Wonderful blog you have up here, Dr. Rassman. I just wanted to know how scalp laxity affects a person who is willing to get a hair transplant. If i have a very loose scalp, how will it benefit me when i am getting a hair transplant procedure done?
Increased scalp laxity will allow the surgeon to harvest more hair in one surgery. It is like pinching a part of your skin. The more you can pinch your scalp (skin), the more hair comes with it.
Are people with DUPA candidates for a body hair transplant?
Body hair transplants (BHT) are not considered a standard method of hair transplantation and may not give you a normal amount of bulk. I realize some doctors perform BHT with success (depending on how you define it), but the visual appearance of the hair that grows is clearly not normal. Body hair simply does not grow like scalp hair and is not the same texture.
In my opinion, even if you are desperate for hair, I would be cautious with this approach and demand to see patients who have had it done before you agree to such a radical approach to your DUPA problem. Any surgery can make the situation worse, and that risk is real.
2010-12-17 12:50:182010-12-14 12:22:03DUPA and Body Hair Transplants?
Hypothetical question: would it be safe for someone who had SMP done to undergo an MRI test? I thought most tattoo inks contain metal and thus, anyone with a tattoo could not get an MRI test. Just wondering if this also applies to SMP?
SMP is a form of tattoo. Tattoo pigment or SMP pigments may contain iron oxide. Iron oxide can theoretically interfere with MRI tests.
I’m 20 years old and I’ve noticed the corners of my hair falling a bit, nothing serious but I plan to keep it that way. As soon as I noticed some unusual hair fall I did immense research and came upon these drugs and decided to pull the trigger.
Anyways, I’ve used Finasteride for about a month and got heavy sides upon the first week. I’ve been diagnosed with Major Depression my entire life and don’t take antidepressants but, damn. I had so many suicidal thoughts the first week. I had little to no boners, trouble sleeping and loss of appetite, I even had really bad nightmares. So, a month passes and I push through (probably a bad thing) but I run out of Finasteride because I bought one box of Propecia (thankfully). So, I go back to the pharmacy hoping to get more and they say they ran out. I don’t take any DHT blockers for another month or so, little to no hairloss. I go back and ask a for Propecia and they still don’t have it. I eye a box of AvoDart which is Dutasteride (0.5 mg) and buy it immediately. So far, I’m 15 days in with little to no sides, no improvements but I’m only half a month in. My main concern; is my body immune to Dutasteride? With Finasteride, I got a reaction albeit a negative one from my body but that somewhat confirmed that the drug is working. With Dut I’m half a month in with no sides and I don’t know if I should be concerned or not.
You should get a HAIRCHECK test ( https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/ ) and then once you establish metrics on your hair, if you are balding and it is proved by such measurements, then finasteride is the drug to use not the non-approved Dutaasteride.
2021-01-17 02:34:432020-07-21 13:36:05Dutasteride or Finasteride, what should I do?
This man had a forehead lift and was left with a scar that runs ear-to-ear.
His scar can be concealed with Scalp MicroPigmentation. A hair transplant would work well to address the frontal recession of his hairline.
Eating chocolate may stave off cardiovascular disease
APAJun 18, 2015648 viewsBritish study finds that regular consumption of chocolate could reduce risk of heart disease and stroke….
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen analysed data of 21,000 participants in the EPIC Norfolk study as well as literature covering chocolate and heart disease. Average chocolate consumption came to seven grams per day, consumption ranging from no chocolate at all (around 20 per cent) to 100 grams per day. 14 per cent of the participants experienced heart disease or stroke during the 12 years the study ran…. Those with the highest daily consumption still showed a 23 per cent reduced risk of stroke. These results held true not only for dark chocolate but also for milk chocolate.
That will be good news for many of our readers who are lovers of chocolate.
Hello Again Mr.& Dr.Rassman
We’re all in here thanking you for your salvation blog as am now going thru it on a daily basis.
I’ve this Revolutionary News for you which might be the long awaited Deliverence to many of us who have had Traditional Strip HT & left with a linear thin scar(hopefully) in the back making us feel so confined. Have you ever heard of a new innovative drug being developed by ”Renovo plc.” so called ”Juvista”, as mentioned it’s now in the PhaseII clinical trial & might see the light in the few coming years. It’s basically used during the surgery by being injected to the wound edges while suturing(i think) which will later lead to an almost scareless healing (GOD I HOPE THIS GONNA HAPPEN), please comment.
Juvista consists of recombinant TGFβ3. TGFβ3 is present at high levels in developing embryonic skin and in embryonic wounds that heal with no scar, but by contrast, is present at low levels in adult wounds that scar. Since the FDA has not approved of this drug yet and it still is in clinical trials, I will not comment much until further studies have been published. To get this drug to be approved by the FDA may take many years. In the mean time, please take a look at Techniques to Minimize Donor Area Scarring, which shows the modern techniques employed today (deep fascia closure and trichophytic incisions).
You can read more about Juvista here.
2006-04-17 15:38:372006-04-17 15:02:25Scarless Healing from New Drug Called Juvista?
Can I use hair removal if I decide my transplants just aren’t looking right? I am just trying to figure out what my options are to undo the surgery.
I met with a patient a couple years ago who had frontal hair transplants at a clinic with results that did not meet his expectations. He responded by going through electrolysis and removing the grafts. He came to my office to figure out what to do with the linear scar.
The results of the tedious electrolysis was very good, but in our experience, electrolysis is very dependent upon the skill of the person doing it. The means the results from this process can vary considerably. The use of hair removal lasers also can be a problem particularly if the grafts are large since they leave an abnormal “foot print” in the skin once the hair is gone.
age 27 Male
Hi, i have dandruff and when i go for my jogs my scalp really starts to itch, it gets intense sometimes… so i scratch all around my head really hard and fast which usually relieves the annoying hot itchy sensation. my question is, by scratching hard and vigorously on the irritated sections of the scalp could this cause any sorts of hair loss? right now its the only remedy that works and it feel good too.
Scratching at the same point can produce a form of hair loss called traction alopecia. See a good dermatologist and find out why you are itching soooooo much.
2007-06-20 08:34:482007-06-20 08:34:49Scratching My Dandruff
I have gone back on finasteride. My first go was 1.25 ED and after three weeks I got erectile dysfunction and numb penis. This time, I switched to 0.25mg EOD and again got side effects after 22 days but they disappeared about 13 days later. Now, i am about 7 weeks in and I have gotten erectile dysfunction again and it has persisted for 3 days. Is it normal to get sides and have them go away, then come back again? Do you think I should keep taking finasteride and see if the side effects go away? I know once I stop the side effects go away. I really want stay in finasteride but im afraid to have an erection that is only 70% full.
Sounds like you are not a candidate for this drug. Taking it long term increases the risk of it becoming a permanent side effect
2019-12-18 04:00:592019-10-26 13:11:16Erectile Dysfunction Comes and Goes, And It Came Back Again.
