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Any Hair Growth Miracle Stories?

Doctor — I know you don’t want to raise anybody’s hopes. But here’s a question you’ve haven’t addressed before (amazingly) — I think.

Are there any miracle stories you’ve seen? Where someone came in with a lot of miniaturization, at a young age, and somehow didn’t get much worse even without treatment?

Or someone looked in terrible shape, nearly balding, and regrew much of his hair and it was hard to see he was balding?

Virgin Mary grilled cheese miracleI honestly don’t recall anything that would really qualify as a “miracle story” using your criteria of having major hair loss, yet the hair spontaneously regrows without treatment. If someone came in with a lot of miniaturization showing at a young age (late teens to 20s), I’d probably prescribe them Propecia… so there’d be a treatment in there to prevent the progression. But if hair did spontaneously regrow (here’s your hope), chances are the patient wouldn’t come back to me for a follow-up, as he’d have no need for a doctor to look at his loss anymore.

I’ve seen plenty of miracle stories from medication though, and plenty of amazing results from hair transplantation. I guess a miracle could be labeled on a case where an extremely bald man with fine hair was able to achieve amazing results from hair transplantation and a camouflaging agent. Or like the story I mentioned a month ago, where a 79 year old friend of mine was treated with Proscar for his prostate enlargement and he regrew hair as an unexpected bonus. Or when someone with a form of alopecia areata (totalis or universalis) has even the most minor hair regrowth, that can be considered a miracle. Different people will have their own way to define a “miracle”… such as a grilled cheese with a funky toast pattern.

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Man with severe burns (photo)

These photos show a very extensive burn to the scalp. With the proper skills, reconstruction of this man’s scalp can happen using a combination of Balloon Expanders placed under the good part of the scalp and hair transplants after the maximum amount of expansion is obtained. The patient can use an extensive wig as an alternative if he can’t afford the multiple surgeries or such surgeries are not available in his country. I have seen many people like this transformed with the type of surgery i described above and participated in a few of them.


2020-09-12 06:52:23Man with severe burns (photo)

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Application of minoxidil, finasteride and the use of Dermaroller (called “The Big 3”) from Reddit

This is a combination of treatments commonly used by many young men on the Reddit post. There is evidence that minoxidil plus the Dermaroller works by itself to some degree but adding finaseride makes is a more certain response as shown here after 5 months of use.


2019-02-12 06:40:17Application of minoxidil, finasteride and the use of Dermaroller (called “The Big 3”) from Reddit

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Mapping Your Own Scalp for Miniaturization — The Video!

As promised, I’ve uploaded a tutorial video for the miniaturization mapping. You can find the thread with the video at BaldingForum. I encourage you to sign up at the forum to post any questions you might have about the video or the process, as well as posting your miniaturization results if you’d like me to analyze them.

See the video at BaldingForum.com!

 

If you missed the first 2 parts, be sure to read up!

  1. Mapping Your Own Scalp for Miniaturization, Part 1
  2. Mapping Your Own Scalp for Miniaturization, Part 2


2008-11-21 10:32:03Mapping Your Own Scalp for Miniaturization — The Video!

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Are blood DHT levels important before taking finasteride

Hey, so I’m planning to get a DHT test to check out the levels before starting finasteride. I’m wondering whether it is the amount of DHT or the sensitivity that matters when it comes to balding or other effects? Basically is it a waste of money to measure DHT levels if they don’t correlate with anything?

I personally think that it is not worth doing. What you want to know is: will the drug work for me? Changing drug blood levels doesn’t tell you that information

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Masturbation and Hair Transplants

i had a fue some week ago, and i masturbated already the day of my fue (4-5 hours after hairtransplant).No sex and no strange masturbation, only normal masturbation , many times. The same the day 2-3-4….Now, i read there isn’t a univocal opinion about masturbation after hairtranplant for the blood pressure. But can really a simple masturbation raises blood pressure enough to be dangerous for the grafts? isn’t unrealistic?why do some doctors say that? I still haven’t understood your opinion on this topic, because i read that sometimes you told that masturbation is safe also immediately after HT, sometimes i read you told it is safe after 1-2 days after ht and ,then, i didn’t understand what you mean when you tell ” masturbation is safe within a day of having fue”.Within a day means “after 24 hours” or ” immediately after hairtransplant”? So i ask : normal masturbation few hours later hairtransplant is safe or not? I didn’t bleed from my head.Thak you and i’m sorry to bother you.

Masturbation or sex after a hair transplant is fine. We all have our needs and they must be met. You will not damage the grafts.

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Are Plucked Hairs Treated with ACell Expected to Grow After 3 Months?

Hi Dr Rassman, I wondered how your trials using ACell and autocloning are? How many patients have you enrolled? How large are the session sizes? Are you transplanting 100-200 hairs or more? Also do these plucked hairs treated with ACell behave as normal transplanted hairs i.e. they shed and begin growing after 3 months? Thanks.

ANSWER:
The ACell study that we conducted at NHI some years ago consisted of about 30 volunteers. These patients received approximately 100 plucked hairs. Since the study started we never saw any growth so we stopped doing this experimental treatment.

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Maximum Number of Transplanted Hairs

HI DOC, what is the average number grafts a person has to transplant from the donor area???

This is a difficult question, because it depends upon donor denity and donor laxity (assuming the strip method of harvesting). On average, I would suspect that the total number of transplantable hairs is between 15,000 – 20,000 assuming an average density and average laxity. Those with high density and laxity may push these numbers to double (30,000-45,000 hairs). I gave this answer in hairs not grafts, so based upon an average of two hairs per follicular unit, that number may be half in grafts.

If the FUE technique is perfected, then this number might change, but without more clinical experience, I could not answer this part of the question as the technique changes.

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Arm Hair Grew in Very Thick After Removing Cast

Hey Doc,

I broke my arm 2 years ago and had a cast for 4 months. After removing the cast, I noticed that the hair on my arms were REALLY thick and sprouted all over the place. It was kind of scary, but after about 2 months all the hair returned to normal.

Can you explain what caused this? I have always been curious.

Many people that are required to wear a cast see what you’ve reported. This occurs because the arm hair which sheds frequently as the short hair cycle pushes out old hair (a half to one inch in length) is protected in the cast so that it does not fall out day be day. Most people with normal bathing and showers will get these old hairs to fall out by a simple scrub.


2006-12-05 11:40:57Arm Hair Grew in Very Thick After Removing Cast

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Melancor

Hey Dr. Rassman;
Concerning the subject of graying hair…I have look at about everything the internet has to offer on what causes it, and how to stop it, even reverse it. I would like to hear your take on the subject if I may. Do you know anything about Melancor or is it another “snake oil”? And what’s up with gray chest hair?….mine is 3 times as long, seems twice as thick and curlier than my dark brown chest hair. Why is that so? What is taking place here?
Always thankful for you time!

I know very little about Melancor, but based upon your question, I did research it. The claims appear to me as marketing hype without documented scientific evidence to back up claims of safety or effectiveness that satisfy my scientific mind. That concerns me. The substance is in a pill form and that concerns me even more. I would doubt that this passes FDA or FCC standards and without safety studies, I would not want to risk my health taking an unproven medication.

With regard to your long chest hairs, I can only tell you that this is exactly what I see on my hairy chest. At least there are two observant people watching their chest hair grow far too long for their particular likes.