Category: Hair Loss Causes

I had a hair transplant 8 months ago, and my hairs are coming out like pubic hairs. It looks horrible. What is going on?

Sometimes transplanted hairs grow out kinky with a different texture. This happens when the grafts were not handled well by skilled technicians or medical group. It can happen with bad recipient sites (too big, too small, too tight, too shallow, etc) made by the doctor. It can also happen to certain individuals despite highly skilled technicians and doctors. If it happens to many patients from the same doctor on a consistent basis, then it’s probably a technical issue (not your fault).

There are so many different options for hair transplants nowadays. What are the difference in Artas and Neograft? Why are they so popular?

Think of the ARTAS as using an electric wrench held by a robot to tighten a loose nut. The Neograft is like using an electric wrench held by a human to tighten a loose nut. A human (doctor) can just as easily tighten the loose nut with a hand held socket wrench. The results are same. It is just more expensive to own a robot.

Despite what you may think, hair transplant surgery is basically taking hair out and relocating to another area.
The skill and expertise required to carry out this task is what sets doctors apart.

There are two general methods in taking out (harvesting) the grafts: (1) FUE and (2) FUT – strip.
The ARTAS and Neograft are just tools that harvest the grafts using the FUE method.

The “options” you mention are pertaining to the TOOLS that doctors use to carry out surgery. The ARTAS system is just a tool that a doctor may use to harvest the hair grafts. The results from ARTAS should be the same as any other type of surgery in the same capable hands.

Any hair transplant should be treated the same with regard to the recipient area, but if the donor area has open wounds (FUE), it requires daily washing with soap and water. Within 3 days of surgery, you can resume full activities, heavy exercises if you wish. The recipient area requires daily washes as well to keep the recipient area free of crusts. I generally recommend the use of a sponge and supply our patients with a surgical sponge to fill with soapy water (we supply the shampoo) and press on the recipient area daily in a rolling motion, never rubbing it. By repeating this daily, all crusts can be washed off without any fear of losing grafts from day one forward. If any crust are present, use a Q tip and dip it into soapy water or shampoo and roll it on the crusts and that will lift them off without dislodging them, but never rub them, just roll the Q tip on the recipient crust. I like to see no evidence of any crusting in the recipient area and the crusts from the donor area gone in the first day with daily washing and stay that way. Here is an example of the way is should look like in 12 days with before and after pictures:

http://baldingblog.com/2007/12/14/12-days-after-hair-transplant-with-photos/

The following is an example of one of the worst crusting I have seen in a picture:

http://baldingblog.com/2015/06/04/fue-from-turkey-help/

The problem with this type of crusting, the grafts get pulled out as the crusts come off. We wrote about this in a medical journal here:

http://newhair.com/pdf/mp-2006-graft-anchoring.pdf

The key is good washing starting from day one.

What Is The Difference Between the ARTAS robot and the Neograft?

ARTAS is a robot that harvest the graft using computerized sighting and automation. No surgical skill is needed for this. Any doctor with a degree can buy the ARTAS and start harvesting grafts. Transplanting them and having results is another story.

Neograft is an instrument a human (doctor) uses to take out the graft using human skills. Surgical skill and hand eye coordination is needed for this.

These are just tools available to doctors and not the complete solution in hair transplant surgery.

A good doctor can do the FUE without the ARTAS or Neograft. It is just that these tools are well advertised on the Internet and it attracts patients with their technology. Many great doctors perform FUE without the use of ARTAS or Neograft, but they may have them at their disposal as one of their many instruments.

