Author: Dr. William Rassman

I have been to 4 different doctors about my hair loss and none of them gave me a diagnosis or treatment recommendation other than Rogaine. I am not happy with the results of the Rogaine and I want a solution to find out what is wrong with me and what can I do about it. Any suggestions you might offer will be helpful.

You most likely have some component of female genetic hair loss. I look at you and would ask: How can I help you if you came to see me. Assuming that your blood tests and medical history was clear of causes for hair loss, I would do the following:

1- Perform a hair transplant in the frontal 1 1/2 inches where there is clear balding

2- Perform Scalp Micropigmentation for the rest of your scalp where your hair is thinning as hair transplants don’t do well with thinning hair in women (see here: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/smp-for-women/)

See if you can find a doctor who can do both of these processes. If not, consider coming to Los Angeles, as we do offer travel subsidies.

Hello

I find your website informative

Here is my scenario. My surgeon is on holidays for two weeks. I had a scar revision and small graft session into the crown 600 grafts.

About three months after the procedure………I developed a small bald spot (size of a penny) about an inch below the crown diagonally betwween where the grafts were put and a few inches above the actual donor scar line. It was native high density hair.

The area in question is still very numb and tender. I all of a sudden developed a thick scab…………it came off with a bunch of hair and it is very pink skin below and a bit rough in texture and completely devoid in hair.

I have put emu oil on it for the time being……..

1. What do you think it is
2. Will the hair grow back

Thanks…….take care

I would have to see your hair loss patch to give you a better opinion on what it is. Can you send me a picture to the address on the contact page? Please reference this blog post when sending. Thanks.

It is now three months since my hair transplant was done. Should I have expected growth by now?

I tell my patients that you can expect the growth to start usually between months 3-5 and then grow to styling length in 8 months with 80% of the growth out by then

You should get a HAIRCHECK test to find out if there is any loss that you can’t see in the top and crown area of your head. You need to know there is the possibility that you might develop hair loss elsewhere. I call this a Master Plan which every male having a hair transplant should have. You look, on the surface, to be a great candidate, but if the HAIRCHECK test reveals hair loss behind the hairline, it is something you MUST know (See: https://baldingblog.com/value-haircheck-bulk-measurements-two-patients-seen-today/)

Very nice results from just using minoxidil plus microneedling. The corner hairline was the focus and the arrow shows his starting point

It is impossible to know which of the three modalities produced such a nice reversal which seemed to have happened almost immediately after it started to get this hair length. It appears that the miniaturization reversed.

This shows rapid progress after the use of minoxidil and finasteride in a young man in just 3 months. Imagine who will happen in another 3-4 months.