The drug Ouabain, used to treat heart diseases, appear to be able to prevent prevent virus replication. Julian Hiscox from the University of Liverpool, reported in the Journal of Proteome Research.
I am sure we will hear more about this drug very shortly.
Can you stimulate the scalp to grow hair with Lasers? One hair restoration site was promoting hair growth with Lasers used for women’s hair loss.
The following is just my personal opinion. In my practice I have offered lasers and have carried out limited trials on various lasers offered. I got these lasers free so I tested them on my patients and did not charge them for these treatments. I saw no consistent benefits from the lasers in most of the patients who had the treatment. Some patients have reported subjective benefits and they have been happy. But I have not seen the benefit on a measurable scale so I do not promote it in my practice.
Low Level Laser Light Therapy (LLLT) is pushed by many doctors because they sell these lasers as laser combs, Laser Hats and other Laser delivery systems under the premise that they bring blood to the balding area and the hair growth therefore improves or there is some direct impact of the LLLT therapy on the hair. There has been no clinical demonstration that these lasers actually help grow hair. If in fact it did bring blood to the area (which I doubt), bringing blood to the area cannot make hair appears where it has died from genetic hair loss. As hair is being lost, it is often impacted by miniaturization (a transition period leading to full hair loss in some people) and the Lasers have not been shown to be effective in these conditions either. Hair won’t suddenly appear, but your wallet will get lighter. Some doctors make a killing selling lasers for as much as $3,000 each.
This is a young doctor who had a bad hair transplant in his 20’s and since then he has been forced to wear a wig / hair system which he was not happy with. He was worried about his professional image with patients and staff as the large scars on the back of his head showed if he cut his hair too short. His solution was Scalp Micropigmentation, to cover the scar and correct his hair line and side temple areas. After he had it done, he commented that his medical staff and his patients all love his new look. His scar may be noticeable in certain light and angles but it is not an eyesore as it use to be. He now will have the option to grow out his hair, if he wishes, using the SMP as a backdrop to make his hair transplant work look fuller.
New Hair Institute SMP Scar Concealment
New Hair Institute SMP Side Temples
New Hair Institute SMP Bold Shaved Look
I am going through memopause. Can I reverse my thinning hair by taking HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy).
This is not a black and white answer that I am about to give you. We do know that Menopause does induce hair loss in up to 50% of women, but the use of HRT does not always address the hair loss, although it may bring some benefit. As the estrogen level drops with menopause, the androgen (like testosterone) levels rise and that induces androgenetic alopecia just like it does in men but mostly without a patterned balding look. The androgen sensitivity in women who carry the genes for balding is sometimes treated with finasteride (Propecia) and sometimes this treatment works. The success of finasteride is not a certainty as many women do not respond to it at all. With HRT, the treatment tries to replace the low estrogen that is associated with menopause and we know that estrogen supports good hair growth, so many doctor prescribe HRT when women show thinning or some balding. There is a great deal of controversy in treating menopause with HRT. There is an association between breast and ovarian cancer risks that may rise with HRT as well as other risks which include heart disease and stroke. Not every woman started on HRT for thinning hair will reverse the thinning hair. One has to weigh in on the risks associated with the treatment concerning cancer, heart risks and stroke against the benefit for possibly reversing the thinning hair. This is best worked out with your family doctor, rather than a hair transplant surgeon.
This is a female in her late 20s with general thinning hair on the top and crown area. She is not a candidate for a hair transplant surgery. Her hair was not as full looking as she wanted. With SMP, it looked much thicker. SMP was the right solution in her case and she was thrilled.
NHI_ Female_Scalp Micropigmentation SMP With Long Hair
Many patients ask how their hair will look like after surgery. In general you can get redness and scabs for about one to two weeks depending on how well you wash your hair.
This particular patient healed well and there is no significant redness of scabbing after 10 days!
More interesting is the fact he had long hair in the back and we needed to shave the back of his head for the FUE. But we only shaved a square section of the back of his head so that his hair on top covered the shaved area. The photo you see was taken 10 days after FUE. Unless you move the hair up or to the sides (as we did for this photo) you really cannot tell the back of his head was shaved.
NHI FUE _No Scabs 10 DAYS POST OP
NHI_ 1200 FUE_Hidden with Long Hair – 10 DAYS POST OP
The pictures say it all. The photo was taken before the final touch up to even out the hair line and evening out the SMP overall. Even before the final touch up you can see the dramatic change. His 10 year old boy commented, “Daddy, you have hair now!”.
NHI Scalp Micropigmentation before after
My hairline is starting to look like my son’s hairline as the frontal part in the mid-line has gone up about 1/2 inch and my corners have disappeared creating a V shape to my hairline. I am 52 years old.
Women’s hairlines often rise up to an inch as the woman get older. Menopause accentuated the hair loss process and it is reported than about 50% of women past menopause, lose their hair and are balding to some degree. This could be seen as thinning, a risking hairline, disappearance of the corner hairline, overall thinning in the front, top and crown of the head.
New Hair Institute Female Temple Corner Rounding 1000 grafts – 7 MONTHS Post Op
I am assuming that this lady has seen these changes recently. She is of menopausal age. The normal female hairline is located on the crease of the furrowed brow; however, as the hairline in women rise with age, it may rise as much as a full inch from the crease of the furrowed brow in the mid-line. Additionally, the corners of the frontal hairline often becomes thinner with age taking on the shape of the male’s mature hairline as this lady is reporting.
In women who have plastic surgery of the face, hairlines and frontal corners are often impacted with hair loss. Brow lifts induce frontal loss and lift the frontal hairline back, increasing the size of the forehead. Is is very common to see frontal corner hair loss after facelifts and brow lifts. We commonly get referrals from plastic surgeons for women who complain about the hairline changes with their facelifts.
Hair transplants can address hairline issues reasonably well and lower the frontal hairline back to the crease of the furrowed brow. The corners can also be filled in with hair transplants.
I need a hair transplant but don’t want any pain. I am told that the strip surgery is more painful than the FUE. Can a women have an FUE?
Many women have had FUE done very successfully.Some people are better candidates than others regardless of gender. The FUE has little pain associated with it by the next day. For a large session, the FUE requires a large exposure to the donor area which means we need to shave some areas in the back and sides of the head.We try to do this in inconspicuous areas. This is accomplished by shaving the scalp in stripes so that shaved areas are covered with the hair from above. See our NewHair.com website on FUE. We have also done long hair FUE that does not require any shaving, however, we generally do not do this for more than 400 FUE grafts. Strip surgery can have more pain due to the area of the strip being excised but the majority of people find it very manageable with proper medication. Some people get by with over the counter medications and a few may need something stronger.
Any area of scalp that is used for a strip surgery requires an area 4 times larger for an FUE because only one out of 4 follicular units are removed at a surgery. A large shaved area is required for a procedure as large as 1000-2000 FUE grafts. If shaving your scalp is not a problem, then FUE is a good alternative choice.
I chose to have a strip surgery instead of FUE for my hair transplants. I did not find that the strip produced significant pain. Pain management has come along way and was very well managed.
Doctor I read that oysters raise testosterone levels. Can a person who has genetic balding lose more hair by eating oysters?
ANSWER: I doubt that there is an association between balding and eating oysters. Balding is hard grained in your DNA. Only taking steroids by mouth, could accelerate balding. I would doubt that any reasonably good food would impact hair loss as it is just the genes that dictate your balding status.
