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Anemia and Hair Loss

I started researching on the web what I can do to prevent additional hair loss and ways to restore hair loss and found your website.

I was wondering if you could answer a question for me. Here’s a little history – I have had a medical condition which involved being on non-inflammatory steroids (prednisone) for 4 years and have had 3 surgeries. During each surgery I have noticed that my hair had gotten thinner. I also have a problem with being anemic due to the result of my prior medical problem and surgeries. I am supposed to be cured now, however, I have hair loss which is visible on the top of my head (easily to see my scalp). I’m only 34 years old and am very discouraged. Can my hair loss be restored by taking vitamins and/or iron pills? If not, what would I be facing to restore it? Can it even be restored at this point? Help!

You need to be examined to be sure that there is no other medical problem that is producing hair loss at this time. Anemia is just one of the causes of hair loss. Generally, vitamins and / or iron pills will have no effect. I am not sure if you are a man or woman from this question and this would be an important factor for men with hair loss that is genetic and precipitated by a medical condition will usually not get the hair back. You need to make an appointment with a competent doctor, who is familiar with hair loss.

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I Made the Wrong Decision About the Doctor Who Did My Hair Transplant

Hi, I recently got hair transplantation done. The hairline is in the wrong position. My family said this is not me anymore. What can I do?

At this time there is probably nothing you can do. After your hair has grown in, find another doctor. It is critical to find the right doctor who can understand and meet your goals.


2018-08-24 06:47:54I Made the Wrong Decision About the Doctor Who Did My Hair Transplant

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Another Hair Transplant Failure from Turkey (Photo)

This was repaired by Dr. Schambach on the right. She redid the previous hair transplant and moved the hairline forward. In her hands, these grafts will grow. It just shows that there are no bargains that you can depend upon in this field.


2020-06-04 19:41:44Another Hair Transplant Failure from Turkey (Photo)

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Male Sperm Count Drops 58% in 38 Years

Over the past 38 years, the sperm count measured at Mt. Sinai Hospital and elsewhere has dropped 58%. Dr. Swan reported this alarming statistic on the BBC. She believes that this change must be due to environmental factor such as plastics and other chemicals which are now in our bodies. In addition to the number of sperm produced per cc of ejaculate, the quality of the sperm is also down as more and more embryos are developing with congenital problems which are now being identified in the offspring of our children. Dr. Swan believes that these changes are probably permanent and correction might take a few generations to correct.


2021-02-26 18:02:35Male Sperm Count Drops 58% in 38 Years

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Any Bimatoprost Study Phase 2 Results Yet?

Doc

Have you heard anything or have any idea when the phase 2 bimatoprost studies will be out?

Happy new year to you and your staff.

You’re referring to the study comparing bimatoprost and minoxidil for use on the scalp, which completed the phase 2 a few months ago. The results haven’t been posted yet, as far as I can find.

Check it our at the ClinicalTrials.gov site — Safety and Efficacy Study of Bimatoprost in the Treatment of Men With Androgenic Alopecia.

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Aplasia Cutis Congenita – Translucent Hair Follicles.

 

“A photo of a patient with Aplasia Cutis Congenita. No treatments are being explored, but the presentation was unique, and in our own peculiar way, quite beautiful. I’ve never seen this presentation before, with so many hairs visible through translucent skin.” (Dr. Bob Haber)

Aplasia Cutis Congenita

This shows an amazing view of the anatomy of normal skin in the translucent area

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Mapping Your Own Scalp for Miniaturization, Part 1

What’s the Point?

For some years now, I have been advocating the use of video magnification for the purpose of:

  1. Detecting the presence of miniaturization to establish the presence of genetic balding in men.
  2. Examining the extent of the miniaturization as a predictor of just how far the balding pattern might go if left untreated.
  3. Using the estimate of measurements for the degree of miniaturization to establish reversal or progression of the balding process.

The medical community has been less than enthusiastic about accepting this approach for reasons that I never have and still do not understand.

 

Do It Yourself!

