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I seemed to have damaged a small area of my mustache, and I’ve waited 6 months and the hair hasn’t grown back.

I was using 1 of those luffa (loufa) facial scrub pads, and went across my mustache, when I looked at the pad, I noticed complete hairs on the scrub pad, and the bottom tips of them were wait. And now there is a clear small bald spot in my mustache to the point that, I’ve decided to shave my mustache completely off. It just looks ridiculous with that patch missing.

My question is, is the area forever damaged, and what can be done to regrow the hair. My wife misses my mustache as much as I do.

If your mustache does not come back in another 3 months, the only way you can get it back is to transplant it. Hair transplantation works well in facial beard defects. At that point, you can make a trip to my LA office (you indicated you weren’t too far away) for a free consult. I’d give it some more time though to regrow on its own.

I have lost most of my hair because of exercise. I stopped exercise for couple of months & retrieved almost 30% of my hair loss. but the problem is I am a fitness professional and cant live without a workout but as soon as I start my workout which includes weight training I start losing my hair. can anybody help me? whats the relation between exercise & hair fall? if you see, most of the body builders are bald but why?????

There is no connection to exercise and hair loss unless you have a telogen effluvium that is caused by stress. Are you stressed when you exercise with your clients? Even this scenario is far fetched. I would have to examine you and take a careful history to understand your problem better. I would be venturing a guess without knowing more.

This type of complaint is not totally unheard of. Shrinking of the testicles after taking Propecia for one day is an impossibility, yet some people have reported this before. It is a reflection of a condition called Body Dysmorphic Syndrome (BDS) and we see similar things reported by some patients some of the time. It is not that these patients don’t really believe it, but their reality is different than most people’s sense of reality. I have also heard of one patient who reported taking the first dose of Propecia and an hour later, reported he was impotent. This again, is highly unlikely and is a psychological reaction to what some people read on the internet and the suggestive power of these words to their psyche.

Other than a transplant are there any methods, creams, or procedures to increase facial hair growth? I know it sounds ridiculous but I am 100% serious. I’m growing my beard and its not growing in areas I’d like it to. Thank you

It’s not a ridiculous question, but I don’t know anything about you so I’ll have to generalize. If I assume that you are a young man under 25 years old (you didn’t mention your age), that would be typical of late onset appearance of beard formation. If you wait it out, your beard will most likely appear over the next few years.

I remember when I was 20 years old, my beard was thin and spotty. My father told me to wait and one day it would look like his (very scratchy, coarse hair). He also told me that one day I would wish it did not grow as heavy as his. Oh, was he ever right! That is exactly what happened and over the next 5 years, my beard came in heavy enough that my 5 o’clock shadow came in at about 1pm. Now I wish it never grew in, as shaving is quite the daily chore.

If you are over 25 years old, you might try Rogaine (minoxidil) and apply it to your face twice a day, but be careful you do not overdose the medication and develop side effects that are defined in the drug insert found in the product packaging. It’s not guaranteed to grow a beard, but you don’t really have many options for facial hair growth.

hello dr rassman, pak, and co,

I am a 33 yo male who may be travelling to the west coast in october and is considering trying to set an appointment for an honest opinion regarding options for my hair loss (if any). if one were deemed a good candidate for either the strip procedure or fue, essentially what is the time investment needed to be in the area for any checkup/followup/aftercare. is there a necessary follow up evaluation a few days or week post op? i ask this now bc if a master plan is suggested i would need to plan around a work schedule. i wasnt sure if a 2 week commitment is recommended to then allow someone to return to work without detection of the surgery. i would be travelling from the pittsburgh, pa area. if it helps i use couvre/dermatch and toppik concealers as part of my daily routine currently. ideally id return to using those products until any results showed from any procedure.I appreciate all you do on this site as well as helping restore patients self confidence. thanks in advance.

 

We would be glad to meet with you for a consultation. You can always make an appointment on line at newhair.com (Look on Bottom Right)

Many people travel from out of town to have a procedure in Los Angeles. In general you can set aside 1 to 2 weeks depending on your comfort level. Some people actually go back to work 1 or 2 days after surgery. The only follow up is the day after surgery. Every person is different. Many patients also use temporary concealers (Toppik) after surgery to disguise the immediate look after surgery.

If a patient gets two FUE’s and then later wants to do an FUT, will there be a risk that the two FUE’s will deplete the donor hairs for FUT regions in the future? I am thinking of getting two FUE’s in Turkey and then later when I can afford it get a big FUT in America with maybe Dr. Lindsey in Richmond because I can stay with family near there

Suppose the patient is like a NW2 with a very large / dense donor supply.

In an ideal world, if you are going to do both FUE and FUT in separate surgeries, you are better starting with FUT because the reduction on donor density is less and the FUE will be more successful in harvesting more grafts. The reason for this is that the entire back of the head stretches, reducing the impact on the 3 inch high donor area with the first a large FUT session.

I generally like to put together a Personalized Master Plan for each patient balancing donor supply with the present and potential balding. You may be over-doing the grafting without such a plan. Be careful not to jump on the bandwagon with too many grafts harvested from the donor area and get a balding donor area.