Category: Hair Loss Causes

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How Do Celebrities All Seem to Have Great Hair? – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

What’s more common amongst celebrities? Propecia/rogaine usage, authentic looking wigs, or hair transplantation?

It’s ridiculous the amount of celebrities who have great hair. Is it more than a coincidence that rock bands with like 6 male members all keep full heads of hair in to their 50s and beyond?

Also – if I needed more donor hair for a transplant to ensure added thickness, could you transplant hair from a close family member with similar hair to mine?

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EltonCelebrities are just people like you and me, and they have what you and I have, nothing more and nothing less… other than $$$. Some will opt for hairpieces/wigs, which can be expensive to maintain. Some will opt for hair transplants, which are permanent. Others will opt for medication, or a combination of surgery/meds. I have no way to know which method is most common amongst celebrities, but I do know that I’ve transplanted many.

Hair doesn’t give you talent, but it could likely provide confidence in your appearance… which may translate to confidence in your musical performance. If there’s a rock band that’s been around for decades and all of the members still have hair, it would be coincidence (or perhaps they’re wearing wigs). There are plenty of musicians with hair loss or a completely bald head — Rob Halford, Chris Daughtry, Michael Stipe, etc. And there are also musicians that are known to have had work done, such as Elton John.

Finally, at this point hair transplants can only be from oneself, not from anyone else. Since hair is an organ, transplanting from another person (unless it is an identical twin) would result in the body rejecting the hair unless potentially dangerous anti-rejection medication is taken. I’ve written about that before here.

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My Scalp Is Dry, Itchy, and Flaking – Now My Hair Is Falling Out In This Area! – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Hi, I am a female in my 30’s and have a dry scalp and itch alone with some flaking or scaling? I am sending to photo (its OK to share these) and am hoping you can tell me what the problem is. My hair is falling out easy in this area and it is in the front! I have been putting oil on it to get moisture and have also been to the derm but they are unsure why this is helping to me. Please help!

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This is not reasonable. You showed a picture of a flake of dried skin on your scalp under high power, but there’s just no way one could expect that the photo would have any meaning to me. You really need to have an examination of your scalp. If your dermatologist was unsure why you have flaking on your scalp, you should find another dermatologist.

Your thinning could be from a variety of possibilities too numerous for me to just start throwing guesses out there. It could be something as simple as you causing traction alopecia from scratching vigorously on the itchy part. I don’t know though.

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Hair Loss InformationIn the News – Woman with Trichotillomania Pretended to Have Alopecia Areata – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Snippet from the article:

A mum who has hidden behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child.

Zena Williams was called ’cancer face’ for wearing a wig at school and for more than two decades she has allowed anyone who noticed her bald patches to believe that she has the auto immune condition that causes her hair to fall out on its own. But in the wake of No Pulling Week, the mum-of-one has finally revealed that she has been pulling out her own hair since she was a child.

At various stages in her life, Zena has been left almost completely bald by her compulsive addiction to hair-pulling – a little understood psychological condition called trichotillomania.

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Read the rest — Mum pretended to have alopecia for 20 years – in fact she was pulling all her hair out

Unfortunately, decades of pulling out her hair probably has resulted in some permanent loss. She says she has stopped pulling out her scalp hair, but still pulls out arm and leg hair. Hopefully she gets some sort of treatment for this compulsion.

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Hair Loss InformationIs My Hair Loss Related to Stopping My Cocaine Use? – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Hi Doc

I have recently stopped a heavy cocaine habit. I started using cocaine 6 years ago intermittently but over the last year I was using every day. I have now stopped and been clean for 60 days. I want to remain clean for rest of my the (life is so much better) but I have noticed excessive shedding and my hair being a lot thinner and lighter. I have been using propecia for 6 years as well. Will this shedding stop and regrowth occur. Is it normal for increased shedding and thinning to occur After stopping a class A drug?

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I am not sure how cocaine (or stopping of cocaine) would be related to your hair loss issue. I would speak to your doctor and try to obtain a good diagnosis. Maybe you have other underlying medical issues causing hair loss or maybe you have genetic alopecia that you have not noticed until now.

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Hair Loss InformationMy Hair Is Now Growing Slowly All Over My Head and Body (with Photos) – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Hello Dr.
I would like to know what class do I fall in the Norwood scale? My hair started growing slowly and thinning at 19 and not only on my head, but also my hair all over my body – arms, legs, eyebrows, etc. Is this normal? I am now 21.

please post your answer on your site or email thank you

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Norwood 6You probably do not need a medical degree to look at the Norwood scale and see what your hairline looks like. You can see that your thinning seems to parallel the Norwood class 6 pattern. That suggests that if you continue to let it go, you could lose all of the hair in the thinning area… which would be a shame, as it may be treatable with medication. My opinion is just based on looking at a few photos (and not knowing anything about your medical history or family history), so you’ll want to have it double checked by a physician in person.

