This is certainly interesting and suggests that peppermint oil work in mice. Does that mean it will work on humans. Let me know if you try it and it works for you.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4289931/
my dad went completely bald, so i know my future. im curious as to whats the highest (average donor) capacity of grafts someone could extract, and how much grafts are needed to make the head appear full. I know that Caucasian people roughly have 100.000 hairs, i cant understand how some fue results with around 10.000 grafts show great results whereas others with 10.000 grafts look like shit basically. is it even worth it to go for a transplant if i know im going to be completely bald? cause then i end up with some hair on my top, cant wear the sides shorts cause of scars?
You need to find a doctor who can follow you and develop a Master Plan with you for your future hair loss, assuming that you will have it. You may not follow your father’s hair loss pattern but the earlier your find out, the better. Our blog site is loaded with information to answer your questions: Two recommended posts are here: 1- https://baldingblog.com/need-master-plan-think-hair-transplants-photos/ 2- https://newhair.com/resources/#tab-id-4
I would be happy to work with you, especially if you can get to Southern California.
Many men who have frontal hair loss will also develop crown loss. This is called a Class 3 Vertex presentation of hair loss. If you are under 25, you might find that it will progress further.
If i remove testicles do i gain my hair back and where do they do such operations? Knowing that hair transplant is expensive , with average results and success rate i am trying to know my options
This was done back in the 1920s when identical twins we compared by a psychiatrist. One was a patient in the hospital who had his testicles removed and a full head of hair, the other was his identical twin brother who visited and was bald. When the psychiatrist saw the bald twin on a visit to see his brother, he gave his full headed identical twin a single shot of testosterone and the bald twin lost all of his hair. That should answer your question. Removing your testicles is not a good option and will not restore your hair.
This patient received over 4000 FUE grafts and now has a depleted and permanently damaged donor area. He must wait this out and probably get Scalp Micropigmentation to manage it as I expect this this will be permanent.
A colleague of mine was walking and saw this man. He asked for permission to take a photo of him and found out that he went to Turkey for his FUE. He had two FUE surgeries. What is impressive is (1) the now almost bald donor area and (2) the terrible growth and distribution that shows from the side view. If the surgery was done by a competent surgeon, a Master Plan would have been done that would not cause a depleted donor area (he is out of hair now) and could have been artfully placed to cover his hair (his hair would have grown and not failed to grow). Yes, didn’t pay much for the surgery, but was this really a bargain? I tell people all of the time that they need a good surgeon who understands and respects the patient’s donor area so that the hair that is used is strategically used and can be used so that they patient gets a head of hair that reflects his situation and that enough hair is left behind not to make him bald in the back of the head as this man is. I believe that this man didn’t know what he was buying, so UNFORTUNATE!
There is hope even for this man, as he could get Scalp Micropigmentation and look normal again as if he has a full head of hair, just shaved down to the skin. He is already shaving so just adding the SMP by a competent provider would be a good step for him (see here for many examples of this approach).
In the old days, the number of grafts per session were smaller so it often took more surgeries to accomplish these results. Today, it can be done in 2-3 surgeries and almost everyone can get these type of results. If their hair bank is poor, Scalp Micropigmentation added to the hair transplants can make up the difference. This is what an FUE surgery looks like when the surgeon is overly aggressive: https://baldingblog.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=20313&action=edit. This is the right way to go in two patients just like is shown in the Reddit video: https://baldingblog.com/difference-between-norwood-class-7-patients-with-photos/. I have known Joe Tillman (man in the video) and he is a tireless advocate for the hair transplant consumer.
Almost NW7 who had 9 hair transplants! nice results from tressless
Taking away the Lion’s mane in the Donald, would be like castration for him as he wouldn’t be able to function but he has a good looking skull shape for a balding man.
