Author: Dr. William Rassman

I start to get bald from top of my head. The other areas are staying strong so far. Although the front headline go up a bir, it is not at a level it concerns me much. On the other hand, I have a very thick beard. It is actually more than I like at this point. I want to use this beard to close the balding spot. I don’t really care if the beard will be a bit curly since I don’t plan to have a very long hair. Do you think this would work? What is your experience after a year or more if you had a similar operation? I would like to know what are the results of people who have similar experiences with me.

Scalp hair is the ideal hair for a hair transplant. Beard hair is only used if you run out of scalp hair from overharvesting. Overharvesting reflects poor planning on your doctor’s part. Beard hair, when used, is never used in the leading edge of the hairline because it looks like beard kinky hair.

These bumps you are referring to reflect that the grafts were elevated at the time the beard was transplanted and the skin of the graft healed above the level of the surrounding skin . There is nothing much you can do about this.

I had a beard transplant in Turkey, and I can’t go back to my doctor as I am in England. What is wrong with me and what can I do?

You should find a local doctor who will diagnose and treat you. You most likely have an infection (folliculitis) which needs to be drained by a doctor, cultured and then treated with appropriate antibiotics.

The problem with traveling to Turkey is that when complications arise, where do you go? Who is responsible for you? I guess the answer is that you are responsible for yourself and you must take charge of your complications by finding a doctor who is willing to step up and treat you as a human being who requires medical attention.

For those of you who have gotten hair transplants, do you still have to take fin to maintain it? I’m assuming your scalp would still be attacking the new follicles. I can’t take fin because it gave me some nasty side effects so I want to see if it’s effective without it. If not, for those who got beard transplants, what are your thoughts on it? I have really bad facial hair growth and don’t want to look like an egg when I finally lose the rest of my hair. I would appreciate information like prices and especially for the beard transplant, how much of your face were they able to cover and do you like the way it looks? I’d appreciate any advice I can get.

Hair loss is a progressive process. Most of my patients take finasteride if they are younger when they get a hair transplant to stop the progression of the balding. Finasteride isn’t needed for beard hair.

I see questions about if a beard will grow with finasteride on here, and for me it doesn’t seem to affect my beard! I’ve seen improvements and have used minox for my beard, even before my hairline started going. I was aware of the results from minox research I’d done for my beard, so thank god I knew of treatment when my hair started to go, because it went quickly..

I use a simple routine of fin oral 1mg and minox foam on my beard and hairline once per day before bed and that’s it. Tried oral minox for a bit and actually lost ground, so swapped back to topical foam and got the hairs back. For me, topical is more superior than oral even at once per day.

Your beard response is dramatic. I would not rush stopping the minoxidil on the beard, as these hairs may be dependent on minoxidil until your genetic kick in. The big question for you is that at some point, your beard should grow independent of minoxidil, so ask yourself, when do you stop the beard minoxidil? Possibly when you are in your later 20s, to be sure that your genetics are controlling the beard.

You should add minoxidil and then go another year. Likely, it will make a difference

These pictures are highly suggestive of value; however, had this man has a HAIRCHECK instrument test, he would have an absolute measurement of the gain or lack of gain from the drug finasteride. This is why I always do a HAIRCHECK test on all of my patients who are put on finasteride, (see here: https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/)

This young man from Reddit showed his grandfather proudly still having hair at the age of 102. It reminded me of my maternal grandfather who had Ronald Reagan’s hair at 102.

The skin after a beard transplant takes a few months to become normal as some swelling often remains in the skin and soft tissue of the face. Consider returning to see your doctor if you are concerned.

Hi doc, i have had a case of Bells Palsy due to extreme stress 1 year ago. After that experience i have had my hairline on the RIGHT recede. Is this due to Bells Palsy? does it have any connection with hairloss? Or is it because im constantly stressing about my condition of Bells Palsys? i have yet to recover 100%. I am about 85% and this is as far as will ever recover. Also the Bells Palsys affected my right side of my face. Please, any help would be great help as i am only 23 living day to day to try and hide my hairline. thank you doc.

Bell’s palsy is probably a viral condition. Extreme stress can cause acceleration of genetic hair loss, so that is how these two conditions are probably linked.