Hair grooming and styling are the final steps in giving a person the desired appearance after surgical hair restoration. Transplantation or other surgical hair restoration procedures (see Surgical Hair Restoration Treatments for information about procedures) restore hair to scalp areas where it was lost. Hair grooming and styling, when well done and regularly maintained, improve the final result of hair

  The pain associated with the procedure is one of the greatest fears confronting the potential hair restoration patient. You should be concerned about the discomfort associated with the surgery. This is natural and questions about discomfort and its control should be discussed with the physician prior to surgery.   Surgical hair restoration actually results in less operative discomfort than

Have you been using an over-the-counter hair loss treatment that “guarantees” to stop hair loss and stimulate growth of new hair? Has it performed as the label promises? Is your hair loss continuing, without a sign of new hair growth? If the answer is “yes” to all of the above, you have joined a very large club made up of people who

It is important to understand the normal hair growth cycle to understand why hair loss occurs. The hair follicle is an anatomical structure that evolved to produce and extrude (push out) a hair shaft. Hair is made up of proteins called keratins. Human hair grows in a continuous cyclic pattern of growth and rests known as the “hair growth cycle“.

  Is Hair Transplantation the Answer?   Hair Loss is commonly thought of as something that occurs only in older men. But it happens in younger men, too—those who are not yet 21 years old.   Because hair loss is generally unexpected before age 21 it can be a shock for a young man 15 to 20 years old to

Two new studies of the effects of 5% minoxidil in treating male-pattern hair loss report that a majority of patients found: A rapid onset of action in promoting new hair growth. Very effective to effective results in promoting new hair growth over the period of treatment. Decreased hair loss. Minimal side effects. Minoxidil is a topical hair restoration agent that

It is estimated that 35 million men in the United States are affected by male pattern baldness or androgenetic alopecia. “Andro” refers to the androgens (testosterone, dihydrotestosterone) necessary to produce male-pattern hair loss (MPHL). “Genetic” refers to the inherited gene necessary for MPHL to occur. In men who develop male pattern baldness the hair loss may begin any time after puberty when blood

The possibility of creating a large number of hair follicles from a single hair follicle is sometimes inaccurately referred to as “hair follicle cloning”. The term cloning is used by scientists to refer to the technique where genes are inserted into a cell, and the daughter cells all have the same gene. Genes are sequences of DNA which code for

Follicular unit transplantation and follicular unit extraction (FUE, also known as the FOX Procedure) are recent and widely discussed surgical procedures for hair restoration. Follicular unit (FU) extraction is a procedure for obtaining follicular graft units from donor areas on the scalp. Follicular unit transplantation is the surgical procedure for transplanting follicular unit into the scalp. The FU is identified

We look in the mirror to comb and brush our hair in the morning, to rearrange mussed-up hair, to check on hair styling and perhaps to regret the loss of hair. When we comb and brush we find strands of hair in the comb and brush, on the vanity stand under the mirror, and on our clothing. We may or

    Hair restoration surgery (hair transplantation, scalp expansion, flap grafting, etc.- See Surgical Hair Restoration) does exactly what its name says it does-it restores hair to areas of hair loss. It is a cosmetic procedure. Its purpose is to improve the esthetic image of the man or woman who has experienced loss of hair and wishes to restore his/her appearance.

    Touching All the Bases: Questions and Discussion Points Should All be Addressed Before Hair Transplantation is Undertaken   Hair transplantation is a cosmetic surgery procedure and that means its outcome is on view all day, every day-to the patient every time he/she looks in a mirror and to everyone else. There is no better argument for making certain

  Here are some other possible causes for your hair loss: Alopecia Areata   Alopecia areata (AA) is a recurrent disease, which can cause hairloss in any hair-bearing area. The most common type of alopecia areata presents as round or oval patches of hair loss most noticeably on the scalp or in the eyebrows. The hair usually grows back within