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I’ve been feeding my Sphynx (aka Canadian Hairless) cat propecia and rubbing it with minoxidil on a daily basis to see whether hair can be grown. So far there’s been no response, however, I’m hopeful.

I honestly hope this is a joke, but you’d be surprised at some of the emails I receive that are completely serious. Most people would think that the funnier notes I receive were sent to just mess with me, but either way, I’ll answer it seriously…

Cats lick their fur and will ingest these medications. I suspect that the minoxidil may drop your cat’s blood pressure, if nothing else. Silly things like what you are doing to your cat, may make discoveries where no man has gone before. I don’t recommend experimenting on your pets though.

At least you made me smile, something that your cat may not be experiencing.

Hi,

Im 22 and I have noticed some wierdness around my scalp. What happens is I develop pimples on my head and removing the hairs that grow out of the pimple have a very wierd end. They have a short white film on the bottom with the bottom of the hair showing a black dot. The difference is tat normal hairs come up fine with no black dot and no white film. Is this a type of disease?

From your brief description, I do not think you have a “disease”. If you have pimples on your scalp or skin, the white material is just dead white blood cells, cellular debre and bacteria that have accumlated that caused your pimple. The tiny black dot may just the end of your hair root. Unless you see the black dot crawling with tiny legs, I wouldn’t worry.

Greeting Doctor Rassman. I am a 15 year-old male. I realize that your website relates to hair loss information, however, I was interested in asking you a general question about hair since you founded the New Hair Institute. At the current time, my facial hair grows at a decent rate for my age in my opinion. I considering having facial hair at such a young age a luxury. I’d love to be able to grow a beard over the next couple years. Although there is one problem, my facial hair does not grow as evenly on the left side of my neck as it does on the right side. It’s more empty on the left. I was wondering if you had any solutions to my problem, or if it is just because I haven’t fully matured yet. How long do you think it would take? I really appreciate any input you would have on this. Thank you for your time.

I have facial hair and I consider it a curse personally, because I hate shaving. The asymmetry of hair density on your beard can be normal. Not everyone develops symetrically. Be patient, the less hairy side will catch up all too soon.

Your explanation of the mature hairline is very helpful. However, is possible to have general thinning in the frontal hair regions at the same time the mature hairline develops. Could that still indicate the beginnings of male pattern baldness?

This is a very good question. Yes, you can experience balding at the same time that a maturing hairline develops.

hi dr… will you give a pt a juvenile hairline if they want it and promise to stay on propecia and are 40 yrs old and do not have a lot of balding??? please let me know .. thanks

I have to be encouraged to produce juvenile hairlines in 40 year old men. Included in my criteria are:

1. emotional maturity
2. good, solid thinking
3. a good reason for wanting it
4. some assurance (by examination and from taking a careful family history) that the person does not have advanced genetic balding

The need for Propecia (finasteride) is only critical if there is balding present. I have done hairlines on actors whose youthful hairlines are critical to their professional careers. I have created these juvenile hairlines in other people too, but these men usually bond with me and develop a relationship with me that convinces me that it is the right thing for them to do. Sometimes, when older men want a lower hairline and their balding is stable, I will move it down to a lower position (lower than a mature hairline but possibly higher than the juvenile hairline).

Hi Doc, I recently had a hair transplant, and just had my sutures removed (10 days post-op). My Dr. said that I can pretty much go back to normal on activities such as the way I sleep, shampoo my hair, etc.. All my scabs are off my head…

Can I blow-dry my hair now? Or should I wait unto my transplanted hairs shed within the coming weeks? Same for rogaine, can I start to reapply this to the transplanted area? I am starting to experience a good amount of shockloss, even being on propecia, so I want to restart my rogaine regiment…

Thanks! Great Site by the way

Your doctor should have covered this. Yes, you can blow dry your hair and use grooming adjuncts as you did prior to the transplant. Sleep any way you are comfortable. And if you were on Rogaine prior to the surgery and the hair is Rogaine dependent, do start it up or you will experience withdrawal hair loss.

Apparently, this is pretty old, but I don’t think I saw it before so it’s new to me and worth sharing. Actor Bruce Willis was quoted earlier this year as saying…

“I’m a man and I will kick anybody’s ass who tries to tell me that I’m not one because my hair’s thinning.”

Strong words. There’s not much more to the article, but here’s the link for those interested:

• WILLIS: ‘I’M A BETTER ACTOR BALD’

Can hairloss be caused by inflammation(in addition to DHT sensitivity)?

The word inflammation is too general a term. You must narrow down your question and let me know specifically what type of inflammation you are talking about. To understand how to target the question you asked, see Wikipedia – Inflammation.

have been taking Lamisil for 2 months now and that past week I have been losing hair in clumps. I read on the net that this is an all too common side effect. I wanted to see if you knew if my hair would grow back after I stop taking it. If so then I may suffer through one more month to never have to take it again. I am a 31 year old male

Lamisil is often used in the treatment of fungal diseases of the skin, such as ringworm (when impacting the scalp it is called Tinea Capitis). These infections often cause hair loss and if you use Lamisil for treatment of the primary cause of the hair loss (Tinea Capitis) then it is easy to assume that it is the drug causing the thinning, but this is not usually true. From my research on the subject, Lamisil only rarely can be correlated with hair loss (one to one relationship).

Hi. Dr. Rassman,
I had an eyebrow transplant a month ago and still have redness and bumps like goose pimples. Most of the donor hairs have fallen out but I haved had a few pimples in the donor area. I still have not been out in public since (work out of my house) it looks obvious something was done to my face. Am I one of the few that this procedure might not work? I’m starting to worry, and I do see my doctor next week for a follow up. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated. By the way I’m a 47 yr. old male with fair skin. (Swedish mostly). Thank you

The best thing is to follow-up with the doctor who did your eyebrow transplants. It seems you may have local irritation and may have developed local folliculitis, which can all be a normal part of healing or it can be an infection of the new follicles. There’s really no way for me to tell if there is something wrong from just a brief description without knowing what was done and how it was done (only your doctor knows this information) and what it looks like to my eye.