I loved this interview and getting to know Y. I lost a lot of my front hair with covid, never really got it back, and can’t stand it when people put down my feelings about it. I can totally understand Y’s pain, and her commitment to helping others (and herself) is amazing. As a woman, thank you Dr Gary for bringing her over 🩷
I’m also losing my hair. And it’s first stared after I had Covid. Slowly but surely it keeps thinning. And it had been super dense and thick. Crazily enough, a combo of topical minoxidil and hair vitamins initially stopped it. And my hair looked amazing, but a few months after only applying the topical ONCE a day, (as my derm told me I could do after 16 wks of twice daily) the shedding started up again. And nothing has stopped it this time. I’m trying the oral spironolactone off of Dr Linkov’s recommendation. But it can take up to a year to know if it’s going to work. I’ve been on it for a month or so. So we’ll see. Oh and I’m back on twice daily topical as well. I’m scared to stop it. I just want the shedding to stop at this point. So depressing. Sorry you’ve gone thru this too.
Dr. Linkov is a very good listener. Very patient. I could feel this woman's pain, sadness, anger and frustration. It's such an important topic. Lots of women live in fear of being found out or having to explain their hair loss. Then you have to field the opinions of people who have not experienced through the process. Y expresses this aspect well.
Love this conversation. Also want to add that a woman's reaction to her hairloss can vary wildly by culture too. As a black woman who had suffered from alopecia from a medical condition back in 2014, it hit extra hard because hair is so deeply important in our culture. It's not uncommon for other black women to use "bald headed" as an insult to each other even, and it cuts deep. Our hair is so political that there had to be laws passed to say that employers can't discriminate based on ethnically black hairstyles, and the black hair care industry makes BILLIONS of dollars a year. So when my hair started falling out and I had to shave my head, I felt like I was dying.
Another difference is that wigs aren't taboo in our community at all- we think of wigs the same way that everyone else thinks of extensions. We can tell when you have a good one and are super impressed/consider it fashionable
I’m so sorry! It is so so difficult. I’m trying everything and nothing has worked. I’m trying prp next. I really don’t want hair transplant, but who knows
I was diagnosed with CCCA Alopecia in February. I went from long locs down to my butt to losing my hairline and the top middle part of my hair. I didn't want to go the route of injections and antibiotics. I shaved my head and it has been a journey. I try not to get in my head. I feel like people stare at me and had one lady in Walmart follow me in to the bathroom yelling sir cause she thought I was a man walking into the ladies room. It's gotten a little better I still have days when I look in the mirror and break down. I've just told myself I have to find my new beauty with my bald head.
Hairfall is a curse. I'm 18 right now and it started when I was 16. I get a reminder of this curse from my own mind once every 10 minutes on a daily basis 😞
So grateful for this conversation! Age 54 now, was "traumatized" by a man teacher in high-school (senior year) who laughed and nonchalantly joked "hey you have a bald spot on the top of your head." From age 18 went thru "all the things" she did - wore my hair in a banana clip until the age of 38 when I looked into derma bonding human hair toppers. Have worn them for the past 16 years (5.5" x 7.5") - sooo expensive! Was just told that the price of my topper and getting the service doubled...from $583/month to $1040/month. I was heart broken! Straight up can't afford it anymore. Looking into to wigs now and feeling anxious and depressed all over again. The fear is real! Now I know that 33 years undiagnosed autoimmune, pcos was probably the cause. But the loss after that time was too great. Thank you for such a lovely, honest, beautiful and validating discussion! Gonna be a wig wearer real soon. 🙂
This vlog proves there is NOT much one can do for hair loss other than “throw the sink at it”. My board certified dermatologist told me back in 2020 there is not much one can do, she didn’t try to sell me treatments. OTC minoxidil gave me a raging migraine headache after each application for 2 straight weeks and I had to ask myself “what the hell am I doing to myself”? Raging nauseous migraine pounding headache. 😳 I didn’t get hair thinning and widened hair part until age 39/40. At age 44 & again at age 46 it thinned more. At age 47 literally this August all of my long hair was falling out for the entire month of August and now the back of my hair has 3 sparse areas. In the low back where my hair hangs not the actual scalp. It looks stupid crazy. 😳 I was shocked, went to my primary and I demanded another thyroid, hormone testing, and vitamin testing because all they did was the basic labs which is completely worthless. Now my widening hair part is traveling down to my cowlick. 😳 And we have no real help even with all the technology and advancements. Many younger gals at my gym appear to have very thin hair, I can only imagine what that will be like once they reach my age. Something is definitely happening to women’s hair and no one is doing research on it. Women, we are F’d!
My hope is that ai will finally help us to solve all kinds of immune system, skin, and hair problems. This stuff might be very complex, with different causes in different people. We gave doctors their shot. I am more optimistic the programmers working with medical scientists will finally help us get relief.
Far as you know, do the girls at your gym steroids? Because that will cause women's hair to thin. Also, a friend of mine told me some years ago that there is a population wide change happening, wherein men and women are slowly becoming more similar or something along those lines, and that includes women eventually losing their hair too. I don't know how true that is, but food for thought.
There is research going on. It’s not easy to fix diseases. After treatment/cure is discovered it can take 10 plus years to have all the studies to get FDA approval.
I've loved this. At last, someone talking about female pattern baldness. I'm from the UK and it's just not talked about. Great interview and Dr. Gary, I could listen to you all day.
