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Obesity Influences Male Sperm

There seems to be an impact when obese men have children. The same may apply to women as well, but the study that is referenced here (December 3, 2015 The Scientist by Karen Zusi) states “Obese men have information that can be transferred to children that could potentially affect their eating behavior. And this information can be changed if obese men lose weight,” said Barrès. “Our study doesn’t show what is transmitted to children, but it is likely that something is transmitted and it will change brain development and behavior.”

The study is a “provocative start to asking some really interesting questions,” said Tracy Bale, a neuroscientist at the University of Pennsylvania who studies stress-related epigenetics in mice. “The big picture here is fascinating. It does support the very important potential role of the environment to influence epigenetic marks in dads’ germ cells.”

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A change in name from Follicular Unit Extraction to Follicular Unit Excision

Dr. Robert Bernstein and I coined the name Follicular Unit Extraction in the first published article in the field of FUE in 2002, but because of problems in the way the term has been seen and used in the marketplace, the International Society for Hair Restoration Surgeons asked us if we would agree to a change in name to Follicular Unit Excision. Dr. Bernstein wrote a good explanation as to why we agreed to that name change. Here is his post on his website: https://www.bernsteinmedical.com/news/new-nomenclature-for-fue/

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One Doses of Propecia & Chest/Breasts Discomfort After 17 Hours

So I started Proscar (1.25mg for AGA) in a hope to prevent/slow down any possible hair loss (25 years old male with NW2, only a receded hairline and I have mid-back length of thin curly hair).

After my very first dose, I (after like 17 hours) felt some discomfort in the breasts/chest/upper abdomen, is this even possible? I gave it a try for 4 days and it’s still persisting (it’s not a full blown pain but rather a discomfort), I stopped the drug out of fear of Gyno, was this a sign of Gyno? This is my 3rd day off-drug and the discomfort is still there, what should I do? I really should take Finasteride and I am planning to restart it at 0.5mg once the discomfort resolves, is this the correct action?

If you believe you are having negative side effects, why would you want to continue the medication? The correct action is speaking to you doctor about this.

Anything is possible but it seems improbable. Gynecomastia from Propecia use takes several week if not months of use.

Finally a Norwood 2 is not generally considered balding and Propecia only treats the vertex (crown) area of the scalp – (not the front corners). We routinely offer actual tests to determine if you have genetic pattern balding routinely on every patient coming in to see us who are like you. We don’t want people on drug that do not need them.

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Chronic Thyroiditis and Hair Loss

Dear Dr William Rassman,

I’m a woman and I’m 30 years old. I’ve been losing my hair for 13 months, 150 hairs per day and a lot of them when I wash my hair. They have informed me that I have the telogen effluvium and a miniaturization of my hair. I have no problem with my health and hormones. Only a problem (Hashimoto thyroid), but the TSH is normal. What can I do for that? Can I expect that with the time, the hair loss will be stopped? Have I a risk to become bald? I have a lot of hairs, and 10 years ago I have had the same problem and the hair loss had been stopped 2 years later.

Thanks for your help.

The connection between Chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto’s disease) and hair loss has been known for some time. Clearly, your thyroid needs to be under good management, then pulling back and looking at the hair loss under the guidance of a good dermatologist would probably be the best way to command what is going on with your hair. I doubt that you will go bald, and you probably will find that control of the hair loss will be like your last episode years earlier. Women almost never go bald, but they can push thinning at times. If it had reversed before, then you might safely assume that it will reverse to some degree again. The focus, as you so rightly concluded, is to stop/contain the hair loss. Like a chicken and an egg scenario, what came first? Chronic thyroiditis may have layered on top of the female balding genetics in your family line.

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One year ago I had a failed hair transplant. Should the doctor do something about this failure?

?The law in most states forbid a surgeon from a guarantee for any surgery. Think about it, if you had cancer and your surgeon guaranteed that he would cure you, that is impossible and illegal. So a hair transplant is the same thing; however, any good doctor should warrant his work regardless of the fault. If there is some failure of any part of the hair transplant process, or any complication that should arise, I am always good to make it right. I want patient satisfaction 100% of the time

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Class Action Law Suit Approved by the Quebec Government

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Oral Antiandrogens for Female Hair Loss

Hi
I was wondering what your opinion is of this study? Thank you!

Treatment of Female Pattern Hair Loss with Oral Antiandrogens

I referenced this article before — Treatments Available for Female Hair Loss

The conclusion of the authors suggest that there is merit in the use of antiandrogens, but the study is not statistically significant. Since my earlier reference 2 and a half years ago, our ability to separate women into two classes (those who are sensitive or not sensitive to antiandrogens) through the use of new genetic tests holds great promise for the future management of women’s hair loss. It is possible that in those women who had the best response to antiandrogens are women who have a high sensitivity to the antiandrogens as determined by genetic test (see HairDX). The study should be repeated with the genetic groups separated.