It would be interesting to read some studies about baldness in identical twins, since they share the same dna, in order to asses to what extent the previous statement is true.
I have had many identical twins come in to see me, some for hair transplants. I have written about them and generally my writings might satisfy your curiosity. You can find them here: https://baldingblog.com/?s=identical+twins
hello
16 months ago i had a hair transplant using the strip method which has left me a scar on the back of my head. if i was to have another transplant with the trichophytic closure procedure, would this problem of the scar not be so visible if i were to cut my hair shorter?i would appreciate some advice just so i can be sorted out. kind regards
A second strip surgery in a person who had a sizable scar after the first surgery can produce an even larger scar the second time, but this is not always the case. There are times that a second surgery can reduce the scar from the first surgery. Considering the size of the scar, it might be excised and then closed with a trichophytic closure; however, the scar may return nevertheless.
One of the new and innovative ways to treat a hair transplant scar is with Scalp MicroPigmentation (SMP). See examples here.
I shaved my hair last week and it all grew back fast. Does that mean that I am not balding or that shaving it made it better?
Shaving will not do anything for your hair loss as it will grow back as it was prior to shaving it. The only exception is for those who have advanced miniaturization whose hairs are stuck in their miniaturized state and do not grow. If that man shaves his head, he may see that the area of advanced miniaturization will not grow back.
2019-11-08 08:34:282019-11-08 08:34:28If I shave my hair, will it grow back normal or stronger?
i was just wondering if i was on propecia for the last three years and my thinning hair has ceased, how do i know if the drug is still at work or my hair has done all the thinning its going to do on its own in my life and i dont need the drug no more. im 54 yrs old.
thanks
Propecia is considered a life-long medication. If you stop taking Propecia you may lose the hairs that it was maintaining.
I just saw a 40 year old man who stopped taking Propecia 8 weeks ago. He reported that his hair started to fall out in handfuls. This is what I call “catch up” hair loss. We have written about this phenomenon numerous times on this site. He asked me if he could reverse it again by starting the drug today and wanted to know if it would work on him now. My answer was to watch the change in his bulk measurement and if he came back in 3 months, this test should show if the hair loss process is reversing or if it just stopped the hair loss. Since everybody is different, talk with your doctor regarding your specific situation and your options.
Propecia reportedly works best regrowing recent hairloss, but what is considered recent? Hair lost the last 6 months? The last year? Longer?
Propecia (finasteride 1mg) works best for men who are actively losing hair. If you are totally bald, it will not regrow hair. Propecia works best if you have many miniaturized hairs, if you are under 30 years old, and if the hair loss has occurred over less than 2 years (this does not necessarily mean that it won’t work with more chronic hair loss, though). I often write about getting a miniaturization study to document a starting point, particularly before you get on a drug to treat your loss.
2007-10-03 12:31:282007-10-03 12:31:35If Propecia Works Best for Recent Hair Loss, What Is Considered “Recent”?
He violated this patient’s rights by using this ad to promote his hair transplant services. This is a misrepresentation by the doctor defining a standard of care that is our standard of care, NOT HIS standard of care. In the State of California, a doctor can (by law) lose his license to practice medicine with such fraudulent representations. I omitted the doctor’s name at the bottom of the ad as I will deal with him through my attorney.
2019-02-09 15:32:332019-02-20 08:25:12Here Is an Illegal Ad Which Uses One of Our Patients by a Doctor Who Could Not Do the Quality of Our Work and Preferred to Infringe on Our Copyright
First of all I would like to thank all the contributors to this site which has been really informative and has helped me to understand baldness better. However, I am still unsure about my own balding. Firstly I am an 18 year old male and I have noticed that my hair has been thinning from the crown since I turned 17 or so. What perplexes me is that my hair line is quite consistent, the thinning is occurring in the crown area only.
So I have two questions. What Norwood pattern would this qualify as since the hair line is still consistent? And is it possible that perhaps this is unnatural balding? My barber suggested that my hair loss might be from excessive dandruff that has been present for quite a while but haven’t been able to quite cure despite my best efforts. I should also note that my father and paternal grand-father are both bald especially my father who at the age of 41 has very little hair left.
If you see a doctor, you can get a definitive diagnosis concerning if you are balding or not. Balding men will have miniaturization of hair and reduced bulk measurements, so the diagnosis is scientific as well as clinical. Crown balding with a strong hairline isn’t “unnatural”, and dandruff does not cause hair loss like your barber suggested.
The good news is that the drug Propecia (finasteride) works well in crown balding in young men, so if the diagnosis is made you will most likely reverse the hair loss process in the crown.
2012-10-25 12:44:172012-10-24 10:13:36I’m 18 and My Crown is Thinning, but My Hairline is Totally Fine
i had 1200 graphs put in one week ago. after reading your blog, i wish i had done them with you. i was planning on another 1500 or so in my next procedure and i will come see you first for sure. so you will be seeing me about 12 weeks from now. unfortunately, today i was getting into my car and hit my head on inside part of my car door. ( again i am one week post op) i hit it relatively hard…when i reached to see if there was bleeding( i hit in the area of my recepient site) it was bleeding. I did not stop bleeding for about 35 minutes. Did i likely dislodge new transplanted graphs as well? The cut is about 2 inches long, not very wide not too deep. After one week am i likely to have dislodged graphs? i did not see any follicles, but you never know? your opinion?
It is difficult to answer your question without examining you in person (you’re in Los Angeles — we’re in Los Angeles). That being said, the hair grafts are generally considered permanent after the first couple of days. It is very, very difficult to dislodge a graft after they get set-up and I have seen people get lacerations of the scalp from accidents at about 1 week and when I examined them, all of the grafts were intact and in place (unless they were inside the laceration itself). If you did not see any grafts, you probably did not do any significant damage. However if you have a cut on your head, you will get an inevitable scar and hair may not grow on the scar.
If you do decide to make an appointment to have your injury looked at, please mention this blog entry to me (or to Dr. Pak, who is a contributing editor to this blog).
The results from the nightly use of minoxidil has been great, but I want to know if it will stay or eventually be lost.
The hair brought on by minoxidil will stay as long as you stay on the drug. When you stop it, then the minoxidil dependent hairs will fall out. Best always to take the exact same view of the photos.
2019-12-31 03:42:552019-12-30 07:46:04I’m 21 and have been using minoxidil for 2 months
