This is a fantastic result from finasteride. Clearly the hairline as responded as well as the rest of his frontal scalp.
My great enjoyment is seeing the results of the patients who we treated after the hair has grown in.
In the recent issue of the Economist, there were three significant articles that addressed significant, a really means significant, breakthroughs in three of the biggest polluting causes of Carbon Dioxide production. Worth Readings:
- In New Zealand a discover that a certain type of seaweed if put into the feed of livestock that produce methane gas (cows, sheep, etc…) can reduce their methane production by about 2/3rds. It is actually healthier for the cattle. This problem is one of the leading causes of CO2 gas build-up in our atmosphere and it appears that a new industry is now being built in New Zealand to produce this new seaweed in for feed-stock.
- In Australia, a company has figured out a way to produce concrete without the heavy CO2 product byproduct buildup in the atmosphere (may cause up to 5% of CO2 production world-wide). They have replaced the re-bar with fibers and change the chemistry of the curing process. The result is a better product that is lighter and will last longer with no significant maintenance. They are now tackling a huge bridge with this technology. It can apply to almost all concrete structures and as the advantage of no steel and therefor no rust buildup in bridges and other outside structures
- Ships are now installing bubble produces on the bottom of the ships. The ships ride on a layer of bubbles. This decreases the fuel consumption by reducing friction and has the benefit of reduction of costs for fuel of between 5-10%. Most cruise ships are now going in this direction and many of the commercial ships are moving in this direction as well.
This means that maybe our children and their children will have a better world.
I’m a 19 year old male who started Finasteride in January 1 because I had a receding hairline. In the past four months or so, my hairline has significantly receded and is becoming really noticeable, particularly around my temples. I thought I’d be able to maintain and hopefully regrow a little given that I’m young, but it seems to have had the opposite effect. Is this a shed? Is there a chance Finasteride is making my balding faster? How long should I wait to see the full effects of finasteride? Reading on websites is hard because most articles are written by companies that either sell Fin or say fin doesn’t work because they offer hair transplants.
You should stick to the finasteride and any shedding phase will pass. Finasteride may not slow down the recessions as sometimes, especially in a maturing hairline, finasteride will not work. Transplants are out of the question at your age. See a an expert like me who will tell you want is going on. See here: https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/
You can see the new hair growth in the frontal leading edge of the photos suggesting that this is real results that will only get better.
Minoxidil works almost any place you put it and sometimes where you don’t put it as women who use it on their hair find that they may develop increased facial hair. The FDA approved it for the crown and that is why it says that in the insert.
You can do it anytime, once the wounds have healed, at least 3 months is a good starting point: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/scar-covering/
My husband began balding at 24. He is epileptic and a switch to a different anticonvulsant exacerbated what doctors say is genetic hair loss. Within a year, he lost 50% of his hair. Because he lacked health insurance, his doctor refused to allow him off the medication. It was not until it stopped working that we again switched.
Although he stopped taking the medication, his hair never returned. It continued to shed in tremendous amounts. Along with it went his self-esteem and all the things he liked about himself. In June of 2018, we met with a dermatologist that suggested finasteride and Minoxidil 5%. The first photo is from then, when he first began taking 1 mg/day. It is still his current dose. In addition, he uses Kirkland Minoxidil twice a day and Nizoral shampoo three times a week. In addition, he does microneedling once a week. He sure has come a long way and I am proud of him.
Nothing like staying the course
A picture is worth 1000 words. You can actually see where the new hairs are because they are short. The mole shows that the hairline has advanced.
This type of result is not uncommon from finasteride as I see it often.
If the woman actually doing the FUE in this video is not a DOCTOR, then the surgeon and his organization has broken the law in all States in the US and in most European and South American countries. I am not saying that this is the case here, but I am surprised to see the plastic surgeon who is discussing the surgery, was not the person performing the FUE (time 2:54-4:00 minutes). Sometimes doctors who don’t know how to do modern hair transplant surgery bring in teams of technicians to do the actual surgery for them (the FUE part of the surgery and even creating the recipient sites where the grafts are placed). This would not be proper, safe or legal.
As a side issue, I noted that the doctor is not using a mask yet talking to the audience directly over the patient. When a person speaks, they OFTEN (almost always) propel saliva. In this case, the ‘plastic surgeon’ had to be propelling his saliva on the patient exposing the patient to potential infections (he should have warn a surgical mask and known better).
If you suspect that the surgery you are having done is not being performed by the doctor who you believed was supposed to be doing the surgery, then it might be appropriate to ask the State Board of Medical Examiners in your state of country to check the situation out. In the surgery in this video, I would expect that the women who performed the FUE to be a licensed MD possibly working with the doctor. If that was NOT the case then she would be practicing surgery without a license, see the statement from the State of California in this issue here: https://baldingblog.com/decision-from-the-california-medical-board-only-doctors-can-perform-a-hair-transplant/ ).
I would suggest that you watch this very informative very short video on this subject here: https://baldingblog.com/warning-watch-his-very-short-video-if-you-are-thinking-about-getting-a-hair-transplant/ The warning is simple: Make sure that you have a real, licensed doctor trained in the field of hair transplantation PERFORMING your surgery. Many doctors do this just for the money and leave the operating room once the patient is sedated. The patient’s welfare is then in the hands of a team of technicians overseeing the surgery who are not trained for emergencies or for things that go wrong. I have reported one death in California from a hair transplant ( https://baldingblog.com/hair-transplants-by-john-lord/) which is a warning that without a competent doctor in the operating room you are risking your life if anything goes wrong. The man who died (that I referred to) was young with 2 small children.