Thank you for this video. I can’t understand why doctors and dermatologists don’t take your concerns about hair loss seriously. It took years and no one really listened. I spent thousands on hair club products for a six month treatment that only worked for a year. I’m so glad that I went to a professional Dr Linkov and took my concerns seriously. We need more doctors to listen to us. It should not take years to get your concerns addressed.
I am a mature woman and started with thinning hair on top of my head a few years ago. No other place, forward of the crown. I bought helper hair last year. My doctor changed my blood pressure med to spironolactone and it changed the texture to loose curls and seeming some new growth. I was using minoxidil foam but I think Dr. Gary mentioned it was toxic to cats so I stopped. I think it made a difference so I restarted but don't allow the cat in my room. I plan to start low dose of the same. Foam isn't convenient. It too changed my hair from white to salt and pepper on top where I use it. I also started Viviscal PRO. Not sure which is better, that or Nutrafol. I haven't been on Viviscal PRO long enough to know if it will help and if the minoxidil will help again. I know there is a shedding process when minoxidil is started. I wish all the ladies and men out there the best at finding what helps them, whether it is helper hair, prescriptions meds, supplements or transplant. Whatever helps and makes you feel better, beautiful, confident. :) Thanks Dr. Gary, love this channel!
Thank you for this enlightenment! I also suffered with hair loss since the birth of my second child at the age of 26. It was actually devastating, i lived with that for 7 good years😢! Worrying and trying several products. Though, in my case am not medically diagnosed yet, it just general lost with no regrowth. So, i had been deliberating whether to shave it off, and if am lucky enough it grows back if not, it cannot be helped life goes on. Honestly, when i finally decided to cut if off, i didn't think twice. Just did it by myself. I became very happy and never have to worry about it.
I started losing my hair at the age of 18 just before i joined uni and im 24 now and it still continues. Its absolutely feels mental torture, which is crazy because my health is perfectly fine. My hair loss is simply a genetic curse and it’s made me scared to have kids in the future in the fear i might pass it onto them :/
It's not crazy to experience it as mental torture. Hair is a big part of your identity and communication to the world, if that is unwillingly taken away that's aweful. I hope you find a way to cope with it or even better get your hair back somehow.
so, do you think the 'mental torture' is just the reaction to the hair loss or a mental problem, in and of itself? taking finasteride myself had a weird side effect of curing OCD symptoms I have. for me, I believe this was related to low estrogen levels caused by overconversion of testosterone to DHT. btw, most of the hair loss comes from the mother's side, there are tons of treatments now, AND you should haven't children until after 30 anyway. hang in there!
@@jr3213 1) In my case its definitely a reaction to the hair loss. It made me extremely self conscious of my appearance and I can tell it’s affected my confidence and lowered my quality of life. It was especially devastating because I had shampoo commercial-esque hair. Lustrous, thick long black hair and now bald patches are visible on my scalp or my whole scalp is visible in sunlight or other lighting. 2) Funnily enough I got mine from my father, but he did get it from his mother’s side of the family so … 3) Thank you for your encouraging words, hopefully i do find a treatment that works for me. If your treatment is working then that’s excellent! 4) Im planning on kids anytime soon at all, its just more something I’ve thought of w how the hair loss has affected my outlook on life.
I'm gonna be 41 in 3 weeks and have been dealing with the aftermath of Covid hair loss. I had always had extremely thick hair so when I started waking up with piles on my pillow and extremely noticeable thin spots, it was a major hit to my emotional state. I took every supplement known and it did nothing. It seems to come in cycles but my hair has not come back beyond maybe 25-30% of what it was. It's definitely one of the hardest things I've dealt with... It's nice to hear someone being able to articulate how deeply it can affect us!!
The average Jane can't afford a transplant and out of pocket PRP infusions. I bought a topper first, it was white like my hair colour. But after using foam minoxidil the hair on tope changed from white to salt and pepper and the topper doesn't match any more. contemplating a new salt and pepper topper. I've done alot of wig research and understand everything Y said and wig lingo. Thanks so much!
I had already been dealing with thinning, then I got covid for the first time last year and 2 months later I lost about 25% of my hair. it was devastating. I waited for it to grow back and it never did. just kept getting thinner. so several months ago I had a ferritin drawn and it was low normal. so I started an iron supplement, and saw palmetto. I also started the minoxidil 5% foam about 3-4 nights a week. I didn't have much hope but I was giving it a shot. after a month I saw nothing. was feeling pretty disappointed but kept doing it. then a few weeks ago I noticed my roots looked "fuzzy", I pulled down my part and was shocked at how many baby hair sprouts I have!! thousands! just suddenly, it all is making a difference. I'm so glad I didn't give up and to any other women in their 40s facing the same ... don't give up!
Loved this! I went through a traumatic event and lost my hair in large patches. I decided to shave it because trying to make it work with the hair I still had was too stressful. I can't believe the emotional rollarcoaster I went through. It's life changing, really. I have so much empathy for this woman and so many like her. Acceptance is the ultimate goal ❤
I had so much hair when i was younger that stylists would use thinning shears on me. Much like Y, over the years, I have steadily experienced hairloss. I can't really talk about it because I get told that I'm crazy. I'm NOT crazy. I consistently clog my drain. I have to pull all of that shed hair out of my brush. I have to be careful about where I place my part. My brothers started losing their hair in their 30's - I'm the only girl. I would love to get my hair back, but if stopping so much loss is all that I'm able to attain, I'd be super happy. I have tried Propecia and Aldactone with no luck. Yesterday, I went to feel confident and decided to see if oral minoxidil will help. I'm hoping for the best.
