Ten years ago my leg caught on fire and i got graft skin over the burn. know i got bald leg and hairy leg i wanna know if you can grow hair over the graft skin and get rid of the brownish color on it. thnk u
Yes, but it depends on the skin. I would need to see the quality of the skin below the grafted area to determine if transplanted hair would grow.
Dear Dr. Rassman,
I have a few questions:
- On average, how much stress is necessary to trigger the balding process in men who have MPB? For instance, I was REALLY stressed out for 3 days about something (to the point where I thought I might have a heart attack). Is this the stress you’re talking about that can trigger MPB?
- Is there a delay in the time between the stressful event and the hairloss? I read somewhere that there was a delay of 3 months.
- If I’ve been taking Propecia for 8 months now, will that prevent the hair loss caused by the stress that occurred about 1 week ago?
Any insight would be appreciated thank you.
Dr. Rassman,
Is there any way an ordinary guy like me could get his online-bought pills tested by a chemist or at a laboratory to determine if they contain the correct active ingredient at the right dosage? I would be willing to pay the charges if they were reasonable, plus it would really allay my fears that my Dr. Reddy’s stuff isn’t counterfeit. (They were bought from inhousepharmacy.com, if that information is helpful).
A study: Wouldn’t it be fascinating if soemone did a study to test the honesty of online pharmacies by measuring the active ingredients in various prescription pills bought online?
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories is legit and is a substantial manufacturer of generic drugs. The FDA is the watchdog on these drug companies. To find out the answer to your question, you’d have to ask the FDA for a recommendation for a private lab. As a matter of public information, the FDA probably has a file already on Dr. Reddy’s manufacturing quality control testing. There are private labs that will test the product for you, but I do not have any recommendation. You may ask the FDA for such references.
Disclaimer: As I do not order drugs via the internet, I can’t vouch for the quality of drugs at the site you mention.
You usually discuss MPB in men in their 20’s and 30’s. I’ve noticed most men, including myself had slow thinning that starts sometime in their 20’s or 30’s, but not usually noticeable until their 40’s or 50’s. If you look at a photo of someone at 35 with what appears to be a good head of hair and then at 50 you’ll notice a definite receding hairline and general thinness throughout the scalp. This process continues as we age. What course of treatment do you suggest if any for slow thinning over years that eventually leads to increasing visible scalp as we age.
Although most advanced balding men lose their hair actively during their 20s, it often slows down significantly after their 30s. There are some exceptions to this rule and some patients don’t lose much hair before they are beyond those ages. Patient who start their hair loss or continue hair loss in a later time in life usually follow a family trend with a similar pattern of hair loss in another member of family. The recommended treatment is the same as the patients who follow a typical earlier hair loss. We recommend finasteride for these patients and some of them get good results.
(female) I am in my 50’s and my hair is thinning in the front & top causing major anzxiety! I was on 200mg of levothyroxine for 3 years and still shedding hair. Now my doctor reduced to 175 and said I was on too much RX although I felt great. For the last 8 yrs I have been shedding hair so I don’t think it was the dosage. I have major stress seeing so much hair loss – males in the family are bald – is that going to happen to me?? I do not take any other medication however, I recently was put on Lupron for a possible hysterectomy. I don’t know what to do. I am taking minoxidil but it looks like it makes my hair fall out even more. What lab tests should I get? What should I do? —depressed in DC
You should have this conversation with your doctor. Anxiety with AGA does not bode well. Add to that medications that are known to have some hair loss side effect, and the problem is compounded. My heart goes out to you.
I want to know if you have a method of transplant that will give me chest hair…I saw a program in NY while visiting that says there is a new way of doing this through transplant…
You can transplant head hair to the chest, but it will grow long, so it will have to be clipped. FUE or strip harvesting methods will work. We have done many pubic hair transplants in people who just did not have enough of it and it works very nicely.
Hi, I had a question concerning Rogaine. Can Rogaine become unaffective if it’s left in harsh temperatures. I travel a lot. I drive in hot cars, and take airplanes oversees, leaving my luggage in the luggage bay. Will harsh conditions ruin Rogaine? Thanks for your time. Thank you doctor. This blog is great!
