Thank you for the baldingblog. The answers you’ve give over the years are a very valuable resource for patients before, during and after hair transplants. It’s now 9 weeks after my FUE. My recipient area is very red and incision marks are all visible. The color and texture of the recipient area improved until the […]
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I’m a 22 year old man with no hair loss now, but I am a weight lifter and want to know if I take dietary supplements, can it make me bald? The answer to this question is no, unless you have steroids in the dietary supplements which, if you have the genes for balding, will […]
Many such dietary supplements have steroids in them and these steroids can cause or accelerate the hair loss when a man has genetic propensity for balding.
Body builders are at the same risk for sexual side effects as the general population from the drug finasteride (Propecia) which is between 2-3%. They are at more risk for hair loss if they take anabolic steroids regardless of the use of Propecia (Finasteride)
We have known for years that testosterone causes hair loss so people who take anabolic steroids with various types of dietary supplements put themselves at risk for hair loss if they are genetically prone to male pattern balding (present easily in half of the male population). Recently the FDA has come away with more specific […]
Throughout the years of answering BaldingBlog, I often do not understand how one correlate one phenomenon with another. Elevated red blood cell count can be due to many causes and Rogaine use is not among them. In fact a rare side effect with the oral use may be a slight DECREASE in the red blood […]
I could write a book about this subject. Many years ago when larger grafts were used, it was impossible to hide a hair transplant because the wounds were large (between 3 and 5 mm). Large wounds, are obvious and at the time that these were done (late 1980s and early 1990s) the typical patient had […]
ANSWER: I doubt that there is an association between balding and eating oysters. Balding is hard grained in your DNA. Only taking steroids by mouth, could accelerate balding. I would doubt that any reasonably good food would impact hair loss as it is just the genes that dictate your balding status.
We lose hair for a series of reasons. If you were mal-nourished or rapidly losing weight, you might precipitate your genetic balding pattern which could have been silent before you started working out. Good nutrition is important, but if your supplements contain any synthetic steroids (I do not know if they do), that would induce […]
Propecia slightly raises testosterone initially but eventually your hormone levels should return to normal. The reports in the literature seems to go both ways. Some reports indicate a rise in Testosterone while others show a decrease. Unless you are a biochemist/pharmacist doing research, I do not think these are significant issues. Propecia will not make […]
I doubt that there is any connection unless your protein shake has steroids in it.
Facial swelling can occur after a hair transplant from either the surgical procedure or just from an anesthetic alone, and it could be quite obvious in some cases. It’s not terribly common to see a large amount of swelling, though I’m not sure to what degree you consider the swelling to be “serious”. The swelling […]
Snippet from the article: Read the rest — Hair transplant ‘gone wrong’, court asks police to probe
Our genetics control what is happening with respect to chest hair. I do not endorse illegal drugs and anabolic steroids, which have far greater side effects and health risks. Do not jeopardize your health to grow chest hair. As a hair transplant surgeon, I have performed chest hair implants — but this is the extreme […]
You have risk no matter what you decide. Have you had injections of steroids into the painful part of the scar? I would need to evaluate you before giving you a recommendation. I’ve written before about nerve damage from a hair transplant in some past posts that might have some value to you: Did My […]
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