Dr Gary linkov im a big fan of your work and admire your honesty in all your videos! Thank you for the uploads i like all your videos and find them very interesting. A shoutout will really make my day! Thank you
Courage x two. It comes in different gendered packages in this case. It's a hard, hard thing to accept and live with no matter how you look at it. Thanks, as always Gary, for illuminating the hard stuff with Y where hair is concerned. It's never going to be easy for either gender. As an older woman who knows many older women with hair thinning and loss, it's a lifelong peril which makes it a difficult, identity challenging problem no matter how it is visited upon us 🙏🏻
Yep, most my hair has fallen out (no exaggeration), but doctors couldn't care less. Ive tried different tablets and things have improved, but it seems to go up and down. Not nearly how it was though.
Enjoyed this. I would love to see you have a conversation with a male about Alopecia Areata/Universalis etc. With your experience, expertise and excellent interviewing, it would be great. I know men have their own unique struggles with AA/AT/AU. Would love to hear more about your own journey. Thanks
Ppl say things on social media that are brash, rude, inappropriate because they can. There is no face to face accountability. I'm sure those individuals would think twice before opening their mouths in front of you.
Dr. Gary- you look like Boris Badenov (the VILLIAN from the cartoon ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE with your ‘stache and I LOVE IT❗️😉❗️ It’s Obvious you’re a fine surgeon and “good people”.
I am losing a ton of hair right now due to dramatic weight loss and taking Wegovy. It is so hard. People keep telling me it looks fine. I hope it stops soon. I have also had major hair loss 3 other times in my life but my hair eventually always bounced back. Fingers crossed this ends well.
The same birth control caused my hair loss. I got back on a different birth control and I'm somewhat holding on hair for now. However, I'm petrified, when I stop the hair starts to come off.
I've come to accept my hair loss over a short amount of time. For me I find that I grieve more about the state of our existence than I do about my hair, or lack thereof. Er... 👀 I'm in my head a lot... 😅 Anyway, I can't afford hair transplants or anything like that, but I do wear cheap - but good looking - wigs, but mostly wear headscarves, hats, and other types of coverings; I also use eyebrow pencils and gels for my almost non-existent eyebrows! 😂 I used to have a lot of fast growing and thick hair, but now at close to sixty - gah! I can't believe I'm almost there! - I don't have that going for me anymore, and I'm ok with it! 🤸♀️
There is absolutely no scientific data that supports the use of biotin for hair loss. Fortunately, you were able to recover your hair! Wish people would save their money. 😊
Thanks for a great podcast! I have a question I been thinking about. Is it, or will it be, possible to transplant hair from another donator than yourself? 🌸🌸chris
My friend is 90, still has thick hair with a sandy color naturally, gets her hair trimmed once a month. Then there’s me, half her age, have to shave my head. 😂 Life is funny.
In my 20's I started loosing my hair in patches. It took almost 5 years to diagnose my condition. What fun thing was happening to me, Lichen Planopilaris aka, scarring hair loss. I was told there is nothing for it except managing the pain and burning. Recently, I heard about stem cell treatments that can actually heal this condition. Any thoughts on this new, regenerative approach to care?
@@donjaknow8591 The real problem is that no one is looking for a real solution. The current system is already good enough for those who profit from it. You will never have a real cure in this situation.
I wish I could tell her that I like her more bald than with hair. It's weird but I just do, I think she is pretty without the hair, it fits her very very much.
My hair is super long. To my butt ish. But my part has been widening for awhile. I have Womens hair loss in my family. It gets thin. When I was young my hair was TOO THICK. I’m not kidding. I really hate it.
I had alopecia areata loss on the entire left side of my head in a matter of weeks. It really sucked, but it did eventually grow back over 2 years. There's always in the back of my mind that it could happen again. My 1st cousin has alopecia universalis and has been wearing wigs for decades now. Mine was triggered by doing natural health treatments and taking supplements with iodine in it. wow I was on a forum on 2007. I wonder if it were yours!
I'm a guy, I wanted to ask, does tonsillitis cause hairloss{volume significantly reduced} Does linezolid cause hair loss {prescribed for a week 500mg twice a day} *note : I haven't had tonsillectomy
My hair is super long. To my butt ish. But my part has been widening for awhile. I have Womens hair loss in my family. It gets thin. When I was young my hair was TOO THICK. I’m not kidding. I really hate it how it’s thinning the last few years. My sweet early teenage nephew has no hair at all. Anywhere on his body. Some kind of alopecia. It is rough.
I just got diagnosed with androgenetic alopecia and the biopsy that was taken shows that there is a chance that it’s scarring alopecia but they can’t say for certain so we’re hoping that it’s not. It’s been very devastating. I have hair down to my ankles and it was always very healthy…and I had fine hair but I had a lot of it. It was beautiful and now that it’s starting to thin out and I’m starting to see patches of scalp it’s very scary. I also have some other health conditions that caused me to not sleep well, have high stress and a lot of inflammation in my body. I don’t know how much that adds to the loss. I’m trying to change what I can. The doctor wants me to start minoxidil, but I’m really worried about the side effects… Does anyone have thoughts on oral minoxidil? Thank you ❤
Yes she mentioned the birth control pills and this needs to be said more often. I was taking pills. One that is now no longer available called yaz because of the side effects which included hair loss. I only took it for several months but damm if this wasn’t the start of years of on and off again hair loss.
