| Author | Message | ||
     Andy R New member Username: Freakedout Post Number: 20 Registered: 03-2007 |
A few questions: When hair begins to recover from telogen effluvium, does intermediate hair usually come first? The hairs I see coming in are fine, but pigmented. (For) How long do intermediate hairs grow? Is there really such a thing as a Propecia shed? | ||
| Tom Hagerty Moderator Username: Admin Post Number: 3432 Registered: 01-2003 |
Andy R: Intermediate hair with pigmentation often is the first sign of recovery from telogen effluvium, but sometimes genuine terminal hair (thick in diameter, fully pigmented) is the first sign. Recovery differs for individuals as to type of hair first to appear and time frame. Intermediate hairs can grow many inches; vellus hairs grow less than a half inch. There is definitely such a thing as the Propecia (finasteride) shed - and also a Rogaine (minoxidil) shed. | ||
| Andy R New member Username: Freakedout Post Number: 21 Registered: 03-2007 |
My last question ever: If a person has intermediate or vellus hairs, does that hair count as the hair that is "maintained" by Propecia? In other words, that's not hair that has to regrow and that falls into the 37% success rate category, right? | ||
| Tom Hagerty Moderator Username: Admin Post Number: 3434 Registered: 01-2003 |
Andy R: The definition that dermatologists and pharmaceutical companies use for the success rate of hair growth is this: terminal hair growth within one year. Terminal hair is hair of a normal large diameter (like the other full hair on your scalp). It is also pigmented. I suspect "maintained" means the preservation of terminal hair too. Vellus and intermediate hair do not fall within this definition. | ||
| Andy R New member Username: Freakedout Post Number: 22 Registered: 03-2007 |
My final, final, question: Tom, you're the Master of the Universe, but could I ask how you know that intermediate hair is often the first sign of recovery from telogen effluvium? Is it first-hand or third-hand experience, from a scientific publication of some kind, or an educated guess? I know that recovery from alopecia areata and from anagen effluvium/arrest often entails intermediate hair, but I'm not as sure about telogen effluvium. | ||
| Tom Hagerty Moderator Username: Admin Post Number: 3482 Registered: 01-2003 |
Andy R: The evidence I've seen in scientific publications about intermediate hair is shaky. In my own case, the first sign of life in the thinning areas was a growth of intermediate hairs, even though I did not know that term at the time. The existence of intermediate hair is a relative new concept. I wish the Master of the Universe could give you a more concrete answer. | ||
| Brick_top New member Username: Brick_top Post Number: 91 Registered: 12-2006 |
Tom, You mean He- man? By the power of Greyskull, Bob |