People interested in getting this study have been unable to find cooperative doctors willing to make this service available and many doctors just laugh when they have been approached by blog readers asking to get the study done. Many doctors don’t even understand what it means to analyze the presence and degree of miniaturization. I have realized for some time that performing these determinations is not rocket science, so I have made the decision to enable those interested readers to perform their own miniaturization study. It requires an adequate video imaging system (a computerized version of my original U.S. Patent issued in 1994) which I’ve found available over the internet for under $100. For the informed patient who is interested in getting this analysis and can not find a doctor to do it, they can purchase the handheld unit from one of the sources referenced below and perform the testing themselves. The cost of the video imaging system is often less than the cost of the physician’s visit and it will allow the interested person to repeat the study yearly, accumulate a set of photographs of their balding area and compare the results over time. For those on medications like Propecia, it will enable the user to see if he is getting control of his hair loss over the course of 8-12 months.

Take a good look at the defined Norwood balding pattern classifications and you can clearly see that quantifying miniaturization in the areas of balding will give you a tool to determine just how far your balding might progress.

 

What Do I Buy?

The hardware required is a Celestron 44300 handheld digital microscope, and what I particularly like about this (aside from the sub-$100 cost) is that you can plug it into your computer’s USB slot to save the images in JPG format. That will make it easy for you to upload the saved images so that physicians can analyze the results. But I don’t want to get ahead of myself just yet (wait until Monday)! This microscope works for both Windows and Mac computers. I’ll be providing a tutorial video next week on our new sister site, BaldingForum.com, that will show you how to use this microscope and how to map your scalp.

Here are some sites that sell the microscope; I have no preference of which site you purchase from:

 

Click here to read part 2!

 


2008-11-21 10:39:31Mapping Your Own Scalp for Miniaturization, Part 1

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Are Bald Spots in My Beard Related to Minoxidil Use on My Scalp?

I used to be able to grow a full beard. Now there are patches over my face where absoultely no hair grows. Is this related to monoxidil use on my head? Or could this be from something
else?

No, it is likely from something unrelated. Minoxidil on the scalp does not cause you to lose hair elsewhere on your body.

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Masturbation and Hair Loss

Im 20 years old and I am noticing my hair thinning on both the front left and front right sides of my head. Receding hair does exist in my family, however, for a while I had been excessively masturbating. This may have also been a cause, so Ive heard. What do you think? Is it possible for my hair to grow back thicker? And what would be the best thing for me to do?

Thinning hair does come from family genetics and I gather from your question that you have the genetics in your family history, which may point to the most probable cause of your hair loss. Genetic hair loss is caused by the interaction between your genes, your testosterone (and DHT levels), time, and stress. The young man has a great deal of circulating testosterone (which creates DHT, which causes hair loss and thinning on the negative side and hair growth in beard, chest hair, and hair almost everywhere else on the body, except the scalp). Because testosterone levels are high, the sex drive in young men is also very high. Frequent erections (in some teenage boys as many as 20 times per hour in some situations) produce a desire to masturbate (when the opportunity is right) to relieve the sexual drive. High testosterone levels and the desire to masturbate are a perfectly normal response to both your erections and the hormone levels driving them. As a culture, we hide our masturbating with some shame but the process is a normal process.

Your frequency of masturbation will not impact your hair loss; only things like genetics, hormones and hormone blocking agents like Propecia will impact your hair loss/thinning. You should have your scalp evaluated for miniaturization and balding patterns. If you do have genetic hair loss, you should get on the appropriate treatment (like Propecia), for if you do not treat it, the family pattern may prevail. It is said that men who are bald, are more sexually active than hairy men. I do not know if this is correct or not or if that means that bald men try harder. There are better statistics for hair loss than the masturbating habits of young, balding men. I would suggest that you masturbate all you want, just focus upon getting your hair diagnosis and treatment going in the right direction by taking action, rather than ignoring the proper approach to your problem. Keep hair loss and your penis agenda separate and give both, the attention they need. If you are able to come to Los Angeles, visit me and I would be happy to evaluate your hair loss and recommend the appropriate treatment for you.


2006-01-11 09:05:41Masturbation and Hair Loss