2020-09-04 02:55:542020-07-06 17:59:316 months on finasteride and minoxidil (photo)
Is the Hair Transplant Industry Getting Oversaturated?
Hello Dr. Rassman,
I’m a pre-medical student, applying to medical school next year, and ever since discovering sites like ‘hair transplant network’ and doing independent research, I’ve decided I have a great interest in entering the hair transplant field. However, I recently read an abstract you published in 2003 regarding the status of the transplant market for both the consumer and the physician, and it lead me to believe that by the time I get out of medical school and residency, hair transplants may be an over saturated commodity? I may have interpreted the results of your work a tad harshly, but I was wondering if you had any advice for someone in my situation? Do you think there will still be potential for a successful, innovative private practice, or would it be akin to opening a laser clinic on Rodeo in 2009 -aka you’ve missed the cusp of the wave and it’s too late to break in now? I realize that you can’t predict the future, but I’d appreciate any advice or insight you can give me. Thank you very much.
I think that the issue is classic capitalism (supply and demand). With today’s economics, hair transplantation is not a necessity so there are clearly more providers than patients, but who knows 10 years down the road. The miracles I see daily in my practice will be better understood by the balding population and will, almost certainly, cause an upswing in patients seeking this service, but who know if the physicians skilled in the art will multiply faster than the demand for services. Ask our economists, who seem to know the answers to everything in our present economic climate.
6 months with early nice results from finasteride (photo)
Is There a Way to Determine If You Will Eventually Have MPB at Some Point?
Is there any way whatsoever to determine whether a person will at some point in their lives suffer from male pattern baldness, and if so, would this not eliminate the problem of transplanting people too young (say if they have a naturally high/ uneven hairline etc)
There is a test called HairDX that will tell you if you have the gene (70% accurate), but it won’t tell you when that gene will be expressed… or if it will be expressed at all. So on a predictive basis, the answer is unfortunately no. But if you want to know if you are balding (possibly just a little) then you should see a doctor who is experienced in hair analysis for miniaturization and hair bulk, which this will tell you if the balding process has started in you.
Many young men with a balding dad or uncle or brother are expecting hair loss to happen to them, and these are the patients I can help by telling them what, if anything, is going on in their head. If you have an average hair thickness, you might not see thinning until the hair loss is at 50% of the original density. Coarser haired men will often not detect loss even at 60-70% of their original density and blond men may not detect hair loss or thinning to 80-90% of the hair due to the low contrast between hair and skin color.
2011-09-13 14:58:342011-09-11 10:03:01Is There a Way to Determine If You Will Eventually Have MPB at Some Point?
7 months finasteride, minoxidil and microneedling
As promised I am entering in the 7 months with complete photos took each month.
Routine:
finasteride 1mg every morning when i wake up
minoxidil twice a day
zinc + D vitamin 3 months cure After dinner
cafein + kératin 3 months cure After dinner for better absorption
microneedling once every 2 weeks at 0.5 to 0.75mm with 16 needle dermapen . If i go more than 0.75mm = bleeding which i do not want
15mn head massage twice a month
t gel shampoo once a week max.
essentiel oil shampoo that i have made (Cedar + ginger oil)
Amazing! This is strongly the work of microneedling plus help from everything else.
Is this DUPA
Look at the arrows pointing to the miniaturized hairs. The diagnosis is determined when the miniaturized count significantly exceeds 20% of the total hairs. That is not the case here, so I can assume that you do not have DUPA. I hope you are relieved.
7 Year Old Daughter Has Telogen Effluvium
My daughter’s hair has been falling out since mid July. She is 7 years old, and other than her hair falling out seems perfectly healthy. Her pediatrician referred me to a dermatologist who said it was telogen effluvium. I cannot think of any event that could have triggered this. She had the flu in mid April and the hair started falling out in mid July. Could this be a cause? Does hair typically grow back? Do I have any options for her other than just waiting it out?
Sincerely,
A very worried Mom.
There is much written on the subject. You need to understand that there is much we do not know. The acute phase of the disease entity may disappear in about 3-6 months from the time of onset. If there is a chronic form present, it may last a great deal longer. Read the material below. Good luck!
2006-10-20 14:32:082006-10-19 13:28:597 Year Old Daughter Has Telogen Effluvium
Is Washing Hair Everyday Bad for Hair?
Washing your hair daily is never a problem-just be gentle with it. When you are too vigorous, you pull out the miniaturized hairs very easily.
8 months on finasteride
These pictures show that finasteride works throughout the head and scalp. I don’t think I have to tell you which one is the before picture!
Itchy Scalp After a Hair Transplant
Hello i just want to ask you a question, i had a hair transplant about 4 months ago but lately i have been getting a itchy scalp and when i itch it, there are alot of flakes that come off. What could this be?
Healing can produce itching. You might consider applying conditioners that are made for dry skin and see if this solves the flaking problem.
2008-06-04 08:33:072008-05-29 14:29:03Itchy Scalp After a Hair Transplant