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Does one’s hair grow thicker and stronger by shaving the head, especially if some hair is left after chemotherapy is it better to shave it all off so stronger hair grows?

No. Shaving your hair off will not help it regrow thicker. It is an old wives’ tale and it simply ain’t true.

This might sound like a joke, but something I’ve always been curious about. Does eating spicy foods really put hair on your chest? If not, I’m curious as to where a phrase like that would come from. You can laugh if you’d like. I feel foolish for even asking.

I did a Google search for the phrase “put hair on your chest” and found that this idiom is use in many situations and many cultures. I really do not know the answer about where the phrase came from, but I did enjoy the threads as I searched for an answer. I hope you know that if anything really put hair on the chest, then it would be marketed as a cure for hair loss in some circles.

Somewhat related, here’s a list of other “hair” related idioms, from TheFreeDictionary.com.

I am a 36-year-old male noticing some hair loss. I thought it was related to having taken prohormones, but the slow hair loss has continued after more than a year off the prohormones. I am considering taking Avodart/dutasteride, but not just for the cosmetic hair loss. A concern I have is the relation between MPB to increased risk of heart disease. Thus, my two questions:

1. Do you know of any connection between DHT and high cholesterol/heart disease? And if there is a connection, would DHT suppression also contribute a health benefit above and beyond the cosmetic issue of MPB?
2. Do you have any suggestions for any OTC or prescription drugs/remedies that would work to help curb the aromatization of the increased testosterone from taking a DHT inhibitor?

1. I do not believe that using DHT blockers like Propecia will have any effect on your cholesterol. We know that Propecia will reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
2. With regard to your second question, I am not an expert on OTC medications that curb aromatization from increased testosterone.

Hello Doctor,
I am soon to be 25 yrs old. My hair line is beginning to recede at my temples. I am extremely concerned with this. For many years I have considered having a subcapsular orchidectomy procedure to prevent any further hair loss. I have researched the side effects of this procedure and am willing to accept them. Can you recommend a doctor who will perform this outpatient operation? Thank you for your time.

Any urologist should be able to help you, but I doubt they would do so. There is likely more to your story than you are telling me here. Taking out your testicles is an extremely radical way to prevent further hair loss… though it will work.

how long does it takes for an hair fungus to go away because the fungus took up my whole front of my head also my whole forhead. im fourteen years old and its painfull

You need to see a doctor for hair fungus and be on a medical regime. It often takes weeks.

I am 24 years old and I have somewhat serious hairloss. I have a receding hairline and thinning on top. My hair is so weak, that if I were to pull at it and brush my hand through my hair, there would be a large number of follicles in my hand. I took Propecia from the age of 21-23, but stopped when I turned 24. Going bald seemed inevitable, and at 24, I couldn’t stand the thought of taking Propecia the rest of my life. Every hair transplant I have ever seen always looks “unsightly” and often worse when compared to them bald. Why does society put such an emphasis on hair and is there any data that shows financial success with copious amounts of hair?

You could come to one of our free Open House events and see if your comment, “Every hair transplant I have ever seen always looks ‘unsightly’ and often worse when compared to them bald”, still holds true. I would challenge you to spot a hair transplant in many of my patients from what a normal non-balding man has.

You sound angry with your situation. Upon finding out what I did for a living, a woman at a dinner engagement last week said, “What is the problem with being bald anyway? I think that bald men are sexy.” I responded simply by saying, “If you take the lion’s mane away from the lion, you have a lioness.” You see, it is really a matter of perception. If a man feels less manly because of his balding, then hair is important to him. In particular, young men hang their image on anything that differentiates them from others. Balding at 23 years old certainly makes them different and that is not what they want. Generally speaking, women (particularly young women) don’t want a man to look older, and balding men tend to look older so that the discrimination is significant. I have found many wives bring their husbands for a hair transplant, because they do not want to have an older-looking man for a husband, particularly when they appear young or have had some plastic surgery to make them appear young.

I personally think that many men look great bald, particularly when the balding is in its final stages, but as they get there, some look scruffy and that becomes the motivator for hair transplant surgery. Clearly, a good hair transplant should not be visible and very few of my patients comment that their transplants were recognized as such. Examples of our fine work can be found at NHI Patient Photos.

Doc,

Thanks for this gem of a site! I’m scheduling my first miniaturization with the Hair Club for Men. Two questions:

1. What questions should I ask the physician when we meet?
2. Have you heard anything from your colleagues in the hair transplant world re: Hair Club for Men’s experience and success in restoring hair?

Thanks for your time!

1. First and foremost, you should educate yourself on hair transplant surgery and hair loss. Just as you have found this site, you can find tons of information on the rest of the web. Just double check sources and make sure the information is credible. You can also use NewHair.com for extensive medical information on hair transplantation and hair loss.
2. With respect to the reputation / success of other medical groups, it would be unprofessional of me to comment (positive or negative) on the matter since it would obviously be a conflict of interest. We have many suggestions in this blog on how to qualify doctors and you should follow that advice.

You need to know what the mapping of your miniaturization shows and you should ask the doctor what he/she might predict will be the eventual loss of hair (distribution/pattern) and the rate at which you might bald. If you are using medications like Propecia, you should be able to compare the progress or reversal of the miniaturization over a time period of months.

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Ten years ago my leg caught on fire and i got graft skin over the burn. know i got bald leg and hairy leg i wanna know if you can grow hair over the graft skin and get rid of the brownish color on it. thnk u

Yes, but it depends on the skin. I would need to see the quality of the skin below the grafted area to determine if transplanted hair would grow.

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