What you have are not scabs but necrosis of the skin in the recipient area. This means that these black areas have skin that has died as a result of your hair transplant. You need so see your surgeon as this will require wound care and eventually you will be left with a scar in that area with no hair growth in the blackened area.
This treatment is being promoted in Germany and in Europe called AC-Therapy. It is supposed to decrease the muscle tension of the scalp which in turn decreases circulation to the scalp. Supposedly, with less circulation there is less oxygen and nutrition and this is therefore claimed as the cause for patterned hair loss in men.
We do know that the blood flow to the scalp is decreased with patterned balding, but this is because as the hair is lost or miniaturized, it needs less blood and therefore the body reduces the circulation to the in response to having less hair. There is no evidence that Botox will do anything other than paralyze the scalp and forehead muscles.
I’m feeling very nervous. 99% of Dutasteride users here have mentioned that Dut cause Gynecomastia in men. Thanking you in advance
I personally very rarely have prescribed Dutasteride, so I can’t comment on this from personal experience.
The three most common causes of graft failures includes (1) exposure to air for more than 15 seconds when placing the grafts or when preparing the grafts, (2) rough handling of the grafts during placement, (3) a recipient site that is too tight. These problems most frequently arise when the surgical team is sloppy, inexperience, poorly supervised, has no quality control systems in place implemented by the surgeon.
I read a lot in forums that if loses its effectiveness after 10 years. I’ve been on the drug since I was 19 at the first signs of miniaturizing. I may have confused the miniaturizing with a mature hairline. I’ve now been on the drug for 6 years and I’ve kept exactly everything I ever had, I had a Norwood 1 with small amount of thinning.
Maybe you were never balding and misjudged your situation. If I were to have seen you years ago, I would have done a HAIRCHECK test and if I didn’t detect hair loss with this accurate instrument, I would never have prescribed the drug to you.
Pictures are worth 1000 words. Finasteride produced nice results in a relatively short time; however, I might question if the photograph is really telling the story as the results could be hair length alone.
I am surprised at this report, but considering that it is from a prestigious journal, the Journal of Plastic Surgery, the report seems to have merit. I would like to see a larger group for better statistical analysis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740347/
I always tell my patients that the risk of sexual dysfunction or loss of libido was between 2-4% but this article suggests that these side effects were not seen in their study of over 600 men from all age groups. This suggests a strong psychological impact that could be the cause of the sexual complaints reporting “there is evidence of a nocebo effect (an advers side-effect that is not a direct result of the specific pharmacological action of the drug)“. The link below is a copy of the article which should be read by our audience. The main thrust of the article, however, was that “recent research … suggests that men with alopecia may be inherently more susceptible to sexual dysfunction regardless of treatment and that sexual dysfunction is not uncommon in the general population regardless of alopecia status.”
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jdv.15548?author_access_token=D24c_h79HLymV8uMhMZjRIta6bR2k8jH0KrdpFOxC64P8g8jjA3oxKEtIH6uG2i3wzguPsCnGEXe1jO-tZhF84ZrGEXnIpW-Wt9_oexeaNFlCp1ZbNfymVRdrP5xtRuy&
I would have to (1) know how many grafts you had taken and (2) see your same picture in another 3 months with the same hair cut. That will tell me if it is an over-harvested donor area. I would hope that the redness would be gone in a week or two.
I was told that transplanted hair is placed into a hormone sensitive area (area from hair line over the top of the head till small part at the back). What are the chances (approx. in percent if possible) of losing the transplanted hair? how many patients are satisfied with the result 5-10 years post FUE transplatation?
I have been doing hair transplants for 27 years and have seen patient I did 25+ years ago with their results as good as it was 25 years ago. A few patients will lose their transplanted hair between 5-30 years later, but that is less than 5% of patients?. I have seen many of my patients 5-20 years from their transplants and their new hair largely remained.
I am nearly 30 and have had diffuse loss at some point in my frontal third over the past decade. All in all though, it hasn’t really changed in years. It’s thinner than in my adolescence, but doesn’t really seem to be progressing much?
You can reduce the dost a bit, like one pill every other day which will give you 80% the value.
