2020-04-20 04:00:092020-04-20 08:39:53Female Taking Minoxidil for Hair Thinning (Photos)
Female Started Losing Her Hair at 13
i am a 17 year old (almost 18) female and have been experiencing hair loss since i was about 13. i used to have thick curly hair and now its very thin, i have to wear it half up in a clip to keep the thinning spots hidden (even though my whole head is thinning). my father is going bald and his brother and father are completely bald. i do not have any thyroid or hormone problems nor do i have any iron problems. i have been to dermitologists and they perscribed me monoxidil which i used when i was approx. 14 and stopped after about a half a year to a year because i hated using it and my hair loss was not completely noticble. now at 17 its pretty bad and i began using the monoxidil again, i started about a month ago. no one can explain my hair thinning and why a lot of it falls out after i shower and brush it. at first when i was 13-14 i didnt care because it was not noticable, but now i cant take it, im in high school almost uniiveristy and i dont know what to do! its been happening for 5 years without slowing or stopping..is there anything you can offer that will help me? pleasee im desperate, all my friends have thick hair and i hate the fact that i dont and mine falls out and is noticibly thin.
You have done your research concerning female hair loss. Have the dermatologist biopsy your scalp to see if you have an inflammatory process occuring which cause your hair loss. Find out if there are there any miniaturized hairs in the donor area, which is in the back of your head, and how much miniaturization you have everwhere else on your scalp. Are there any noticeble spots on your head? Has your hair loss been stabilized or has it become more progressive? I am limited to what I can do over the internet. Be sure to get a good, caring doctor to help guide you through what you are now experiencing.
2006-04-21 09:34:112006-04-21 08:29:10Female Started Losing Her Hair at 13
Female Reader Likes Men with a NW3 Hairline
Doc,
Odd question,
I’ve noticed that some men tend to actually look good when their hairline recede to a NW3. Hollywood has a few examples with Christian Slater, Thomas Jane, Josh Lucas, and Patrick Wilson. I’m just curious is there any way of telling who will be good looking with a balding pattern prior to the baldness? BTW, I’m a woman, so I do think those men are good looking!
Your opinion has been noted. If you have a fella and want to find out what he would look like with a NW3, then you can ask him to shave his hair to conform to that look. Or use Photoshop.
Female Patterned Hair Loss (FPHL) Diagnosis Made by Biopsy but No Solution to Hair Loss as I Am Losing over 200 Hairs/Day.
A biopsy rules out specific autoimmune diseases in women that causes hair loss but the diagnosis of FPHL is not helpful.
The first step in evaluating hair loss in women, after a detailed history and physical exam, is to rule out any underlying medical causes of hair loss which can be treated. If clinically appropriate, the following disease processes should be considered: anemia, thyroid disease, connective tissue disease, gynecological conditions and emotional stress. Furthermore, over 50% of women going through a change of life hormone fluctuations (menopause) experience significant hair loss. It is also important to review the use of medications that may cause hair loss, such as (but not limited to) oral contraceptives, beta-blockers, Vitamin A, thyroid drugs, coumadin, and prednisone. The following laboratory tests have been recommended to rule out the aforementioned medical conditions.
Some common blood tests for female hair loss:
- Sex Hormone tests
- SHBG (Sex Hormone Binding Globulin) used to test status of male hormones
- Estradiol is a sex hormone
- FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone) *not hair follicle but follicle in the ovary*
- LH (Luteinizing Hormone) is a sex hormone
- Free Testosterone
- Total Testosterone
- ANA (Anti Nuclear Antibody) used to test for Lupus or other autoimmune diseases
- TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) used to test for hyper or hypo-thyroid disease
- Test Iron status
- TIBC (Total Iron Binding Capacity)
- Ferritin
- Iron
This patient supplied photos. I would want to know more about the tests that I listed above before going forward with any recommendations as problems with some of these tests will not show up on biopsy.
2018-11-05 05:58:552018-11-01 06:34:12Female Patterned Hair Loss (FPHL) Diagnosis Made by Biopsy but No Solution to Hair Loss as I Am Losing over 200 Hairs/Day.
Female pattern hair loss vs Chronic Telogen Effluvium
I am in my mid-30s and I have had three hair transplants to address the thinning but they did not work and I am no better. I also had PRP and that also did not give me any benefit. My doctor told me that he wanted to use drugs like spirinolactone and told me about them, but he also said these drugs did not work well. What else can I do?
I never treat women like you with hair transplants when there is diffuse thinning present because it does not produce value for you. The diagnosis sounds like typical female genetic balding and if I am correct, your donor area will show significant miniaturization, which always makes the diagnosis for me. The only treatment is a cosmetic one, the use of scalp micropigmentation (SMP), See these links which show many women who have been treated with SMP and now have a fuller look. https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/smp-for-women/
Female patient had hairline work 3 weeks ago with early growth
I will know for sure if it stays for another week. About 1 in 20 patients have instant growth
2020-02-28 03:42:212020-02-27 10:46:10Female patient had hairline work 3 weeks ago with early growth
Female Patient Developed a Scar from Hairline Advancement and Lift.
The scar is in the back of the head which suggests some loss of vascular blood supply. It will almost certainly heal, but it may leave a permanent scar in that area, requiring a hair transplant surgery to address it. All surgeries have risks, and this is an unusual complication.
Female Mature Hairline?
Is there such a thing a female mature hairline ? It seems quite common for a woman in her mid-twenties/thirties to have a larger forehead than she did in her teens, like Britney Spears or Cameron Diaz seem to have for instance. Or is this just the effect of using hair extensions, harsh treatments and the like over a long period of time ?
I do not believe that there is a maturing hairline for women, but some form of reshaping of the hairline may be seen.
In women who have had considerable plastic surgery, the corners of the frontal hairline often thin so significantly that I perform fill-in procedures for that area. Another possibility is as you suggested — traction alopecia can develop from the tight pulling caused by hair extensions, wigs, weaves, and similar.
Finally, some women are also just born with a higher hairline, and it’s possible that wearing wigs or professionally styled hair made it hard to notice in these celebrities’ younger years.
2010-08-23 12:54:252010-08-23 14:17:39Female Mature Hairline?
Female with massive hair loss
I am a 28 year old single female. 3 years ago I started losing a lot of hair, my my estimate almost 70% of my hair. Now I have started multivitamin for the past 3 months and the hair stopped falling out and some regrowth has happened. Shall I get PRP added to what I am doing?
If you have seen value from taking multivitamins, then you may have a Vitamin deficiency and you should get the various blood tests to document which type of problem you have rather than treat it blindly. Doing PRP is just grasping for straws and does not make sense in the absence of a diagnosis and you may be wasting your money or worse, losing hair while you fail to get the right treatment for your ‘unknown’ condition.
Female: Is finasteride safe for me?
Women who may become pregnant by intent or accident will put their baby at great risk if they take finasteride and then get pregnant
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