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I've got some hair loss, no receding, but my entire crown seemed to thin overnight/see through. Somewhere around covid I think. Not sure if covid was part of it due to my age.
Taking oral minoxidil might have been able to make a difference. And why didn’t she try steroid injection, which is very effective for her second type of hair loss?
It made me really sad to hear that sometimes you look in the mirror and don't love what you see. I am looking at two of you and I love you both. Probably won't help with anything, but here's my feedback :)
What I did learn from this hour-long video: "OMG, social media is so bad". What I didn't learn from this video: anything useful, really. I'm sure most of the social media comments were supportive, and if you react like this to a couple that weren't, so much so that you can't stop talking about it, then you have not found any acceptance of yourself that you claim you have. Normally, I love everything on this channel, but this was a waste of time, sorry.
I understand hair loss is probably worse for women but I don't think she understands how mean and cruel people are when someone is losing their hair. I say this as someone with a head full of hair.
I know this may not be appropriate to reach out to you this way, but you need to do a video on the plastic surgery/facial enhancements of Laura Loomer. You'd get lots of view and clicks. It's insane that she's only 31 years old.
Dr. Gary is human, which makes him susceptible to health conditions that cause hair loss. His vocation and his hair loss have nothing to do with each other.
who knows if it is evolutionary? I am sure when the first ape like beings evolved into homo erectus back in the prehistoric times they started losing hair on their forehead and around the eyes, chest, arms, etc. and they went into depression.
There are many studies and no it is not evolution. Evolution is something that has an evolutionary advantage and spreads because of that. MBP is simply a genetic trait or a genetic disease if you prefer. The reason it has spread so much is simply because it does not prevent reproduction and does not kill you before you can reproduce.
This is not evolutionary, this is a trait that happened to be preferred around the Mediterranean area, which is why hairloss is much higher in those populations than those further away from it.
It almost seems as if womens hair loss is like mens hair loss but without the DHT concentration. I think its extremely devastating for women to have hair loss, even more so than men. I am reversing over a decade of severe hair loss naturally and I show men on my channel how to get their high school hair line back /@backtothebarber
I loved this interview and getting to know Y. I lost a lot of my front hair with covid, never really got it back, and can’t stand it when people put down my feelings about it. I can totally understand Y’s pain, and her commitment to helping others (and herself) is amazing. As a woman, thank you Dr Gary for bringing her over 🩷
I’m also losing my hair. And it’s first stared after I had Covid. Slowly but surely it keeps thinning. And it had been super dense and thick. Crazily enough, a combo of topical minoxidil and hair vitamins initially stopped it. And my hair looked amazing, but a few months after only applying the topical ONCE a day, (as my derm told me I could do after 16 wks of twice daily) the shedding started up again. And nothing has stopped it this time. I’m trying the oral spironolactone off of Dr Linkov’s recommendation. But it can take up to a year to know if it’s going to work. I’ve been on it for a month or so. So we’ll see. Oh and I’m back on twice daily topical as well. I’m scared to stop it. I just want the shedding to stop at this point. So depressing. Sorry you’ve gone thru this too.
I'm going through the same situation
COVID worsen hair loss and treatment isn't working
Dr Gary has such a big heart. Not the case in 99% of doctors.
This lovely Lady pulls off the bald look and is very pretty.
she looks great but she doesn't see it.
She's beautiful!
Dr. Linkov is a very good listener. Very patient. I could feel this woman's pain, sadness, anger and frustration. It's such an important topic. Lots of women live in fear of being found out or having to explain their hair loss. Then you have to field the opinions of people who have not experienced through the process. Y expresses this aspect well.
Love this conversation. Also want to add that a woman's reaction to her hairloss can vary wildly by culture too. As a black woman who had suffered from alopecia from a medical condition back in 2014, it hit extra hard because hair is so deeply important in our culture. It's not uncommon for other black women to use "bald headed" as an insult to each other even, and it cuts deep. Our hair is so political that there had to be laws passed to say that employers can't discriminate based on ethnically black hairstyles, and the black hair care industry makes BILLIONS of dollars a year. So when my hair started falling out and I had to shave my head, I felt like I was dying.
Another difference is that wigs aren't taboo in our community at all- we think of wigs the same way that everyone else thinks of extensions. We can tell when you have a good one and are super impressed/consider it fashionable
I’m so sorry! It is so so difficult. I’m trying everything and nothing has worked. I’m trying prp next. I really don’t want hair transplant, but who knows
I was diagnosed with CCCA Alopecia in February. I went from long locs down to my butt to losing my hairline and the top middle part of my hair. I didn't want to go the route of injections and antibiotics. I shaved my head and it has been a journey. I try not to get in my head. I feel like people stare at me and had one lady in Walmart follow me in to the bathroom yelling sir cause she thought I was a man walking into the ladies room. It's gotten a little better I still have days when I look in the mirror and break down. I've just told myself I have to find my new beauty with my bald head.
Hairfall is a curse. I'm 18 right now and it started when I was 16. I get a reminder of this curse from my own mind once every 10 minutes on a daily basis 😞
you tried finasteride? yes, it's not fun at that age unless you try and like the shaved look.
