When we wrote about DUPA in the medical literature back in 1995 (PDF here), the diagnosis required that the physician look at the donor area with high power magnification. With my invention of the hair densitometer with patent issued in 1994 (U.S. Patent 5,331,472 – Method and Apparatus for Measuring Hair Density July, 1994) the […]
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By definition, diffuse unpatterned alopecia (DUPA) can be over the face and body, but we generally only use the term to describe hair loss on the scalp. There are other conditions that cause hair loss on the face and body, such as alopecia areata or alopecia totalis.
Generally a physician specializing in hair transplant surgery or a dermatologist can diagnose these things. DPA is diffuse patterned alopecia. DUPA is diffuse unpatterned alopecia. One has a pattern and other does not. Under clinical microscopy of the fringe area around the sides and back of your head, the DUPA patient will have significant miniaturization […]
If it has been stable for the last 8 years, I do not see why it would not continue to be stable a lot longer. But I can not predict the future and the clinical course of patients with DUPA has been poorly documented. As a professional who may be more aware of this condition […]
The straight answer is that there is no cure for diffuse unpatterned alopecia (DUPA), assuming that this is your correct diagnosis. I would recommend that you obtain a solid diagnosis of DUPA first (as it seems you may be self diagnosing this). For a list of doctors in your area, you can try the physician […]
1. Genetic male pattern baldness doesn’t include the permanent zone, so diffuse loss there could be DUPA. 2. DUPA is often progressive, but it can be stable for a number of years. These conditions tend to be unstable if it is associated with genetic balding. 3. No, not that short. I am sure Dr. Bernstein […]
Body hair may or may not be permanent. I have never done a complete body hair transplant for a DUPA patient so I can not talk with experience under my belt. I suspect you can find someone willing to experiment on you to achieve the goal you defined above, but it would not be my […]
DUPA (diffuse unpatterned alopecia) is a condition found in men where the hair on the fringe area (back and sides) have significant miniaturization (greater than 20% of hairs). And yes, teens can have it. No one knows what causes DUPA, but it looks like the pattern we see in women with significant female genetic hair […]
I do not know if you will benefit from an endocrinologist or other specialist unless you have actually been diagnosed with diffuse unpatterned alopecia (DUPA) by a physician. Are you diagnosing yourself with DUPA because you have thinning of your hair? Some people do have thin hair, but that is not DUPA. There’s no underlying […]
DUPA (diffuse unpatterned alopecia) is not the same as MPB (male pattern baldness). That being said, Propecia is a medication for the treatment of MPB, which means it will most likely not be of help in treating your brother’s DUPA. There are no treatments, clinical trials, or medications for the treatment of DUPA that I’m […]
I do not mean to seem sarcastic, but DUPA looks like as the name implies — diffuse and unpatterned. In general, the back of the scalp (the male donor area) would be affected if you have DUPA. With genetic male pattern baldness, it wouldn’t be typical for the donor area to be impacted in the […]
Body hair transplants (BHT) are not considered a standard method of hair transplantation and may not give you a normal amount of bulk. I realize some doctors perform BHT with success (depending on how you define it), but the visual appearance of the hair that grows is clearly not normal. Body hair simply does not […]
Clearly, ACell will not impact DUPA (diffuse unpatterned alopecia) or female pattern hair loss unless it was used in conjunction with an auto-cloning procedure. We need to take one step at a time. We still need to see how well ACell works when used in an auto-cloning fashion. We do not know if you pluck […]
In response to My Hair on Top is Thick, But My Sides Are Thinning Quickly! You’re right. In the above referenced post, I was a little quick in my reply. Perhaps what I should’ve said in addition to the above quote is, “There may be additional miniaturization in the front, top, and crown that you’re […]
If you have the gene for male pattern baldness (MPB), the expression of the gene will dictate when the hair loss starts and which balding pattern that you will evolve into. In most people, the frontal loss starts at the leading edge of the frontal hairline, but a few people will keep their frontal hairline […]
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