can sesame oil block DHT? what about fenugreek?
You can speculate all you want on these approaches to hair loss, but there are more substances out there than I can address.
Doc,
Is there anything to this Onion Formula phenomenon? Thanks!!
I found some herbal info at MyHairLossAdvisor.com. Creative ideas never cease to end and here is another one. Apparently, you rub your hair with an onion before washing. I have also heard of hanging from your feet for 20 minutes three times a day to get more blood flow to your head. I would suspect that putting the onion to it prior to hanging upside down may be one step closer to the solution, from the ground up, that is. Or maybe if you just love the strong odors, you should add some garlic and hot sauce to it. Oh boy.
So is there anything to this onion stuff? No.
what is the best hair color to camflouge thinning hair?
The best hair color is your skin color. For white people, white hair, for blonde skin, blonde hair, for dark skin, matching dark hair. Make sense?
Now that you are an expert, let me say that light hair always looks better than dark hair and the lighter the hair the better. Black men with white hair look fuller with the same amount of hair that might look thin when naturally darker. If this sounds confusing, think of a newspaper print and how it might look if the paper was dark and the print was white,
Hi Dr. Rassman,
I have a increased sebum production in the scalp ( the vertex )The sides and back are normal with no hair loss. I have tried several madicines (topically)to reduce the sebum production in scalp and nothing has worked. Is there a oral medicine that can reduce the sebum production by reducing the size if the oil glands? Will lowering DHT ( by taking DHT inhibitors like Dutasteride ) reduce the sebum production?.I am writing with a lot of hope because no one in India seems to have an answer to this problem.I am sure that there will be some medicine that can reduce the size of the oil glands and reduce sebum.I have heard about Isotretinoin and zileuton, will they work in reducing sebum?
Kindly adivice, I will be extremely greatfull to you.
Good shampoos for oily hair are the best way to manage oily scalp. I am sure that various hormones will reduce sebum, but at what real cost to your health? Do not poison your system with drugs to solve this problem.
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Liquid paraffin is used to remove hair. Constant use of it will produce traction alopecia. When used on facial or body hair, the hope is always that the hair will not grow back. Waxing your hair makes it go away, not come back. You got it backwards!
being using minoxidil and finasteride for 3 yrs, regrown mainly fuzz, want to dye my hair bleach blonde (full head)
will this make my regrown hair fallout and damage my hair because i want to bleach it?
please advise me on what to do
Do whatever you want to do, just do the dyes with standard approved chemicals and preferably by a professional that know what they are doing. Go ahead and bleach your hair. That is a styling issue not a health one.
Dr. Rassman,
I am a nineteen year old middle-eastern male. Since about five years ago, I have noticed mild thinning on the front of my scalp (that is, top and sides). In direct light it is very evident that my hair is thinning.
I feel as though my hair is not “that bad” that I need to start a Propecia regimen or that I need to consider hair transplant. Since my hair doesn’t seem to be worsening (my hair is just as thin as it was over the past few years) I feel as though my thinning hair is a result of a hormone/testosterone surge during puberty. Now that I am on the tail end of puberty, my hair is not worsening but what was lost is still noticeable. An endocrinologist confirmed this for me.
Here’s my question: what would you say would be the best option for me? I am not bald/balding; I just need something of a “shove” to restore lost hair. I (and my endocrinologist) strongly feel that it is not continual hair loss and it was just due to testosterone imbalances several years ago. The options I’ve researched are as follows:
-Gaunitz HairGrowth Laser Therapy. A handheld laser that restores bloodflow to the scalp. Taken with supplements.
-Biotin suppplements. A friend reccomended these to me, but according to a post I found on your website, these will not do much?
-Minoxidil application
-Shampoos that lack sodium lauryl-sulfateWhich combination of these would you reccomend? Cost is not an issue. Thank you so much.
First, as a healthy 19 year old, I am surprised you have an endocrinologist.
Second, if you are of middle-eastern descent who typically have a very low frontal hair line, your frontal hair loss may be a part of juvenile hair loss which is not considered a male pattern hair loss. Perhaps this is why your endocrinologist has advised you that your hair loss may not progress much further (he/she just did not use term, “juvenile hair line”).
