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Hair Growing on Forehead

I started using min and ive noticed very tiny hairs growing on my forehead way below my hairline and temple are between my eyes and hairline. Is this an unusual sign or is this common? Also my temples are receding slightly and the top is fine.

Hair growth in unwanted areas is a known side effect of systemic absorption of the minoxidil. Women have real problems if they develop a beard or mustache on minoxidil; also a known side effect.


2020-04-20 18:04:50Hair Growing on Forehead

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Topical Estrogen and Hair Loss

You recently wrote “Yes, any hormonal manipulation can cause hair loss”. can topical estrogen or estradiol cause hair loss in other parts of the body such as eyebrows & if so what are the chances that it would grow back.

Using estrogens, as in topical anti aging creams, has minimal systemic absorption and should not affect hair growth. Having said that, using topical estrogens for a long time or on a large area of the body may produce enough serum concentration and act like systemic drug. Estrogen is generally considered a protective hormone and hair loss is seen with its withdrawal, but playing with one hormone impacts other hormones and they might contribute to hair loss in special circumstances with some particular genetics influences (eyebrows or lashes). We know, for example, that female genetic hair loss is often not protected by estrogens.

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Hair Length

Hello,
My hair is not thinning, however, it just won’t grow. I’ve had the same length for most of my 52 years. Can’t even get it to shoulder length. The back will grow very slowly but the sides and the front just won’t move. My sisters and daughters all have hair that grows like a weed. Is this a vitimin deficiency?

It is possibly a vitamin deficiency if your diet is poor, but it sounds more like a short hair cycle. When you say the hair is not growing, I believe that you are saying that the hair stays the same length. It is almost certainly growing, just growing very short so that the hair cycle is very short. Hair, as regular readers of this site should know, goes into telogen usually 3+ years after it starts to grow, but in your case, the cycle may be very short (only months). The way to confirm this is to mark a few hairs with some color (use an indelible marker). If I am correct, the marked hair will just disappear when the hair is cycled. Of course, it will be replaced by a new hair that will grow from the scalp at about the same time and it will grow until it reaches the maximal length, which is you is very short.


2006-10-25 09:12:06Hair Length

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Topomax and Lamictal Causing Hair Loss?

I am on Topomax and lamictal for epilepsy and have been experiencing hair loss problems since starting the topomax that seem to be worsening. I have been told it is a side effect of Topomax. Will this stop on its own? Is there anything I can take or anything I can do to mitigate the impact of topomax on my hair?

This is a subject you and your neurologist need to discuss. Many of these medications do cause hair loss. Drugs like minoxidil may work for men and women, and if you are a man, then Propecia may also help, but when the medications are working away at your hair as a side effect of the drug, then alternative drugs may be worth trying. This is a difficult problem, but you can not sacrifice your health for your hair.


2006-11-02 15:15:18Topomax and Lamictal Causing Hair Loss?

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Hair Loss After Scalp Pimple

Hello Dr. Rassman, I hope you can answer my question. I got a small pimple on my scalp a month ago which I left alone. After the pimple disappeared my hair fell out in that area leaving a small circle of a bald spot. Will my hair ever grow back on that spot? If it does how long will it take?

Your hair will likely grow back in a few months. Patience is a virtue. If it does not grow, then you will need to see a dermatologist to look for other causes of hair loss.


2006-02-03 14:25:40Hair Loss After Scalp Pimple

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Transitioning from a hair system

Since there’s a bit of back and forth between hair systems and transplants on here, just wondering if anyone that previously had a hair system ditched it for a transplant?

It is hard to switch off of a hair system once you establish the look of a full haired individual. At the moment you might decide to take it off and abandon it, your head is partially shaved and everyone you know will ask you what happened to you. The transition off of a hair system requires a careful plan, allowing your hair to grow out, switching to clips from glues, and then the big reveal. That is when you want to get a hair transplant as it takes months for a hair transplant to take over to give you the look you may want. The problem, in summary, can be spelled out in two words: TRANSITION PLANNING

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Hair Loss and the Inevitable Cure?

I have a couple questions regarding meds as being direct causes of MBP among other things. Well, I have been on antidepressants for quite some time now, and for a while I stopped taking them, around the time inbetween the ages of 16 and 17. Around the time I was almost 17 and a half I got back on them and when I turned 18 is when I started noticing a change in my hairline.

