You have a Class 3 Vertex pattern of hair loss which means that you are losing frontal hair and crown hair. At your age, I would suspect that if you lose more hair, it will not be very dramatic. You could try the drug finasteride (requires a doctor write a prescription for it) or you can transplant it. Transplants will work well for someone of your age and probably you will be stable so after a hair transplant you will just look like you never lost any hair
Is it OK to Use Hair Dye and Minoxidil?
I started using Minoxidil yesterday. As I started getting grey hair since 25 years of age I have to dye my hair. I would like to know whether it is ok to dye the hair while using minoxidil and if so what precautions I should take ? Do I need to stop minoxidil for a few days after dying or I can continue as normal. Thanks
I would think that you’re fine to use minoxidil topical after you dye your hair. If you are worried, just wait one day. Otherwise you can read the medication’s instruction or call the drug company itself.
5 month finasteride then dutasteride (Photo)
2020-10-14 02:43:342020-09-28 08:49:025 month finasteride then dutasteride (Photo)
Is Long Hair More Susceptible to Falling Out?
So it isnt true that hair is more susceptible to fall out when its longer? I ask you this because i am from a pretty bald family, and i grew my hair out pretty long when i was 17, and three years later my hair has never been the same density wise as it was before i had long hair. I was only wondering if growing ones hair out longer could kick start the genetic balding trait, if youve ever heard of that happening.
thanks!
That is a myth. The length of your hair has nothing to do with genetic balding, unless of course you are pulling on your long hair or getting it caught in things and having it ripped out… but that is another story.
Remember that as you age, if you do have male pattern baldness (genetic hair loss), your hair will thin until your final pattern is achieved. Get yourself checked out for miniaturization if you think that you may have genetic hair loss.
2008-05-09 10:35:592008-05-08 10:45:17Is Long Hair More Susceptible to Falling Out?
5 months on finasteride (photo)
2020-09-16 02:21:362020-08-29 09:26:445 months on finasteride (photo)
Is my donor area depleted?
Yes, there is a reduction of hair in the donor area which is clearly helped by letting your hair grow out longer as you did on the picture on the right. If this still bothers you, you can have Scalp Micropigmentation (click here) will make it look like you never had the donor area harvested
5000+ grafts will probably not all grow
This unfortunate man who went to Turkey, has well more than 5000 grafts. I am sure his donor supply was significantly depleted and the grafts, at least many of them, may not grow. The people who perform such surgeries are challenged to product a very high number of grafts thinking that this is good surgery, even better surgery. In fact, this is POOR surgery because the grafts will not get enough blood supply to thrive and grow. There is also a good possibility that they patient may develop necrosis because the blood supply to the recipient area was cut off from the many wounds created for the recipient sites. As long as there are believers that this is a bargain that they can’t turn down, then these terrible surgeries will continue leaving victims flying home from Turkey now knowing what will happen to them and many with problems like necrosis which will require more expensive medical care.
Is One Hair Type Better Than Another?
Why does hair vary so much with people? Does coarse hair or kinky hair have an advantage over fine hair?
I remember a television piece done by CBS News’ 60 Minutes where they tracked what was claimed to be one of the original 12 tribes of Israel deep into the African continent through genetic testing on the Y Chromosome. In the few thousand years since the migration, the physical characteristics of the African became evident in these people with bigger lips, a wider nose, and kinky hair. I think that thermal regulation has a lot to do with the kinky hair, which allowed better cooling as a person chased an animal in the savannas of Africa during the hunt. Wide nasal passages allowed better air movement for breathing as well. The scalp is a major releaser of heat by preventing overheating in the summer, especially when heat generation adds to climatic conditions. On the other side, we know that when the French invaded Russia in Napoleon times, the winter killed more Frenchman than the battles. We also know that the bald men died during the retreat at a much higher rate than those with a full head of hair. Conservation of our body heat in the cold is another function of hair. In your question, you suggest that there is a better hair type; but better for what? Those with thin hair that sticks to a sweaty scalp may insulate better than a person with kinky hair, but not with coarse hair that lies flat. Also, there are no kinky-haired people outside of the original African population, indicating that kinky hair had an evolutionary advantage, so it evolved as the people adapted better to their geography and climate. If everyone originated out of the middle east, then we should look to our cousins there to see where we may have started from. This could be interesting topics of conversation for those of us who believe that one type of hair/person is better than another. When we put esthetics into the formulae for your question, then culture and vanity act as modifiers that go well beyond the influences of climate. Thanks for the insightful question. I always enjoy the wide variety of questions posed in this blog.
6 month on finasteride and no change yet
You have to give it between 12-18 months to see if it will reverse. Add topical minoxidil along with microneedling and you have a better chance of reversal
2021-06-18 01:07:402021-01-14 12:08:356 month on finasteride and no change yet
Is shampooing even necessary?
Probably not! Primitive man rarely washed their hair and many were very hairy!
2020-10-09 03:31:222020-09-26 06:34:39Is shampooing even necessary?