My 4 year daughter is losing her hair, is this something to worry about?

QUESTION: Dear Sir, my daughter who is only 4 years old is suffering from heavy hairloss, as her hair is very thin my only fear is whether she will able to get back her ”Hairs”. Currently is she is under treatment from last 1month without any improvement, my question is whether such hair fall is normal or something to worry about

ANSWER: Hello, At age 4 medical causes of hair loss must be ruled out. Visit your pediatrician for advice and a diagnosis.

Dr. Robert Jones

Is amitriptyline causing my hair thinning?

QUESTION:    II am a 56 year old female and have noticed in the past 5 years my hair has been thinning on the sides only. I have always had fine hair; when I was young the hairdresser use to say to me you have fine hair but a lot of it. The back seems to be full it is only the sides. Why is this happening? I have been taking amitriptyline for the past 2 years, could this be the problem? Would your scalp treatment/shampoo/conditioner help this thinning?

ANSWER:  Amitriptyline is definitely in the group of medications that will cause hair thinning.
I would visit your doctor to explore the many medical reasons that cause thinning hair. Please download my ebook through my site drrobertjones.com for a summary of the medical causes for hair loss.  I do have products that could work well, Instant Hair could be a good non medical solution for you.  See the product page on my website.

I am 24 years old and look like i’m 30 - looking for a hair transplant

Question:   HI SIR  I AM 24 YEAR OLD AND LOOK LIKE 30 YEAR I LOST MY HAIR FROM CENTER OR SIDE I AM LOOKING FOR THE TRANSPLANTION HOW MUCH WILL IT COAST AND HOW LONG IT TAKE  THANKS

ANSWER:  Hi, At 24 years of age, before considering surgery, I would strongly recommend starting on a combination of propecia and minoxidil. Once you have been on this you could send me your pictures and I could discuss the possibility of a hair transplant. Hair loss is a progressive problem and to do surgery on a young patient, the doctor must consider how much hair the patient will potentially lose.

Can hair gel or badly treated hair cause hair loss?

QUESTION:  Hello, I am a 20 year old University student in Toronto, and I have been using hair-gel for over last 3-years. I had wonderful, thick hair and I did not spike it during my highschool years. However, in university I underwent a style change and started using faux-hawks and spikes. I had a bad habit of spiking my hair and sleeping with the gel on. I talked to my hair-dresser and he informed me that such kind of mismangement results in hair-loss and it breaks the hair-root. He said that gel does not destroy hair, rather the act of me sleeping on spiked gel hair destroys the hair follicle and root and hence hair loss and hair root destruction. Since, he was a barber, I thought I should ask someone like you. I am male, and 20years old with no family history of male pattern-baldness. I am a student of biology in university and isn’t hair loss genetic? I.e. it has to be in your family members. Both my mom and Dad and most people in their family have thick and nice hair right into their 50’s and 60’s. How come I am loosing hair so early at age 20? I suspect its my mismanagement rather than male-pattern baldness that is to blame. Is this possible? Any medical opinion will be appreciated. Thanks

ANSWER:  Hi,
There are two possibilities. First is that the gel causing the hair to shed, in which case it will grow back.
The second possibility is that you have early male pattern baldness in which case the hair will not grow back.
An easy way to find out which applies to you is to do a genetics test for the genes causing MPB. This is now available through my office,
Dr. Robert Jones

Is a patient of Alopecia Totalis a candidate for a hair transplant?

QUESTION: Dear Doc
This is regarding my husband who is a patient of Alopecia totalis since two years. He has lost all his body hair includiing eyelashes and eyebrows.

My query is that can hair transplant be done for him only on his head and eyebrows?
He is not too keen on wigs so i was surfing the net on more information if he can go for hair transplant or any other cosmetic surgery to restore hi appearance.
It would be great if you could give us your opinion on this and advice us.

Thanking you
Mariam

ANSWER: Hi Mariam,
In order to do a hair transplant we need a donor site. With Alopecia Totalis, there is no donor so unfortunately it is impossible to do surgery.