The yellow fluid you are seeing is serum, which normally appears after an FUE or any open wound. The key is to keep it washed so that this yellow fluid doesn’t form scabs (crusts), and by keeping it clean, infection risks are minimized.
I Have DUPA That Hasn’t Changed for 8 Years
Hello there Dr.Rassman
I’m a long time reader. basically since the age of 17 i have suffered from diffuse unpatterned alopecia (DUPA) which I’m guessing i inherited from my mother basing on what her hair loss looks like. anyway I am now a 25 year old man and 8 years have passed since i initially noticed the entire scalp thinning including the permanent zone. i feel my DUPA has not been too aggressive as i still have pretty good coverage overall with slight recession. my question is will my hair loss be very gradual or will it speed up soon?
If it has been stable for the last 8 years, I do not see why it would not continue to be stable a lot longer. But I can not predict the future and the clinical course of patients with DUPA has been poorly documented.
As a professional who may be more aware of this condition than most doctors, I recognize my limitations in both treating it and predicting its course, as we know very little about DUPA. I have tried using finasteride on most of the men with DUPA, but the results are inclusive. Sorry, I wish I could be of more help.
2012-03-16 12:44:082012-03-15 09:41:31I Have DUPA That Hasn’t Changed for 8 Years
Young Man Will Rub Lard (Fat from Pig) onto the Scalp to See If He Will Grow More Hair (From Reddit)
I feel I must comment on your experiment. Yes, doctors do inject fat into the scalp, and yes, doctors do inject platelet rich plasm (PRP) into the scalp. But no, there is absolutely no evidence that either of these work to grow hair and applying it to your scalp will not get it inside of the scalp because the epidermis (a 1/2 mm thick and tough layer of the skin) protects the scalp largely from outside influences. So, although I wish you luck on your experiment, which I hope to see results here on Reddit in the future, I am not optimistic about it.
Lard Experiment – I will massage Lard into my scalp once per week for 6 months to see if I can grow hair in temples from tressless
2019-01-18 08:18:352019-02-14 10:33:30Young Man Will Rub Lard (Fat from Pig) onto the Scalp to See If He Will Grow More Hair (From Reddit)
I Have MPB and Saw My Hair Get Thinner When My Diet Was Poor
Hi Dr. Rassman,
I am 24 and I know I have MPB. However, I’ve been having a poor diet over the last 4-5 months, which I already stopped and started getting a proper diet. However, during those months I noticed my hair getting thinner.
My question is simple: with a proper diet will I have my hair as thick as it was before the poor diet began? I do not expect an exact answer of course but just an idea based on your experience.
Thanks
Will your hair get as thick as it was before your bad food habits? Likely not. If you are sure you have genetic male pattern baldness (diagnosed by a doctor?), the poor diet might’ve exacerbated the hair loss. It could regrow somewhat, but I don’t know enough about your hair loss pattern or history to really speculate too much more.
You need to be seen by an expert, and you should consider getting on Propecia to slow down the loss if you are indeed experiencing MPB.
2010-05-26 12:47:592010-05-25 08:41:07I Have MPB and Saw My Hair Get Thinner When My Diet Was Poor
I have terrible scabs after my hair transplant. (photo)
These crusts should be allowed to shed with shampoo regularly, leaving the shampoo on the scalp for 10 minutes and then gently rubbing them until they come off. It may take a few days? but don’t push it. After 2 weeks, the risk of graft loss is minimal. Compare this man on the left 1 weeks from his surgery with the man on the right, just 3 days after surgery. The difference is good post-operative washing. The man on the right was our patient and nobody could tell he had a hair transplant done at any time so far, at least.
2020-09-15 03:22:022020-09-01 12:36:10I have terrible scabs after my hair transplant. (photo)
I just congratulated an older man on keeping all of his hair. He smiled and said, I have been on “Propecia” for years.
I saw him on my walk and I have no idea what came over me, but I just had to tell him that he had great hair. I’m shedding at 24, and this guy was well into his fifties with a full head of glorious hair.
This is not uncommon, but this may not be your story as everyone responds differently to this drug. The drug has only been out since 1997.
