Hi,Dr. Rassman

i have 5-6 grey hairs at the side of my hairs. if i pluck out my hairs, Can i solve this problem? or you have any solution for grey hairs?

im very young and This grey hairs makes me feel old.

Thanks in advance.

If you continuously pluck out your grey hairs, it might cause them to eventually stop growing… but it’s not going to make them regrow as your regular hair color. In other words, I wouldn’t recommend going that route. I don’t know how old you are, but some people just go grey at a younger age than you might expect.

At this point, the way to solve the problem of grey hair is by using hair dye. There’s talk about a pill to prevent grey hair, but it’s apparently still years away (see here).

Here is a radio show where doctor George Cotsarelis showed up and talked about hair loss. Although nothing new was mentioned it is an interesting study of psychological affects that baldness can cause

Link: Hair and who we are

I haven’t had time to listen to the show, but I thought I’d post this for those that are interested (thanks for sending us the link).

The description of the radio show says they talked with Albert Mannes (the author of the “bald men are dominant” study), interviewed Dr. Cotsarelis (one of the doctors that is researching PGD2), and spoke to a salon manager that lost her hair from chemotherapy.

Hi,
I just want to ask How to make garlic gel? Where can i buy garlic gel if there is any?

Thank You!

We wrote about garlic gel being used in small studies as an alopecia areata treatment, but I’m not sure where you can buy it and I don’t have a recipe for it. Perhaps you should check your local pharmacy or health foods store.

Hello, ive been searching around for an answer or explanation about body hair and what drives it to grow with no luck, i stumbled upon this site and thought it would be good to ask.

Im a male currently 21, and ive noticed a gradual increase in body hair, the growth is dark, coarse, and fairly thick. i’ve talked to my local doctor about this and done some tests still waiting for results, but he assured me this is “normal” however i beg to differ, the hair is really an annoyance and making social interactions abit awkward.

so my question is, how does body hair grow? and what hormones dictate the length and type (vellus / terminal) of hair? ive read that DHT might have a contribution but im not entirely sure. i do know however that my Test levels are on the lower side of the scale, which makes me think that my body is converting too much to DHT.

kind regards.

In general, DHT is responsible for some of the secondary male characteristics, such as body hair. DHT plus your genetic predisposition may cause changes in your body hair. Likewise, DHT plus your genetic predisposition can also affect male pattern hair loss. The key is genetics.

As men mature from their puberty years into their early twenties, many changes in their bodies occur. In men who are in their 60’s and older, they also develop ear hair and nose hair and some of them can lose body hair in their senior years.

Snippet from the article:

Crucial to the hair-growth and balding process, scientists have found, are vitamin D and the microscopic receptors that bind to it in skin. These elements have become the focus for several research teams. (Supplements might offer health benefits for people lacking enough vitamin D, but they won’t bring back lost hair, researchers say.)

Some researchers, including those from the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, have identified molecules besides vitamin D that appear to activate the receptor and hold potential for future treatments. In July, Japanese researchers demonstrated in animals that adding vitamin D helped the process of using stem cells to generate new follicles.

Read the rest at the Wall Street Journal — The Search for a Baldness Cure

My friend Dr. Richard Shiell commented:

“Plenty of sunlight and Vit D here in Australia (world’s highest rate of skin cancer). From my observation, our baldness rate and pattern-type is pretty much the same as elsewhere.

We are seeing Vit D deficiency in some Muslim women and children who cover-op and do not take advantage of our sunlight. I have not heard of any increase in hair loss. Kids at the beach these days are covered from head to knee as in the Victorian era so, if the author is correct, we should see more baldness in the future. I don’t believe it.”

It’s important to highlight the sentence from the article that states: “Supplements might offer health benefits for people lacking enough vitamin D, but they won’t bring back lost hair“.

In response to this news, some hair restoration doctors stated that they often recommend vitamin D as part of the treatment for women with balding or thinning hair. There does not seem to be a downside to this use, but I wouldn’t get too excited just yet about calling this a “cure”.

Snippet from the press release:

As the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) prepares to kick off its 20th anniversary this October with a look back at the significant improvements made in the art and science of hair restoration surgery, millions of men and women around the world have better hair to show for the tremendous growth in this specialized field of medicine.

“Over the last 20 years, the ISHRS has grown to over 1,000 international members working in collaboration to establish the highest quality standards and best practices that have led to the modern-day hair transplant,” said ISHRS President Dr. Jennifer H. Martinick. “Now, results are natural looking and virtually undetectable, and ISHRS members are committed to pushing new frontiers in scientific research to further enhance results and possibly even reverse or delay the onset of hair loss.”

Read the rest — 20th Anniversary of World’s Leading Hair Restoration Medical Society Spotlights Greatest Advances in Combating Hair Loss, Potential Future Breakthroughs

Snippet from the article:

Healthy young men with a Western-style diet may be able to boost their sperm quality by eating a small packet of walnuts a day.

These are the findings of a new study that shows healthy American men in their 20s and 30s who ate a 75g (2.5 ozs) packet of walnuts a day were able to increase the vitality, motility and structure of their sperm compared to counterparts who did not eat walnuts.

A report on the study appeared online on 15 August in the Biology of Reproduction journal’s papers-in-press section.

Infertility and subfertility is a common problem that affects about 70 million couples worldwide. Between a third and a half of cases are due to poor semen quality in the male partner, with scientists giving a number of reasons for this in industrialized societies: pollution, unhealthy lifestyles and the Western-style diet cited amongst them.

Read the rest — Walnuts May Improve Sperm Quality

The study included 117 men (between 21 to 35 years old) and was partially funded by the California Walnut Commission.