Get on dutasteride asap, not finasteride
@@yawns3004why dutasteride over finasteride?
Maybe try therapy. So you can stop looking at it in this light.
I can’t imagine so I’m not judging
Watch Y's videos. They will help you cope
So grateful for this conversation! Age 54 now, was "traumatized" by a man teacher in high-school (senior year) who laughed and nonchalantly joked "hey you have a bald spot on the top of your head." From age 18 went thru "all the things" she did - wore my hair in a banana clip until the age of 38 when I looked into derma bonding human hair toppers. Have worn them for the past 16 years (5.5" x 7.5") - sooo expensive! Was just told that the price of my topper and getting the service doubled...from $583/month to $1040/month. I was heart broken! Straight up can't afford it anymore. Looking into to wigs now and feeling anxious and depressed all over again. The fear is real! Now I know that 33 years undiagnosed autoimmune, pcos was probably the cause. But the loss after that time was too great. Thank you for such a lovely, honest, beautiful and validating discussion! Gonna be a wig wearer real soon. 🙂
This vlog proves there is NOT much one can do for hair loss other than “throw the sink at it”. My board certified dermatologist told me back in 2020 there is not much one can do, she didn’t try to sell me treatments. OTC minoxidil gave me a raging migraine headache after each application for 2 straight weeks and I had to ask myself “what the hell am I doing to myself”? Raging nauseous migraine pounding headache. 😳
I didn’t get hair thinning and widened hair part until age 39/40. At age 44 & again at age 46 it thinned more. At age 47 literally this August all of my long hair was falling out for the entire month of August and now the back of my hair has 3 sparse areas. In the low back where my hair hangs not the actual scalp. It looks stupid crazy. 😳 I was shocked, went to my primary and I demanded another thyroid, hormone testing, and vitamin testing because all they did was the basic labs which is completely worthless.
Now my widening hair part is traveling down to my cowlick. 😳 And we have no real help even with all the technology and advancements.
Many younger gals at my gym appear to have very thin hair, I can only imagine what that will be like once they reach my age. Something is definitely happening to women’s hair and no one is doing research on it.
Women, we are F’d!
My hope is that ai will finally help us to solve all kinds of immune system, skin, and hair problems. This stuff might be very complex, with different causes in different people. We gave doctors their shot. I am more optimistic the programmers working with medical scientists will finally help us get relief.
Far as you know, do the girls at your gym steroids? Because that will cause women's hair to thin. Also, a friend of mine told me some years ago that there is a population wide change happening, wherein men and women are slowly becoming more similar or something along those lines, and that includes women eventually losing their hair too. I don't know how true that is, but food for thought.
My hair loss is due to Ozempic. I'm type 2 and its the only med that keeps my A1C down 😢
I’ve noticed more thinning and hair loss in women, too, and in younger women. I don’t understand it, but something is weird about it.
There is research going on. It’s not easy to fix diseases. After treatment/cure is discovered it can take 10 plus years to have all the studies to get FDA approval.
I've loved this. At last, someone talking about female pattern baldness. I'm from the UK and it's just not talked about. Great interview and Dr. Gary, I could listen to you all day.
Thank you for sharing, it helps knowing I'm not alone❤
Thank you for this video. I can’t understand why doctors and dermatologists don’t take your concerns about hair loss seriously. It took years and no one really listened. I spent thousands on hair club products for a six month treatment that only worked for a year. I’m so glad that I went to a professional Dr Linkov and took my concerns seriously.
We need more doctors to listen to us. It should not take years to get your concerns addressed.
This is so informative i love her
I am a mature woman and started with thinning hair on top of my head a few years ago. No other place, forward of the crown. I bought helper hair last year. My doctor changed my blood pressure med to spironolactone and it changed the texture to loose curls and seeming some new growth. I was using minoxidil foam but I think Dr. Gary mentioned it was toxic to cats so I stopped. I think it made a difference so I restarted but don't allow the cat in my room. I plan to start low dose of the same. Foam isn't convenient. It too changed my hair from white to salt and pepper on top where I use it. I also started Viviscal PRO. Not sure which is better, that or Nutrafol. I haven't been on Viviscal PRO long enough to know if it will help and if the minoxidil will help again. I know there is a shedding process when minoxidil is started. I wish all the ladies and men out there the best at finding what helps them, whether it is helper hair, prescriptions meds, supplements or transplant. Whatever helps and makes you feel better, beautiful, confident. :) Thanks Dr. Gary, love this channel!
Thank you for this enlightenment!
I also suffered with hair loss since the birth of my second child at the age of 26. It was actually devastating, i lived with that for 7 good years😢! Worrying and trying several products.
Though, in my case am not medically diagnosed yet, it just general lost with no regrowth.
So, i had been deliberating whether to shave it off, and if am lucky enough it grows back if not, it cannot be helped life goes on.
Honestly, when i finally decided to cut if off, i didn't think twice. Just did it by myself. I became very happy and never have to worry about it.
Amazing pod. I needed this. My hair is thinning soooo bad. Im 40. Never had an issue. And im taking collegan, hopefully that will help
Unfortunately, collagen won't keep your hair from falling out. At best it'll improve the quality of the hair you do have.
