Twice a week of 1mg will give you between 1/2 & 3/4 of the effect.
2020-03-17 04:00:042020-03-17 08:22:52My Mother’s a Dermatologist and Said I Should Take Fin 2x Week, Will That Work?
Can I Have One Side Transplanted Now, and The Other Side Later?
I work at a job where I really wouldn’t want people to know that I had Transplant. I was wondering if I could have one side done at a time. That way I could comb over it. What do you think?
I have done this with good effect on a number of people. You are correct, if you have enough frontal hair, combing it to the front and side can provide cover for a transplant.
2006-03-08 08:33:112006-03-07 12:33:30Can I Have One Side Transplanted Now, and The Other Side Later?
My Stylist Is Helping Me Treat My Hair Loss
Hi,
I’m 22 and starting to bald. My stylist said it’s from High DHT levels. She gave me NIOXIN System 1 and told me not to worry that my scalp is still alive and NIOXIN will take care of it. It’s been a month and I’m still gradually thinning. There’s evidence of it all over my head. especially my sides receeding and my sideburns thinning. She said NIOXIN would help me keep most of my hair.What should be my next step. Speak with my dermatologist? I don’t really know any hair experts. I have long hair, and it’s a big part of me. I really want to hold on to it. I’d hate to lose it before I’m 24. Is my baldness inevitable? Or is it really possible to catch it early and take care of it with the NIOXIN S1 treatment? I’d be thankful just to hold on to what I have now. Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks for your time
Well, of course your scalp is alive. Unless you have gangrene all over your head, I think that would be a given. Your hair stylist isn’t necessarily going to be an expert in treating hair loss, but I’m sure she’s an expert in selling products that are available in the salon. The Nioxin won’t solve your hair loss problems, and I’ve found that medication such as Propecia and/or Rogaine are the best bets. You can discuss a Propecia prescription with your dermatologist, and Rogaine is available over the counter.
I don’t know if your balding is inevitable since I haven’t seen you. I’ve found much success in treating patients with Propecia, and even if you don’t see regrowth with that daily pill, it’ll at least hold onto the hair you have. If you want to try to make your own diagnosis, look to Mapping Your Own Scalp for Miniaturization.
Can I Shave My Head Bald After FUE?
Well I am black male and currently shave bald. I want to continue to shave bald. I am thinking of FUE to give me some hair in a thinning area. I have few questions: What does the donor area look like when you shave bald after FUE, does it show scarring? I mean razor bald like MJ. Is it worth doing?
I’m confused as to why you’d want a hair transplant only to shave your head bald. All wounds to the scalp will cause some scarring. With FUE, the scars are tiny dots, instead of a straight line scar like that of the strip transplant and they may have a white color to it that would show up after healing an FUE donor area. With dark skin, that might be a problem and one way to tell that is to have a test FUE session done of just 2-4 grafts and assess the healing at 3 months. These tiny scars allow you to keep your hair very short without noticeable scarring if the whitish scar does not appear, but that being said, completely shaving your head may make these scars visible. Again, a test is worth a try.
2008-11-06 14:33:152008-11-05 12:45:37Can I Shave My Head Bald After FUE?
My Transplanted Hairs Grew Out Kinky Like Pubic Hair
I had a hair transplant 8 months ago, and my hairs are coming out like pubic hairs. It looks horrible. What is going on?
Sometimes transplanted hairs grow out kinky with a different texture. This happens when the grafts were not handled well by skilled technicians or medical group. It can happen with bad recipient sites (too big, too small, too tight, too shallow, etc) made by the doctor. It can also happen to certain individuals despite highly skilled technicians and doctors. If it happens to many patients from the same doctor on a consistent basis, then it’s probably a technical issue (not your fault).
Can I Use Body Hair and SMP to Give it a Textured Look?
Hi Doc
Love your website please keep up the good work it is very much appreciated. I have been reading your website extensively and understand the difficulties with transplanting body hair ie arms, legs, chest on to the scalp different rate of growth etc. However would it be possible in the following scenario:
I usually have my hair shaved ie blade 0 or 1, thankfully I have one of those heads that look better shaved rather then with hair! I am 33 years old with black hair Norwood class 4 I am loosing may hair slowly but its not apparent yet.
Now with the combination of SMP to give it that shadow look and transplanted hair from chest, arms to give it ‘texture’ as the hair will always be blade 1. In this scenario would it be possible to use body hair combined with SMP?
Thanks Doc
We have been using FUE grafts for added texture on a person like you who gets Scalp MicroPigmentation (SMP). However, we use scalp hair… not body hair. Body hair transplant success rates are variable and the texture is not the same. If you are going for the “stubble” look, scalp hair will give you a better texture.
That said, we’ve found that after having the SMP done to the full head, most people usually realize that having a hair transplant to get the “stubble” texture is not an issue (as they once thought).
Native American Indian Female with Thinning Hair
I’m a 50 year old Native American Indian lady living in Phoenix, Arizona and would like to know why my hair is already turning white and thinning out. I’m thinking that I may have an illness that I don’t know about. Because it seem like I’m sick all the time. I am also going through my menopause so I don’t know if that’s triggering it.
I have gone to see the doctors and they taken blood tests, but keep telling me there’s nothing to be alarm about. But the point is I’m so wary about this matter and I see alot of the people in my age group that still have a mopful of dark hair and not going gray/white. Not only this, it seems like my face has age about 10 years older within the last year or two. Am I thinking (stressing) about this to much? What type of herbs or shampoo will help my hair? Or, am I lacking some type of vitamin deficiency? I don’t mind the aging gracefully, but not this fast. Please, let me know. Thank you.
I would have to write a book on what may be the cause of your hair loss. The fact that you feel sick is an indication that something may be wrong with you (such as hypothyroidism, eczema, alopecia, dieting, malnutrition, autoimmune, drugs, infection). Considering that you are an American Indian, genetic hair loss is uncommon, so I would start looking for a medical condition. Also, I would suggest that you get your hair and scalp mapped out for miniaturization, as that may point to genetic hair loss in the case that you are the exceptional American Indian with a genetic cause of it. In non-American Indians, hair thinning is present in almost half of females going through menopause.
2006-02-09 13:42:262006-02-09 10:55:20Native American Indian Female with Thinning Hair
Can You Make My Hair Less Fine? (Photo)
I have very thin hair from birth and I want thick hair. What can I do about it? (photo)
People are born with fine, medium, and coarse hair. Some people have very fine hair which is probably your case. You can use hair products that force water absorption in the hair shafts to thicken the hair. For example, there are volume-enhancing hair shampoos. These products are available in your local pharmacy.
2018-09-12 05:23:162018-09-14 09:30:13Can You Make My Hair Less Fine? (Photo)
Necrosis with surgery performed by non-physician (photo)
Can One Thicken a Beard with Minxodil? (Photo)
The photos (taken from an internet site called Imanscape) show a man who used Minoxidil for 3 months and the effects of the drug which clearly thickened the beard hair. Everyone who has this problem should try this solution first before having a beard transplant, especially for men under the age of 25. Many men are late beard developers, so waiting until you are 25, using Minoxidil as shown here, may be a reasonable approach.
2018-03-17 06:16:122018-06-22 05:55:50Can One Thicken a Beard with Minxodil? (Photo)