I routinely map out the hair for miniaturization when I see a patient (male or female) and it will tell me much about the health of your hair. We will be doing consultations in Newport Beach starting in October. If you’d like to setup an appointment, call our office at 800-NEW-HAIR. If you’d like to […]
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If you have a maturing hairline, I would not expect to see miniaturization from the highest wrinkle of the furrowed brow. The leading edge of a maturing hairline, as a rule, does not show miniaturization. From the few cases I can reference (nephew and two of my sons), they lost their juvenile hairlines without miniaturization […]
Miniaturization mapping is a visual tool to compare hair shaft thickness which you are measuring directly yourself. With no change in shaft thickness, you do not appear to be balding at all. Good question and scientific observations.
The following response is by UK-based physician Dr. Bessam Farjo: Response by: Dr Bessam Farjo United Kingdom Well, I start by asking you about your own hair loss history and its progression. I then obtain a thorough family history to assess the likelihood of progressive hair loss. Unfortunately the younger you are the harder it […]
Yes. Yes. Could go either way, or none at all. I can’t predict how you’ll react to a medication. 50% miniaturization is a predictor or hair loss or balding in the area where the miniaturization is found (in your case, in the frontal area). Sooner or later, the balding will be evident to the naked […]
17% miniaturization may be within normal limits. Something is wrong here. I can’t believe that the medical community is unable to help you with a diagnosis — which is exactly what you need. The numbers you are supplying me make to sense to me. You need to have a doctor who explains what is going […]
Mapping out the scalp for miniaturization can be used to forecast balding patterns, particularly if your eye is telling you that you are losing hair. For a Norwood Class 4A pattern, 2500-4000 grafts can do a good job depending upon the thickness of your hair. Finer hair takes more grafts than coarser hair.
If you follow the tutorials on mapping your own scalp (see BaldingForum) some of this information is not difficult to get as long as you have the proper tool. Using a video microscope, you take photos of various areas of your scalp and compare those photographs a year later at the same location. Then it […]
Your case is not simple and one would want to know far more about you than this summary will allow. The most common cause of hair loss in men is genetic male pattern baldness, and while anything is possible, it is not too likely that allergies are causing your miniaturization (especially if you are thinning […]
Best if I give you an example of a patient I saw yesterday. He was 39 years old and lost 1/2 inch of frontal hairline above where his mature hairline would be. He wanted it back. He had no balding to the naked eye and when I mapped out his head for miniaturization, there was […]
Yes, that is the case. I can tell you a short story about heart disease, which I think is a good metaphor for your question. There is a test that can plot out the aging of your heart and the degree of heart disease that you might have. This test (a CAT scan of the […]
I call any miniaturization under 20% as normal, because it may reflect vellus hair. What you see in one part of the head should be similar to other parts if it is not miniaturizing so that additional piece of information helps me as well.
It is clear that you read my posts here and understand it well. There are those people that want to know what is happening to them and those that don’t. If you’re curious about microscopically seeing your hair loss progress over time, miniaturization mapping is important. For those individuals who have a hair transplant, the […]
Starvation can cause hair loss. Starvation can induce genetic hair loss and accelerate it if it is present. As I have not had a patient suffering from starvation and haven’t been able to microscopically map out the scalp of a patient like that, I can not tell you what it means as far as the […]
If you know you have OCD and are starting to obsess about your hair, I think you answered your own question about what my thoughts are. You’re seeing possible thinning when your head is tilted and you’re under direct light. The hair will generally appear thinner under harsh lighting. I wrote about this when I […]
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