This is nice to see, however, it doesn’t take into account a few very important factors:
1- Your hair thickness (fine hair has 1/4 the value of coarse hair) so the calculations are different based upon hair thickness
2- Your hair density in the donor area: We are all different with different hair densities. The density reflects the donor bank so if you take out say 3000 grafts, and you only have 3000 to donate, then you have used up your reserve. A good doctor will tell you how much hair you have in your donor bank and as you use it, how much remains.
3- What can you expect in the future as hair loss is progressive. Today, for example, you have some frontal loss and you transplant it with 2000 grafts. In a few years maybe you have more frontal recession behind the area that was transplanted and you also develop some early crown loss. If you transplant these two areas, then maybe in time, the crown loss will become more and wider, what do you do then? Did you leave enough hair in the donor bank to manage future hair loss?
The hair transplant conundrum is not so simple as a graft calculator can easily solve. A good doctor who has experience, will address this for you and give you a realistic assessment of your short term and long term needs. I always tell my patients don’t think a year out, because balding is a lifetime problem.
HOW MANY GRAFTS Do You Need? Try this 30 Second GRAFT CALCULATOR! from tressless
I’m 18 and I’ve had diffuse thinning for the past 3 years. Yes it sucks but it’s slow and still have decent amount of hair. I’ve noticed for the past 3 years that when ever I get a hair cut, my hair is easy to pull out. Same with sides and my back. Is this DUPA? I’m really worried because I hope it isn’t. I took pictures with the flash and it’s still thick. Also when my sides grow out, I try pulling on it and it doesn’t come our. WTF.
I am the doctor who defined DUPA and it is rare. You need to have a microscopic examination of your donor area if you want DUPA eliminated as a diagnostic possibility. Most hair transplanted doctors offer this.
I just got my first box of finasteride 1 mg today. I wanted to get minoxidil 5% as well, but I need a prescription for that where I live. However, my dermatologist said the action of finasteride and minoxidil isn’t synergic, and that I won’t get better results by adding topical minoxidil to oral finasteride. That’s the opposite of everything I’ve heard so far. Men do combine oral finasteride and topical minoxidil 5% exactly to get better results, don’t they?
I don’t agree with your dermatologist. These two medications have different modes of action so taking them in combination, especially for the crown, is more effective.
They say you can get a transplant once you’ve stabilized your hairloss with Fin – but how reliable is it actually? I’m not sure how accurate this is, but I often read that Fin doesn’t really halt your hairloss, it slowns it down a lot but your hairline is still receding. And who’s to say that you get you a transplant and, 3 years later, Fin starts losing effectiveness and you end up looking even worse before? Do you just have to gamble on this, or am I missing something? Or is the transplant a commitment in the sense that you’ll eventually need more to “recorrect” everything?
What are you realistically getting in the long term with a hair transplant?
I have been doing hair transplants for 28 years and started the trend with small follicular units used for the hair transplants. Many of my patients from 28 years ago, come and visit me and a few came back for more hair transplants as they continued to lose hair. In good hands, hair transplants work and in 99% of people, the results are permanent. That is good and bad because if it is done well, you will look good, but it is done poorly, you will always look freaky.
It takes about a year to get any reasonable results from either minoxidil or finasteride. Stick to it if you go that way
Nice early results. It shows the impact of finasteride and minoxidil used in combination. The impact on the crown is clearly better than on the front, but both are better. It is unusual to see results in just 3 months but because he kept his hair short, the new hair impacted by the finasteride and the minoxidil showed better. If his hair was longer, then he may not have seen the value as quickly because only the hair close to the scalp was helped by the finasteride and the minoxidil.
I have been on Fin 1mg for last six months. I have started observing that my Hair, Armpit Hair, Pubic Hair and Facial Hair have started thinning and the density & growth has reduced. Could this be related to Fin ? I checked with my dermatologist. I was told that it was unlikely. Does anyone had a similar experiences ?
Some people do report a reduction of body hair when on finasteride. It is a known, but rare, side effect