October 31st, 2008 at 06:31pm Under Hair Loss
Today being Halloween, I decided to dress in my beautiful new naughty nurse costume and hang up the doctor scrubs for the day. And now that you’re all thoroughly terrified, I plus wanted to use that opportunity to remind you all that the sort new BaldingForum is live!!! We’re very excited about that new … [visit site to read more]
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October 31st, 2008 at 05:31pm Under Hair Loss
Dear Doctor,
I want to start using minoxidil to help with hairloss. I was reading as much as I could about it, including every entry on your site.
While reading about minoxidil on the web, I came across companies utilizing a different structure of minoxidil in their formulas called “minoxidil sulfate” which is supposed to be much better than regular minoxidil.
A search for minoxidil sulfate pulled up the following study on PubMed apparently from research done by … [visit site to read more]
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October 31st, 2008 at 04:32pm Under Hair Loss
Hi Dr. Rassman,
Is there a minimum amount of instance I need to be on Propecia before I can get hair transplant surgery?
Thanks!
There is no set rule. Obviously, the longer you take it the better off you’ll be, but it plus depends on individual basis. For example, whether you are completely bald, it does not really matter. Or whether you are young in your mid twenties and you are rapidly losing hair, I would say you should take it as faraway as possible to slow the hair … [visit site to read more]
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October 31st, 2008 at 02:31pm Under Hair Loss
Ok that is really upsetting me. I’m 27, male, in great physical shape. There was a period during march of 2007 where i was under alot of emotional stress. (girlfriend cheated on me, work was really stressful (Sales job), and I noticed my hair wasn’t the same. soon after November 2007, I decided to take rogaine foam. Shedding ocured initally and it looked like something was growing back. Fast forward to October 2008. My hair is falling out alot. not at the temples or front part, … [visit site to read more]
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October 31st, 2008 at 01:32pm Under Hair Loss
Just wondering whether you could comment on the effectiveness of Propecia. The official website for the drug states that 99% of men who took it did not lose any hair after 2 years. whether that is true, next why have I read in other places that propecia doesn’t work for 10-15% of men?
I verified the 99% on the Propecia site — 5 out of 535 lost hair, which is 1% of … [visit site to read more]
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October 31st, 2008 at 12:35pm Under Hair Loss
I had a strip procedure done nearly 3 months ago. My scalp is still a bit pink. I was wondering two things. How lengthy can it take for the pinkness to go absent? And is it alright for me to go to a tanning salon or sun bathing?
Pinkness in the recipient area is often gone by 3 months. You and your doctor may want to treat that area with some limited steroids topically, but … [visit site to read more]
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October 31st, 2008 at 11:35am Under Hair Loss
If you have a cap on to do highlights, do you need a skin tryout first? additionally is there any chance the bleach can get on the skin? folks keep reasuring me it wont but I’m not convinced. Please help I have a condition where I dont like anything, like chemicals going on my skin.
Thanks
The side effects from dyes can be fairly severe and in case it does drip onto the scalp, having the skin experiment will be reassuring when you do have your hair dyed. Accidents can happen, … [visit site to read more]
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October 30th, 2008 at 06:36pm Under Hair Loss
Hi Doc, two things.
1) I don’t know what the whole fuss about decreased libido with propecia is. I’ve been on it for a while and instead I’ve experienced increased libido,which,according to me,is a good thing (less mishaps in the bedroom!).
I have only one thing to say to all readers, don’t believe the horrors of Net stories of propecia users. I was really scared before I took the drug considering of those very stories,but gave into better reason and took it instead. I’m … [visit site to read more]
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October 30th, 2008 at 05:32pm Under Hair Loss
DR.,
I am a 22 year old caucasian male. I have had thick dark-brown hair my entire life until recently. Only in that past year I have been noticing thinning and receding in my temples and shedding, thinning of all the hair on my head. I still have a full head of hair, but society have noticed that my hair has changed from thick, wavy and dark to thin, straight and brown. 5 months ago I visited a doctor considering of Hairloss/constipation/and not feeling that great. i got a physical … [visit site to read more]
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October 30th, 2008 at 04:31pm Under Hair Loss
Hello Doctors,
I’m a 21 year old male who has developed what appears to be a receding hairline by the past four years or so. It looks like I have some small, finer hairs around the temples, as well as the frontal hairline. It even seems that I can see back through my hair about a quarter of an inch or so. Is that miniaturization the normal development of the mature hairline? Should I be able to see a change in density through that much of my front hairline? Or am I beginning to … [visit site to read more]Original post by William Rassman, MD
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October 30th, 2008 at 03:33pm Under Hair Loss
I am trying to understand why I am losing my hair. Where can I send my hair to have it checked?
Analyzing your hair is offered by many trichologists, but I have yet to understand what they are analyzing. whether you want to know whether your are actually losing your hair (and not just experiencing normal everyday hair loss as new hairs grow in), get your hair mapped out for visit site to read more]
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October 30th, 2008 at 02:32pm Under Hair Loss
Just a couple weeks ago, the FDA published a warning letter sent to the makers of the LaserComb (see here). Now, a reader sent in a new find on the FDA website — a warning letter to another laser company that shows they are selling a product or service that is in violation of … [visit site to read more]
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October 30th, 2008 at 01:35pm Under Hair Loss
Hi,
I have been taking propecia for about 7 years. Am now 36 years old and I have a full head of hair. But now, I have stopped due to high SGOT reading of my liver. During the course of the 7 years, I have tolerated the drug very well but now, I just want to know whether I am genetically predisposed to balding or not before I take up the drug again.
I had a check with a dermatologist, she had checked my hair and told me to stop taking the drug as my hair was ok. Are there … [visit site to read more]
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