If you have baldness on your mother or father's side, genetic hairliss can happen to women to some degree also.
unfortunately it won'y help, collegan has nothing to do with hair thinning
I started losing my hair at the age of 18 just before i joined uni and im 24 now and it still continues. Its absolutely feels mental torture, which is crazy because my health is perfectly fine. My hair loss is simply a genetic curse and it’s made me scared to have kids in the future in the fear i might pass it onto them :/
It's a curse. I'm 18 right now and it started when I was 16. I get a reminder of this curse from my own mind once every 10 minutes on a daily basis 😞
It's not crazy to experience it as mental torture. Hair is a big part of your identity and communication to the world, if that is unwillingly taken away that's aweful. I hope you find a way to cope with it or even better get your hair back somehow.
so, do you think the 'mental torture' is just the reaction to the hair loss or a mental problem, in and of itself? taking finasteride myself had a weird side effect of curing OCD symptoms I have. for me, I believe this was related to low estrogen levels caused by overconversion of testosterone to DHT.
btw, most of the hair loss comes from the mother's side, there are tons of treatments now, AND you should haven't children until after 30 anyway. hang in there!
@@jr3213 1) In my case its definitely a reaction to the hair loss. It made me extremely self conscious of my appearance and I can tell it’s affected my confidence and lowered my quality of life. It was especially devastating because I had shampoo commercial-esque hair. Lustrous, thick long black hair and now bald patches are visible on my scalp or my whole scalp is visible in sunlight or other lighting.
2) Funnily enough I got mine from my father, but he did get it from his mother’s side of the family so …
3) Thank you for your encouraging words, hopefully i do find a treatment that works for me. If your treatment is working then that’s excellent!
4) Im planning on kids anytime soon at all, its just more something I’ve thought of w how the hair loss has affected my outlook on life.
Tried biotin and collagen supplements?
I'm gonna be 41 in 3 weeks and have been dealing with the aftermath of Covid hair loss. I had always had extremely thick hair so when I started waking up with piles on my pillow and extremely noticeable thin spots, it was a major hit to my emotional state. I took every supplement known and it did nothing. It seems to come in cycles but my hair has not come back beyond maybe 25-30% of what it was. It's definitely one of the hardest things I've dealt with... It's nice to hear someone being able to articulate how deeply it can affect us!!
The average Jane can't afford a transplant and out of pocket PRP infusions. I bought a topper first, it was white like my hair colour. But after using foam minoxidil the hair on tope changed from white to salt and pepper and the topper doesn't match any more. contemplating a new salt and pepper topper. I've done alot of wig research and understand everything Y said and wig lingo. Thanks so much!
I understand. i bought a wig but it is so much thicker than my hair i dont like how it looks.
Amazing interview. Two of my favorite people. Very well done. You covered this very sensitive issue with such heart
I had already been dealing with thinning, then I got covid for the first time last year and 2 months later I lost about 25% of my hair. it was devastating.
I waited for it to grow back and it never did. just kept getting thinner.
so several months ago I had a ferritin drawn and it was low normal. so I started an iron supplement, and saw palmetto. I also started the minoxidil 5% foam about 3-4 nights a week. I didn't have much hope but I was giving it a shot. after a month I saw nothing. was feeling pretty disappointed but kept doing it.
then a few weeks ago I noticed my roots looked "fuzzy", I pulled down my part and was shocked at how many baby hair sprouts I have!! thousands! just suddenly, it all is making a difference. I'm so glad I didn't give up and to any other women in their 40s facing the same ... don't give up!
Eye-opening and informative conversation. Thank you.
Her resemblance to Kate Mara had me really confused for a minute. They are both beautiful.
Thank you
Dr Gary for bringing attention to women’s hair loss
The femininity part is so true. I've heard guys online say women don't experience hairloss, and women who do are male
Loved this! I went through a traumatic event and lost my hair in large patches. I decided to shave it because trying to make it work with the hair I still had was too stressful. I can't believe the emotional rollarcoaster I went through. It's life changing, really. I have so much empathy for this woman and so many like her. Acceptance is the ultimate goal ❤
great you guys did this!!
You’re beautiful and brave. Thank you for sharing your journey.
I had so much hair when i was younger that stylists would use thinning shears on me. Much like Y, over the years, I have steadily experienced hairloss. I can't really talk about it because I get told that I'm crazy. I'm NOT crazy. I consistently clog my drain. I have to pull all of that shed hair out of my brush. I have to be careful about where I place my part. My brothers started losing their hair in their 30's - I'm the only girl. I would love to get my hair back, but if stopping so much loss is all that I'm able to attain, I'd be super happy. I have tried Propecia and Aldactone with no luck. Yesterday, I went to feel confident and decided to see if oral minoxidil will help. I'm hoping for the best.
Dr Gary linkov im a big fan of your work and admire your honesty in all your videos! Thank you for the uploads i like all your videos and find them very interesting. A shoutout will really make my day! Thank you
Courage x two. It comes in different gendered packages in this case. It's a hard, hard thing to accept and live with no matter how you look at it. Thanks, as always Gary, for illuminating the hard stuff with Y where hair is concerned. It's never going to be easy for either gender. As an older woman who knows many older women with hair thinning and loss, it's a lifelong peril which makes it a difficult, identity challenging problem no matter how it is visited upon us 🙏🏻
Dr. Gary, can you please please do a video on hair loss caused by nicotine/smoking and what can be done to reverse it? Thank you!!
