I have a question regarding womens hairloss. Is that also treated with finasteride? Or is Minoxidil the only method? I’m asking for my sister who has a lot of loss in density and has a visible spot on her scalp near her forehead. I’m also curious if oral minoxidil is as effective as topical assuming that is the only method for treatment in women.
I’ve been doing 1.5mm every week using a dermastamp. I don’t press down too hard. Sometimes I do get some pinpoint bleeding, now a lot. I was wondering though, that even if I barely bleed or don’t really see redness/soreness the day after, that I could still be damaging my skin/hair follicles. Is there any other signs I should be looking for?
I want to say for the past 4.5 years my scalp has been having problems that I am not sure if it is due to hair loss, is causing the hair loss or what. The top part of my scalp is often (has been worse) sore and feels stiff. It is itchy sometimes, and is oily when I don’t wash it after a day. If I push my hair up, it feels weird and uncomfortable, especially if my hair isn’t in a natural resting position. There was a comment I saw about someone scratching their scalp and the dandruff would stick to the underside of the nails. I honestly thought that was normal. My temples have receded quite a bit, with diffuse thinning going on in the area that I just mentioned. In the last year and a half, the diffuse thinning has become more noticeable. There are miniaturized hairs and different sizes.
Some men who get itching associated with hair loss have an associated autoimmune disease of the scalp. A dermatologist should be able to recognize this by taking a biopsy of various areas of the scalp as well as performing a detailed trichoscopy. There are diseases that are known to cause this and these diseases must be ruled out. These diseases include psoriasis, lichen plinoplaris, seborrheic dermatisis and others. Are you sure that you are not scratching your scalp to produce the soreness?
I’m 24 and have been on topical minoxidil and 0.3mg finasteride for 1 year now with no response. I’m depressed and see no future for myself.
60% of men will not respond to topical minoxidil. but 100% will respond to oral minoxidil. Men taking 0.3mg of finasteride are not getting the full benefit of this drug. Move it up to 1mg/day. Speak with your doctor about switching to the oral minoxidil. You may get a response. Move up your finasteride to 1mg. If you are treating yourself, that is also a problem, as you are not an expert.
This great video tells you what you need to know if you are considering these options!
If somebody adds grafts to a transplanted hair line is shock loss to these prior transplanted hairs likely?
Shock loss impacts miniaturized hairs, so transplanted hairs very rarely get hit by it. I believe in thousands of patients I have performed surgery upon, maybe two have had shock loss of previously transplanted grafts. I remember them well and their hair returned within less than 6 months. Also, the first hair transplant on a person not taking finasteride, can produce shock loss impacting all of the miniaturized hairs on the head. For a person having two surgeries, the first takes the toll, the second does not.
You may or may not be a candidate for a hair transplant. However, good surgeons need to evaluate your donor supply and paint a realistic picture of the results that can be achieved. I wrote an article in the most prestigious journal for Plastic Surgery on how to get a hair transplant, with good results in almost 100% of men, even with the most advanced balding patterns, provided that the donor area is healthy. That is what you need! You can reach me at williamrassman33@gmail.com, and I would be happy to talk with you.
I have PCOS and don’t know what to do.
Women have two potential problems with pCOS, female unpatterned hair loss and the hormones associated with PCOS. The use of finasteride sometimes works in women with PCOS, but you can’t get pregnant with it. A cosmetic solution is Scalp Micropigmentation (see here: https://baldingblog.com/i-just-finished-my-smp-on-my-crown-area-today-see-before-and-after-photos/), which will make your hair look much fuller as it did for me in the link I attached here.
I am only 17 and already Norhood3 I have long hair before and yesterday I decided to buzz it with 5 setting I messed up more I look like 40 year old uncle with huge tample recession and I looks like I don’t have any hair . I visited derma about 8 Months ago so I am on Minoxidil topical it is not beneficial for me and two months ago I added Fin 0.5 Mg I know it is dangerous but what else can I do , I am already Norhood3 like a uncle I already said. My entire teenage life is ruined can’t really have fun also everyone look at my hair. So far I don’t have any sides with finasteride I am giving it a time. But no body understand how difficult and depressing problem hair loss is at this age my cousins friend have full thick head of hair, my dad and moms brother is bald so I have strong balding genetic but at this age of rocking different hairstyles I feel like lost. Hair can enchanes your looks 100 times better your whole face shape is also depends on it. Looking here for your advice and help if anyone needs picture you can DM me. I am trying to Post here but it doesn’t allow me..
Please please help me give advise to me I am genuinely depressed.
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This article written by Dr. Parsa Mohebi and I, maybe worth reading for those of you who may doubt going forward with this type of hair restoration.
French student, 24, kills himself after getting a botched beard transplant ‘by an estate agent pretending to be a surgeon in Turkey’ | Daily Mail Online
So my hairline looks bad/weird is due to mild (but noticeable to me) thinning in the front plus a very straight appearance due to a scar (I previously had my hairline lowered due to hair loss). Because I’m female, it’s possible to cover this insecurity through styling, but I know I’d look way better with a nicer hairline. Plus, even when my hair is blown-out/styled I can see my scalp through my hair just in the very front, which ages me. (I’m not currently losing any hair btw, I just had an eating disorder at a young age that caused most of my hair to thin/fall out.)
So I think I’m just going to ask him to fill out the density, fill in the temporal peaks, cover the scar, and give me a natural-looking hairline. But is that too vague? I wonder if I should be more specific, i.e. providing reference photos of what I’m looking for… I’ve been looking at hairlines online lol and the most beautiful ones to me have lots of little irregularities, I mean I’ve seen some truly beautiful ones…but I also wonder if it’s best to keep it simple and stick close to what I’ve got. He quoted me 1000 grafts and touched up my eyebrows (one of my eyebrows looks like it got singed off, so I figured, why not do that too).
Any suggestions are very much appreciated. I’m hearing from other patients that it’s good to come in with a specific game plan of what you want, plus questions, as they are quite busy of late.
I have written a definitive article two times, defining what a female hairline should look like. Here are some interesting posts on my Baldingblog.com website that will show what you don’t want and what is normal: https://baldingblog.com/?p=54926&preview=true (don’t want these hairlines) and https://baldingblog.com/hairlines-for-men-and-women-photos/ (shows comparison between normal female shaped hairline and male hairline. Many surgeons, unfortunately, give women a male hairline. Here is a female hairline one day after the surgery: https://baldingblog.com/young-women-want-lower-hairlines-photo/ and here: https://baldingblog.com/customized-transplanted-female-hairline/
Female hairlines require a skilled, artistic, experienced surgeon. I have done many of them, enough to become an authority on the subject. In your situation, you have a significant recession, and you have lost your entire temple mounds. 1000 grafts probably will not work, but if you saw an experienced surgeon, you need to sit down with that surgeon and get a clear plan. If you have more questions, you can write to me at williamrassman33@gmail.com