Ellie Kincaid

There are many variables needed to address the question if one hair transplant is enough they include: The size of the balding area being treated, the hair thickness (fine, medium or coarse), the color contrast between hair and skin (e.g. Blondes do better with less hair moved in proportion to the balding area), the character of your hair (straight vs very curly), your goals (are they realistic?), the experience of the doctor and his/her team, the density placed at the recipient area.  So if the bald area is small, then yes, one hair transplant can probably achieve reasonable goals.

I’m excited for this stuff too, but what I wonder is what are the risks to women since this is a topical formulation. The pills arent supposed to be handled by women who are trying to get pregnant. So what about the risks from the topical solution? Is the concentration high enough to cause an issue? What about it rubbing off after its applied (if the woman runs her hands through the hair etc.)? Wish I could see a discussion on this aspect of it.

This is a problem, of course. Application in the morning and then going to work, washing your hair in a shower when you return home is one way around this potential problem

I keep coming across mixed answers online, so I thought it would be better to post here.

• If we are able to extract and culture to multiply follicles, could FUT scars be restored? Could the smaller FUE follicle based scars be restored too?

• I get that growth cycles of hair across the body are different, but if body hair has slower growth than head hair, what is the point of those procedures that transplant body hair to the face (beard) or other places?

• Does hair loss stop at some point? I get that older men retain what they have left, but couldn’t someone on finasteride just keep taking it to maintain until hair loss stops?

• Has anyone confirmed how it happens? I’ve noticed recession of the left side of my hairline with very mild on the right. My dad is bald, but no one else from his siblings or my mom’s siblings. My diet isn’t the best these days, and I noticed a bit of hair gone at once from the left hairline one day in July 2018. Before that, nothing. Since then, I notice the rest of recession after showering. I don’t use sulfate-containing shampoos as my hair gets really dry.

• My UK doctor (general practitioner) said he can’t prescribe me finasteride when I initially asked for it, as it was “blacklisted” on the NHS and that it won’t do much to help me. Should I just buy finasteride anyway? Dr. Fox Online Pharmacy was recommended to me before.

Forget hair follicle multiplication as there is nothing on the horizon other than a few scummy doctors offering it for $$. You are correct about body hair, it grows for only a period of no more than 8 months when it cycles another 8 months and disappears so it is not good for hair transplants. Hair loss is progressive though a man’s life, but it slows down usually at about 35. You can take after your fathers or mothers side of the family. The choice is your about taking finasteride, it works to slow, stop and sometimes reverse hair loss with a risk of sexual side effects at about 2-4%.

I recently switched to once a day from two because of some reasons. After that I saw heavy hairfall on my head and made me anxious. I used to head bath daily in the morning and I didn’t do shower from the day i switched to once a day of minoxidil.Is the sudden hairfall because of change of minoxidil application or any other possible reasons.

I tell my patients that once a day minoxidil is fine if you put it on at night after a hot shower and leave it on all night so switching twice a day to once a day with this routine should not be a problem

The first picture is with a buzz cut, the second picture is with longer hair.  As you can see, as my doctor told me, I don’t have a lot of hair so I can’t let it grow out or it looks terrible.

If you like the buzz cut which solves the lack of hair, I would recommend Scalp Micropigmentation, see here: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/bold-shaved-look/  This approach will give you the look of a full head of shaved hair and completely hide the limited densities of hair that you have.

Hassan and Wong are good doctors, but I would want to know what was wrong with you in the first place. Your pattern of balding on the sides is highly unusual and should be matched to a cause. Could you have a condition called Fibrosing Frontal Alopecia which could mess up a hair transplant even in the best surgeons hands. I would ask that you see a dermatologist and get a biopsy of the area where the problem exists. You need a diagnosis, not a hair transplant right now.

Need some honest advice with this HT. Post 18 months, shaved head but 1 week grown hair. from tressless

Body hair should only be used as a last resort because the growth cycle is short (about 6 months) and the thickness is poor. The best approach if you don’t have enough hair is to get Scalp Micropigmentation to augments a well planned hair transplant. I wrote about it here: https://newhair.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Combining_Follicular_Unit_Extraction_and_Scalp.98621.pdf