10 month old lack of density (photo)

/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /

I’ve been concerned recently as my 10-month-old seems to have not grown any hair in the last six months. He seemed to be growing well the first few months, but in the last six months, he’s only thinned out and gotten zero new hairs. I assume he’s too young for any topicals like Minox, but I was thinking a .25 micro needle would be enough to stimulate some growth. He’s also really young, and I’m guessing he might even respond better than adults.  

Children often have see-through hair that looks like adult balding patterns, but that is not balding. The thickness of a baby’s hair is often fine in thickness, but as he/she grows, the thickness increases.  Please don’t treat your son as he will have normal hair as he gets older.

Mental changes on finasteride

/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /

I’m 21 and have been on 2.5mg of Min and 1mg of Fin for about 6 months now. I don’t know when but I feel like I’ve gotten less intelligent. I can no longer recall random facts as well and my mental arithmetic speed has taken a noticeable decrease. I put it down to lack of sleep originally but a family member commented on how forgetful I’ve become. I’ve also seen a massive shift in my priorities and have taken on different worries, all of which someone at my age should have so that’s relatively normal. I know I’m young so this shift could just be put down to personal development but I want to know if it’s possible for Finasteride to have caused these changes?

Some men report Brain Fog with finasteride. Brain fog is when you can’t seem to think or figure out what to do next. Or you can’t remember a name, a phone number, or an address. Is this what you are experiencing?

microneedling

/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /

I just started with a Dr Pen on my widows peak. 0.6mm, speed of 3. I made small circular/swirling movements. The skin got a little red, but not much, and no little bleeding pricks. This morning (did it 9 hours ago) the area feels like I have a slight sunburn. I didn’t spend long, only a couple minutes, doing the whole area but relatively it isnt a huge area.

Should I be seeing more reaction? I took a picture but it didn’t even look like anything, though in person the area was a bit redder.

The epidermis is 0.5mm thick, and there are no stem cells in it. The stem cells you want to reach are 1.0-1.5mm below the epidermis. It would be best if you went deeper. I generally tell my patients to use a depth of 1.25, and rather than a circular motion, hold it in each place for 10 seconds.