It is normal to lose around 100 hairs every day as new ones grow in. If you have product in your hair (hair spray, gel, wax, etc), it may keep some of those hairs trapped until you shower, and then appear to have a bunch of hairs coming out at once… when in reality, it […]
142 search results for: cycling
Clearly you should see me at about a year for your annual re-examination. The thick hairs you are shedding are most likely part of the normal cycling that we go through. We generally lose about 100 hairs/day and that it probably what you are seeing. It does not make sense to me that the hair […]
After just one month of taking Propecia (finasteride 1mg), you will know very little about its process in your body. You must wait a reasonable time period (3-6 months) to ascertain what is going to happen to this ‘shed’. Chances are you will be better and what you are seeing is the acceleration of some […]
Topamax is an antiseizure medication known to produce hair loss. It sounds like you are going through a telogen effluvium and that you are cycling your hair, with some returning and others falling out. Wait this out for 8 months. Sometimes minoxidil helps move the process along.
You need a doctor to talk with, one on one. There are many causes of libido issues, and although finasteride may be the reason, you should not just assume it. I often tell my patients to stop the finasteride for a week, the go on a half a Propecia a day (that would be 0.5mg […]
Finasteride only helps stop hair loss in hair that is at risk from genetic male pattern baldness (MPB), and it should have no effect on normal hair shedding or loss. I would assume the hair loss you thought was normal may have been related to MPB and now finasteride is arresting this process. Remember that […]
I’ve often said that a “normal” range of 100-150 hairs (sometimes even 200 hairs) are lost some days. While it is true that this is a generalization, the importance of a miniaturization (microscopic) examination of your scalp is all the more relevant if you believe you are losing more hair and not growing it back. […]
I have seen people lose neck hair, but I have never heard of it cycling every year. I am sorry, but there’s really not much I can offer you, particularly without examining your scalp and seeing what you’re seeing. The word “alopecia” means “hair loss” so the question is not not precise for a cause […]
Unfortunately, I can not comment on your observations just based on what you wrote — I’d need to examine your scalp. What I generally do is examine the hair with a video microscope right where it is growing and then I can tell a great deal about the hair you are talking about. I know […]
While this does not occur for everyone, some people report that hair goes into cycling when they start Propecia (finasteride 1mg). If this happens, it will stop at some point over the first couple of months. Hair grows out at a rate of 1/2 inch per month, so if you have been on Propecia for […]
A great doctor died on November 3, 2007. I knew James Arnold, M.D., for years, and merged his San Jose, California medical practice with my Atherton practice in 1999 so that he could begin his retirement. His thoughts struck me as profound, as he and I were the same age. From his Legacy.com obituary: He […]
No. Propecia should be taken every day. I do not generally recommend “cycling,” since the medication is out of your blood stream after one day and what this cycling guarantees, is balding. The recommended dosage for treating hair loss is 1mg daily.
Miniaturized hair is lighter in color due to less melanin pigments present in each hair. Propecia can help thicken the miniaturized hair and by doing that make new hairs look darker. The light hair that you are losing may be the cycling miniaturized hair. Since you recently started taking Propecia, you may gain some of […]
First, I would want to know what you are treating and if it is necessary to use the Rogaine. Minoxidil is reported by users to have a short shedding period that lasts up to a couple of months and it is believed to be the result of an acceleration of the hair cycling process. I […]
I have had a few patients claim that they go through a shedding phase after starting Propecia (finasteride). This lasts only a month or two and is followed by the expected decrease in hair loss. I believe that this is a small number, but I can not put a figure to it for you as […]
Page 7 of 10