2020-09-09 03:35:452020-09-01 09:53:44How many grafts would I need? (photo)
Why Do Some Men Lose Hair Much Later in Life?
doctor,
since we know DHT is a cause of hairloss, why do some people start showing sings of male pattern baldness later in life? I know a few family friends pople who have had extremely thick beautiful hair norwood 1, with no signs of balding in their 40’s and late 40’s. then in their 50’s they started get thin and crown balding. if dht is the cause then i’m sure these guys had dht in their body in there 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s. why all of a sudden in there 50’s the dht decided to choke the follicles?
Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is the cause of hair loss when it is associated with the genetic disposition of male pattern baldness. The genes that cause hair loss are preprogrammed and often express themselves at different ages.
For example, some men and women get grey hair in their 20’s, whereas some never do. Most men with the balding gene will go bald in their 20’s and 30’s, but there are always exceptions to the rule as you pointed out.
How Often Are Mice Studies Actually Successful?
I see that mice are often used in studies for medicine before they are tested on humans such as this article posted recently on this site in regards to balding (here). I am not sure if anyone would have this information readily available, but how often is medicine that is successful in mice also successful in humans? I am curious to a percentage of a success/fail rate.
Thank you for your very informative site!
Animals such as mice, dogs, monkeys, etc are often used in medicine. In general, it may take many years for the study to leap from animal trials to human trials. With respect to the success and failure rates of such studies ever making to human trials, I would wildly guess that there are way more failures than successes… but I don’t have precise figures to satisfy your curiosity.
Why don’t hair transplants fall out like the hair you lost?
If most hairless is due to increased testosterone output can someone explain how a hair transplant saves your hair? Wouldn’t you just lose it again due to hormonal issues?
Genetic balding never impacts the hair around the back and side of your head (donor hair) so a hair transplant moves this hair and put it where you lost it. The donor hair never react to DHT so it will grow in its new location for your lifetime.
2021-08-13 01:21:512021-08-08 20:45:58Why don’t hair transplants fall out like the hair you lost?
How to Know If Follicles Are Still Alive, but Dormant?
It may be tied to your age and how long you have been bald. The longer you are bald (10-40 years) the less likely anything will grow. Is there any hair present?
2020-01-01 04:00:422019-10-31 12:05:51How to Know If Follicles Are Still Alive, but Dormant?
Why Is My FUE Hair Transplant Result Greasy?
Had a FUE about 3 years ago and was very happy with the results. Now, it seems like I have half the hair after the FUE and my hair gets very greasy – like one day after shampooing, it feels oily.
Could the transplant have transplanted extra sweat glands in addition to the hair which is causing this? Or is it because there is less hair now which causes more grease to be absorbed by the remaining fewer hairs?
Also, is it normal to have hair loss after FUE – I am thinking of going again, but if I have to do this every 3 years, not sure if its worth it. I am a norwood 6 so I’m assuming that whatever hair has shed in the last 3 years since the transplant is the actual hair (not the transplanted hair).
Oily or “greasy” scalp / hair is not necessarily related to a hair transplant surgery. You may want to see a dermatologist or follow up with your hair transplant surgeon for an exam.
Transplanted hairs may come with oil glands but it does not mean you would have “extra” glands. You can try using different shampoos.
Finally, it is not normal to lose transplanted hairs after surgery. As long as you have good donor hair (and not losing donor hair) your transplanted hairs will behave the same.
2015-08-05 09:40:412015-09-13 13:49:38Why Is My FUE Hair Transplant Result Greasy?
Huffington Post article on Hair loss with Video
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/alan-j-bauman/hair-loss-treatment_b_3039650.html
2019-04-05 03:43:482019-04-01 12:45:50Huffington Post article on Hair loss with Video
Why not go bald?
At this point, I want to let it go. There are several reasons for that.
All my male relatives have male pattern baldness. So one way or another, it’s going to happen. Feels like I’m fighting a losing battle.
I feel pretty vain acting upon hair loss. Especially when you see others not caring at all. I want to feel good without being attached to my looks. Looks fade.
The time invested in combating hair loss could be used for more productive stuff, especially knowing since my hair is ought to go anyway.
Many men want hair because they are more attractive to themselves and more confident in themselves. I have performed hair transplants on many celebrities who all tell me that it improved their self-confidence. You would be surprised by this if I revealed their names.
I along with hundreds of thousands of men suffer from PFS
I and hundreds of thousands of young men like me got PFS from a single pill, doctor – from the first pill. How would your self-rationalization deal with that inconveninient truth? Oh, I know how:
Denial.
If that is true, I can’t understand the physiology of it. If there were hundreds of thousands of men suffering from PFS from a single pill, I would have seen it in my practice. A single pill? What is the mechanism for it? I am a clinical scientist and I look to science for answers to questions.
A physician wrote: “I have personally been taking finasteride for 14 years and will be taking it for the rest of my life. I have never had a patient in my practice have long term side effects from finasteride [he has prescribed it to thousands of men]. I have only seen a positive psychological influence on my patients’ lives since they realize they are slowing a progressive aging process. I would bet my retirement that there is a lowering depression/suicide rate for patients on finasteride compared to their peer group not on finasteride with similar Norwood pattern hair loss (if this study could ever be performed since there are so many confounding variables).”
All the doctors in my field are struggling with the PFS problem as you told us here. In my practice I have not seen PFS in my patients except one man who reported impotence within 2 hours of taking the first dose and I told him to stop it. Like the doctor I quoted above, I too have been taking finasteride for years with no ED or libido problems. What is in it for me to prescribe it if it didn’t help my patient?
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2020-11-18 03:43:182020-11-04 09:53:02I along with hundreds of thousands of men suffer from PFS
Will a Hair Transplant Make Psoriasis Worse?
Dear Sir,
I have psoriasis and may be it has caused some hair loss. I would like to know if I conduct hair transplant on the affected area can the hair grow there or the skin become worse?
I too have psoriasis and had a hair transplant twice. The psoriasis did not impact the hair transplant or vice versa. I wrote about this very topic in one of my earliest blog posts way back 5 years ago — Scalp Psoriasis and Transplants.
It’s worth noting that I doubt the psoriasis caused your hair loss unless you picked at your scalp and developed traction alopecia.
2010-07-12 08:57:212010-07-09 08:37:08Will a Hair Transplant Make Psoriasis Worse?