I have seen this many times. Men often glue on bits of their hair just to thicken what they have on their heads. I have seen this from minimal to extensive. This man has done a wonderful job, but how does he maintain this? A wig might be the best answer to his look.
2018-06-04 07:31:082018-06-19 09:57:21Look at My Glue on Hair (from Reddit)
The arrows show what are most likely end-stage miniaturized hairs. Vellus hairs are short hairs with small width but these hairs are long. You can ‘see through the forest‘ indicating that this is balding with miniaturization present. A hair transplant can restore the density and the forest will not be so ‘see-through’.
i have a scar above my hair line from car accident, but am slowly losing hair around it from shock i guess. it’s been 3 years now and i’m getting concerned that the scar will become visible if the loss continues. any experience w hair transplants over or around scar tissue?
The ‘acute’ hair loss impact, when it occurs, usually happens in the first few months. Any change beyond that is not directly related to the trauma, but the hair loss could be permanent. In other words, your hair loss is probably not related to the accident.
Generally a hair transplant into scars caused by an accident, face lift, or brow lift is a common procedure and very successful done in my practice. You can send me a photo for a confidential consultation. Please reference this post when sending.
2007-08-24 12:31:352007-08-24 12:31:36Losing Hair Around Scar from Car Accident Years Ago
When I was younger, I always had very thick hair. Never a concern at all. Recently, I ran my fingers through my hair and noticed that I could see my scalp quite easily by pulling the hair vertically or to the side. I usually have a very short haircut, not military style but certainly less than an inch in length. I’ve been paying more attention to my hair lately because I’ve been growing it out, and that’s really the only reason I’ve noticed. It seems like the hair on the side is thinning more…I’m not really noticing a maturation pattern where it’s receding, just thinning.
My uncle on my mother’s side is almost entirely bald, my father has a bald spot on the back of his head and thin hair…so genetic predisposition is possible/probable. I’m wondering what I should do at this point. I may be over-reacting but I’d like to find out. I use gel/comb my hair regularly, but I’ve never seen hair fall out. I can run my hand through my hair several times without seeing any hair fall off.
I’ve also started wearing a hat recently, which is reasonably tight…and may only be coincidence. I’m just not sure what to do/who to see.
Thanks for your help/site…it’s much appreciated.
To determine if you are balding, you need to have your head mapped out for miniaturization which will show if your have developed or are developing a pattern of thinning that will eventually lead to frank balding. Any topicals you place for combing your hair may make it look fuller, but it will not change the process that is going on. Propecia is the best medication to slow or stop the hair loss and some times it even reverses it, but first you need a diagnosis. The hat will not make a difference in the hair loss, unless is is very tight and causes pulling of the hair.
This is a 60 year old male who is a patient of mine who I had not seen for 5 years. Over the past 5 years, his neck hair has significantly reduced as shown in the attached photo. I have told most of my patients to never harvest neck hair for two reasons: (1) it does not last their lifetime compared to regular scalp hair and (2) it leaves terrible scars. Too many doctors rush to get more grafts so that they can charge more money in performing a hair transplant so they will harvest the neck hair and have these two problems as a person ages.
2019-01-17 05:20:372019-02-14 06:57:34Loss of Neck Hair (Photo)
This is a remarkable injury from a car accident where this woman lost most of her scalp. The initial surgery to address the loss of her scalp was with the use of split-thickness skin grafts (left photo), probably taken from her thigh or abdomen. The grafts covered the skull so that the skull didn’t die off; however, her look was clearly abnormal as you can tell in the middle photo. You can see the brusing of the split-thickness grafts. I imagine she probably used a wig to cover the deformity shown below.
Dr. Felix Popescu, from Bucharest, did approximately 3500 grafts to cover the deformity and give her back her hair. The photos below only show before and after extending 2 days, but the skin looks viable, suggesting this surgery might work. The zoomed-in view shows that a good blood supply is available to the grafts. Split-thickness skin grafts don’t have an infrastructure to support much beyond the skin grafts. I hope he will send me follow-up photos over the next few days and eventually of the final results. I greatly admire his skill and courage in tackling such a difficult case.
Surgery performed by Felix Popescu, M.D.
Dr. Felix Hair Implant
Soseaua Nordului, No. 98 G
Bucharest, Romania, 14104
I am 52 and very athletic. I started taking Androgel about 3 or 4 years ago and usually stay on a low dose (2 to 3 pumps/day) except when training hard for a marathon or triathlon (a couple a year) and I go up to 8 pumps/day. I noticed I have lost a significant amount of hair around my crown so I’m now wanting to quit Androgel for good IF there is evidence that the hair will grow back over time. Is there any evidence that this happens or have I lost that hair for good. My hair is otherwise plentiful and my hereditary traits are for thinning hair but not baldness like I am getting so I feel sure the Androgel is causing it.
Usually, hormone induced hair loss in men is permanent. You might try minoxidil in the crown, which might grow back some of the hair. Finasteride (Propecia) may stop the progressive nature of the hair loss while you are on Androgel.
Dear Doctor,
I have a question about possible serious side effect of using Propecia. I am 23 years old male and I have started using Propecia one month ago. After already two pills I noticed some small defect in my vision which becomming worse in time (I was seeing crookedly by one eye). The diagnosis is macular degeneration. My ocularist thought it was caused by Propecia though there were no information about this side effect in the label. I was said that if macular degeneration appears by youth it is in most cases caused by using steroids and its interference to hormones. I have never taken steroids and so doctor thinks it is a result of Propecia’s hormones changes. I would like to ask you have you ever seen similar case of Propecia side effect? Could Propecia theoretically caused it (already after two pills)? And do you recommend me to continue with finasteride in the future? (I stopped after 15 pills and now I am much more worried about my vision than my hair).Thank you very much.
This is a question you need to ask of your ophthalmologist. A short course of Propecia should not cause any problem and macular degeneration from Propecia is not defined as a known complication of the disease that I could find. I’ve certainly not had any patient mention anything like this to me over the years.
For more about macular degeneration, see Wikipedia.
I have experenced hair loss after each one of my pregnecies. I have three kids,while I was pregnant my hair was fine. I have seeked medical advise, I was told stop having kids. Can you tell me if hair loss after pegnancy will ever correct itself, in other words will it grow back?
Some doctor’s amaze me with ridiculous comments like, “Stop having kids”. Hair loss with pregnancy is common and most women who experience it, like you, will see the process reverse within the first year after birth of the child. Have as many kids as you want. The hair loss, unfortulately, may recur with each pregnancy on a non-permanent basis, unless you have genetic female balding.
I answered a similar question about a week ago, found here.