Third, you are still concerned about hair loss, see a hair transplant doctor so he can evaluate for miniaturization and patterns of hair loss. The products you have listed have very little (if any) medical benefit for hair growth. Even finasteride (Propecia) which has the highest medical success has minimal benefit or regrowth on the frontal hair line, but it may prevent further hair loss. If you have the diagnosis of genetic patterned hair loss established by mapping your scalp for miniaturization, then if you do not take Propecia (finasteride), the process will progress. The concept of a “shove” is not valid here because genetic hair loss is progressive.
Finally, if money is of no concern, I cannot stop you from trying your ideas. It may help, at least in making you feel that you are doing something but be prepared for it not working and if it does not work, then what will you do if you never follow through getting a proper diagnosis of your situation? Too many people who say that money is not a problem will become victims of those wanting to take your money, promise you lots of hair, and actions even include some doctors.
Hi, I have good hair on the side and back and I think I would be a good candidate for the transplant. I also still have fine hair on the top of my head still. I wanted to know how thick will it grow out? How come you never see people on the hair websites that have really long hair? Does it not grow that long? Will the scar show when I go swimming after my hair gets wet? Does Biotin Vitamins work for thinning hair, does it grow hair? Is it possible to hair a second hair transplant if the remaining hair falls out on top? Do they cut the donor from the same area? Will hair grow out of the scar? How far off is hair cloning?
thanks
I’m 25 and I used finasteride for more than 3 years now, with no sucess at all. I also had a lot of problems with dandruff and irritation on my face and scalp. I was really worried about this, than I decided to take dutasteride. I’m also taking now minoxidil 2%, and using folligen spray and revivogen shampoo. I noticed some very little hairs in my left temple. Not too many. But I also felt a difference in my sex drive, and some shedding. My dandruff desapired, I think because anf the folligen, it really resolved my irritation in the first week. Do you think I should keep this treatment? Should I worry about the shedding and libido, or this could be a transitional state?
thanks a bunch!
Finasteride may be working by preventing hair loss progression, but just not growing new hair. I gather that the dutasteride has reduced your libido, which is not a surprise at all. Folligen spray contains copper peptides which have had some unsubstantialed scientific claims for hair re-growth. I am happy to hear of your positive response to the dandruff with the routine you are using. Hair shedding and libido having appeared brings you to a decision: Is the benefits (or proposed benefits) worth the price? How do you rate your sex drive balanced against having hair?
Dear Dr. Rassman,
First of all thank you for caring enough about all our concerns to have this blog. I’m writing to ask you about tangled hair. I have kept the top of my hair long for many years now to comb back and cover the balding crown but my hair is coarse and somewhat curly. For some reason when I shampooed I began being unable to wash out all the build up of gel and hairspray and it was difficult to comb through. At the beginning I used to force the issue and would pull out lots of hair. Now I’m much more gentle but its still frustrating to not be able to comb through. I’m afraid I’m damaging my hair more and more. What would you recommend? Any shampoos that could clean this build up? What about detanglers?I haven’t fared better with them either. On another note, several years ago I had a transplant which I believ was good. But I now am planning to have another and am certain you or your staff at NHI will do it. I received your materials in the mail (Thank you), I’ve heard about your excellent reputation from other sources also.I like that you’re not ONLY interested in the $$$ but you have a passion in an artistic sense as well as a humanitarian love. God bless you and I look forward to hearing from you. Let me see you! A round trip from Las Vegas is very inexpensive now as the summer season comes into swing.
I’d see a good hair stylist with experience in African hair (they understand tangling and how to untangle the hair without pulling it out). It sounds like you need to get styling control on what you use and how you use it. Traction alopecia can occur with pulling on normal hair, but imagine if you can lose normal hair by pulling on it — what would happen to weak hair that is miniaturized from the genetic balding process? Bad news.
Visit me in Los Angeles if you want a hands-on examination. I will map your scalp for genetic hair loss and give you a glimpse into what will happen to you in the future (by developing a Master Plan for you).