3rd Treatment of Neograft hair transplant If you are interested in seeing the results from tressless
Am I the only person questioning why there isn’t a big market for this? Scientists all around the world are cloning hearts, lungs, and other organs in a glass box without a body. Yet these scientists cant just clone your hair follicles and transplant them or something – and just “cure” baldness? Or is this once again just the trillion dollar hair corporations refusing to let this become a thing because they will lose millions on selling imaginary hairy growth products to the gullible masses?
Good questions. Cloning was done in the late 19802 when Jahoda cloned hair from he and his wife. They were only a few hairs and it has never been something can can be done commercially. In the 1990s, hair cloning was successfully done on mice, but the the hair which was cloned in a petri dish, when transplanted into mice, killed them because the hair grew wild in every direction causing massive infections. What most people don’t realize is that a hair is a complete organ system and each follicular unit, as an independent organ, has be be developed that it grows like a complete organ, in the correct position and direction. For this reason, most people have tried to work with stem cells to grow the organ from scratch, which would then have a direction and each stem cell might produce a hair organ (follicular unit). We have not gotten there despite now almost 30 years after the first hair was cloned.
I posted a while back asking if anybody had any anecdotes for taking smaller doses to alleviate sides. Well I bit the bullet and bought a pill cutter last Thursday and from then until Monday took 0.5mg fin every day. It was by the Monday that I woke up with proper morning wood for the first time in weeks and had the horn all day. At this point I noticed more hair in my hands than normal after washing, so went back to 1mg Monday night.
You should probably stay on the half dose as it is 80% as effective as the full dose.
If you have no idea what SMP is then you’re probably not going to find this interesting but I wanted to start a thread chronicling my experience of lightening/removing my scalp micro-pigmentation (hair tattoo). I had my first laser session yesterday.
My hair story is a bit of a long one but I’ll try and explain it as best as I can. Pretty much been bald since my early 20’s, always had a high forehead and it really shook my confidence (and still does unfortunately).
My GP put me on Finasteride and after trying it for a few weeks and dealing with bad sides I stopped it. In my early 20’s I went to see numerous transplant doctors who all told me that I need to wait a few years to see where the balding would end up. They also said that I probably wouldnt be too happy with the outcome of a transplant because of how much hair I had lost and having a so-so doner area. I then started to look for other solutions. I came across Scalp Micropigmentation (hair tattoo) and researched it heavily. This was 5 years ago. I had heard of ‘Tricopigmentation‘ which was branded as a semi permanent SMP option. At the time Milena Lardi in Italy was the best clinician in this field so I travelled to Milan and had 3 sessions done (after shaving my head all over for the first time).
The tricopigmentation gave me a nice shadow but I wanted more so I decided to go down the ‘permanent’ SMP route with a UK company. Again I had 3 sessions but this time it was much darker and overall I was pretty happy with it. I was not as self conscious about my shaved head as I thought it looked like I was shaving out of choice and not out of need. It was high maintenance though as I had to shave everyday and also use alot of anti-shine. Some people noticed and others didn’t. In hindsight Im not sure I was fooling anyone as I do think that many people can spot a ‘too perfect’ hairline. The eyes are naturally drawn to it, which isnt good.
Once I got to my late 20’s I decided to get a transplant to compliment the SMP. Again I researched this for quite sometime and ended up having a 4300 graft hair transplant in Turkey. This gave me texture on the scalp and also massively reduced shine (which I was delighted about) but its way too thin to grow long. The recovery was horrific and dont think id ever get another one. While the idea was that the transplant would compliment the SMP (and vica vearsa), I was left with transplant hair I cant grow very long because it makes the SMP on the scalp stand out like a sore thumb! Furthermore it really made the hairline look even more fake.
Fast forward to 2019 and I was left feeling really self conscious about my head. I do notice when people talk to me they linger just a second too long on the hairline and scalp, plus i do see some people do a double take on the street. In the end I decided my only option was either to live with it (not happening) or get the SMP lasered off (without damaging the hair). After a few months of research I went with a laser removal technician who has alot of experience with SMP.
I had my first session yesterday and so far Im pleased with the results — although it was really f***ing sore. It will take a number of weeks for the fading to happen (it doesnt happen right away) but already I’ve noticed the hairline looks a little more natural and while its still red (it looks worse in photos) I think I will be happier with it gone or faded. Less really is more.The actual hair stands out now rather than the SMP dots.
Happy to answer any questions you guys might have. 3 words of advice if you’re thinking of SMP or lasering it off for that matter:
If you’re thinking of getting SMP go with someone who has ALOT of experience and can show you photos of their work. This is very important.
LESS is more when it comes to SMP. Try and keep things as natural as possible (broken and receding hairline) — not a lego man hairline. Its really difficult to get a natural hairline, especially for lighter skin tones.
If you’re thinking of getting SMP or indeed removing SMP — Research, research, research and ask questions before committing.
Photos:
Upper left photo = SMP + Transplant hair a little longer than buzzed (before laser)
Upper right photo = 1 day post laser and buzzcut (today!)
Bottom Left = SMP before laser and transplant hair buzzed
Bottom right = 1 day post laser and buzzcut (today)
This man offers good advice. I keep mentioning the idea of a Master Plan and that is something that is critical. Had he found the right doctor at the onset, he would have been able to tackle a hair transplant when and if he wanted one. Here is a man who had the worst balding pattern possible with hair transplants followed by SMP. The photos speak to the result: https://baldingblog.com/72-year-old-surfer-still-surfing-and-he-has-hair-photo/
