It does seem that some of our readers who take this medication have found that hair loss is a common side effect. There have also been many comments on BaldingBlog over the years since this was first posted 9 years ago.
2018-03-21 06:19:372018-06-21 13:17:03Neurontin (Gabapentin) and Hair Loss Has Received Many Comments from Our Readers
Doctor,
Have you ever heard of Propecia causing TE?
No, I have not.
2009-03-11 08:35:532009-03-09 16:18:21Can Propecia Cause Telogen Effluvium?
2019-09-02 10:18:072019-09-02 11:17:56New Podcast by William Rassman (talks about celebrities like Frank Sinatra’s experience and a cure for hair loss soon to be tested)
I had 4,400 grafts done, and I am terribly scarred with cobblestoning of my skin. I have a heavily scarred recipient and donor area. Can this be reversed?
Unfortunately, the answer here is no. Reversing 4,400 grafts would be an enormous challenge, and it would take far longer to try to reverse it than having it done in the first place. Scalp Micropigmentation may be your only option, but I would have to see you to understand the deformities you are asking about. We have performed Scalp MicroPigmentation in many people with similar problems as you have described, and it works very well (see here: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/scar-covering/)
2018-04-05 06:30:512018-06-21 09:31:47Can I Reverse the 4400 Grafts I Had Done?
2019-10-09 10:31:452019-11-06 16:36:26NHI patient tells his story from before his hair transplant to growth at 4 months (Video)
You’ve said that daily shampooing of hair won’t cause hair loss unless we wash too rigorously. Disregard the physical aspects of washing. Can the chemicals in shampoo be affecting our hair follicles? I know that hair is “dead” when it grows out of the skin, but I’m concerned our hair follicles are shallow enough that the shampoo may be affecting them. Although if this were the case, perhaps a lot more women would have the same type of hair loss as men.
Sorry, but you’re completely off base with this. Shampoo itself has nothing to do with hair loss… absolutely nothing if it is a good commercial shampoo.
2009-04-13 08:36:512009-04-09 16:25:15Can Shampoo Harm Hair?
I noticed hair loss from the age of 17 and am now 23. About 2 years back I started using Minoxidil 2% for 6 months and started Minoxidil 5% for another 6 months. There wasnt any improvement and started using propecia for the last 1 year and 6 months. Over all these years there hasnt been any sort of improvement. I can only see my hair getting thinner and thinner with time. I thought propecia is supposed to arrest hair loss. Do I still continue on propecia?
First, as I have said again and again, you need a good diagnosis with your hair mapped out for miniaturization. If you have genetic hair loss and stop the finasteride, you will almost certainly see the hair loss become worse. Just because you are not seeing benefits, it does not mean that you are not getting benefits. Put some science and medical diagnostic force in what is happening to you.
2021-10-15 01:04:342021-10-15 07:00:03Can this hairline be fixed?
Hi Doc, how’s it going? I wanted to ask you how much miniaturization throughout the scalp is considered normal? 10-20%? I’m male, 22 and I have been on propecia for the past 3 years. I had a miniaturization test 3 months ago and the doc said I have slight to moderate miniaturization at my hairline and crown. At my age, would my hairloss stabilize? I’m just hoping I have enough hair until the next hair treatment makes its way to the market, thanks.
I call any miniaturization under 20% as normal, because it may reflect vellus hair. What you see in one part of the head should be similar to other parts if it is not miniaturizing so that additional piece of information helps me as well.
Sir does xrays causes telogen effluvium, or accelerates hair fall in patients with male pattern baldness?
X-ray is a type of electromagnetic radiation that is all around us. It falls between the ultraviolet light and gamma rays in the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. A certain amount of X-rays is all around us so your question depends on the amount of x-ray radiation one receives or the location of where the x-ray is being received.
I would guess that you would need a ridiculous amount of x-rays delivered to your scalp to start worrying about hair loss. At that point hair loss would probably be the last of your concerns as you are dying from radiation poisoning. (I’m being facetious.) Cancer patients receiving radiation to their brain can develop local hair loss (but that’s not x-rays).
A simple chest x-ray, CT scan, or airport security should be insignificant in terms of hair loss.
This is probably the first time I write, please follow up with your physicist.
Of interesting note: “Reported in Scientific American, This Week in World War I: January 30, 1915”
2015-01-30 10:31:462015-01-30 10:27:26Can X-Rays Cause Hair Loss?
