Hair Restoration Blog

Q:

Hello,

I did a search for hair re-growth, hair loss, etc. and I found your email address.  These internet searches are definitely far from perfect, in fact sometimes they are way off!  So if this is not the type of business or practice you’re in, I apologize and please disregard this email.

I’m a 43 year-old male.  I started losing my hair, very slightly, at age 27.  I really haven’t lost a whole lot since then, however, my hairline has receded a little and I have been using Rogaine pretty faithfully.
I’m trying to find the best way or multiple ways of re-growing my hair.  First, I am curious to know if it is okay to use Rogaine (5%) and take Propecia?  Do you know if Nioxin or any other shampoos or hair thickeners are helpful?  Would you recommend any?  Are there any other factors that make a difference in re-growing hair such as: vitamins, hormones, foods or physical exercise?

Do you think these types of remedies are all stop-gap solutions and I will need to look for something more permanent? Do you have any insight or additional thoughts or sell any products or services that I can purchase that will help?

Thank you,

A:

Thanks for your email.  You have asked many questions which most have been answered in our Hair Restoration Blog.  There are many hair loss products in the market, but most of them do not have any active ingredients that can help your hair loss condition.  There are only two FDA approved medications that have been approved and proven to be effective and safe for hair loss treatment and prevention.  Those two medications are Rogaine and Propecia.  If you are suffering from male pattern baldness, hair transplant surgery may be the only option that can improve or eliminate the appearance of baldness by bringing good quality hair from the permanent zone to the front and balding areas.

I do not have any particular hair loss product nor recommend many different lotions and potions that are out there in the market for hair loss.  You can find other valuable information on our postings in our blog and can answer your questions on:

• Nioxin - hair loss product
• other shampoos for hair loss
• vitamins for hair loss
• balding and hormones
• foods for hair restoration
• physical exercise and hair loss

I recommend that you find a good hair restoration doctor who can evaluate you and come up with a master plan for your condition.  This may include medications, surgery or even cosmetic changes that you need to bring your hair and beauty back to your life.  We do offer an online consultation for hair restoration through pictures and if decided that you are a candidate and you choose to have a hair transplant with us, it could be easily done.  Our California offices of hair restoration can arrange your trip to our Los Angeles office for your hair restoration surgery.

You can contact our office at 888-302-8747.

Good luck,
Parsa Mohebi, MD

Q:

Dr. Mohebi,

What do you think about Nioxin for hair loss treatment? Do you offer it in your Los Angeles hair restoration offices?

A:

We currently do not sell any products in our Los Angeles hair restoration offices. Nioxin makes different products such as cleansers (shampoos), conditioners, reconstructors, and other products for hair and scalp. They are in the market and could be purchased from beauty salon. Nioxin shampoos are popular, but there appears to be nothing in them that will cure hair loss. I have had many patients who used them in the past for a while and they gave me a mixed report. If they are affordable and you are happy using them as cleansers or conditioners I have no problem with that. However, by looking at what is out there on the ingredients on Nioxin products and the reports from my patients, I cannot recommend them as a treatment for hair loss.

Many people ask me on the use of hair products such as shampoos or conditioner after a hair transplant procedure in our Los Angeles hair transplant clinic. My answer as you probably have seen in this blog is that you can go back to your routine hair wash and maintenance after the first five day after your hair transplant surgery. They practically cannot damage the transplanted hair at that time by washing or shampooing it.