Recent content by Linhgo

All the doctors should be telling their patients to stop smoking if they're having surgery. It's the responsible thing to do. Smoking increases the risk of wound infection following surgery. It also prolong the time wounds take to heal. This is Level I evidence (i.e. obtained from...

I'm a medical student (I'll be a doctor in 5 months) and I've seen and touched gynaecomastia. It feels and looks exactly like breast tissue. If your chest don't look like and feel like a woman's breast, you ain't got gynaecomastia. This pointy nipple business is nonsense. You're stressing...

I'm in a the same boat with thinning front and growing it longer to hide it. I got dermatch today and it works amazingly for our situation. I would definitely recommend the dermatch to start off with. My hair just looked normal with it alone and I don't think i'll need a fibre concealer on...

Can we get an update? How did the meeting with the dermatologist go? What was the result of the scalp biopsy? I'm just curious. :P

Have you asked your doctor about Alopecia Areata? If I were you, I'd go back to the dermatologist and ask whether they think it might be alopecia areata. The patchiness of the hairloss, your age, and the absense of male pattern baldness in your family makes a good case for a dermatology review. This is...

My left temple is receding at a ridiculous rate. 5 months a go I had a full and thick head of hair and no receding hairline. But now I have 1.5 cm recession (2/3 of an inch) of my left temple, 0.5cm recession of my right temple, and overall diffuse loss. I was always under the impression that...

DLM, what was your experience? How long did it take for your hair to grow through again after you started shedding? I think I'll wait on the finasteride and minoxidil for the time being, but I'll start using nizoral a couple of times a week. I have a little bit of dandruff anyway and my...

I'm 23 and 5 months ago I had a full and thick head of hair and no receding hairline. Then about 2 months ago, I started to shed heavily with all the hairs being in the telogen phase. The hair loss has been diffuse and the start of it coincided with 1.5 months following a period of a lot of...