There are warnings about storing minoxidil. It is suggested that you store at room temperature between 68 and 77 degrees F (between 20 and 25 degrees C) away from heat. Heat may cause it to lose value, so hot cars in direct sunlight can not be a positive for storing the medication.
“Toshiyuki Sakai said his team had found “alopestatin” reduced hair loss by 70 percent when used on rats also given etoposide anti-cancer drugs.” The focus here appears to be for those using chemotherapy, but who knows where it will take them as they explore this technology. The article goes on to say that there are no clinical tests currently underway.
Read the article — Antibiotic could prevent hair-loss
This patient is a full Class 7 pattern of balding who has kept the frontal hairline for his 60+ years. Recently, he started to lose the frontal hair, worse in the corners. He was happy with the man he watched in the mirror every day, up until he started to lose his hair. I thought that I would share his appearance with you. This is clearly an unusual genetic variation of the Class 7 balding pattern. He has had no hair restoration work.
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HI DR… When can you kinda predict when you final pattern will be… what age ???? Please let me know sir.. thanks
There is no real age that hair loss is guaranteed to start by, so I can only talk averages. Most men who are going to be very bald, will be there before they get out of their 20s, and often see considerable thinning in their early 20s with considerable miniaturization through the areas that are going to be bald. It is this miniaturization pattern that suggests the final pattern, but in some people, the process is delayed into their 30s. Most men are finished with the large part of the balding process by the time they are in their 40s, but on rare occasions, a few may start at this late age (less than 5% of all men start balding late in life).
Popular Mechanics Ad from June 1924: Hair Growing Hat
Perhaps we should revive this hair growing hat? It seems to fit in with other products out there that people are buying. It should be made to look more modern, though…
HA! Ridiculous!
I have been on Dilantin (phenytoin) tablets for a long time since a seizure following neurocisticircossis ten years ago. I don’t have any problem now but have not stopped the medicine yet. The doctor said you can stop it, but to avoid the risk of a seizure you may continue with one tablet (100mg) a day. Of late, I have been losing hair. I noticed it when I started losing facial hair. My moustache and the hair on the left part of my chest had started greying early, ie. some 8 years ago. I am now 43.
Could Dilantin be the reason for the hair loss? How can I prevent it?
Hair loss has been reported as rare side effect of Dilantin. Because of the infrequency of this side effect, it is warranted to consider more common possibilities such as male or female pattern baldness before blaming the hair loss on medication. The other important factors that should be considered before making the diagnosis are: family history of baldness and miniaturization status of your hair. You need to be evaluated by a good hair specialist before coming to the conclusion of stopping your medication because of its possible side effect. People on Dilantin need to get their priorities straight if they are losing hair possibly from their medication and get advice from the doctor prescribing it.
Equol is a very interesting discovery.
I was wondering if taking a pill that I saw on GNC.com could have some similiar benefits? The name of the pill is….
Natural Brandâ„¢ Soy Isoflavone Concentrate.
Could taking this help in ways similiar to taking equol? thank you.
I really do not know of benefits that are claimed on the internet. We are all wanting some magic cure to our balding problem but as I have said over and over again: this is a buyer beware market.
Greetings from Algeria!
I’m currently doing a 3-week project here and I realized I forgot my Propecia. Does the hair start falling out within days or just a couple of weeks, or should I be okay as long as I get right back on it in 3 weeks? It has worked well for me–I’ll be disappointed if it all starts coming out in the next few days.
Best regards
Three weeks off of Propecia (finasteride 1mg) may result in some hair loss. Usually a week or two can be ok, but three weeks is pushing it.
33 yr old female. At the beginning of April 2007 I noticed app a 1-inch area to the left of my part that had lost hair. Completly and it has a red tint to the scalp. The only thing I can remember causing this would be sleeping against a corner of a wall for a period of time. My doctor seems to think it is nerve damage and says it most likely won’t grow back. Do you find this to be true and what would cause the redness? Thank you for your help.
There is no way for me to give you an opinion without seeing you. I have never heard of nerve damage causing hair loss.