2019-05-14 04:17:212019-02-01 15:18:10Don’t believe everything you see. This was posted on Reddit and suggested results from treatment. I don’t believe it!
Donor Zone shows less graying in the back (photo)
Donor Scarring from Hair Plugs Done About 30 Years Ago
Thirty years ago I had 4 or 5 sessions hair transplant sessions done using the old punch graph method. For most of those years I was fairly satisfied. Lately that has not been the case. The appearance of corn rows is starting to show in the front and it is getting harder to cover up the donor area in the back. Twenty years ago I spoke to a specialist in Philadelphia who disappointed in the methods used in my procedures and he implied that I was not a good candidate for future transplants. If this is the case I would prefer to shave my head instead of continuing trying to cover up, which can only become more problematic in future years.
The scarring at the donor site is a concern. Are there any procedures to reduce this scarring? Thank you in advance for any information and/or advice you can give me based on this limited description.
We have routinely performed surgeries for men who are in your situation. You can read about one patient’s journey here and see some of my repair patients here.
As you undoubtedly know, everyone is different and unique so I really cannot comment on your particular case without examining you. Many patients who had 4-5 sessions of the old hair plugs have heavily depleted donor areas, and a skilled surgeon with experience in this field can often soften the plugs by harvesting the recipient plugs as well as redistribute some of the remaining donor area. If you want to explore options, please send me photos and set up at the least a phone consultation with me.
There is no simple answer to your problems, and each person must be evaluated one on one before recommendations can be made. This goes for both repairing/removing the “corn rows” and seeing what can be done about fixing the donor scars.
Donor Recharging — Using Body Hair to Fill Out the Scalp Hairs Used in FUE
Doc,
I have slowly come to rely and trust this site on a day to day basis, so thank you.I am considering an FUE surgery and have been reading a lot about “donor recharging”, where body hair is placed into FUE sites to help the donor region out. Ive unfortunately been around the block with this whole field and now feel the only way FUE should be done is by adding body hair as you remove a follicle from the donor.
My Question… Why aren’t more FUE specialists offering this technique? Won’t an FUE surgery be detrimental as the area will thin to the point of very shallow density in anyone with a norwood 3 and beyond.
I was hoping that the A Cell treatments would make this more viable but no one seems to be talking about it. Hence my question and my wishes for a great day for you and your staff!
“Donor recharging” is an interesting term I have not heard before. I do not buy into recharging the donor area from the scalp with hair from the body. I am just not convinced that the quality of the body hair will make for a good substitute for the donor hair that has been transplanted earlier.
It is easy for a doctor to do this to make more money, but unless there is proven value, I do not want to get on that bandwagon.
2011-01-17 10:50:182011-01-13 10:18:16Donor Recharging — Using Body Hair to Fill Out the Scalp Hairs Used in FUE
I don’t like pills so can I dissolve finasteride into a solution and hold it that way?
Crushing finasteride is ok, but dissolving it in a solution will not guarantee that it will work and you may inactive it by doing so, especially if you don’t drink it immediately.
Don’t Believe Everything You Read
Creator of Cancer-Cure Diet Faked Her Cancer
Nick Mulcahy April 23, 2015“The creator of a best-selling mobile phone app and cookbook,The Whole Pantry, has confessed that her story of healing terminal brain cancer through diet and other natural therapies is a fabrication.”…
Dr Saunders continued: “This story shows the difficulty scientists have in getting their stories heard over snake oil salespeople.”
“Hopefully this will make people think twice and do some basic checking of facts,” he added. “We need to be skeptical of the mythical lone genius selling magical cures that ignore basic science and hard evidence.”
I get hundreds of emails a week asking me about my opinion on new hair loss treatment or my thoughts on side effects of Propecia. While the Internet is a great source for information, it is not always accurate. My point has always been there is no substitute for seeing a doctor (in person) when it comes to your personal medical issues which include side effect from Propecia or your hair loss issues. Finally the old adage, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
“Don’t Let Balding Consume You” (from Reddit)
This is a good post from Reddit that is worth reading about. A man assesses his focus on hair loss and puts it in perspective.
2018-09-10 05:17:452018-09-14 09:17:04“Don’t Let Balding Consume You” (from Reddit)
Don’t fall into this trap and do unnecessary hair transplant (photo)
This man had a hair transplant and had holes punched into the front, top and crown of his head. Some young men panic thinking that they are losing hair as their father may have lost it so they might not do their research and think that they need a hair transplant to keep their hair. This patient was probably such a man and I say this because there is hair on his head and it appears to be good quality hair. Maybe he tried to find an inexpensive hair transplant doctor and found a doctor or someone who claimed that they were a doctor who was able to persuade this man to have a hair transplant.
Using holes for recipient grafts (a technique that has been abandoned years ago), this man had a hair transplant and the person doing it was so proud of the work that these pictures were taken and given to the patient. But what is worse than the terrible work, is that this man appears to have a reasonable hair density so it is clear to me that he had an unnecessary surgery. Maybe he felt he was losing hair and some doctor or some non-doctor who maybe acted like a doctor must have talked him into have an this hair transplant surgery. Some young men are very impressionable and can be influenced especially if the person doing the ‘selling’ appears to be a doctor. Some day, this man may lose hair and what he will have left is plugs where all of these holes can now be seen. He will look freaky. Bad, Bad, Bad!!
2019-12-14 09:33:132019-12-14 09:59:00Don’t fall into this trap and do unnecessary hair transplant (photo)
Don’t You Get Tired of Answering Questions on Propecia?
What question do you get tired of being asked the most on this forum?
I’m guessing it’s about propecia. I think you should have a Q&A page on the drug on this site.
When I first started BladingBlog, I thought the same thing. You’d be surprised how many different ways one can ask a question on Propecia and hair loss in general.
I believe we have at least 800 different questions and answers on the topic of Propecia: see HERE and HERE
You can also search for “Best of Balding Blog” on top and popular Topics on the right side of the screen.
I don’t want hair transplants, what else can I do to get hair? (Photo)
See my picture and see how bad my hair loss is, but for me, surgery is out of the question because I can’t afford it and I don’t like the idea that I will spend the rest of my life chasing more and more hair transplants. Now I look 10-15 years older than I am. I know this when I try to get a date, women look at me differently because of my balding.
There is no other solution to get hair but an alternative to hair transplants is scalp micropigmentation (SMP) as this picture shows. This is a good alternative choice; however, you must accept that you will shave your head on a regular basis at least twice a week. Although this is a cosmetic tattoo, no one will even tell that it is not a full appearing shaved head of hair (when performed in the proper hands). We have performed this in men from 17 – 92 with great results. The man on the right had it and agreed to allow us to use his photo. I think that he looks great with SMP. Also look here for more examples: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/bold-shaved-look/
2017-09-01 06:34:212017-09-01 11:08:23I don’t want hair transplants, what else can I do to get hair? (Photo)