If finasteride can not cause thinning, why am I continuing to thin while on finasteride? I’m definitely not imagining this. Could it be that the dosage 0.5mg is not enough and the miniaturization is too aggressive? Yes, it is possible that you need a proper dose of finasteride (1mg), or your thinning process is more […]
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I am scheduled for an upcoming hair transplant, and I am worried about having Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA). The surgeon didn’t understand when I asked him about DUPA in my donor area, and I don’t want to go forward if I have DUPA. Please help me with the diagnosis. Here are four pictures from my […]
Fantastic reversal of miniaturization. Because you are 18 years of age, your hair is very sensitive to the benefits of finasteride which easily reverses the miniaturization shown in your photo.
Transplanting near native hair should not be a problem unless that native hair is miniaturized and on the way out. Shock loss occurs when your hair is miniaturized and a transplant is performed. Taking finasteride often blocks such loss, and I recommend it regularly to my patients, especially those under 35 years of age. Men […]
How does one tell the difference between telogen effluvium or hair thinning? The best way to tell the difference between telogen effluvium and hair thinning is to purchase a digital hand microscope from Amazon (about $35) and zoom in on various areas of the head where the hair is strong (donor area) and thin elsewhere. […]
Does your hair change colour or look lighter if your a diffuse thinner? Eg going from black to brown? Does shedding actually indicate balding? Does a diffuse thinner end up NW6/7 YES. MINIATURIZATION OFTEN CAUSES YOUR HAIR TO LOSE ITS PIGMENTS EVERYONE SHEDS 100-150 HAIRS PER DAY AND THAT IS NOT BALDING. SHEDDING MORE THAN […]
Miniaturized hairs get thinner and thinner until they disappear. That is the normal course for miniaturized hairs. Drugs like finasteride, ofter reverse the miniaturization process.
Week 1 on fin. Shedding has decreased from 100-150 hairs/day to approx. 10-30 hairs/day. Scalp itch is almost entirely gone. No sides. Taken every other day. I’m a diffuse thinner, so I’m sitting at a NW1 right now with density being my primary point of concern. I started fin about two months after seeing signs […]
Yes, I have done this many times; however, I require a good understanding of how much miniaturization is present to help my patients understand what might happen to them after a hair transplant if anything. The older the man is, the less miniaturization is usually present, but that is not an absolute rule.
Diffuse thinning is overused. Some men will develop generalized thinning in their pattern of balding. When this happens, I would expect the thinning to continue until some pattern actually appears; however, if one intercedes with drugs like finasteride, these men might reverse the thinning (Miniaturization) or freeze it where it is for some time. There […]
It may limit the negative effects of DHT which in balding men produces miniaturization which in turn slows down hair growth. Finasteride blocks this process so I guess you can say that it speeds up hair growth while I would say that it reverses miniaturization in which case, the hairs will grow faster.
Hi there Dr. Rassman. I’ve been reading the balding blog and think it’s great! I have a question for the blog. Do thinning areas of the scalp (regardless of what the Norwood pattern is) always eventually thin to the point where that area ends up completely shiny bald and there is no hair left in […]
Great result with the disappearance of the corner recession. It also appears that the hairline has filled out, suggesting that it reversed miniaturization in the hairline.
Are Dupa (Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia) and Age related thinning the same condition, just that the former name is applied if it develops in a young person whereas the latter name is applied when it develops in a person of advanced age? No, these are not the same. DUPA usually has miniaturization well over 50%, if […]
I am a 21 year old male that has noticed my hair appears to be thinning on the back and sides after I buzzed it. This was not visible whilst I had longer hair. Please see the attached image of my donor area under a microscope. This is a difficult call. What I am seeing is a drop […]
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