[Dr. William Rassman]

Hello forum readers,

To start, you've hopefully read my guide to mapping your scalp for miniaturization. If not, please see the following 2 posts at BaldingBlog:

1. Mapping Your Own Scalp for Miniaturization, Part 1
2. Mapping Your Own Scalp for Miniaturization, Part 2

Along with those articles, Mark (forum administrator) and I have created the instructional video below to show you how to use the video microscope that I mention in the guide. This video will help you get accurate and repeatable readings.

(Or view in high quality at YouTube)

Once you've followed the instructions in the video, you can either keep the photos on your own computer to follow up with later, or you can upload the photos in a new post here in the forum to share with others and ask doctors like myself their professional opinion. If you need help uploading photos, you can find instructions in this thread.

Doing a miniaturization study every 6-12 months is a good way for you to either see the progression of your hair loss, or see that the treatment(s) you're using are doing their job. I believe that this is a huge step towards giving folks the ability to take control of their hair loss in a way that was previously unheard of. I'm not suggesting cutting out the doctor from your treatment -- but now you can analyze your own scalp and gain valuable data for yourself.

I welcome your responses in this forum.


Dr. William Rassman

[DownUnder]

Hello Dr. Rassman

Is it possible to have some example photos of what the various stages/severity of miniturization looks like, or is it too much of an individual per-person thing to do...perhaps some people will naturally have a higher proportion of finer hairs than others?

I understand the best way is for an individual to create their own baseline and then create a timelapse series of photos, but I think some examples may have some value. Just a thought.

Thanks

[Anagen]

I agree with DownUnder.

It would also be great if Dr.Rassman could post information on how to calculate donor density.

[lutzb1]

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Hello,

I was wondering if judging by this picture if you could tell what step on the norwood scale i am?

[Mark]

Originally Posted by lutzb1

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Hello,

I was wondering if judging by this picture if you could tell what step on the norwood scale i am?

Your hairline looks totally fine in that picture.

-Mark

[lutzb1]

Thanks alot Mark...I'm guessing my hairline is just forming into a mature hairline...

Thanks again

[Mark]

Originally Posted by lutzb1

Thanks alot Mark...I'm guessing my hairline is just forming into a mature hairline...

Thanks again

No problemo,

I should probably also say that photo is not exactly the best for determining if you're actually balding. It may be darker or lighter than it really is (due to camera lighting, etc).

But judging solely by that photo, your hairline looks great.

-Mark

[lutzb1]

Well yeah the lighting is pretty terrible but in normal light i notice that there is slight temporal recession...

i have another question...My family history (on both sides) has no history of premature hair loss...My mothers father died when he has like 65 and he was 100% bald...he didn't start loosing his hair until his late 40's my father went gray when he was like 25ish...

could i experience hair loss due to stress and poor diet and exercise....I'm in relatively good health but i go to college full time, and eat pretty bad campus food and exercise very little.

Looks like more than one question but thanks a bunch for the help.

Brian

[Mark]

Originally Posted by lutzb1

Well yeah the lighting is pretty terrible but in normal light i notice that there is slight temporal recession...

i have another question...My family history (on both sides) has no history of premature hair loss...My mothers father died when he has like 65 and he was 100% bald...he didn't start loosing his hair until his late 40's my father went gray when he was like 25ish...

could i experience hair loss due to stress and poor diet and exercise....I'm in relatively good health but i go to college full time, and eat pretty bad campus food and exercise very little.

Looks like more than one question but thanks a bunch for the help.

Brian

We don't usually see hair loss because of malnourishment, although if you are malnourished you will lose hair. I think we don't see it mostly because our food here in the US (even junk food) is fairly well enriched with vitamins and minerals. So yeah, the campus food might not be very good for you, but it's probably not so bad that you're going to lose your hair.

Stress though can most certainly cause hair loss. A good friend of mine had a nice bald patch on the side of his head that, over the course of a year, slowly grew back. But it was strange to see.

You also might simply be seeing your hairline changing into a mature hairline and it goes nowhere other than that. But the best way to tell is to do a miniaturization test on yourself. You can find the tools to do this at the top of every page.

-Mark

[shadipnp]

Hi...
Is that video microscope available to be bought? and do you suggest that we buy them and start evaluating where we are in hair loss and where are we going