I Live in a Country Without Doctors that Map the Scalp

Hello Doctor,
you have told many times in your lovely blog that we have to go for a miniaturization mapping to see whether we are progressively losing hair or not, but the problem is that I currently live in a country that Hair transplant Doctors do not do that, and I am considering a hair transplantation. I’ve been taking propecia 4 months ago.

my question: is there any home based way for us to be able to measure it ourselves, for example should we look for something special, or any device being used for other purposes that can be used for this purpose too.
thanks alot.

We actually wrote a 3 part series about this a little while ago. The microscope reference has since been discontinued (they have a newer model), but any video microscope should do the trick. You can do it yourself. Here’s part 1 (links to the other parts are on that page).

Alternatively, you can send photographs to the address on the Contact page and we can speak over the phone. For the frontal view, always lift your eyebrows so the forehead wrinkles. That will tell me much about what you lost and what you will need.