2020-02-03 04:00:462020-02-03 10:56:12I just congratulated an older man on keeping all of his hair. He smiled and said, I have been on “Propecia” for years.
I Lost My Hair After Crash Diet
During period of two months October – December 2014 I lost 35 pounds, cca 15% of my total weight. I ate mainly vegetables, basically it was starvation and gym. At end of december noticed diffuse hair loss. Immediately normallized my eating pattern, went to dermatologist. Dermatologist ask for hair loss genetics and looked thru microscope. No signs of miniutarization, no vellus hairs and my hair genetics is perfect, no balding in my familly, I am 39 years old. 5 months after, there is no significant hair regrowth, and no further hair loss. What to expect, what will be real time frame for possible hair recovery? After hair loss I lost good amount of chest hair, could easily pull 70-80% of picked chest hairs, now it is ok..
Starvation like a crash diet and extreme work outs do not sound very healthy. It isn’t such a surprise you suffered some unintended consequence such as loss of your hair. I can’t tell you if your hair will grow back. Only time will tell.
I Overplucked My Eyebrows and Had Them Tattooed Back On, But Want a More Natural Look
I overplucked, then had to have them tattooed because they wouldn’t grow back. With the tattoing, of course, they didn’t regrow either. It’s been years and I would like a natural looking eyebrow, one that doesn’t fade and frames my face. What would you recommend?
Hair transplants into the eyebrows is the answer and it works wonderfully. Here’s an example of a female patient that had eyebrow restoration — Patient BG. For more info about eyebrow transplants, here’s an article from a few months back that I was quoted in — Women who pluck too much turn to eyebrow transplants.
2008-07-24 09:33:552008-07-21 14:10:12I Overplucked My Eyebrows and Had Them Tattooed Back On, But Want a More Natural Look
I Scratched Away Some Grafts During My Hair Transplant Procedure
I just did a small fue procedure into my scar, I asked to be sedated but during the procedure I scratched away some of my grafts unconsciously. The operating team choose to put some of the grafts back in the scar, can you please tell me something about the grafts survival chances?
For starters, I do not know what, where, and how your surgery was performed. Generally, an FUE procedure may have lower yield and is HIGHLY variable with different medical groups and doctors; the procedure is almost never the same from one doctor to another. Moreover, hair transplantation to a scar may not have a high growth yield when compared to hair transplanted to normal skin.
Graft survival depends on how long it was out of your body with the real issue of graft drying. Grafts that are left in the open hair for 20 seconds will generally die and that is why we are compulsive in keeping the grafts moist as we move them. As you can start to see there are numerous variables at work here and it is not a question I can answer, but most of the time if the grafts come out, they dry and die. Your surgeon is the best person to address your concern (as it always should be).
2008-12-05 14:36:142008-12-04 08:29:17I Scratched Away Some Grafts During My Hair Transplant Procedure
I Stopped Taking Propecia, So How Much Catch-Up Hair Loss Should I Expect?
Hello Dr. Rassman!
First of all, thank you for this spectacular blog, it’s amazing.
I’m a 21 year old who has been on propecia for about a year. I’m unlucky in the sense that I started thinning all over except for the sides and back since I was 17. I however decided 2 weeks ago I didn’t want to take propecia anymore because damn it, I don’t care what society thinks. I’ll be bald, proud, and won’t let something like hair stand in my way. I’m a man. I’m not supposed to be pretty, but manly.
My question is, how much catch up hair loss is there likely to be? I don’t feel like propecia did much for me. It seems like my hair’s a bit thicker… but not really, so… Is there any possibility I’m one of those people propecia did nothing more than a placebo to?
Thank you for your time and all the best!
It’s possible that Propecia kept your hair loss from being worse than it is, but it’s also possible that you are a non-responder to the medication. I really have no way to know, as I don’t have any hair bulk analysis to compare before starting the medication and today. You can look into having a HairDX test done to predict your response to finasteride.
If you do see catch-up hair loss after stopping Propecia, I suppose that means the medication was working for you. Your hair loss will eventually catch up to the point you’d be at had you never started the medication. So if the Propecia worked to some degree, any benefits will eventually be gone.