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The man above researched our practice and found Scalp Micropigmentation. He wanted to know if this would work for him since scars from accidents and brain surgery are very difficult to treat. He seems to have an elevated scar in the middle of other scars, which could be flattened with steroid injections prior to having Scalp Micropigmentation.

Alternative solutions would include a series of balloon expanders, but this would be expensive and take considerable time.

People who regularly eat nuts have a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) when compared to people who rarely or never eat nuts, according to a study published Nov. 13 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. This study was done after up to 32 years of follow-up and the researchers assessed the associations of total nut intake and the consumption of individual nuts with CVD, CHD and stroke risk. CVD and CHD included a combination of MI and stroke, but CVD also included all forms of cardiovascular-related death. People who ate one 28-gram serving of nuts at least five times a week cut the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) by 14 percent and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) by 20 percent when compared to people who rarely or never consumed nuts.

I was just told (from another doctor) that one of his patients who had two hair transplants surgeries totaling 5500 grafts, got a third hair transplant and then lost all of the previous hair transplants. The third hair transplant did not grow. A biopsy was done and the diagnosis of Scarring Alopecia was made which clearly caused the loss of the hair. This is an autoimmune process. Of course, the patient was concerned that the scarring alopecia risk was risk he was told about and the patient was angry. This is the very first time I heard about the appearance of a Scarring Alopecia after a hair transplant. I am not certain that there is a one-to-one- correlation between the last hair transplant and the appearance of the scarring alopecia, although the incidence is highly suggestive of it.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2169927-seafood-lovers-have-more-sex-and-take-less-time-to-get-pregnant/

This seems like a sound study. Don’t rush to fill yourself with seafood, just yet!

Erectile dysfunction might well be the “canary in a coal mine” of men’s health, indicating that men need to “metaphorically evacuate” before they develop life-threatening disorders, said Arie Parnham, MD, from the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, United Kingdom.

More than half of all men 40 to 70 years of age have experienced erectile dysfunction — defined in EAU guidelines as “an inability to attain or maintain an erection sufficient for sexual performance” — according to the Massachusetts Male Aging Study.

Many of these men have multiple comorbidities, the most prevalent of which is coronary artery disease, Parnham explained during his presentation at the European Association of Urology 2020 Congress.

The link between erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease was first made by Italian researchers in a 2003 study of 300 men with acute chest pain and angiographically documented coronary artery disease. The prevalence of erectile dysfunction in the study cohort was 49%, and in 70% of those men, the onset occurred in the 40 months preceding their diagnosis of coronary artery disease.

Then, a 44% increase in the risk for cardiovascular events, a 62% increase in the risk for myocardial infraction, and a 25% increase in the risk for all-cause mortality were seen in a 2013 systemic review of 14 studies — a pool of 92,757 men with erectile dysfunction — with a mean follow-up of 6.1 years.

“Younger people were at higher risk” the systemic review showed, said Parnham, which “highlights the importance of screening in this group.”

Source: Medscape, Erectile Dysfunctin: A Urologic ‘Canary in a Coal Mine’ by Ingrid Hein, July 21, 2020

I am not impressed with the dermaroller. If you have hair loss, treat it properly with minoxidil and/or finasteride for a male and you know you are giving it your best shot

You may be brushing or combing to roughly. Use a wide tooth comb or brush and see if that changes things.

 

The article reported “total lack of scalp hair – along with eczema, experienced significant hair regrowth while being treated with dupilumab, a drug marketed under the brand name Dupixent”.

Here is the article: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/mgh-edr100718.php

I want to start going to the gym but I heard that doing exercice can accelerate my hair loss and therefore making the finasteride useless.. Is that true or can I start going to the gym?

Exercise all you want while on finasteride. No problem