Archive for June, 2008
June 30th, 2008 at 11:33am
Under Hair Loss
Interestingly, Provillus’s website states that, “Minoxidil, the only ingredient clinically tested, and approved by the FDA for restoring your hair, inhibits DHT.”
I thought finasteride was the only FDA approved DHT blocker and minoxidil was something else. I’m confused.
Short reply — no. I am unaware of any inhibition that minoxidil has for DHT. Minoxidil works differently [...]
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June 30th, 2008 at 04:50am
Under Skin Care
Are you worried with your thinning hair? Thinning hair is actually considered as a sign of baldness. So, whether you really want to avoid baldness, thereupon it becomes very fundamental for you to take proper care for your thin hair.
humans lose hair for many reasons. At times, that hair loss can [...]
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June 29th, 2008 at 08:57pm
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With all the various types of skin care products available on the market, Honeymark worldly of enlarged Island, NY has developed a niche by utilizing a special type of honey indigenous to New Zealand. Bio-active Manuka Honey has been proven to have extraordinary natural healing properties, capable of treating conditions such as infected wounds, dermatitis, acne, ringworm, etc. There are very compelling studies that have been recently conducted that show Manuka Honey’s antibacterial properties are so mighty that even antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria such as MRSA have not been able to develop a resistance to it. that breaking news has drawn worldwide attention within the medical communities as medical professionals search for alternative solutions to treat Staph infections and other hard-to-heal wounds.
Even though Manuka Honey has been found to efficiently eradicate both bacterial and fungal infections, it’s sticky texture has always made it less desirable to use topically on the skin. Like all types of honey, Manuka Honey is a moist, sugary substance that most citizens would never consider using on their skin. However, active Manuka Honey has healing properties not found in standard types of honey, making it much increasingly suitable for medical use. Honeymark imports Manuka Honey from New Zealand and blends it into their skin care products, allowing for a much increasingly desirable texture. In addition, Honeymark products plus contain other ingredients that are effective in treating the various health conditions that each product is designed to be used for.
For example, Honeymark’s First Aid Antiseptic Lotion contains Benzalkonium Chloride which is and FDA approved disinfectant that is very effective in clearing infection. Their Anti-Itch Cream contains hydrocortisone which can be found in many eczema and psoriasis products. Tolnaftate is an ingredient that kills fungus which combined with Manuka Honey’s antimicrobial properties can eliminate conditions such as ringworm, jock itch, athlete’s foot and nail fungus. Honeymark’s Pain Relief Cream contains ingredients such as Camphor, Menthol, Emu oil and almond oil that are used to supply relief to arthritis sufferers and individuals experiencing muscle and joint pain.
Manuka Honey could never be comfortably spread on the skin the way a cream or a lotion can. particularly in the U.S., where many folks still regard honey as merely a food item and not for medical use, Honeymark has provided consumers with a convenient way to utilize that amazing natural resource. Honeymark is plus in the process of releasing an Antiseptic Spray as well as a Hand Sanitizing Gel, both containing active Manuka Honey. These products will help in preventing the spread of MRSA without relying on alcohol as the only means of killing germs.
“We have seen a meaningful increase in the publics awareness of Manuka Honey by the past 6-8 months,” says Frank Buonanotte, CEO of Honeymark worldly. “Mostly considering consumers now have the ability to educate themselves on their own health concerns thanks to the Net. Manuka Honey is being regularly used in the Asian and European markets. It works too well not to penetrate the U.S. market as a viable treatment option to antibiotics and increasingly traditional forms of medicine.”
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June 28th, 2008 at 04:50am
Under Skin Care
The process of fitting older generally refers to aging and it occurs due to an increase in body’s acidic waste products.
As age progresses, the skin lose its moisture and suppleness, where wrinkle and age spots become evident on face and other areas of the body.
However, you can reverse aging by eliminating [...]
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June 28th, 2008 at 03:29am
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As the days get longer and the weather heats up, many people’s minds turn to skin — perhaps considering they plan to show increasingly of it in the coming months.
With that in intellect, Here are a number of myths about how to help your skin look its best.
Some of these are warnings you heard from [...]