Currently im 19 and a half and the left side of my hairline has gone up maybe a bit more than half an inch and the right side about an inch. Are antidepressants directly linked to MPB? Do they trigger hair loss? Or when they talk about hair loss as a side effect are they talking about the patchy kind that just falls out and regrows when you stop taking the meds? My family history of hair loss is very inconsistant so its hard for me to tell if I really am experiencing MBP or just a mature hairline. Unfortunately I have a very skinny long face and naturally pronounced hairline so it makes it all the more noticable….. My other question is, this whole gene therapy thing. If we do find a cure for hair loss through this what will happen to your buisiness? Will you continue working for the hair loss industry? Just curious, heh. Thank you for your time sir.

While many medications may cause hair loss, the most common cause men is genes, unrelated to medication use. Genetic hair loss causes male pattern baldness (MPB). It is possible that your medications could have accelerated changes in your hairline or balding, but there is really no way to be 100% certain. Mapping out your scalp hair for miniaturization may give you insights into any gene expression that is active at this time. Male pattern baldness is also known as androgenic alopecia (AGA), because hair loss is from the effects of androgenic hormones, such as dihydrotestosterone (DHT). While we all have androgenic hormones, only the men with the gene for hair loss will lose hair. The change in your hairline, if it follows a specific pattern as MPB, will generally mean you have the gene for hair loss. To be certain though, you should be evaluated by a doctor for a physical exam and a miniaturization study. I really cannot diagnose your hair loss problem with just brief descriptions. BaldingBlog is merely a source of the opinions of our staff physicians and is not a source for diagnosis.

With respect to gene therapy, I sincerely hope it will come to fruition in my lifetime. While it is undoubtedly still many years away, it will definitely impact my field in a positive way. After all, we are the physicians in the field of hair loss. Gene therapy will only empower us to offer more options to our patients.


2007-12-19 15:05:58Hair Loss and the Inevitable Cure?

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Hair Loss From an Aggressive Haircut

Hi,

I have been using Propecia for about 7 years. The results have been satisfactory. However, the other day, an overzealous hair stylist at XXX Sam’s gave me an extremely aggressive haircut. I mean, it felt like she was ripping my hair out by the roots when she would comb it or cut it. Do you think this haircut could have caused permanent hair loss in any potentially damaged areas of my scalp, or, with or without the help of Propecia, the hair will just grow back? Thanks!

I had a patient who got mugged in downtown Los Angeles. The gang that robbed and mugged him, held him by his hair, and when they took all of his money and kicked him, broke his nose and cut his face, they pulled out most of the transplanted hair I had done in the front (1500 grafts). He insisted that the ambulance bring him to my office and he was the only person ever, who came to my office looking like he got out of a war zone. He did not care about his broken nose, his broken ribs, his cut face, or the many bruises on his body. He was crying for his hair that was then all gone.

I told him that he had to go to an emergency room to get himself fixed up and I assured him that his hair would come back. In just a few months, all of the hair came back. I doubt that anything that any person can do with a hair cut can match this story. To conclude, your hair should be fine.

With regard to your stylist, remember her like you remember an old discarded flame, what brought you and what sent you packing.


2006-01-09 09:19:23Hair Loss From an Aggressive Haircut

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Transplanting Between Miniaturized Hairs

Hey doc. How are you today?
I have been diagnosed as a Norwood 5 thinning pattern. Originally when I started finasteride I was a Norwood 3 vertex only, but obviously the medication is only slowing the process down. I had a consultation with a reputable Toronto Dr and he said it would not be be worthwhile performing surgery at that time. But now that things have progressed is it possible to perform surgery just to give me more density? I am fine with my hair line. Or is it dangerous transplanting in between miniaturized hairs? I’m 22 and have been on finasteride for 2 and a half years with a gradual decline in my hair count but hairline is still thick for some reason. What do you think ?

I am fine. Thank you for asking.

Transplanting between the miniaturized hairs may likely result in you losing those weak hairs, so you won’t be any better off than you are now (except with less donor hair and less money in your bank account). I can’t say for sure since I haven’t seen you, but based on your description the surgeon you saw might have done you a favor.


2010-03-23 08:51:49Transplanting Between Miniaturized Hairs