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Treating Hair Loss with Rejuvenating Oil (Includes Olive, Sesame, and Peanut Oils)

December 31st, 2008 at 06:34pm Under Hair Loss

Hello Dr.
I am 21 years old and i have been using Rogain and Propecia for a expanded time( about a year). Unfortunately I have not had a positive outcome from these medicines. I lost hair since I was 15. I am norwood 1 or 2. I have heard about an oil called Rejuvenating Oil including oils from plants such as:

Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil, Arachis Hypogaea (Peanut) Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) … [visit site to read more]

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Lisinopril Causing Hair Loss at 52 Years Old?

December 31st, 2008 at 05:32pm Under Hair Loss

I have been reading your forum about medications and hair loss. I am a 52 year old male and i have been taking lisinopril 10/12.5 and ziac 2,5 for years i have been loosing hair gradually by the years but i thought it was just heredity and now i find out that i have killed my hair from taking these drugs that makes me angry that i wasnt told. about 6 months ago i started a different generic sort of lisinopril and now my hair is thinning faster than ever before, could it be the … [visit site to read more]

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Penis Structure and Finasteride

December 31st, 2008 at 03:32pm Under Hair Loss

I was thinking of going on Propecia but found that composition: Effect of androgen deprivation on penile ultrastructure

I was wondering why Merck hasn’t mentioned that as a side effect. Is that claim true in humans?

This may occur in humans at doses of finasteride much higher than the 1mg dose level that is the therapeutic dose for hair loss. The study doesn’t say how much finasteride … [visit site to read more]

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Catch-Up Hair Loss After Stopping Medication

December 31st, 2008 at 02:32pm Under Hair Loss

Why does it take 6 months for catch up loss to occur?

Everything happens slowly in hair as it only grows at a rate of 1/2 inch per month. Much of the hair loss or reversal of it from drugs like Propecia (starting or stopping it) occurs in the 6 month day frame to be detectable. normally, when you stop the drug and the drug was working well, the loss will occur in the first 3 months.

[tags]medication, drug, propecia, finasteride, hairloss, hair loss, catch up … [visit site to read more]

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Testim Testosterone Gel and Hair Transplants

December 31st, 2008 at 01:32pm Under Hair Loss

I am on testim. Will propecia help? can transplants outlive testim use?

Propecia may help reduce the affect of testosterone, but the use of exogenous testosterone does cause hair loss in citizens with genetic balding. The transplants, however, will not be effected by the testosterone, as hormones do not affect donor hair (which is not prone to genetic balding in men).

[tags]testim, testosterone, gel, hairloss, hair loss, hair transplant, propecia, … [visit site to read more]

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Free Samples of Shampoos Acne Treatments Eye Treatments and More

December 31st, 2008 at 12:09pm Under Products

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Would Minoxidil Help whether I’m Supplementing Many Hormones?

December 31st, 2008 at 11:36am Under Hair Loss

Dear Drs., thank you for all the info on that site. I am a 59 y/o female. During menopause, I experienced fairly a bit of generalized hair thinning which concerned me. However, it tapered off, and I’ve lived with it. However, six months ago, my drs. found a pituitary adenoma which had shut down many hormones. I am now supplementing thyroid, prednisone (5mg/day), desmopressin, and, starting 6 weeks ago, hgh (nordutropin). I am not taking any other meds. My hair is again thinning … [visit site to read more]

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Trapped Nerve After a Hair Transplant?

December 30th, 2008 at 06:32pm Under Hair Loss

Your blog is incredibly insightful and useful, can’t believe its a free resource. I’ve had a strip excision, my question is that there is one area directly above the scar line, about 3 cms wide and possibly 3 cms high (where scar is probably about 20 cms long) that feels raised and different. whether I run my finger from below the scarline in that area up and by you can feel how that area becomes distinctly raised even sometime after transplant. the other areas above the scar dont have … [visit site to read more]

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The Odds of Going Bald

December 30th, 2008 at 04:32pm Under Hair Loss

Hi, I just turned nineteen and have become concerned about hair loss. The corners of my hairline seem high and an abundance of small hairs have sprung up around the hairline. Are these signs of recession, new hair, or can it be either? No one on either side of my family has ever been bald apart from my great uncle on my father’s side. What are the odds of me fitting bald?

Norwood 7There is no … [visit site to read more]

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Is My Vegetarian Diet Causing Female Hair Loss?

December 30th, 2008 at 03:34pm Under Hair Loss

(female) I am 23 years old and a vegetarian and recently i have noticed my hair has been getting much thinner, everytime i run my fingers through my hair, several strands fall out and it has been feeling much thinner since it used to be pretty thick. I have been growing my hair out for Lock of Love the past two years, I am 5′8″ and my hair length rests at my butt so it i very distant. Could the thinness be considering of my vegetarian diet, could it be from the length and how lengthy i’ve … [visit site to read more]

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Propecia Stopped My Hair Loss Immediately, thereupon Started It Again Months Later

December 30th, 2008 at 01:31pm Under Hair Loss

Hi Doc. Thanks for a great website.

37 year old male, been on Propecia for three months now. Prior to Propecia, hair was falling out of vertex at a regular rate. Started Propecia and loss stopped immediately and completely within three days. One month later after continued Propecia use, hair begins falling out at same rate as before Propecia and continues falling out now.

I know that I can’t “build up a tolerance” to Propecia, so am I in a shedding phase? whether so, how faraway will … [visit site to read more]

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No ED Problems After Chemo — ED Problems Started When I Took Propecia

December 30th, 2008 at 12:31pm Under Hair Loss

Dear Doctor,
I am 33 yo, I took Propecia for two years with NO erection problems and good hair growth. I stopped October 2007. In April 2008, I got diagnosed with testicular cancer, had a left orchiectomy, chemotherapy, a retropertioneal lymphnode disection surgery and have been cancer free since early October 08. I have now retrograde ejaculation but I had NO decreased libido or erection problems until November 08. I started on Propecia on mid Nov 08 and I have been having … [visit site to read more]

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Cytostatic Agent on the Face and Eyebrow Hair Loss?

December 30th, 2008 at 11:35am Under Hair Loss

Hello doctor,

can a cytostatic agent applied to the face in order to relieve effects of seborrheic dermatitis cause damage to eyebrow hairs? As far as I know, it slows down cell multiplication rate of the skin so I am wondering whether it affects eyebrows and how?

Thank you

I think that question is better asked to a dermatologist. I have no experience with cytostatic agents as they are used for the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis.

[tags]eyebrow, dandruff, … [visit site to read more]

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