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    AI suggests drug for hair loss

    Mar 15, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes

    In my weekly MIT Review, the following statement was found:  “Since the 1980’s, there have been few advancements in treatments for hair loss and thinning.  Thanks to Revela’s proprietary new search engine, we now have a revolutionary new formulae. The Secret? The worlds first new molecule, discovered by AI, to help encourage follicle health regardless of the cause of hair loss. ProCenilyl ™, helps activate dormant hair follicles to stimulate growth. In clinical trials, 97% of users saw fuller hair and brows in as little as 6 weeks. Just message a few drops into your scalp, it is that simple.”  

    I never heard of this before, so I am a doubter as this was a sponsored advertisement.  

    Transitioning from a hair system

    Mar 15, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes

    Since there’s a bit of back and forth between hair systems and transplants on here, just wondering if anyone that previously had a hair system ditched it for a transplant?

    It is hard to switch off of a hair system once you establish the look of a full haired individual. At the moment you might decide to take it off and abandon it, your head is partially shaved and everyone you know will ask you what happened to you. The transition off of a hair system requires a careful plan, allowing your hair to grow out, switching to clips from glues, and then the big reveal. That is when you want to get a hair transplant as it takes months for a hair transplant to take over to give you the look you may want. The problem, in summary, can be spelled out in two words: TRANSITION PLANNING

    Exercise and hair loss

    Mar 14, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes

    I want to start going to the gym but I heard that doing exercice can accelerate my hair loss and therefore making the finasteride useless.. Is that true or can I start going to the gym?

    Exercise all you want while on finasteride. No problem

     

    Minoxidil shedding question

    Mar 14, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes

    Moving from 2% to 5% topical min … will the shedding phase start again?

    When changing the dose for minoxidil, the shedding phase rarely repeats.

    Hairline lowering surgical scar in a male (photo)

    Mar 13, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes

    This man’s photos shows two problems.  (1) above the scar, there are areas of balding which indicate that the scar will become obvious, and (2) the stitches were placed far back creating a railroad pattern which will (a) cause hair loss and )b) probably keep elements of this scar.  This man will need a hair transplant to fix this once it is healed.  Why would any man do this when a hair transplant alone would have solved his hairline recession?

    Microneedling before and after (photo)

    Mar 13, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes

    The use of 1 or 1.5mm needle length will produce bleeding. Healing is slow and if you repeat this every week, the pink color may persist over the entire week depending upon your skin characteristics.  Be prepared to have a pink color show here after the microneedling has healed a few days. 

    11 months on finasteride

    Mar 10, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes

    The crown often responds to finasteride alone in men under 30 as shown here

    Finasteride and minoxidil just 45 days (photo)

    Mar 10, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes

    This man is very sensitive to minoxidil and finasteride in combination which has produced almost instantaneous growth. The new hairs look  like that are 3/4 inch long suggesting that the growth response to these medications was almost instantaneous.   Such a fast response is highly unusual. 

    Minoxidil benefit, will it get better?

    Mar 9, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes
    I have used minoxidil for twelve weeks and now just started on finasteride.  Will my hairline return to its normal shape on the finasteride?
    The medication restored your forelock, not your frontal hairline in its normal shape. A hair transplant is the best option if you are not satisfied with your nice achievement so far. Finasteride rarely restores the normal hairline in men who have completely lost it and are over 26 years of age.

    Is this a hair system? (photos)

    Mar 9, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes
    The photo on the left: Some good laced systems have some fiber/plastic leading edge that create a good frontal hairline that looks completely natural. These system are generally very expensive but still must be changed every couple of weeks as the patient’s own hair grows out from under them. From a close up view, you almost always can detect the laced element of a hair system. I can’t see close enough to determine if this is a very good laced system as this man claims it  is. If this is a laced  hair system, then this is what I believe that Donald Trump uses.   
    The photo on the right, is a more typical hair system.  Most men never show the hairline of a hair system because of the obvious lack of a good transition zone between the bare forehead and the hair.  With the hair combed over the hairline, this hair system on the right can look good.  All hair systems need to be adjusted for hair growth every few weeks which makes the user dependent upon the hair system folks who sold it to them.  
    Both of these hair systems are glued to the scalp.  

    Do men respond to oral minoxidil better than topical minoxidil?

    Mar 8, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes

    I started taking oral minox about 7 weeks ago and I can’t believe how well I’ve responded compared with topical minoxidil.

    This is common as only 40% of men will respond to topical minoxidil while 95% or better respond to the oral minoxidil, see here: https://baldingblog.com/sulfotransferases-and-minoxidil/

    Persistent juvenile hairline with thinning behind it

    Mar 8, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes

    I have seen men who keep their juvenile hairline (arrows  point to this juvenile hairline) and then lose all of the hair behind it.  I believe that this man is probably able to keep his hair and even regrow it with drugs like minoxidil and finasteride

    4 months on minoxidil, finsateride with microneedling

    Mar 8, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes

    This is a young man 22 years of age, with recent loss of the corner hairline on both sides.  Men of this age are generally very responsive to drugs and microneedling

     

     

    Stopping finasteride

    Mar 7, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes

    Just had a question about finasteride. I have to get surgery and needed to stop finasteride. If I’m off finasteride for a month or 3 weeks will there be a lot of catch up loss making my finasteride use worthless?

    Usually, finasteride stays in your hair follicles for about 2-3 weeks.  Ask your doctor about reducing the period to 2 weeks for the holdout. 

    Hairs changing color from black to white

    Mar 7, 2023/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /Hair Loss Causes

    These are remarkable photos of hair exiting the scalp (arrow show point of exit) and the hair shafts showing the recent growth has white hair but the older part of the hair shafts are black

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