Balding Blog

This woman had a botched hairline from a hair transplant. Clearly the doctor did not understand that the female hairline shape is concave, so I put some marks on her forehead to show what might be a reasonable correction. Of course, the final design should be with the patient, one on one with the doctor. This is not even a good hairline for a man as it looks like Eddie Munster. Doctors who do this type of work, unfortunately, can’t be stopped other than by the patients who can take them to court for a lot of money and find a doctor like me willing to be an expert witness in any court action taken.

Some people have irregular hairlines and they often develop by as early as 5 years old. I studied 1000 children of different ages and saw such hairlines in a few boys and more so, in girls. For males, this can be fixed after you are 25 years or age when your balding pattern, if any, is evident. If you are a female, then you can fix this if it bother you anytime you are over 18 as balding is usually not a problem in females.

I was born in 1965 with a bald spot on upper left scalp. It has never changed. My mother checked about hair replacement when I was a child, but because I had no hair follicles, they could not help. I am now almost 53 and have dealt with it. Never looked into it further though. Have I gotten teased, absolutely as a child. I am blessed with thick hair. Long hair is a good thing for me. I part it to the right and usually pull some back to cover it, if not in pony tail or braids. At times, I do envy those who can just leave their hair without a fuss or worry about the wind separating it and my bald spot showing or having trendy haircuts and styles. I wish there was an easy way to have what’s left of my life without it, however I keep hearing my mothers words saying “God made you special for a reason”. My final thought, embrace it, learn how to fix your hair to make you feel more comfortable. If anyone is that critical, ignorant, or shallow over something you had no control over, then they are not worth your time of day people.

You may be special, yet you can still fix this if you want with either a hair transplant on a limited basis or Scalp Micropigmentation.

I was born in 1965 with a bald spot on my upper left scalp. It has never changed. My mother checked about hair replacement when I was a child but because I had no hair follicles they could not help. I am now almost 53, and I have dealt with it. I never looked into it further though. Have I gotten teased? Absolutely as a child. I am blessed with thick hair. Long hair is a good thing for me. I part it to the right and usually pull some back to cover it, if it is not in a ponytail or braids. At times, I do envy those who can just leave their hair without a fuss or worry about the wind separating it or my bald spot showing or having trendy haircuts and styles. I wish there was an easy way to have what’s left of my life without it, however I keep hearing my mothers words saying “God made you special for a reason.” My final thought – embrace it, learn how to fix your hair to make you feel more comfortable, and if anyone is that critical, ignorant or shallow over something you had no control over, they are not worth your time of day people.

I am not on a campaign to fix every bald spot or help every balding man or woman on the face of the earth. I just help people who want to be helped. Being bald or having a bald spot is ok!

Hello everyone, I was born in 1982, and I have the same bald spot on the back right side of my head. Everyone in school would laugh and joke about it. When I was 15, they said is would become cancer and have to cut it out. The doctors also said that once I cut it out, it would leave a little scar. I agreed to do it and two weeks later the hair just fell out again, so here I am at 35 wearing the same ponytail I’ve been wearing all my life. Like many, I wish I knew how to fix the spot.

This can be easily fixed with either a limited hair transplant or scalp micropigmentation ( see here: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/smp-for-women/)

The following was sent to us from the author of the book.

Alopecia Uncovered is a fine art photography book that explores the therapeutic potential of the portrait through a series of arresting black and white images, essays and journeys of those affected by the condition.

Daniel Regan’s Alopecia Project, in which he invited sufferers to be photographed as and how they wished to be represented, was shot over a three year period. For some of his subjects it involved baring all and showing their natural selves, whilst others wished to retain their eyelashes or eyebrows. However the true message of this project is that it’s OK being you, but most importantly being the you that you choose.

Now combined with analytical texts by art psychotherapist Jennifer Chambers, Alopecia Uncovered encapsulates the emotional difficulties of sufferers by allowing subjects to reclaim their sense of self by confronting these images of themselves. This book investigates issues of self-esteem, fractured identities and perceptions of illness, illustrated through the use of empowering yet vulnerable photography that challenges the social constructs of beauty.

It was washed after 7 days. Immediately after surgery. I developed some boils over my head. The clinic says that they do high density hair transplant. They have said that I require 3 sesssions and 8000 grafts to cover my entire scalp. Now only 1st session is completed. They don’t recommend minoxidil and finasteride, it was done by an experienced doctor . I don’t understand what went wrong.

Three sessions of 8,000 grafts? I believe that if you had that with FUE then you would be bald in the back of your head, possibly already. You should have washed the day after surgery and every day after that. By postponing the washing, crusting forms on your head. The boils sound like infected cysts which need surgical attention. I hope your doctors put you on finasteride to prevent hair loss. Sounds like you have some important decisions to make like finding a new doctor and getting attention to the boils now!