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I have a question for you.

I’m taking finasteride 1mg now for two years and my hair improved a lot.
Now with exams and very busy schedule I forgot to make an appointment with my docor. I now have one in three weeks. But now i’m afraid i’ll lose my hair again because i’m out of finasteride for three weeks.

Is it possible i can lose a lot of hair in three weeks?

It is possible that you can lose hair after stopping Propecia for three weeks. It generally takes longer for “catch up” hair loss to occur. Catch up hair loss is basically the loss of your native hair that benefited from the use of Propecia.

Snippet from the article:

A new nose has been grown by surgeons on a patient’s forehead, so it can be transplanted to replace his original one.

Xiaolian, 22, didn’t look after his badly damaged nose following a traffic accident in August 2012. The infection corroded the cartilage of his nose, making it impossible for surgeons to fix it. They then decided to grow him a new one at a hospital in Fuzhou in Fujian province, China.

It was grown by placing a skin tissue expander onto Xiaolian’s forehead, cutting it into the shape of a nose and planting cartilage taken from his ribs.

Read the rest — New nose grown by surgeons to replace original one

The article notes that the “forehead skin can be moved to the nose and keep its blood supply“. Check out the photo at the link above.

I get oily skin and increased libido while on zinc 50mg/day. As Zinc increases testosterone so I fear that it may increase the progression rate of my baldness. Considering that I’m also on Finasteride, will the use of zinc negatively affect my hair?

The short answer to your question is that zinc does not necessarily negatively affect hair loss. Some studies show zinc supplements increase testosterone levels.
There are other studies that show zinc supplements do NOT affect testosterone levels.

For a normal healthy individual with genetic male pattern balding (MPB) taking over the counter supplements such as zinc would not negatively or positively affect their hair loss. It is always a good idea to follow up with your doctor if you have concerns.

Hello, I have a curious question regarding the medication finasteride for male pattern baldness. I visit your balding blog website, and noticed how amazing and smart you are when it comes to propecia. I have a question

Im curious when the testosterone increases from finasteride if it can speed up hairloss in the frontal area? So propecia could in theory speed up frontal hairloss while slowing down vertex/crown hairloss? Propecia also permanently increases receptor areas for dht? So in reality propecia could make hairloss worse it is possible?

I do not believe you analysis is correct. DHT blocks the 5 alpha reductase enzyme production which causes the hair loss in genetically prone men.

I am finding that there is a trickle of these types of questions. Propecia (finasteride) is prescribed for slowing down genetic androgenic hair loss. It does not cause more hair loss. I do not know why there is a belief that testosterone causes frontal hair loss. On men who take finasteride, they still produce healthy amounts of testosterone. Sometime, the testosterone levels increase when a person is on the drug finasteride.

It looks like most of the hair did not grow. You should go back and see your doctor and ask him why the procedure largely failed. Almost all failures are technical in nature, and these end results almost certainly reflect a complete technical failure.

It is not unusual for the hairline to mature and lose the frontal 3/4 inch upward. I call this a maturing hairline but it is not always uniform and it can start in the center anytime between the ages of 18-29 years. This can also be a sign of genetic balding but your hairline looks flat and low. You should see a doctor to determine just where this is coming from. The doctor will perform both a HAIRCHECK test of your entire scalp and miniaturization studies of your frontal hairline.

Is having really oily skin or acne a risk factor for Male Pattern Baldness? My dermatologist didn’t see any miniturization. I’m not shedding. I’m 22 years old and there’s no visible recession. I still have a teenage hairline. But I do have really oily skin. My dad is a Norwood Class 7. I figure if I was going to be a class 7 I’d have recession by now. What do you think?

Acne is common in young men, and really, it’s common with any man with oily skin. That being said, there may be an association, but not a cause and effect (balding does not produce acne). Likewise, oily skin and acne will not cause balding. The acne problem is more common in the young patient, when hormones seem more volatile. I am sure you remember the days in high school when the zits seem to pop up at the worst times. In these situations, the appearance of the beard in the young man compounds the problem.

Is there a way to check whether the hair loss is from chemical burns as opposed to a condition like alopecia?

If there is an event where a chemical burn could have happened, then the burn may limit some or all of the hair growth in the area where the burn happened. I generally say if hair has not grown in 8 months since the incident, then the chemical burn is permanent. Hair Transplants or Scalp Micropigmentation give solutions to this problem along with concealers like Toppik.

I had one small spot of alopecia areata on the back of my head 3 years ago at 32 years old, it resolved with a steroid shot. I do have it on my face and it resolves periodically without treatment. Right now I have DPA but almost my hair is intact, just generally thin throughout the NW6 pattern. Can’t tolerate fin.

DUPA, if properly diagnoses, is a contraindication for hair transplants as the hairs are highly miniaturized and may not grow when moved to the balding areas. AA is also a contraindication for hair transplants because a hair transplant can reactivate the disease. Think more about Scalp Micropigmentation (https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/bold-shaved-look/) which is a great solution for both of your problems