01Exercising After a Hair Transplant
Exosomes
Hello dr. Rassman, I was wondering if its a good idea to treat thinning crown hair with exosomes and 1mg fin ED? I have no hairloss anywhere else and the crown thinning started like 1 year ago.
The problem with exosomes is that there needs to be clinical scientific evidence that expsomes work in treating hair loss. Currently, there is none. You end up paying a lot of money for it. Indeed, the doctor makes money, but you may get nothing from the treatment. Recognize that it may not work.
What are exosomes: Google defines it as: “extracellular vesicles generated by all cells and they carry nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and metabolites. They are mediators of near and long-distance intercellular communication in health and disease and affect various aspects of cell biology.” Every cell in the human body secretes about 20,000 exosomes each day. These exosomes ‘chemically’ communicate information from one area of the body to another. Even cancer cells secrete exosomes and, as such, contain the genetic codes for the cancers.
Eyebrow Hair Loss
Hi,
Please could you give me some advice on how I can encourage new eyebrow hair growth. My eyebrows have lately become very sparse. I am very concerned because no products have been working for me. I have used olive oil and bought Talika Eyebrow Lipocils and used the product, I used it for 28 days and it did not stimulate any new hair growth.
Please could you help me and send me some advice?
Thankyou.
Eyebrow hair loss can be from a series of causes. The most common is from plucking the eyebrow in women who try to shape it and eventually develop traction alopecia resulting in permanent loss of the eyebrow hair. A series of genetic and autoimmune causes also exist, so you might want to see a specialist who can look for miniaturization or the side effects from plucking which are very characteristic. There are no magic potions for stimulating eyebrow hair, though Minoxidil might help. Hair transplants work very nicely but have the disadvantage of growing longer than the normal eyebrow hair which means that they must be cut a few times a week.
2006-01-19 14:36:292006-01-19 16:30:17Eyebrow Hair Loss
Extreme Shedding After Taking Avodart
Dr. Rassman
I’m male, early thirties and in the early stages of hair loss.
I am experiencing extreme shedding and I need your help. I took avodart for 6 weeks in January 2007. Because of the shedding I stopped it, but now it still continues as strong as ever, even thought it’s been almost 8 weeks since I took any. I’ve been losing about 200 hairs every day in the shower. 3 months ago I had so much more hair, what is going on? I heard that shedding can happen, but not like this. Could this have caused telogen effluvium, or something else? Please help doc, I don’t know what to do.
While Avodart (dutasteride) is currently being studied by the FDA for the treatment of hair loss, it is not yet approved for such treatment. I have heard others who have had some increased hair loss after starting Propecia, but as they continue taking it the benefits (more hair growth or stabilization of hair loss) become more evident. You should see a doctor to discuss these issues and get a good diagnosis of your condition before starting any medication regimen.
Eyebrow Conditioner Caused My Eyebrows to Fall Out
Hi, I’m 22/M and have had thinning eyebrows for the past 6 months. I used a product called Brow Boost “conditioner” from Billiondollarbrows.com that was suppose to thicken eyebrows and promote new growth. After using the product for a week I was seeing new hairs growing in and old hairs getting thicker. Then on day 8 my eyebrows started to fall out. I discontinued use of the product 3 days ago and I’m still loosing eyebrow hair and eyelashes as well. The manufacturer gave me no help they could only say that “its extremely rare to loose your eyebrows using our product”. Can you please give me some advice, short term and long term? How long am I going to keep loosing my eyebrows for?
Conditioners usually have one or some of the following ingredients: moisturizers, reconstructors, acidifiers, thermal protectors, glossers and/or oils. Some of these will add small molecules to the hair shafts. I don’t know what the contents of the conditioner you used on your eyebrows are, but they shouldn’t cause any permanent damage to hair. It is difficult to say whether you are losing hair due to this new conditioner or this is only prolongation of your baseline loss. If any doubt, stop the product and hopefully your eyebrows will grow back in a few months. A series of autoimmune and genetic causes may be responsible for loss of eyebrows. If your eyebrow doesn’t grow back in 8-12 months, you can consult a hair transplant surgeon. Hair transplantation works nicely on eyebrows, but it has the disadvantage of growing longer than the normal eyebrow hair (since it is moved from the back of the scalp) and the hair must be cut every few days.
2006-11-30 13:33:312006-11-29 13:02:24Eyebrow Conditioner Caused My Eyebrows to Fall Out