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Repeated Bleaching Causes Follicle Damage?

Is it possible that hair follicles could have been damaged/destroyed by hair chemicals, such as repeated bleaching of hair? If so, is it possible to restore damaged hair follicles?

Hair follicles grow through the skin. These follicles arise from the bulb which is located 5-6 mm below the skin edge. Between the skin edge and the bulb, there is a ‘tunnel’ which allows the waxy sebum to rise out of the follicular unit to the skin. In theory, this tunnel could become a two way highway allowing chemicals, dyes or bleach to find their way deep into the hair follicles (note: the drawing is simplistic for illustrative purposes only). Through this route, it is possible to damage the machinery that grows hair either by killing it, or damaging it so that the hair that grows out might be a smaller gauge hair that has a different character to it. The question you ask is whether or not this process be reversed, and the answer really depends upon how much damage was produced. Generally the hair is quite a robust organ and will recover from insults. Hopefully in your case, the damage is such that it is reversible.


2006-04-04 19:34:38Repeated Bleaching Causes Follicle Damage?

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Does Minoxidil Inhibit DHT?

Interestingly, Provillus’s website states that, “Minoxidil, the only ingredient clinically tested, and approved by the FDA for restoring your hair, inhibits DHT.”

I thought finasteride was the only FDA approved DHT blocker and minoxidil was something else. I’m confused.

Short answer — no. I am unaware of any inhibition that minoxidil has for DHT. Minoxidil works differently and not on the formation of the DHT hormone; finasteride does block DHT.

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Does Repairing Old Plugs Cost the Same as a Regular Transplant?

I had a hair transplant in Australia nineteen years ago…the hair transplant was so bad…it looks like a doll head…can I repair my hair transplant in NHI? How much it will cost? Is it the same price or different price? Thanks

At New Hair Institute (NHI), we perform corrective surgeries for patients who have had bad hair transplants (including the old doll hair looking “plugs”). You can see the before and after results of our repairs here. We’ve also created a complete step-by-step of one patient’s journey to fix his ugly hair plugs — see Dean’s Story. That’s Dean at the right before his repair procedures began.

If you would like a private consultation, please email us with detailed information (including pictures, if possible) or call us at (310) 553-9113 US.

The cost of a hair transplant and repairing old plugs generally ranges from $3000 to $10,000. As you can see with this wide range, each and every case is very different. There is usually no special fee to repair old plugs, and we charge the surgeries as in price per graft. Our fees are outlined here.

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Retinoic Acid and Hair Loss in Mice

Hey doctor,

I thought i’d share this article with you: ScienceDaily.

It seems the article is suggesting that mice lacking a certain enzyme, produce an excess of RA which caused alopecia in the mice. A quick search of retinol and retinoic acid on the internet provide many sites linking this to hair loss treatment products. I haven’t had time to actually look at the paper itself but the article seems to suggest that in some individuals (those lacking the enzyme), RA can either accelerate or initiate alopecia. I have read posts you made earlier in regards to RA and minoxidil being paired together suggesting that the former likely did not improve the effectiveness of the later, but this study seems to go further in suggesting that RA could even be detrimental. Furthermore, as RA comes from vitamin A, those individuals that lack the enzyme might benefit from decreasing their daily intake of Vitamin A. Obviously this all conjecture, but i thought it was a pretty curious article. Do you have any thoughts on it?

Thanks so much.

I have posted your email and the link to the article at ScienceDaily for the interest of our readers. Thanks for sending it. I have no opinion on it yet as this is all new to me, but as I have time to research it more I’ll be sure to write about it on the BaldingBlog.


2009-03-17 15:54:11Retinoic Acid and Hair Loss in Mice

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Does taking testosterone cause hair loss?

I was curious if you believe in testosterone itself causing hair loss and this being raised by finasteride and dutasteride can worse things for some people? I got diagnosed with a folate deficiency, but addressing it the past two months doesn’t seem to have helped, so I’m wondering if this could be the case.

Exogenous testosterone can cause hair loss in men with the genes for hair loss and as testosterone goes up, so does the amount of DHT found in your body


2021-08-11 15:58:14Does taking testosterone cause hair loss?

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Revivogen’s Study

Dear doctor,

Please go through the clinical study URL given below. I want your comments on this:

Revivogen clinical trials

Regards

As the article says, the study was conducted on reconstructed tissue samples. In other words, the study was done in a petri dish (not on live humans), in order to “assess the effects of the test compound on the metabolism of testosterone in reconstructed human epidermis.” Nothing about growing hair, stopping hair loss, etc.

The study doesn’t show anything about actual hair loss treatment results on living humans, so if the Revivogen makers are using it as a sales point, I hope people actually take a moment to look at the study first and judge for themselves. I’d expect most consumers would want the treatment they purchased to actually have proof that it works as advertised on living people… not just in theory based on lab results. Also, the study was not peer-reviewed, which means it wasn’t checked for errors or reliability.

I’ve already made it clear about the hair loss treatments I’ll give a thumbs up to (FDA approved finasteride and minoxidil), but if you want to try unproven treatments then please, by all means, do so. Revivogen ingredients include saw palmetto and numerous vitamins in a topical treatment and they claim no side effects. While that could be true, if this was the magic bullet to hair loss treatment it would be universally recommended. Instead, the product is just another in a long line of “all natural” treatments that I wouldn’t expect to provide much help aside from lightening your wallet and dashing your hopes.


2010-08-06 12:07:12Revivogen’s Study

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Does Wind Cause Hair Loss?

My question relates to wind exposure. I’ve read on this blog (and elsewhere) that there is no correlation between exposure to high wind gusts and hair loss.

However, I’ve also read here that most of the hairs shed daily “blow out in the wind,” and from showering, styling, etc.

I live in Chicago where I have been exposed to wind gusts in excess of 30 mph. Can this cause hair loss or would I only be losing what was already bound to be lost?

Thanks Doc!

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Wind does not cause hair loss other than the fact it may blow away falling hair. Hair loss in men in most cases is due to genetic male pattern balding. Hair loss occurs in a pattern (thus the term). If your theory of the windy city (Chicago) is true, you would see more bald men and women in Chicago. I don’t believe Donald Trump is from Chicago.

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Rogaine and finasteride, How long do they work?

I’m just curious if anyone knows how long the regrowth will last on finasteride before it stops and if there’s any possibility of regrowth beyond maybe 10-15 cm up top for people in my position. thanks all.

Both Rogaine (minoxidil) and Finasteride have peak actions in about 2 years. They usually maintain the benefits provided that you continue to take the drug, otherwise, all of the benefits are lost in a few months.

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Donor area messed up in Turkey. How do I know who can do SMP well so I don’t make another mistake

Hi i am considering scalp micro pigmentation for an over eager fue transplant by Maralklinik in Turkey. Will post pics below for advice. It’s been 18 months since and am open to all advice. Ps I reccommend never getting a transplant. But that’s another story for another day.

Be sure you get an expert and always ask to see some of their patients that had SMP as too many providers do it poorly and the best protection you have is seeing people who had it done yourself. We offer these experiences along with hair transplants at monthly open house events held at one of our two office in Southern California. See: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/


2019-03-26 18:18:09Donor area messed up in Turkey. How do I know who can do SMP well so I don’t make another mistake