The analytical part comes from looking at your hair under a microscope to see if there are patterns of miniaturization or difference in bulk (which I cannot do with photos). At 21 years old, you should be concerned enough to see a good doctor and not look for a quick answer over the internet.

As for your body hair loss, this is not normally related to scalp hair loss, but it is something that you should have looked at if you’re concerned.

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Hair Loss InformationBald Scalp, Greasy Forehead? – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

I have noticed that 90-95 of men who are losing their hair have a greasy or shiny forehead or scalp including myself. But what I also noticed is that men who have excellent hair never ever have a greasy or shiny forehead or scalp. I feel if we can control what is ever producing that greasiness then we can control hair loss. What are your thought or have you read or head about any research in regards to this?

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I am not convinced that greasy hair is related to hair loss. If you have hair you would not notice their greasy scalp from visual observation alone (as the hair is covering it)

Male pattern balding is related to genetics. Greasy and oily skin may also be a genetic issue, but not related to the hair loss gene.

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Hair Loss InformationI Waxed My Leg Hair as a Joke and It Hasn’t Grown Back 3 Years Later – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Hello,

I am 19 year old healthy male and am suffering from a hair loss problem on my lower shins. I thought it would have been a laugh to get my legs waxed knowing that the hair would grow back, however it hasn’t on that part of my leg.

At first I thought the hampered growth was due to the fact that I wore long-socks and the friction caused the roots to rip out. However I have been told that even with hair loss from friction, they would still grow back.

Instead it has been nearly 3 years now and the hair hasn’t grown back. I am really self-conscious of the problem as it makes me feel emasculated and I do not wear shorts, nor expose the legs anymore. I do not think it is a blood circulatory problem as I have hair beneath the bald spots.

I don’t have diabetes, nor have I suffered damage to that part of the leg (burns, scars, lacerations etc…)

I am simply baffled by this problem and will do absolutely anything to stimulate the hair growth in that part of both my shins and can’t wait to jump back in the swimming pool.

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Shaving or waxing your legs should not cause permanent hair loss. Some men and women have permanent hair loss where their socks are constantly rubbing on their legs, but I can’t explain why your hairy legs were waxed one time and failed to ever regrow hair again.

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Masturbating Causes My Hair Loss and Boils on My Head – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Dr,
I am 26 & experiencing severe dandruff ,itching on skull,hair fall after masturbation.I have small boils on my head after masturbation which automatically go away if I don’t masturbate for few days also is it normal for the skull specially the top part of my skull to remain hot after masturbation(this is where I am having hair loss)?

The above mentioned problem is recurring & is specifically caused due to masturbation, reason: if I don’t masturbate for few days these problems don’t occur.Please help me with you valuable advise.

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We’ve written about this many times. Simply put — masturbation does not cause hair loss. I do not know what other advice I can provide or how much clearer I can be.

If you strongly feel masturbation is causing your hair loss, then stop masturbating. I suppose at that point, it is your choice — you can choose hair versus masturbation. I have no idea how small boils could develop on your head after masturbating, then magically disappear when you’re leaving yourself alone. See a dermatologist about the boils (infections).

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Hair Loss InformationMy Senile Alopecia Has Continued Despite Taking Finasteride for 2 Years – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

My diffuse unpatterned hair loss (or senile alopecia, I’m 59) has continued to get worse despite 2 years straight of finasteride. In your experience, have you seen a reason for people to continue finasteride after 2 years, if their hair loss simply continues to progress?

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Finasteride 1mg (Propecia) is for the treatment of androgenic alopecia, not senile alopecia or diffuse unpatterned alopecia. I realize they may co-exist, and some doctors and patients may make the decision the try taking the medication to see if it would help. If you are not seeing any results, speak with your doctor and decide on the course of action.

In my experience, I do not prescribe finasteride for treating diffuse unpatterned hair loss or senile alopecia.

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Hair Loss InformationCan Whey Supplements Accelerate MPB? – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

do supplements such as whey protein powders or glutamine affect or accelerate MPB? i have read protein powders raises testosterone which raises DHT, and glutamine raises GH which raises testosterone and again DHT.

thank you!

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There is no direct evidence of a connection, however, it is possible that it might cause hormone changes. We’ve addressed this before in a guest post by Dr. Richard Shiell.