I have assembled some photos of Ted Kennedy throughout his political career to reflect your insights… In all three of these photos above, you can see that the shape of the hairline is convex (mature male hairline) rather than concave (which would be a more juvenile or female type). What is notable is that the […]
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This isn’t hair-related, but it is quite interesting and may have applicability to many of you. After you review it, you might want to talk with your doctor about this subject. Abstract from the study: Read the full text — Statins for All: The New Premed? For years, I have been taking statins even with […]
I just chaired the session at the annual ISHRS meeting in Amsterdam and had Dr. Coen Gho as one of the speakers. I had lost my voice, so I could not comment as the chair of that session, but considering that you asked me about him, I will use this as a forum to speak […]
I am not against capitalism, but last week I met with a young man who took advantage of “special pricing” for hair transplants at just $0.99 cents a graft by a clinic here in Southern California. Yes, you read that price correctly. This is the same facility where a man had died during his transplant […]
The role of the technician is very important. What they do requires special skills that are tedious and at times require years to perfect. The hair that is cut from the strip must be efficiently dissected under the microscope and handled efficiently. Such work is best for a technician who has these functions as their […]
In my opinion, it is a very poor study and you cannot come to a conclusion. It only confuses consumers such as yourself. It is incomplete. Only 45 men were studied. You need thousands. The study was only for 6 months. You need at least a year to see results even on oral finasteride. They […]
Sadly, not many physicians seem to know of miniaturization studies, as I often write about here. Or if they do know of them, they don’t provide it as a service to their patients. One of the reasons I created a guide to mapping your own scalp is so that you will be empowered to evaluate […]
Blog comment from reader: Email from same reader: You raise some interesting connections with dairy products and diets in general that might be worth investigating. So while there may be some connection with dairy or diet and hair loss, I am afraid I can not tell that from your family history alone. In fact, your […]
When I discuss finasteride dosing, I’m referring to the dose that the studies show is effective and safe. There is never one dose for every person, because we all have different body weights, different metabolisms, different hair loss (possibly from sensitivity to DHT that may vary by time, where you are on your hair loss […]
“Graft” can be defined as: living tissue surgically transplanted from its normal location in one part of the body into another part of the body in the same individual (an autotransplant, like hair or bone marrow transplants) or from one individual to another individual (like a kidney or heart transplant) and is expected to grow […]
Propecia is not a magic pill. It does not completely stop balding. So if you use it on the first day of hair loss, that does not mean it will stop it completely. It may slow down the rate of hair loss and in patients who have lost hair in the past 2-3 years, it […]
You should see a physician to get a firm diagnosis of DUPA (diffuse unpatterned alopecia). You may not have DUPA if you have thick hair as you describe in the back of your scalp. Propecia (finasteride 1mg) in particular works by blocking the DHT hormone which causes AGA (androgenic alopecia) or MPB (male pattern balding). […]
First, please read the article from the Associated Press here: Wife Files Suit After Husband’s Dies During Hair Transplant Operation. — Here’s my in-depth 2 cents: This is a tragic and unnecessary death and my heart goes out to the family. According to the article, this actually occurred a year ago today (April 27, 2006), […]
If what you are talking about is a few cysts, this occurs in about 5% of patients and with proper soaks (or drainage) they should go away. Sometimes they need antibiotics. If the pus or drainage was any bigger than a drop, then you could be having problems. You need to trust a doctor to […]
You are on several treatments and are considering more. Of those treatments, some are not proven effective for women with male pattern baldness and some have exclusive and limited indications. The DHT blocker finasteride has been studied in women with androgenetic alopecia. Although effective for men, this medication was not proven to be effective for […]
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