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| News : News Archive for December - 2008 | |
How long to I have to be off Effudex Fluorouracil Topical Before Getting Hair Transplant Surgery - Sunday, December 28, 2008
Effudex or fluorouracil topical is used to treat abnormal skin overgrowths such as actinic, keratoses, and superficial basal cell carcinoma, among other things. Effudex interferes with the growth of and causes the death of skin cells that are growing the fastest such as abnormal skin cells. One of the many side effects is hair loss.
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How Long Will I Be Numb After a Hair Transplant? - Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Postoperative numbness after a hair transplant may only last a few days or could take several months or even up to a year to dissipate. In my personal experience, any numbness only lasted a few days for my first two hair restoration procedures...
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Female Hair Transplant Shock Loss - I'm Freaking Out!- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Hair transplant postoperative telogen effluvium or "shock loss" is often very common in women with hair loss. But the good news is, in almost all cases, shock loss is temporary and will return in 3 to 6 months. Approximately how much hair you are going to...
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Will All My Transplanted Hair Shed After Surgical Hair Restoration?- Monday, December 15, 2008
Sometimes you will keep a small percentage of the transplanted hair without them going through an initial shedding period. However, since you are still early in your hair transplant journey, they may still fall out with the rest. Transplanted hair can detach from the root beneath...
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Will Laser Therapy Assist Hair Regrowth from Hair Transplant Surgery? - Saturday, December 13, 2008
The good news is, using low level laser therapy isn't going to harm your grafts. However, there is much debate over whether or not low level laser therapy has any benefit to stop hair loss, stimulate hair growth, or aid postoperative healing. Hair transplantation is a process that takes up to a year to mature, whether or not you...
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Real Hair Transplant Patient Shares His Experience with Dr. Keene of Tuscon, Arizona- Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Yesterday I had my hair transplant with Dr. Keene of Tucson, Arizona and it could not have gone any better. Dr. Keene and her staff could not have been any kinder, especially given my anxiety and sensitivity to epinephrine. For starters, instead of giving me 3 shots, one after the other in the donor area, they did them in short increments...
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Is Your Hair Transplant Scar Visible When Wet?- Tuesday, December 09, 2008
At your early stage, your scar is probably more noticeable since it's probably somewhat red or at least pink. Wet hair (especially if it's thinner or blond) may allow it to show through more prominently. After the hair restoration scar matures somewhat, you will have to determine at what length...
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No Hair Shedding But No Hair Growth Either 4 Months After Hair Transplant Surgery- Monday, December 08, 2008
Try not to be nervous. At 4 months out from a hair transplant, it's not unusual to see very little or no new hair growth. Sometimes transplanted hair detaches from the follicle but remains stuck in the scalp rather than shedding. This would explain no hair growth at this early stage.
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What is the Best Age to get a Hair Transplant and Can All Patients Achieve Amazing Results?- Sunday, December 07, 2008
It's not that a patient can't get a hair transplant in their 20s. It's about making good use of a finite donor hair supply. Male pattern baldness is progressive and often times, future hair loss will lead to the "need" for subsequent hair transplants in order to stay looking natural. Younger patients should stay away from...
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Why Does My Hair Transplant Scar Feel Bumpy?- Thursday, December 04, 2008
The hair transplant donor scar "bumps" could be the swelling as you suggest, remaining scabs, ingrown hairs, or the standard ridge that comes with a trichophytic closure technique. As the scar heals, any ridging should dissipate and become smooth like the rest of your scalp. Swelling should most likely...
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Can Hair Be Taken From Parts of the Body Other than the Scalp for Hair Transplantation?- Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Hair can be taken from parts of the body other than the scalp. But I have found that scalp hair when harvested/extracted properly promotes optimal hair growth whereas hair taken from the body is often less than acceptable. Even if body hair provides adequate hair growth, body hair cycles differently than scalp hair.
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Why Are Leading Hair Transplant Surgeons Giving me Different Graft Estimates to Lower My Hairline?- Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Getting inconsistent graft counts during hair restoration physician consultations has been bothering prospective patients for years. Ultimately, hair transplant surgery is not an exact science and doctors often have varying opinions and philosophies on how many grafts are optimal to create a natural looking hairline with...
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In Hair Transplant Surgery, How Many Hairs are in a Graft?- Monday, December 01, 2008
A hair "graft" can contain a number of hairs depending on the type. Today's state of the art hair transplant surgeons use follicular unit grafts (hair groupings as they occur naturally in the scalp) which typically include 1 to 4 hairs. Some first-rate doctors will combine a small number of larger grafts called MUGS or...
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