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June 27th, 2008 at 06:34pm
Under Hair Loss
This patient has had three procedures with a total number of 4761 grafts. The final procedure he had was a little by a year and a half ago, and the after photo was taken that week. He’s grown his hair faraway for the “rock and roll” look, and the results speak for themselves.
I realize that [...]
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June 27th, 2008 at 05:36pm
Under Hair Loss
I want to reference: Can’t Take Finasteride, But Is a Hair Transplant Still an Option?
Dr Rassman,
Thank you for answering my original enquiry. Whilst i understand that one your goals is to protect patients from by enthusiasm for a HT. But is a HT something you would do on a 22yr old male who can’t take [...]
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June 27th, 2008 at 05:27pm
Under Hair Loss
A professional trichologist is a certified hair and scalp specialist.
He or she can help treat problems and recommend how to grow the
healthiest hair possible. whether you were to visit a trichologist
complaining of thinning hair, you could expect the following type of
examination:
Questions First
First, the trichologist would gather some personal info
including your health history. She would pay specific attention to
any health issues you had experienced within the final 2-3 months
including: illnesses, beginning or ending medications, childbirth,
breastfeeding, diet, stress, and regular menstrual cycles. She would
additionally ask about your family’s health history and whether your relatives
experienced any meaningful hair loss. Next, the trichologist would ask
how you care for her hair: what types of products you use and how
often, whether you chemically process your hair, swim regularly, or
wear your hair in any tight hairstyles.
Physical Exam
The tricholgost would next physically examine your hair and scalp
to look for any signs of patchy hair loss, scaling, swelling or redness.
Once she had ruled out those symptoms, she would start to
examine you for a condition called diffuse hair loss – thinning caused
by hair loss from all by your head.
The trichologist would run her hands by your hair to check for
signs of thinning. She would soon after gently pull on your hair in several
different areas to see whether it indeed came out easily and in quantity. At
the same date, she would ask when you final washed or brushed your hair
and explain that it’s perfectly normal to lose up to 150 hairs a day,
many of them while shampooing or grooming. The trichologist would save
the hairs she gathered in an envelope marked with the your name while
explaining that she would examine them under a microscope after the
appointment. She would thereupon take several digital photos of your hair to
upload to her computer.
At the end of the initial appointment, the trichologist would
explain that she suspected diffuse hair loss (telogen effluvium). She
would set you at ease by explaining that you would not go bald with the
problem and that she may be able to right the cause and restore your
hair’s thickness. She would schedule a follow-up appointment at which
instance she would report her findings.
Making The Diagnosis
When examining the hairs under a microscope, the trichologist would
look to see whether there were white bulbs at the ends, indicating telogen
hairs (hairs in the "fall out" phase). She would additionally check for small
anagen bulbs (hair in the active growth phase) without root sheaths,
which would indicate a condition called loose anagen syndrome. Lastly,
she would look for signs of breakage, which could indicate anagen
effluvium, or chemical or mechanical damage to the hair.
If the trichologist determined that you were suffering from
breakage and arised to have no outstanding health or nutritional
problems, she would recommend gentle care of your hair at domestic and in
the salon, as well as protecting it from UVA/UVB rays.
Breakage due to signs of fungal infection or inherited defects
would require further observation and a gentle explanation that there
is no treatment.
If the hairs presented to have fallen out in the active growth
stage ("anagen") and you had undergone cancer treatment (radiation,
chemotherapy), or may have been exposed to toxins, the trichologist
would tell you that the hair loss should stop 2-3 months after either
the treatments stopped or your doctor treated you for toxicity.
If the microscopic evidence suggested loose anagen syndrome
(anagen bulbs with no root sheaths), she would treat it by suggesting
mineral supplements of silicon dioxide and calcium fluoride. The
trichologist would examine you in another two months to see whether the hair
loss and thinning was responding to the treatment.
whether telogen effluvium was her diagnosis, the trichologist would take
another look at your health history. whether you recently had a baby, fever,
operation, started or stopped medication, or had a nutritional
deficiency from crash dieting, she would explain that you should expect
the hair loss to cease 2 or 3 months after the problem had been
corrected and that your hair should fully return to normal after about
6 months.
Doctor Referral
If it arised that you were experiencing an undue amount of stress
in your life, she would explain that handling the stress would put an
end to the hair loss. The trichologist would soon after tactfully refer you
to a medical doctor for evaluation and possible medication.
