Author: Dr. William Rassman

I’m Male, 22 and had been using creatine for 3 months. I noticed my hair shedding and have been off it for around a month. However the hairfall has not stopped and my scalp still scratches. Any idea how I can reverse this damage? How long till my hair stops shedding? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

If there were steroids in it, you may have just accelerated your genetic hair loss but it is well known that Creatine causes hair loss on its own ( https://baldingblog.com/can-creatine-powder-cause-hair-loss/ )

This patient came today at the age of 44. He start to lose hair just 3 years ago, an came because he wanted a hair transplant. His hair is black, medium weight and it has a good wave to it. He is of Italian heritage which gives him a terrific hair character. I measured his hair bulk with the HAIRCHECK instrument and found that he lost 66% of the hair in the front and 55% of his hair in the crown. Considering that is hair is black and his skin is light, he still have good coverage in the front of his head which shows something very important, that you really only need 33% of your hair when the quality is there to have a reasonably full look. This is the type of look to generally achieve in a single hair transplant in a bald man.

I (21F) have always had dense, silky straight hair. Around 2 years ago I noticed some sparser sections along my hairline, but I had pretty bad anxiety so I chalked up to that. About a year ago I went on BC (LoLo Fe) and noticed about 2 months after starting that my hair was starting to thin a lot. I could see parts of my scalp when I pulled my hair back that I couldn’t before, and my ponytail was close to half the size of what it had been (I previously could not see any scalp when my hair was wet, and now can see it along the sides and some on the top). I’ve recently gone off the pill, and noticed some sections of my hairline are growing back, but I still feel like I am losing a lot of hair. I read that going off BC can cause some short-term hair loss, so I am hoping this loss is just from the adjustment period. My question is, what can I do to best take care of my hair while it hopefully grows back? I’ve switched to a natural, sulfate free shampoo, and I do not use heat styling. I’ve also started eating healthier and oil massage my scalp occasionally. Are there any other steps I should be taking, like maybe switching to Nioxin or a different type of shampoo/conditioner? I was also wondering if I should continue to use a wide-tooth comb in the shower when I condition, as I was told it helps to spread the conditioner but it is also when I lose the most hair in the shower (wasn’t sure if this is too harsh on wet hair or not)

Birth Control pills can and often cause hair loss. The question to ask is it possible that you have genetic hair loss. Are any females in your family (mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, have hair loss in any degree. If so, then you need to see an expert to see what you should do. (here are some of my posts on female hair loss which you might want to read: https://baldingblog.com/?s=female+hair+loss+blood+tests)

I am 22 years old. I have been balding a lot since I was sixteen. This made me depressive from time to time and fucked up my confidence. I started Fin eight months ago. No sides yet, but there are moments in which it scares the fuck out of me. After thinking for years about it, I finally took the plunge and went for a hair transplant. Iwent to Turkey to have 4000 Grafts transplanted. Hair line with 50 grafts/cm² and behind 30 grafts per cm^2. It was a FUE. I am very happy with the transplant itself, I think the doctors made a good job. What kind of scares me now is that I definitely have to take Fin for the Rest of my time and do not really have a choice anymore. At least the clinic highly recommended me to continue taking fin. Moreover, I do not want to care that much anymore and not constantly thinking about future transplants and possible sides and also somehow think I might have been too young. Dunno, there are doubts now and all of this would not be such a big problem if some company would finally perform and bring me an alternative to fin, but I guess it will not happen. Oh man. Maybe, some of you can relate. Regarding Dermarolling, I start to lose hope because I think it only works for some people and before the hair transplant, I really hoped it would also help maintain. ust want to have my youth now and not constantly feel depressed anymore. Feeling lower than before. I feel like it might have been a stupid choice cause I am only 22. If you could contribute something, I would love to hear honest words from you what to do.

Clearly you seem to understand that hair loss is a progressive process. Now that you had 4000 FUE grafts, you most probably have reached the limit for FUE grafts in the future (see here: https://newhair.com/resources/#tab-id-4. Keep in mind that the donor hair you have left will have to manage all of the hair loss you have in the future. That is why I continually discuss two points (1) never rush into a hair transplant especially if you are under 26 and (2) always have a Master Plan for your future hair loss like how are you going to manage it. Hair transplants can’ cure depression nor cure hair loss because it is a changing process. Get a plan going forward. I would like to see some photos of you now and maybe I can help you plan your future course.

I have been noticing my hair has been thinner around my crown for about 8 months. When I tell my parents they say they don’t notice until I point it out and no one else has pointed it out. However, when I take pictures, I can clearly see the area where my hair is thinner than the rest. My hairline is not receding, but I was wondering if there is anything I can do to reverse the thinning before it’s to late. I have been using nizoral for about a month now.

The crown is often the place where genetic balding starts and it starts with thinning. You might want to see a doctor, get a diagnosis, and build a Master Plan for what your future hair loss will be. A HAIRCHECK test is a good idea as well to get a baseline to compare hairloss. Nizoral will not help you.

It is very difficult to tell from this photo if you are receding or developing a maturing hairline. The best way to determine this is to lift your eyebrows so that your forehead wrinkles and the hairline should be no higher than one finger breath above the highest wrinkle. If this is the case, maybe your hairline is maturing.

I am 24 years old and I’ve been experiencing some hair loss for the last three or four years. I’ve noticed it when I shower I’ll end with about 30-40 hairs on my hands, and there will be about 10-20 others on the pillow when I wake up. I’m kinda worried about this since it didn’t happen before and I am not through a period major stress, I didn’t make any changes in my diet either. I will see a dermatologist as soon as possible but I don’t know if I should make a big deal about it or not, since I can run my hand through my dry hair or pull it and there won’t be any hairs on it afterwards.

Some extra info: my dad isn’t bald but has a receding hairline and started experiencing hair loss when he was about 40 or so. It is summer where I live, I add this because I understand hair loss can vary depending on the season.

You should see a good doctor and find out exactly how much hair you are losing with the HAIRCHECK test ( https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/ ). The point is to find out if you are really losing hair, how much you are losing and lost and what to do to stop it. This test establishes a metric on the loss so that in a year after you may have started treating it, you will know if you are gaining of losing ground.

If you have thinning along the sides and back of your head as well as elsewhere (thinning on front and top), there is a condition we published called Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA) which requires a doctor to make the diagnosis with a hand microscope showing miniaturization in the sides and back of the head hair.This is a difficult problem to treat and people like you who have DUPA are not candidates for hair transplantation.