I doubt that this patient will regrow anymore hair. I believe the transplant was a failure considering that very little hair grew. The patient also reported that his donor area was heavily scarred. This was probably from over-harvesting his donor area, a common surgery done around the world by ignorant doctors. If the donor area […]
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You seem to have developed donor site depletion. This could be from over-harvesting during your FUE (taking too many grafts too close to each other). This can be shock loss of the donor area from over-harvesting. If it is, it might recover. You will not know for at least six months from the date of the surgery. If […]
Shock loss in young men under 30, rarely reverses so that is why I ask my young patients to take Finasteride to prevent it. Shock loss is an acceleration of the hair loss process that normally occurs and it impacts hair that is usually within a few years of falling out. In men, it is […]
No, Finasteride will not help the grafts grow. Finasteride works to accomplish two objectives: (1) slows or stops the balding process or (2) prevents shock loss in men under 50 who have a hair transplant. The likeliness of shock loss for men decreases with age. It is worse for men in their 20s and less so […]
I’m a 38 year-old white male. I began taking Propecia in mid 2009 for what was becoming obvious thinning in my crown/vertex. A couple years later I added Minoxidil. My hairline never receded, that’s not an issue. Things are going well, no further loss happened that I can tell and I had some regrowth and […]
I’m 30 days after the FUE hair transplant, what I need to know is if I touch my hair just as if combing it with my fingers every now and then, is it normal that a lot of hair sheds on my hand ? Do I stop finger combing my hair Why does the side […]
Sometimes when a woman has a forehead reduction surgery, or even a face lift, they could develop thinning of the hair on the corners and/or the sides of the hairline. If this is a recent surgery, I would wait a full eight months to see if the hair comes back. Shock loss in women is often […]
I‘m about to do one at the age of 25. However since I’m not an extreme case (a slower hair loss) I’m scared that my hair behind the new implanted hair will fall out. How often does this happen? Will this happen if I don’t use finasteride? The key to doing a hair transplant is […]
If you have a hair transplant and you are under 30 and male, the risk of shock loss is high enough that the drug finasteride almost wipes out that risk. Shock loss causes an acceleration of your genetic hair loss problem.
Shock loss is induced by the anesthetic., not the surgery. The crown hair must have been miniaturized and the hair loss was induced by the surgical process. The only way to prevent this is to take finasteride
Imagine, you go to buy a car, and you are clear as to what you want. A good car salesman is a professional who knows how to bond with you so that salesmen can gain their trust to possibly have you buy the next model up with loads of options without appearing too pushy. You […]
The longer the better, but 4-6 weeks should cover you. Even a shorter period will work, but taking it is critical particularly if this is your first hair transplant and you are under 30 years old. Shock loss is most common in young men and after the first hair transplant. Stay on the medications until […]
This question covers a lot of territory: 1- If there is generalized thinning over the entire head and you are a male and the thinning is in the side and back of your head as well, you might have a condition called Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA). This condition is not good news, and these patients […]
If you have significant miniaturization in an area that you’re looking to have transplanted, you do run the risk of surgical shock loss occurring that could wipe those hairs out. Finasteride may protect you from shock loss, but you should discuss this with your surgeon. You don’t want to end up having a hair restoration […]
You really should pose this question to your doctor (who has examined you and has a treatment plan for you). I don’t know enough about your hair loss history to be able to give you an idea about your possible successes, but in general, Propecia can be good for the crown and top areas with […]
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