Coalition member Dr. Ron Shapiro is known as a world leader in performing state of the art ultra refined follicular unit hair transplantation.  To see examples of his world class hair transplant results, visit his Coalition profile.  You can also discuss these results by visiting the “Results Posted by Leading Hair Restoration Physicians” forum. Recently, we edited  Read More →

First off, great site doc. Very helpful. My question is about hair density and thickness. Say one buzzes their hair, should they expect the density and thickness of the hair to be the same over the whole head or are the backs and sides of the head thicker than the top of the scalp, generally? Thanks, doc! If you’re not balding, the density should be the same all over the head. If you are balding, density will vary with the pattern of genetic... 

I decided it was time to get another haircut. Previously I had been keeping the sides and back of my hair very short- a 1 or 2 clipper guard- and, sadly, I can no longer do this so it seems to get a bit too long faster than I want. I went to my regular place only to find the gal that cut my hair last time was not working so, I waited for the next available barber. This was entertaining. I explained to him, much like the gal before, that I had a... 

An article written by Dr. Michael Beehner in the most recent issue of the Hair Transplant Forum (print newsletter published by the ISHRS ) discussed survival of hairs in a hair transplant. He had done a study where he created five 1cm square boxes of grafts on a human volunteer just in … [ visit site to read more ]  Read More →

Dear Dr. Rassman, My question is regarding the non-approved use of minoxidil for frontal balding. In your response here your thoughts were that it might work to some degree. My question is whether there is a physiological difference between balding at the hairline and on the crown? If not, is there some other reason why minoxidil might be less effective at the hairline, or … [ visit site to read more ]  Read More →

From the study abstract published in the Archives of General Psychiatry: Results : Subjects with BDD showed relative hyperactivity in the left orbitofrontal cortex and bilateral head of the caudate for the unaltered own-face vs familiar-face condition. They showed relative hypoactivity in the left occipital cortex for the low spatial frequency faces. Differences in activity in frontostriatal systems but not visual cortex covaried with aversiveness... 

If you don’t have enough density to cover a full Norwood 6 with a transplant, what is your opinion of doing light coverage and then using Toppik and/or other concealers (for life) in order to give the appearance of more hair? I’ve posted a couple cases about this. Those with very fine hair will have a harder time obtaining coverage, and the use of concealers with the … [ visit site to read more ]  Read More →

Snippet from the article: Timothy Syed Andersson billed himself as dermatologist to the stars. Andersson, known to his patients as Dr. Syed, had a wall of photos at his home office in San Francisco’s Lakeshore district, showing him with actress Julia Roberts and actress-model Elizabeth Hurley, Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and other notables. His Web site boasted of his research that had … [ visit site to read more ]  Read More →

Note: One of my favorite contributors to this site is a reader (that wishes to remain nameless) that has provided wonderful insight into areas like LLLT (hair lasers) and the FDA. I’m admittedly not an expert in everything (no matter how much I wish I was), and he’s corrected my initial thoughts about  Read More →

Here is a quote I just found on a health & fitness website: “ Over-masturbation or over-ejaculation converts too much testosterone into dihydrotestosterone(DHT). High levels of DHT overload the body causing baldness and possible prostate enlargement. Reducing the frequency of masturbation or ejaculation will help maintain low levels of DHT and avoid hair loss. ” So should I really believe this stuff and, well, ‘keep it in... 

Hello Doctor, Firstly I’d like to thank you very much for maintaining such a very informative blog. I have read that in cases where 1mg finasteride has lost its “effectiveness” in patients over the years you have prescribed 2mg instead of avodart. In the majority of these cases do you see a halt to hair loss, or no change from 1mg. Thanks for your time. I haven’t seen much difference in results for those men that take 2mg... 

Hi Dr. Rassman, I’ve had a hair transplant a month ago. Is it still possible for me to scratch my implanted FUE out? Thank you I would usually say no, but I have seen some strange results and methods of hair transplants over the years. Not all FUE (follicular unit extraction) is the same and not all hair transplants are the same. If you are  Read More →

Follicular unit extraction (FUE) is becoming an increasingly popular hair transplant procedure for men who don’t want a linear strip scar.  However, men with advanced hair loss are quickly learning that the available donor hair supply via FUE is typically less abundant than via follicular unit transplantation (FUT).  Thus, follicular unit extraction enthusiasts are turning  Read More →

Dear Dr. Rassman, Could you talk a little bit more about what you see over long-term with results with Propecia? Let’s start with the assumption that nine of 10 patients will have not lose hair from baseline at year 5. At year 10, what percentage of patients would you say have a very noticeable decrease in hair, what percentage have a modest decrease in hair, and what percentage do not have any visible decrease in hair? I, for instance, have... 

Hey Doc, This is such a great site and I learn so much from here. I had some questions for you. I see you mention that certain events can cause an onset of MPB. Can you elaborate on this, as far as how certain events can cause an early start of MPB. Also, is it possible that a person may never have developed MPB even if he has to genes for it, if that  Read More →