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11-Year-Old Fire Victim
NEW YORK (August 2, 2004)– Seven years ago, a then 4-year old Mitchel was trying to help out his father by refueling the lawn mower. He was attempting to fill

HAIR TRANSPLANTATION BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN YOU
Several recent television reality programs took cosmetic surgery “makeover” as their theme. A typical story line was to present a person who’s real or self-perceived cosmetic imperfections are corrected by

IT’S OKAY TO SAY NO TO HAIR LOSS & YES TO HAIR RESTORATION
In Shakespeare’s play “The Comedy of Errors”, characters make the rueful observation that Father Time is unkind to men, causing them to lose hair as they age. And, other than

From Laboratory Research to New Techniques in the Surgical Clinic: Why is Hair Lost? How Can Hair Be Re-grown? What Are the Best Approaches to Hair Restoration?
NEW YORK (October 16, 2003)– Look at the pictures on ancient Greek vases or at the sculpted busts of eminent ancient Romans and you can see that baldness is not

“Auto-Cloning” of Beard Hair Used to Increase Supply of Donor Hair for Transplantation to Scalp
NEW YORK (October 16, 2003)– Beard whiskers, carefully removed, may offer an inexhaustible supply of hair for transplantation to the scalp. With proper removal technique, the continued growth of beard

Low-Level Laser Therapy is Now a Do-It-Yourself Hair Loss Treatment
NEW YORK (October 16, 2003)– While lasers are best known as high-energy beams of coherent light that can cut through a variety of materials including human tissue, low-energy laser light

Follicular Unit Extraction Brings Minimally Invasive Surgery Technique to Hair Transplantation
NEW YORK (October 16, 2003)– Hair transplantation is a two-part surgical procedure. First, the hair that is to be transplanted is surgically removed from the donor area on the scalp-most

HARVESTING OF DONOR HAIR FOR HAIR TRANSPLANTS
Hair transplant surgery takes hair and follicles from a hair-bearing area of the scalp and places them into a scalp area where hair has been lost. The donor site is

HAIR UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
Hair restoration has progressed rapidly since its introduction about 50 years ago. Innovative hair restoration surgeons steadily improved surgical techniques which led to the refinement of the aesthetic aspects of

FINASTERIDE AND PROSTATE CANCER
5mg Finasteride’s Effect on Prostate Cancer What Does This New England Journal of Medicine Paper Mean for Users of Finasteride 1 mg (Propecia®)? The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial reported

HAIR FOLLICLE ORIGIN
In the very early development of the human embryo, there is no indication of anything resembling a hair follicle. Neither is there an indication of anything resembling bone, nerves, internal

Largest Group of Hair Surgeons to Meet in New York, October 15-19, 2003
NEW YORK (April 4, 2003)– Advances in hair follicle microsurgery, hair follicle cloning and hair restoration drug development are compelling topics today in the rapidly evolving field of hair restoration