I mean, they’re not really wrong. The only way to stop balding is to never go through puberty. Futhermore, hair loss happens with age, as we slowly slink towards the grave. Minoxidil is a growth stimulant that doesn’t address the mechanisms for why we bald, it simply provides a cosmetic effect, which is what most people care about. Finasteride helps reduce the amount of DHT below a certain threshold that would cause hair loss otherwise, but as you age, the body may become more sensitive to DHT. These both work, and most people are happy enough to go on them, but we’re still balding. Some people have wonderful, Disneyland results, but they’re still losing their hair, and it would go as quickly as it came if they were to cease treatment. It sounds like your derm is just managing your expectations, as we do here; It’s easier to keep what you have than gain anything back.
I always say that when you are 17-18, something happens and the hair loss starts like the gate of a race track. We know that there is a process called Apoptosis (cell death) which occurs with hair follicles that are genetically programmed to shut down. Each hair follicle has a number of cycles that they will have before ‘dying’ and as the typical male has a 3 year growth cycle, if the hair is destined to not come back after 6 cycles, that is 18 years, 7 cycles is 21 years, 8 cycles is 24 years. We see much of the hair loss in those under 24, so it appears that 8 cycles is a magic number. Finasteride, extends the anagen (growth) phase in hair so these loss cycles slow down while on the drug.
What you have are not scabs but necrosis of the skin in the recipient area. This means that these black areas have skin that has died as a result of your hair transplant. You need so see your surgeon as this will require wound care and eventually you will be left with a scar in that […]
This treatment is being promoted in Germany and in Europe called AC-Therapy. It is supposed to decrease the muscle tension of the scalp which in turn decreases circulation to the scalp. Supposedly, with less circulation there is less oxygen and nutrition and this is therefore claimed as the cause for patterned hair loss in men. […]
I’m feeling very nervous. 99% of Dutasteride users here have mentioned that Dut cause Gynecomastia in men. Thanking you in advance I personally very rarely have prescribed Dutasteride, so I can’t comment on this from personal experience.
The three most common causes of graft failures includes (1) exposure to air for more than 15 seconds when placing the grafts or when preparing the grafts, (2) rough handling of the grafts during placement, (3) a recipient site that is too tight. These problems most frequently arise when the surgical team is sloppy, inexperience, poorly […]
I read a lot in forums that if loses its effectiveness after 10 years. I’ve been on the drug since I was 19 at the first signs of miniaturizing. I may have confused the miniaturizing with a mature hairline. I’ve now been on the drug for 6 years and I’ve kept exactly everything I ever […]
Pictures are worth 1000 words. Finasteride produced nice results in a relatively short time; however, I might question if the photograph is really telling the story as the results could be hair length alone.
I am surprised at this report, but considering that it is from a prestigious journal, the Journal of Plastic Surgery, the report seems to have merit. I would like to see a larger group for better statistical analysis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740347/
I always tell my patients that the risk of sexual dysfunction or loss of libido was between 2-4% but this article suggests that these side effects were not seen in their study of over 600 men from all age groups. This suggests a strong psychological impact that could be the cause of the sexual complaints […]
This article shows the Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma in Hair Regrowth: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial. This is an impressive study and it will make me rethink my approach to PRP. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4622412/
I would have to (1) know how many grafts you had taken and (2) see your same picture in another 3 months with the same hair cut. That will tell me if it is an over-harvested donor area. I would hope that the redness would be gone in a week or two.
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I was told that transplanted hair is placed into a hormone sensitive area (area from hair line over the top of the head till small part at the back). What are the chances (approx. in percent if possible) of losing the transplanted hair? how many patients are satisfied with the result 5-10 years post FUE transplatation? […]
I am nearly 30 and have had diffuse loss at some point in my frontal third over the past decade. All in all though, it hasn’t really changed in years. It’s thinner than in my adolescence, but doesn’t really seem to be progressing much? In men with genetic hair loss, the hair loss associated with […]
You can reduce the dost a bit, like one pill every other day which will give you 80% the value. 20 months on Fin – half dose time?? from tressless
I mean, they’re not really wrong. The only way to stop balding is to never go through puberty. Futhermore, hair loss happens with age, as we slowly slink towards the grave. Minoxidil is a growth stimulant that doesn’t address the mechanisms for why we bald, it simply provides a cosmetic effect, which is what most […]