NovaMane Review: My Personal Experience as a Dermatologist I've been burned by "revolutionary" hair loss products before. So when patients started asking about NovaMane's micro-infusion system, my BS detector went into overdrive. Another Instagram miracle cure? A $180 dermastamp with magic serum? Sure, Jan. But after the fifteenth patient asked about it
I Tried Every Hair Loss Treatment on Myself for 6 Months "Physician, heal thyself," my wife said, pointing at my crown in our bathroom mirror. She wasn't wrong. At 38, I'd been dispensing hair loss advice for a decade while my own hairline crept backward and my crown thinned to see-through status. The cognitive dissonance
The 3 AM Email That Changed How I Treat Female Hair Loss Subject: "I can't do this anymore" I remember staring at my phone, disoriented, wondering why a patient was emailing at 3:17 AM. Then I read Anna's message: "Dr. Hayes, I'm sitting on my bathroom floor crying. My daughter's
Why I Stopped Recommending Minoxidil to Everyone "Just use Rogaine!" For years, that was my reflexive response to anyone with hair loss. Male, female, young, old, crown, hairline – didn't matter. Minoxidil was my hammer, and every scalp looked like a nail. Then came the week that changed everything: three emergency calls, two ER
The Truth About That Viral Rice Water Hair Trend The smell hit me before she even opened the container. Fermented. Sour. Like a frat house carpet mixed with old Chinese takeout. "I've been fermenting this for two weeks," Melissa announced proudly, holding up a mason jar of cloudy liquid with... things... floating in it. "
My Colleague Laughed When I Started Using Red Light Therapy "Hayes, did you join a cult?" Dr. Peterson stood in my office doorway, staring at the red LED panel on my desk like I'd set up a shrine to the hair gods. "It's for a patient trial," I lied. The truth? I&
Finasteride: What I Tell My Male Patients (And What I Don't) "Doc, just give it to me straight. Will finasteride kill my dick?" I get this question at least three times a week. Usually from guys who've spent hours on forums reading horror stories about permanent sexual dysfunction, growing breasts, and brain fog. After prescribing finasteride to
The Day a Patient's 'Natural' Hair Oil Nearly Burned Their Scalp Off The smell hit me before she even sat down. Eucalyptus. Peppermint. Something else sharp and medicinal. My eyes started watering. "I've been using this all-natural hair growth oil," Maria said, pulling out a brown bottle covered in Sanskrit symbols. "But my scalp feels like it&
I Was Wrong About Biotin for 10 Years I owe about 1,000 patients an apology. For a decade, I recommended biotin like it was hair growth candy. Patient losing hair? "Take 5,000mcg of biotin daily." Thinning? "Have you tried biotin?" I was that doctor. The one who perpetuated the biotin myth because,
The $15 Treatment That Outperformed a $3,000 Hair System I need to tell you about the Martinez brothers. Both came to my clinic on the same day. Identical twins, 28 years old, matching receding hairlines. What happened next turned into an accidental clinical trial that still makes me shake my head.
Why I Tell My Patients to Stop Washing Their Hair Every Day Last week, a 34-year-old software engineer walked into my office with what looked like a scalp from a horror movie. Red, flaking, angry skin that had been scrubbed raw. His crime? Following advice from a "hair guru" to use clarifying shampoo daily to "remove DHT buildup."
