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20th Anniversary of World’s Leading Hair Restoration Medical Society Spotlights Greatest Advances in Combating Hair Loss, Potential Future Breakthroughs
World’s Leading Hair Loss Experts Commemorate Society’s 20th Anniversary, October 17-20, 2012, in Paradise Island, The Bahamas GENEVA, IL. – August 28, 2012 As the International Society of

SCALP REDUCTION SURGERY FOR HAIR RESTORATION
Alopecia reduction-also called scalp reduction is a surgical hair restoration procedure that (1) surgically removes bald scalp, and (2) stretches hair-bearing scalp upward to replace bald scalp that

ABOUT YOUR NEW HAIRLINE
When you have a full head of hair you probably don’t pay much attention to your hairline. Like your other facial features, it is just there—the place where your scalp

HAIR GROOMING & STYLING AFTER HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY
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

AFTER HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY
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.

HAIRPIECES, HAIR WEAVES AND EXTENSIONS
Some people want “a little extra” to enhance medical or surgical hair restoration (hair implants). Other people are temporarily or permanently unable to grow hair and are therefore

DO-IT-YOURSELF HAIR LOSS TREATMENTS
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

HAIR LOSS AND THE HAIR GROWTH CYCLE
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

YOUNG MALE HAIR LOSS
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

EFFECTIVENESS OF 5% MINOXIDIL IN TREATING MALE-PATTERN HAIR LOSS
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

MALE HAIR LOSS & PATTERN BALDNESS IN MEN
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

TISSUE ENGINEERING (HAIR FOLLICLE CLONING)
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