Effect of Minoxidil on Transplanted Hair
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009Q:
Hi Doctor how are you?
I have been working out and i wanna take some diet pill to help my body loose fat. Is it ok to mix with Proscar? Aalso ive been putting rogaine on the recepient area to speed up the growth. As you can see i have 75% growth i think? In 3 months. It seems like the right side is growing faster and the left side worries me.see alot of fine hair coming out left side though. Dont know if its from proscar and roggaine effect or transplant hair.
Well see in the months to come. Just wanna leave an update doctor.
Thanks and have a good weekend
A:
Here is your answer for your questions in the order you asked them:
- We do not have any documented evidence on using specific diet pills and/or its preventative effects on the growth of transplanted hair grafts.
- I do not believe that Rogaine can accelerate the rate of your hair growth on the transplanted area. They will, however, grow to become similar to what they were in their native location with or without Rogaine.
- The growth of transplanted hair is not often even. My recommendation is not to worry about it at this time and give them at least 4 more months until you see the final growth rate. If you did not have hair in a particular area, medications such as finasteride or minoxidil cannot grow any hair back there. You may notice improvements in the areas where you experienced significant miniaturization (thinning of hair shafts) with use of these medications. In those areas, you may see some increase in the bulk of hair over a period of 6 - 8 months.
My recommendation is to continue to be patient and in a few months you may surprise yourself with the density and quality of the transplanted hair.
Have a nice day,
