You spoke about the cardiac problems that could be associated with oral minoxidil in the podcast. Does Topical Minoxidil (5% or 10%) have any adverse cardiac effects associated with short or long term use?
Yes, the higher the dose or topical, the more the absorption and the greater the risk of cardiac side effects. More is not always better.
2020-05-25 04:00:212020-05-24 19:38:03Does Topical Minoxidil (5% or 10%) Have Any Adverse Cardiac Effects?
What is RK19 and the obvious question: does it really work?
Again and again, more products reach the market that do not reflect legal claims allowed by the FDA. In my opinion, the pictures on this site are not believable, which makes the site and the claims not believable to me. The pictures appear to have some scalp coloring in the after pictures, which to me appear as if there was an effort to deceive the observer. I may be wrong, but as a clinician, I hold to stringent standards. Everyone wants a magical cure to balding and this certainly does not look like it.
Your donor area was either over-harvested if you had an FUE or developed a scar from a strip surgery which, when it occurs, usually occurs in that location. You did not state if you had FUE grafts and if so, how many or if you had strip surgery. If it was FUE, the number of grafts for that area was too high. If it was a strip surgery, most likely the wound was closed too tight which will cause this type of hair loss.
We obviously see complications from both (a) too many FUE grafts for a given area of the scalp and (b) strip wounds that are too tightly closed. Most doctors and patients think that the donor area can stand almost any stress but in this post I suggested that stress (FUE or strip surgery) can cause hair loss by impacting the donor area blood supply. You should wait this out and in about six months after the procedure, the hair may return. Scalp MicroPigmentation is a good option for this problem if it needs to be treated.
See link below.
https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/scar-covering/
Hi Doc
Just want to share a success story. I had my hair mapped for miniturisation, it was apparent that i was thinning in the temple region and starting in the crown area. I have been using 5% minoxidil ever since for about a year now and I have experience exceptional regrowth in the temple region(although the regrown hair is shorter than the rest of my hair-2cm long, the rest of my hair is 5cm long in the front). I heard that minoxidil does not grow hair there!
The regrown hair has covered the receding hairline making my hairline appear more full, I now have a mature hairline, could even be a lower than a mature hairline. I have just started propecia 40 days ago to maintain what I got on my head, at the moment i’m very happy!! By the way i’m 20 years old..
Your results are terrific by your own description; however, at your age the pull of the balding process will be great, so the minoxidil and the Propecia you just started on may not hold the hair there forever (particularly lower than a mature hairline).
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I get hundreds of emails a week asking me about my opinion on new hair loss treatment or my thoughts on side effects of Propecia. While the Internet is a great source for information, it is not always accurate. My point has always been there is no substitute for seeing a doctor (in person) when it comes to your personal medical issues which include side effect from Propecia or your hair loss issues. Finally the old adage, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
(female) I have hyperthyroidism my hair was falling out something terrible. I’ve been on medication for almost a year. It has improved alot, would it be safe to color my hair?
A thyroid condition is one of the more common causes of hair loss in women. You may color your hair, provided that you use safe dyes.
The following post is by UK-based physician Dr. Bessam Farjo:
 Written by:  Dr Bessam Farjo United Kingdom |
I’m often asked about the ICX-TRC Cell Therapy Human Clinical Trial and whether or not it was successful. For those of you who don’t know, the trial was (in very simple terms) the development of a therapy whereby cells are sourced from an individual, multiplied, and then returned to that same individual. Take a look at the Farjo website for a more detailed account.
For anyone who has experienced any form of hair loss, the idea that your own existing hair follicles can be multiplied and re-implanted is a huge breakthrough.
Initial results were very encouraging, with an excellent percentage success rate seen within the test areas of the trial subjects.
Unfortunately, whilst the ICX-TRC trial results appeared positive, another unrelated Intercytex project was having less success. As a result of this and Intercytex being listed on the stock market (to make a long story short) the project’s funding was cut, putting an end to the activity – for the time being. The global credit crunch exacerbated matters further.
In 2010, the different divisions of the company were broken down and sold off to different interested parties. The ICX-TRC trial was acquired by Aderans Research (ARI) in the USA, who are continuing to do trials on this subject.
Cell therapy is still an exciting and promising area for the future; however it has proved to be a complicated study that still holds lots of unanswered questions. We’re still very much committed to the concept as well as other exciting areas, and hope to have the opportunity to discover the answers to some of these questions soon – watch this space!
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Learn more about the author of this article, Dr. Bessam Farjo, on his BaldingBlog profile or at his website.
I underwent a mega session of 2884 grafts and was worried on the 20th day as my scabs didnt fall off. So I contacted my doctor who told me to do a gentle massage. I did it but during this massage what I noticed was that there were some scabs that had hair attached to it. Does it mean I have pulled the graft even after 20 days!?
I would like to clear that i massaged with my fingers ( not nails ) in a slow circular motion.
Waiting anxiously for a quick response.
I’m confused. You called your doctor who performed your surgery to ask about scabs, but you’re asking me if the grafts were pulled out? The problem is that you should not have waited until 3 weeks after surgery to do a proper washing of your recipient sites!
Some of the hairs should be falling out on their own with or without scabs, but the roots of the grafts will still be in place, as seen in the article we published in 2006 — Graft Anchoring in Hair Transplantation [PDF file].
Hey doc,I know it’s not a hair loss question or comment,but well,just to put things on a lighter note..
has anyone ever mentioned to you about your resemblance to george clooney? I’m serious,maybe it’s the hairstyle, i’m not really sure. but yeah,there is a resemblance.of course, maybe the people who’ve actually seen you might not agree,but in your pictures,you really do.
the amazing part is: george clooney’s hair has been a topic of discussion at times. secondly, george clooney started his career as a doctor in the show E.R. Just lighter moments,doc. Lighter moments.
Ha, thanks! I am sure that George Clooney would be flattered!
This is a follow-up to our post from earlier this month: Scalp Lacerations Required Staples — Will Hair Regrow There?
Thank you for responding so concisely to my query regarding hair regrowth surrounding a scalp laceration closed with staples.
The orientation of the wounds seems to be almost perfectly aligned with the Langer lines (the wounds are located upon the occipital protuberance and are titled stightly from being perfectly horizontal). From your commentary, I find this encouraging.
Also, to remove the guess work of assumption, the wounds were stapled about 1 hour after initial injury, the wounds were created by the fist of a criminal assailant, and no infection has henceforth appeared. I even went so far as to have the staples removed by a plastic surgeon so as to avoid further damage caused by clumsiness.
I gather, from your comment, excision is contra-recommended. How many follicular hair units am I looking at to fill the described area via hair transplant if there is not satisfactory hair regrowth?
The size of the wound and the character of your hair will dictate the number of grafts. If the infrastructure of the skin is intact, one session should be adequate, but if there is no infrastructure (can feel the skull) then sometimes two smaller sessions are needed.
There is no substitute for a direct examination, which then relies on the judgment of the surgeon and his/her experience.