Great video
I totally understand her. After a while we just give up… and we go on cycles with some medication… for months I do minoxidil then I stop….it’s awful.
Been following her. Her wigs are the best though
What's her IG??
You are both such good and beautiful people.
Beautiful with and without hair!
Women, used to wear hats
So did men
Until the 1960s
Yep, most my hair has fallen out (no exaggeration), but doctors couldn't care less. Ive tried different tablets and things have improved, but it seems to go up and down. Not nearly how it was though.
She does indeed look great. A lot of interesting info here.
Enjoyed this. I would love to see you have a conversation with a male about Alopecia Areata/Universalis etc. With your experience, expertise and excellent interviewing, it would be great. I know men have their own unique struggles with AA/AT/AU. Would love to hear more about your own journey. Thanks
Ppl say things on social media that are brash, rude, inappropriate because they can. There is no face to face accountability. I'm sure those individuals would think twice before opening their mouths in front of you.
Dr. Gary- you look like Boris Badenov (the VILLIAN from the cartoon ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE with your ‘stache and I LOVE IT❗️😉❗️ It’s Obvious you’re a fine surgeon and “good people”.
I am losing a ton of hair right now due to dramatic weight loss and taking Wegovy. It is so hard. People keep telling me it looks fine. I hope it stops soon. I have also had major hair loss 3 other times in my life but my hair eventually always bounced back. Fingers crossed this ends well.
I have been on rogain foam for men at 5% for two months and my hair loss has only gotten worse.
@@Believinabel This is likely normal and usually only lasts up to a few months. On the plus side, it means you're responsive to it so it is working.
Same here from Oz - rapid weight loss. I feel yeah ❤
Dont listen to other people. Only you know what your hair is supposed to look like normally
Are you on birth control?
What about mature women hairloss?
similar concepts apply
@@drgarylinkovThank you ... ❤
The same birth control caused my hair loss. I got back on a different birth control and I'm somewhat holding on hair for now. However, I'm petrified, when I stop the hair starts to come off.
She’s gorgeous
Is shedding a symptom of AGA? I was under the impression that AGA is thinning of the strands, but didn’t know increased shedding was a sign.
A doctor who actually understands.
I've come to accept my hair loss over a short amount of time. For me I find that I grieve more about the state of our existence than I do about my hair, or lack thereof.
Er... 👀
I'm in my head a lot... 😅
Anyway, I can't afford hair transplants or anything like that, but I do wear cheap - but good looking - wigs, but mostly wear headscarves, hats, and other types of coverings; I also use eyebrow pencils and gels for my almost non-existent eyebrows! 😂
I used to have a lot of fast growing and thick hair, but now at close to sixty - gah! I can't believe I'm almost there! - I don't have that going for me anymore, and I'm ok with it! 🤸♀️
Loved this interview.
What happens at 21:29 👀 where did her hand go??
ohhh well spotted
After getting Covid, my hair fell out in CLUMPS! I started taking Biotin and it stopped.
There is absolutely no scientific data that supports the use of biotin for hair loss. Fortunately, you were able to recover your hair! Wish people would save their money. 😊
Thanks for a great podcast! I have a question I been thinking about. Is it, or will it be, possible to transplant hair from another donator than yourself?
🌸🌸chris
Yep people are really mean about hair loss: especially the comments about ew yuck your hair is everywhere (house bed bathroom car etc) etc etc
Especially bad when it hurts so much physically too.
My friend is 90, still has thick hair with a sandy color naturally, gets her hair trimmed once a month. Then there’s me, half her age, have to shave my head.
😂
Life is funny.
Bald women are beautiful
The good thing is that for women, wigs are socially accepted.
Except when you are wat too hot 🥵 to wear a wig.
Sure but some of us are having hot flashes as it is. I would die of heat stroke wearing a wig. 😫
@@yvonne3903 That is a material problem that has a hope of being solved. The pathology on the other hand has no hope of being solved unfortunately.
Idk I've seen a lot of videos of people bullying women by pulling off their wigs "as a prank"
I had aleopacia universalis since I was 16. Sucked but I accept myself. Bald baddie and I wear wigs. We outchea.
In my 20's I started loosing my hair in patches. It took almost 5 years to diagnose my condition. What fun thing was happening to me, Lichen Planopilaris aka, scarring hair loss. I was told there is nothing for it except managing the pain and burning. Recently, I heard about stem cell treatments that can actually heal this condition. Any thoughts on this new, regenerative approach to care?
@@donjaknow8591 It’s science fiction. Like cloning hair follicle or crispr.
@@NiMo5048 😔 really???
@@donjaknow8591 The real problem is that no one is looking for a real solution. The current system is already good enough for those who profit from it. You will never have a real cure in this situation.
I wish I could tell her that I like her more bald than with hair. It's weird but I just do, I think she is pretty without the hair, it fits her very very much.
Can you do a video on Keratopigmentation!?
My hair is super long. To my butt ish. But my part has been widening for awhile. I have Womens hair loss in my family. It gets thin. When I was young my hair was TOO THICK. I’m not kidding. I really hate it.
I got mine from CIRS mould/ biotoxin illness cos I lived in a water damaged building and it doesn’t ever stop once it starts
I had alopecia areata loss on the entire left side of my head in a matter of weeks. It really sucked, but it did eventually grow back over 2 years. There's always in the back of my mind that it could happen again. My 1st cousin has alopecia universalis and has been wearing wigs for decades now. Mine was triggered by doing natural health treatments and taking supplements with iodine in it. wow I was on a forum on 2007. I wonder if it were yours!