I’m a 36 year old male with no visible hair loss…..yet. For around 6-8 months now I’ve been following a very lax hair washing routine. I had a girlfriend who had adopted the wash less routine in an attempt to achieve healthier looking locks. Apparently her stylist told her it was the latest trend. She used dry shampoo powder and only washed once a week. At the time I thought it seemed perfectly logical so I too adopted the routine. After we broke up I carried on with the same hair hygiene but with less dry shampoo washing and more and more infrequent regular washing. For the last 4 months I’ve been going on average between 7 and 12 days without a shampoo. It gets greasy and a little itchy but I often wear a hat so aesthetically it doesn’t look bad. Recently my new girlfriend noticed that my head “stank“. When I told her that I was on this infrequent washing trend she told me that it was a terrible idea and that it was proven that non-washing leads to hair loss. Of course I was freaked out and started doing some research on in. The internet is awash in conflicting information but it seems that some doctors believe that sebum build-up can have a negative impact on hair growth and that it can even plug follicles and cause permanent hair loss. On top of that, non-washing is known to cause bacteria growth, inflammation and irritation, which in turn leads to hair loss. Oh, and there’s the old “wearing a hat” thing as well. Now I’m confused and becoming convinced I’m either showing signs of thinning or have done damage to my hair that will manifest itself in hair loss later down the road. As of now my only signs of negative impact are a dry flaky scalp, plus some itching and irritation. Your professional opinion on this whole infrequent hair washing thing would be greatly appreciated. Thank-you.

You do not need a professional opinion.

If you want to keep your current girlfriend, consider maintaining clean hygiene and washing your “stinky” hair.

The frequency of hair washing has nothing to do with genetic male pattern balding.
Bacteria and fungal infection from poor hygiene can cause hair loss.

My question is about miniaturization of hair.

Does everyone have some degree of miniaturization of their hair? Or if you are experiencing miniaturization of hair, you have male pattern baldness?

Can you experience miniaturization even if you don’t “suffer” from mpb?

Lets say one is examined by a doctor who specializes in hair loss and he tells you that you have _10% miniaturization, do one “suffer” from male pattern baldness with that said?

(I apologize about my spelling and grammar, english is not my native language)

Everyone has some degree of miniaturization of hairs. It is just a normal part of the hair cycle as hairs transition from anagen to catagen to telogen phase. Not all hairs are miniaturized but some (at the end of their “life cycle”) will miniaturize and fall out. Men who carry the genes for Male Pattern Balding (MPB) or Androgenic Alopecia (AGA) will have more miniaturization.

I’ve been learning a few things about Male Pattern Baldness but one thing remains unknown for me ( and for scientists also , maybe).
I am a 19 years old dude who has growing body hair (A LOT) , even in the back.
By my mother’s side no one lost his hair, but in the family of my father every man lost his hair .
My father in his early 20′ , my grandad not , why?
My grandad had no body hair, my father is a monkey , coincidence? I am sure i am going to bald in my nearly future but doctors still deny this correlation.

Body hair and scalp hair is not related. You can be bald and have lots of body hair. You can have a full head of hair and have lots of body hair. There really is no correlation between the two and balding.

Is hair loss really that common a side effect of taking NSAIDs? If it is, how long does one need to take them before hair loss occurs?

Hair loss is not a common side effect of taking NSAIDS such as Motrin, Advil, etc. It is so rare, I have not personally met anyone in my 20+ years who came to see me for this complaint.

I have a question regarding my start with Finasteride. Im a 26 years old Male suffering from mpb. I just started Finasteride 1mg / day 3 Days ago and feel some kind of pain in my right Breast area i didn’t have before. What would you recommend lowering the dosage to 0,5mg or stop the medication at all or try to ride it out with 1mg? Im really afraid that fin won’t work for me because of the very rare side effect of gynecomastia.

I recommend seeing your doctor who prescribed you the medication. Having your doctor examine your breast and having a discussion about side effects associated with the drug.

I suppose anything is possible but some things are improbable. Go see a doctor (in person).

Eating chocolate may stave off cardiovascular disease
APAJun 18, 2015648 views

British study finds that regular consumption of chocolate could reduce risk of heart disease and stroke….
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen analysed data of 21,000 participants in the EPIC Norfolk study as well as literature covering chocolate and heart disease. Average chocolate consumption came to seven grams per day, consumption ranging from no chocolate at all (around 20 per cent) to 100 grams per day. 14 per cent of the participants experienced heart disease or stroke during the 12 years the study ran…. Those with the highest daily consumption still showed a 23 per cent reduced risk of stroke. These results held true not only for dark chocolate but also for milk chocolate.

That will be good news for many of our readers who are lovers of chocolate.