Within four weeks, I will undergo a 3000-graft procedure at your Los Angeles office. A quick question: Do the copper-peptide formulas of Graftcyte and Folligen actually help the post-operative recovery of transplanted hair? Which of these two would you recommend?
Neither of these medications will accelerate healing, but they may be helpful in reducing the scab formation or the redness after a surgery. I tend to recommend Graftcyte and use it in my practice.
I am 48 years old and male. I have thinning, and my hair has seem to stop growing all together. In 5 or 6 months it might have grown an inch. Is this normal? Thanks
I don’t want to panic you, but reduced growth rates may be a forerunner of diffuse or genetic hair loss. Get youself to a good doctor and have the required medical work-up to be assured that there are no problems with your health or your hair.
HELP!! I am a 27 y old female and about 2 years ago noticed that my hair was thinning out dramatically. I have always had very thick (or plentiful) hair. I have been on and off anti-deps since 14, but came off everything for months to see if it made a dif and there was no change. i have been on and off the pill too, but was off it again for over 6 months which should have been long enough for hair loss to stop if this was the cause. my thyroid function is normal according to Dr, and hormone levels within normal range, and iron level was low but just on normal range. i have had some other unexplained problems too, but even had a scalp biopsy, which came back as normal too. I’m stuck as to what to do or help. Could it be dietary? candida? bad luck?? No doctors seem that interested in helping and i don’t want to be an unmarried, bald female at 28!! any suggestions would help….
There is no substitute for (1) a good ‘in person’ relationship with (2) a good doctor. You are complex and the problem needs to be looked at by a doctor who can check you out for the many possible causes of your hair loss. Please don’t be your own doctor and do not accept detailed advice over the internet. I wish I could be of more help, but I do not want to point you in a wrong direction.
This could be a silly question, but do you also make pubic hair transplants? I don’t have a lot of hair there and I really don’t like to look like a baby.
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Pubic hair transplantation (scalp to pubic hair) is a common transplant in Asian women who generally do not have enough hair to feel like the woman that they may want to be. We have done quite a few of these procedure. They do require a special art not to look ‘man made’.
I’ve recently been having a good deal of success with taking moderate amounts of ephedrine (in combination with caffeine) to improve weight loss and muscle growth. Although I’m not intending to keep taking ephedrine for more than a month or so, I wanted to know if there was any known interaction between it and finasteride, because the last thing I want to do is reduce the finasteride’s effectiveness.
According to MDAdvice.com there is an interaction between Finasteride, where ephedrine may reduce the effectiveness of finasteride.
I am a 26 year old female, just had knee surgery last year june 2005. I have been experiencing a tremendous amount of hair loss since then. I’ve read that it could be because of the anethesia, so, my question is how long after will this continue.
One of the manifestations (or presentations) of female genetic hair loss is that some women have hair that sheds easily with stress and then comes back. You will have to wait this out.
I have had sudden hair loss in about a months time. I had thick curly hair my whole life now it’s half the volume and very thin. I’m 33yrs. old (female). i have lost a lot of weight recently and also been under a great deal of stress. i went to see the dr. and dermatologist they didn’t seem very concerned, but recommended biotin and rogaine for men. i also just started to feel itchy and tingly in the scalp. Is it due to the hair coming out or hair regrowth? This situation is making me more stressed out, and i’m not getting answers anywhere. some info and advice would be appreciated.
Thank You
As I’ve said here before, there are many causes for hair loss. Be sure to look at the previous responses in the Female Hair Loss category for others in your situation. Stress and sudden weight loss can cause hair loss and would be at the top of my list for you. Itchy scalp can be from hair regrowth or from other factors, such as nervous disorders and stress which causes hair loss. Other causes for your hair loss and itching include imflammatory disease, psoriasis, alopecia areata, etc. Sometimes, a person can have an itchy scalp from lotions/creams which they put on their scalp. You need a blood work up to rule out hypothyroidism, anemia, and other reversible medical diseases.
Dr. Rassman,
Thank you for your reponse to my inquiry regarding significant hair loss after discontinuing Propoecia. I do believe that Finasteride has altered my hormonal balance and caused a dramatic acceleration of hair loss.
I am going to get some blood work done, what should I test for?
I am also seriously considering coming to see you in Los Angeles. How long would it take for me to get an appointment?
I appreciate your kind understanding of the desperation I feel.
Thank you for keeping my name confidential on the website.
Before coming to Los Angeles, see your doctor to rule out the various medical conditions that cause hair loss, including thyroid disease. He should know the differential diagnosis. I cannot comment on the acceleration of the hair loss with Propecia as that has not been my experience, so a medical work up is critical before you make the long journey to California.
Does wearing your hair pulled back in a pony tail cause your hair line above forehead to recede???
Wearing your hair pulled back in a pony tail rarely causes your frontal hair line to recede, unless you pull tightly on the hair most (or all) of the time. Traction alopecia is a common form of hair loss in the African-American community as the ‘pig-tails’ that are created by tightly braiding hair grows out, causing continuous pulling pressure to eventually produce loss of hair in the frontal and temple areas. Men who wear turbans all of the time suffer from the same type of hair loss as the African-American women, because the turbans pull on the entire frontal area creating permanent hair loss in the areas where the constant pull is.
My husband is losing his hair due to excessive testosterone levels, this is an autoimmune cause am I correct? I was wondering if cortisone shots would help him.
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I am not sure what you mean by excessive testosterone levels. Is he taking testosterone in large doses? Is he a weight lifter taking steroids? Are his testosterone levels high normally found as an incidental finding in a blood test? Has the test been repeated? What does your doctor say is the cause of the high testosterone levels? These are all critical questions that reflect your husband’s health that are pieces of the puzzle.
Now with regard to hair loss, testosterone does not cause hair loss unless there is a genetic predisposition to it or there is some other disease going on. If he has the genes for hair loss, then testosterone will be broken down by the body into DHT which will cause hair loss in these genetically prone people. If he adds exogenous testosterone treatments to his genetic predisposition, then hair loss will be accelerated.