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In the News – Genetic On-Off Switch Found?
Snippet from the article:
Scientists have identified the gene that keeps females female. An international team found that the action of a single gene is all that stops females from developing male physical traits, including testes and facial hair.
When this gene was artificially “switched off†in adult female mice their ovaries began to turn into testes and they started to produce a level of testosterone found in healthy male mice.
Read the full article at TimesOnline UK
Maybe this type of finding will give us insights to those people who express the genes for hair loss in a somewhat random generation ‘skip’ pattern. Regardless, this is very interesting and exciting news!
Balding Blog – 2013 – Hair Loss Information
We’re off today and tomorrow, but we’ll be back on Thursday.
In the News – Insomnia Raises Heart Attack Risk?
Snippet from the non-hair loss article:
People who struggle with insomnia appear to be more prone to heart attacks than those who typically get a good night’s sleep, a large Norwegian study has found.
In the study, published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, researchers conducted a comprehensive health survey of more than 52,000 adults, which included questions about sleep quality. Over the next 11 years, roughly 5% of the participants had a heart attack for the first time.
Compared to solid sleepers, those who had trouble falling or staying asleep nearly every night were 45% and 30% more likely to have a heart attack, respectively, even after the researchers took into account age, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and other factors that can contribute to heart disease. People who reported feeling tired or unrefreshed after waking up at least two mornings per week were also at greater risk.
Read the rest — Insomnia May Boost Heart Attack Risk
You can find the abstract of the study here. While the study concludes that the risk is moderate, it this is an important health issue that many of us just do not take into account.
At 22, Can I Get Any Hairline I Want? (from Reddit)
A male who is 22 should not have a hair transplant or hair line advancement surgery because if you do and you develop balding behind the corrected hairline, you will not look normal. If you undergo hairline advancement surgery, you will see a scar if recession occurs. If you have a hair transplant before your balding pattern become evident, then you will be chasing hair transplants for the next decade. You should wait until your potential balding pattern becomes evident, which is approximately 25 years of age. Build a Master Plan for your hair loss with a good doctor.
To answer your basic question, assuming you are at least 25, if your balding pattern is not going be be advanced, then you can have any hairline you want, even one better than a few years ago.
is it possible to get hair transplant for naturally receded hairline? from tressless
In the News – More About Total Body Formula Causing Hair Loss
Snippet from the article:
Over the years, a Woodstock company’s fruit-flavored vitamin supplement gained a loyal following. Customers swore it made them healthier and their testimonials persuaded friends and family to take it, too.
They never imagined it would be the cause of bizarre and frightening symptoms that stumped their doctors.
At least 197 people in a dozen states — 53 of them in Georgia — were sickened earlier this year after taking the liquid supplement Total Body Formula. Their hair fell out in clumps, their fingernails fell off. They suffered nausea, vomiting and fatigue. Some had disabling joint pain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health officials.
Full article at Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Customers say company’s vitamins made them sick
23 and starting to bald significantly
I’m a 23 year old male experiencing male pattern hairloss around the crown. I’ve noticed it for 8 months and it’s been getting substantially worse recently- more hair loss in the shower, more strands on my pillow every morning, hair follicles on my hand as I run it through my hair. I’ve also been experiencing Dry Scalp recently which I think is related to the balding. I’m meeting my Primary Care Physican soon, I plan to ask him for a 5mg Proscar prescription and get a pill splitter with that. I do not want to use Rogaine, as I’m a medical student and expected to look professional all the time. I’m afraid it might mess with the oils on my skin. As for the shampoo, I’m thinking of ordering shampoo either nizoral or DR regenpure. Which one do you recommend using? Are there any additional tips you can provide? Could the hairloss be associated with medical school stress to any degress? Thank you for your time!
I believe that there is a 99% chance you have genetic hair loss in process and the best treatment is finasteride 1mg/day or as you said split a Proscar into 1/4 or 1/5th. You don’t have to be 100% accurate as long as you end up totallying 5mgs every 5 days. If you can find someone with a HAIRCHECK instrument (https://baldingblog.com/2017/01/10/value-haircheck-bulk-measurements-two-patients-seen-today/), get your hair bulk measured and then you can get a metric on the value of the drug over time. I don’t believe that the shampoo makes any difference, but for a douoble wammy, if you are having crown loss as well, I would consider adding minoxidil once daily to the crown.
2017-12-14 07:09:352017-11-20 07:10:2623 and starting to bald significantly
In the News – Prostate Cancer Vaccine is FDA Approved
Snippet from the article:
A vaccine treatment for prostate cancer has become the first therapy of its kind to win approval for use in U.S. patients.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Provenge, a novel technique for fighting prostate cancer, on Thursday. The treatment involves taking a patient’s own white blood cells and using a drug that trains them to more actively attack cancer cells.
Read the full article — ‘Landmark’ cancer vaccine gets FDA approval
2010-05-04 08:33:372010-05-04 06:45:34In the News – Prostate Cancer Vaccine is FDA Approved
I Had 2550 Grafts 10 Weeks Ago and Now See Gaps in the Pattern of Distribution
At 10 weeks, many of the grafts will have shed. This may give the appearance of gaps that may not be real. Wait until the 8th mont. By then, you will see 80% of the growth and know if the gaps are real or not.
2018-03-16 06:11:442018-06-22 06:01:12I Had 2550 Grafts 10 Weeks Ago and Now See Gaps in the Pattern of Distribution
In the News – Study Finds That Drinking and Smoking Are Associated with Severity of Hair Loss
Snippet from the article:
To evaluate its association with environmental factors, the researchers at Chung-Ang examined 3,114 Koreans with androgenetic alopecia who attended dermatology clinics between March 2011 and February 2012. Then dermatologists evaluated the patients using a questionnaire to ascertain the perceptible duration of hair loss and personal factors including family history, disease and medication history, and drinking and smoking habits. They also medically classified the hair loss based on shape and density of the hair.
The research showed that the men in the “both the drinking and smoking†group tended to have more severe hair loss. In female patients, however, they found no association, probably due to the relatively small number of the women in the smoking and drinking group.
“The mechanisms by which smoking causes hair loss may be multi-factorial. Cigarette smoking may be deleterious to the microvasculature of the dermal hair papilla and to the DNA of the hair follicle itself,†noted the research.
Read the rest — Drinking, smoking aggravating hair loss
You can see the full results as published in Clinical and Experimental Dermatology — An epidemiological study of androgenic alopecia in 3114 Korean patients.
The survey included 1883 males and 1231 female patients in South Korea, and looked at eating, sleeping, alcohol, and smoking habits. It’s an interesting survey, but I’ve noticed that many (if not most) men I see at my clinic do not smoke cigarettes, yet they are balding.
If the study finds that smoking and drinking can worsen hair loss, then maybe this is a good thing. Perhaps it will get some people to stop smoking and drinking in excess, even with the previously established health risks.
2014-01-30 14:00:262014-01-28 13:41:20In the News – Study Finds That Drinking and Smoking Are Associated with Severity of Hair Loss