Can you have sex after a hair transplant? Just wondering!
I tell my patients that they can have sex after a hair transplant and use sound judgement. You can also exercise after a hair transplant, but must also use sound judgement. In general, we ask patients to take it easy for the first two weeks…. but some patients who have very active lifestyles will do light exercises even after 2-3 days and be fine.
Hello Doctor,
My boyfriend is rather paranoid about his hairloss, personally, I don’t see a problem… but I pointed him out to your website as I feel it’s a great source of information! My boyfriend has agreed to post some pictures so you can help determine his Norwood class, and he would also like to know if propecia and/or rogaine would be suitable to help him with his receding hairline! Thanks for your help! We look forward to hearing from you!
This is a Norwood class 3 pattern. I can not recommend how to treat him without seeing him. Generally neither Rogaine nor Propecia will reverse this pattern, but Propecia may prevent its progression to another more advanced pattern. Your boyfriend needs a good doctor.
I’ve posted the photos below. Click to enlarge.
Hi Dr. Rassman and Dr. Pak,
I am 29 years old male, taking Propecia for about 4 months now, and have 10% miniaturization, hair loss is not really noticeable. Also I am using a shampoo called Nioxin. But I see that a lot of hairs fall out when I am taking showers, combing my hair and just generally during the day. The hairs that fall out are healthy, thick hairs, but there are a lot of them, 200, maybe more! My questions are:
- Why is this happening? And is there any way to stop shredding so much hair?
- Another question I have is that, in recent years, my hair density seems to be thinner at the top of my head compared to the sides and back, even though the hair strands themselves are of same thickness. Is there a method to increase the density besides just taking Propecia?
Thanks very much!
You need to see your hair stylist for compounds that thicken the hair. Many of these compounds add water to thicken the hair as it is hydrophilic (water loving) and substances that cling to the hair follicle will increase the value of what you have. Usually, miniaturization of less than 10% is not really the classic miniaturization that we see in balding conditions. These miniaturized hairs may actually be the normal vellus hairs that are part of the follicular units in everyone. You should not be losing 200 hairs per day. If that keeps up you need to be evaluated by a hair expert as there may be a reason for that degree of hair loss. You say that the hairs that you are losing are healthy, thick hairs — well, healthy, thick hairs that fall out will not fall out in that quantity. There is a hair pull test which can be performed by an expert that will define if you are really losing hair at the rate you think.
2006-11-03 10:33:462006-11-02 16:18:07Healthy, Thick Hairs Are Falling Out
If you came to me as your surgeon, I would turn you down because your hairline is excellent as is. The surgery will not match it and changing the shape is not a good idea. Your temple peaks are perfect, but in your design you are making them straight up and curving the frontal hairline in a more feminine shape
my mother takes rogaine. i have found a herbal shampoo system that is supposed to enhance hair growth.
the ingredients are: cetearyl alcohol, dimethicone PEG-8, meadowfoamate, cocamidopropyl, pg-dimethiconol, lecithin, borago officinalis seed oil, caprylic/capric triglyceride, retinyl palmitate, tocopheryl acetate, ascorbyl palmitate, phosphatidyl choline, panthenol, glycerin, phopholipids, niacin, sodium riboflavin phosphate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hcl, carbomer, papain, hydrolyzed algae extract, biotin, salvia officinalis(sage) leaf extract, ezuisetum hiemale extract, juniperus communis fruit extract, hypercium perforatum extract, arctium lappa root extract, symphytum officinale extract, m humulus lupulus(hops) extract, uirtica dioica(nettle) extract, thymus vulgaris extract, serenoa serrulata fruit extract, yucca schidigera extract, glycyrrhiz glabra extract, rosmarinus officinalis leag extract hydrolytzed wheat protein, benzyl nicotinate, guar hydroxypropytrimonium chloride, citric acid, hydroxyethylcellulose, safflower, sessssssssame seed oil, stearamidopropyl dimethylamine, quaternium-80, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, butylene glycol, menthol, mentha piperita.
can she use this with the rogaine?
Yes, I don’t see why not.
2007-10-01 08:33:442007-10-01 08:33:57Herbal Shampoo and Rogaine for Women
Hi,
I read in March of this year on this blog you were soon to be trialling a new SMP pigment that was possibly reversible in one laser treatment. Are there are further developments with this?Thank you
The initial laser-reversible pigment we obtained was tested on a very limited basis and in small cases. Unfortunately, we were unable to obtain more than the test supplies and have been unable to find a substitute… so it’s not something we pursued much further.
We currently only use permanent pigment in SMP sessions.
Hi,
I have seen your website and I have a question to ask. I just want someone’s opinion on some thing. I’m 26 years old (female) and I have hair fall and I have been to few doctors and I have blood test done for so many reasons and they all show normal. I still experience hair fall and I’m still trying to figure out what to do. I was told that my hormones are very high I want to know is it anything related in having high metabolism? Is their any way to be tested or checked for high metabolism? Please let me know about this soon.Thank You
A high metabolism should not cause hair loss.
You are stabbing in the dark to find answers, and unfortunately I won’t be able to help here either. I don’t know what tests you had done, their results, family history, etc. Go back to the doctors you consulted with and get answers from them.
2010-03-09 08:36:192010-03-05 10:31:54High Metabolism and Female Hair Loss?
If you take proscar 5mg tabs & cut it into 4’s, will it work the same as propecia ? That’s what i’ve been doing. It’s cheaper. Also, if you take this & don’t need it, could it make you lose your hair ??
Proscar is the same medication as Propecia — finasteride. They just come in different dosages.
Never take a drug that you do not need. Get your hair mapped out for miniaturization to find out if you need it and if you have genetic balding that needs to be treated. Taking Propecia when you do not need it may have some long term problem that was heretofore not discovered yet. Why take any risks?
2006-12-11 10:33:512006-12-08 10:18:57What If I Take Propecia, But Don’t Need It Yet?
I just came across the diagnosis of trichostasis spinulosa, which I have seen in my practice on occasion and have failed to come up with a diagnosis.
eMedicine states, “In trichostasis spinulosa (TS), clusters of vellus hairs become embedded within hair follicles, with resultant elevated, dark, spiny papules on the face or trunk. Trichostasis spinulosa frequently is discovered as an incidental finding, and often it is confused with keratosis pilaris or acne comedones.”
This condition is more common in men, but does not cause risk for the people having it, just some cosmetic deformities of varying degrees. To see the various forms that it takes, see Google Image Search. Maybe you have seen these on your own body and wondered about it.
2009-11-17 14:32:352009-11-17 11:32:59Hives, Papules, Pimples — What Could They Be?
Dr. Thomas Dawson wrote a good description of Dandruff in the Hair Transplant Forum May/June 2017 issue as follows:
2020-08-10 03:37:122020-08-08 09:40:16What is Dandruff