If the trichologist suspected any of the following, she would
refer you to your physician for a blood analysis and a total medical
check-up:
- a hormonal imbalance
(hypo or hyperthyroid, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome)
- diabetes
- anemia
- systemic lupus erythematosus (butterfly rash on face)
- poisoning (X-rays, pesticides, lead, mercury)
- thrush
- kidney or liver problems
Original post by Seth Garon
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June 27th, 2008 at 04:33pm
Under Hair Loss
Hi Dr. Rassman,
First, thank you for making that blog available. It’s great and tremendously helpful. Here’s my situation: I am 25 years old. My 65 year dad has major baldness and my mom’s brother have had issues with balding too, so my future is not good. My hair was normal until a year ago, when [...]
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June 27th, 2008 at 03:50pm
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Preparing for your spa tan.
This is the season to be sporting a tan. Just about everyone is chasing the sun’s rays, trying to turn that perfect shade of golden brown. Everyone has their own ideal vision of what the “perfect” tan should look like. Some like their tan to be dark and others just want a little sun-kissed glow.
Fortunately, you can accomplish your tanning dreams easily through a spa tan. Tanning at a spa is easy and will give you excellent results. Most folks are fairly pleased with their spa tans. While different spas do use various ways to get you tan — the most popular is a mold of spray tanning. The tan is sprayed onto your body using very small beads of self-tanner all by your body.
You can accomplish better results by preparing for your spa tan. As you are paying for a spa tan, it simply makes practical sense to do everything you can to get great results. Your preparation can form your tan increasingly even, have better color and even allow it to final longer! Now who wouldn’t want results like that? Follow these tips and you’ll have a tan that everyone will simply envy.
Exfoliate. We all know that exfoliation is good for your skin. It gets rid of dead skin cells and encourages new ones to come to the surface. whether you exfoliate regularly and gently, it will give you a healthy glow. Exfoliating before your tan is favourable to having your tan show up on your healthiest layer of skin.
Remove the makeup. Most women won’t pick up the dawn newspaper by the mailbox without some makeup on. But whether you want a great tan, you’ll have to remove your makeup! Bring some makeup remover with you to the spa to take off your makeup. Remember that you won’t be able to re-apply as you leave considering the tan is still “setting.”
Take off the jewelry. Oh that is so tough! What woman wants to take off her jewelry? But it is only for a day and for such a good cause: a good tan. Take off your jewelry and you’ll easily get tan in the areas that your jewelry covers. that is just simple practicality. Remember you plus don’t want to get self-tanner on your jewelry as you’ll just have to clean it off.
Shave your legs. Before you get your spa tan, take some date and shave your legs, underarms and anything else you want to be certain to have smooth. whether you prefer your arms to be smooth and hairless, shave these too. Even just shaving is a very gentle anatomy of exfoliation and you’ll be pleased with the results. Do it the night before.
Wear sunscreen. Once you have a spa tan, remember to put on sunscreen. You will still be exposed to the sun’s rays. Let your tan “bloom” — most often that takes at least a day and sometimes a little increasingly. next apply sunscreen liberally to every part of your body and face. Protect yourself as you go about your day!
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June 27th, 2008 at 03:31pm
Under Hair Loss
I am 51 years old, i do not have anyone on my parents side that have male sample baldness. I have always had a lot of hair, about 2 or 3 years ago i started to have that redness, inflame irritation at my vertex on top of my scalp. it has thinned out so much [...]
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June 27th, 2008 at 01:33pm
Under Hair Loss
Hi, I’m thinking of taking propecia (my trichologist has advised that I would benefit from taking that medication) but, from reading your site I’ve just noticed the issue about risk of male breast cancer. My mum has had breast cancer and I’m concerned that that could cause problems for me now whether I start taking [...]
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June 27th, 2008 at 12:31pm
Under Hair Loss
Hi Dr. Rassman,
I appreciate your responding to a few of my questions in the past about LLLT. It gave me a bit of an education at the very least.
I do have a question regarding Telogen Effluvium. I have been dealing with TE for approx. 1 1/2 yrs. now (Chronic TE) due to high levels of [...]
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