It's so true. You see a bald man you don't think twice.
You see a bald woman, you think what's wrong with her?
I'm a guy, I wanted to ask, does tonsillitis cause hairloss{volume significantly reduced}
Does linezolid cause hair loss {prescribed for a week 500mg twice a day}
*note : I haven't had tonsillectomy
um he isnt google...
@@gemi08080 just asking
My hair is super long. To my butt ish. But my part has been widening for awhile. I have Womens hair loss in my family. It gets thin. When I was young my hair was TOO THICK. I’m not kidding. I really hate it how it’s thinning the last few years.
My sweet early teenage nephew has no hair at all. Anywhere on his body. Some kind of alopecia. It is rough.
Doctor have you seen the eye color change video? Woman wanted lighter brown eyes, ends up with green/gray eyes permanently?
I just got diagnosed with androgenetic alopecia and the biopsy that was taken shows that there is a chance that it’s scarring alopecia but they can’t say for certain so we’re hoping that it’s not.
It’s been very devastating. I have hair down to my ankles and it was always very healthy…and I had fine hair but I had a lot of it. It was beautiful and now that it’s starting to thin out and I’m starting to see patches of scalp it’s very scary. I also have some other health conditions that caused me to not sleep well, have high stress and a lot of inflammation in my body. I don’t know how much that adds to the loss. I’m trying to change what I can. The doctor wants me to start minoxidil, but I’m really worried about the side effects… Does anyone have thoughts on oral minoxidil? Thank you ❤
Yes she mentioned the birth control pills and this needs to be said more often. I was taking pills. One that is now no longer available called yaz because of the side effects which included hair loss. I only took it for several months but damm if this wasn’t the start of years of on and off again hair loss.
2:24 lol I actually did swap a kidney and lost my hair BECAUSE OF it :---D
Plz do kpop idols !!!!!! Especially blackpink and especially rosé and plz search more and make sure ur information is right....and bts especially jungkook too
Prp helps but it won’t stop the hair miniturizarion
Does hair loss in male pattern areas (miniature and temple receded) in a female from BHRT over dose of testosterone grow back?
I've got some hair loss, no receding, but my entire crown seemed to thin overnight/see through. Somewhere around covid I think. Not sure if covid was part of it due to my age.
Taking oral minoxidil might have been able to make a difference. And why didn’t she try steroid injection, which is very effective for her second type of hair loss?
Please tell me about stem cell serum make video about thes
Why is not possible to implant synthetic hair, which would not be rejected by our skin? Why is so damn difficult to do this?
People ask the dumbest, most ignorant questions. “Why do you wear a wig?” I’d just reverse the question and ask them why they don’t shave their head??
It made me really sad to hear that sometimes you look in the mirror and don't love what you see. I am looking at two of you and I love you both. Probably won't help with anything, but here's my feedback :)
Wigs.
Auto immune non scarring inflammatory alopecia
What I did learn from this hour-long video: "OMG, social media is so bad". What I didn't learn from this video: anything useful, really. I'm sure most of the social media comments were supportive, and if you react like this to a couple that weren't, so much so that you can't stop talking about it, then you have not found any acceptance of yourself that you claim you have.
Normally, I love everything on this channel, but this was a waste of time, sorry.
Thanks.
But you do have eyebrows and eyelashes which many don't 😢
😢
I understand hair loss is probably worse for women but I don't think she understands how mean and cruel people are when someone is losing their hair. I say this as someone with a head full of hair.
Dr Gary you are looking massive, huge biceps, keep up the gym. Kudos!
Get checked for insuline resistance, thyroid problems.
I know this may not be appropriate to reach out to you this way, but you need to do a video on the plastic surgery/facial enhancements of Laura Loomer. You'd get lots of view and clicks. It's insane that she's only 31 years old.
Women look great in wigs though compared to men. Chuck Norris and Stallone look so fake.
Not to me.
I didn't even know, they were wearing units
Have a legitimate question. How are you a hair restoration doctor but have no hair?
Because for his condition there’s not a cure. Like MBP.
he has alopecia
@@NiMo5048
He looks great, with eyebrows..
Perhaps, his body attacks hair shaft
@@SoleilMagica
They're 4 doctors on TH-cam who have this
Dr. Gary is human, which makes him susceptible to health conditions that cause hair loss. His vocation and his hair loss have nothing to do with each other.
who knows if it is evolutionary? I am sure when the first ape like beings evolved into homo erectus back in the prehistoric times they started losing hair on their forehead and around the eyes, chest, arms, etc. and they went into depression.
There are many studies and no it is not evolution. Evolution is something that has an evolutionary advantage and spreads because of that. MBP is simply a genetic trait or a genetic disease if you prefer. The reason it has spread so much is simply because it does not prevent reproduction and does not kill you before you can reproduce.
This is not evolutionary, this is a trait that happened to be preferred around the Mediterranean area, which is why hairloss is much higher in those populations than those further away from it.
It almost seems as if womens hair loss is like mens hair loss but without the DHT concentration. I think its extremely devastating for women to have hair loss, even more so than men. I am reversing over a decade of severe hair loss naturally and I show men on my channel how to get their high school hair line back /@backtothebarber