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| News : News Archive for September - 2008 | |
Finasteride and Minoxidil are not Making my Bald Spot Go Away - Should I Get a Hair Transplant? - Tuesday, September 30, 2008
From your photos, it's obvious you still have some thick hair in the front and vertex, but have significant thinning hair and balding in the crown. If finasteride and minoxidil hasn’t caused hair regrowth in the crown after a year or more of use, they probably won’t. If you are considering a hair transplant...
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Nervous About Upcoming Hair Restoration Procedure- Monday, September 29, 2008
In my opinion, Dr. True is a class act and delivers very natural looking hair transplant results. Without seeing your pictures and knowing your hair characteristics, I'm unable to give you my opinion on the hair restoration plan, but be sure to ask your questions and be comfortable with...
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Can Rogaine Jump Start Hair Growth After Hair Transplant Surgery?- Sunday, September 28, 2008
You and I share the same thinking about using Rogaine (minoxidil) after a hair transplant. "It can't hurt by it may help". I haven't seen any real hard evidence that using Rogaine after hair restoration surgery will "jump start" early hair growth - but I suppose it's possible. Some hair replacement surgeons even swear by it. Additionally...
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Hair Loss 2 Months After Hair Transplant Surgery - Is This Normal?- Thursday, September 25, 2008
Temporary hair transplant shock loss is one of the biggest inconveniences, but in my opinion, worth suffering when in a few months to a year, you will have more hair than when you started. It's nearly impossible to evaluate the results of your hair restoration surgery at this early stage. Temporary shocked hair will...
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Slow Hair Growth After Hair Transplant- Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Though you are still not at full hair maturation; hair growth rate 9 months after a hair transplant should be relatively consistent and grow like normal hair. The "thin" transplanted hair should still continue to thicken with time to be more like your regular healthy hair. The fact that it is at least growing is encouraging and is...
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Which Hair Transplant Technique is Better: Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) or Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE)? - Tuesday, September 23, 2008
FIT (Follicular Isolation Technique) also known as FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) can be a viable solution for some patients. However, most respectable hair transplant surgeons agree that it often produces more waste and less hair growth than FUT (follicular unit hair transplantation). The greatest benefit of FUE in my opinion is...
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Is it OK to Stop Taking Propecia for Hair Loss After Hair Transplant Surgery? - Sunday, September 21, 2008
Propecia is not required for transplanted hair growth however, the question remains, is Propecia helping to slow down or stop the progression of your male pattern baldness? If hair loss is minimal, it may be because Propecia has slowed it down. It's also possible that genetically..
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My Transplanted Hair Texture is Different from my Natural Hair 10 Months After Hair Transplant Surgery- Thursday, September 18, 2008
As the hair matures during the hair transplant maturation process of one year, texture can often feel wispy and hair characteristics not 100% like your natural hair. Some hair restoration surgeons believe it could take up to 18 months for hair to fully mature and soften. In my experience, I found this to be pretty accurate...
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Should I Take a "Leap of Faith" Into Hair Transplant Surgery? - Wednesday, September 17, 2008
In my experience, most hair loss sufferers just know they want more hair and often take a leap of faith that their selected hair transplant surgeon will give it to them. Most of these patients don't have a good understanding of realistic expectations and expect miracles to be performed...
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Dr. Rose and Dr. Cooley Receive the Golden and Platinum Follicle Awards - Monday, September 15, 2008
The Golden and Platinum follicle awards are the highest honors given to leading surgeons in hair restoration by the ISHRS at each meeting. These awards recognize outstanding achievement in basic scientific or clinically-related research in hair pathophysiology or anatomy as it relates to hair restoration. This year, two outstanding physicians have been...
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2008 Annual ISHRS Scientific Meeting Highlights - What's New in Hair Restoration- Monday, September 15, 2008
Recently, the Publishers of the Hair Transplant Network attended the 16th annual ISHRS scientific meeting held in Montreal from September 3rd to September 7th, 2008 and bring to you the highlights on what's new in hair restoration.
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Getting a Hair Transplant Young to Reverse Hair Loss - Thursday, September 11, 2008
Young patients with minimal hair loss (such as what appears to be in your case) are simply not candidates. In many cases, young balding men have dreams of restoring their high school hair when signs of baldness were nowhere in sight. This simply isn't possible with hair transplant surgery. Look at it in terms of hair economics...
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Will Having another Hair Transplant Leave Multiple Scars? - Wednesday, September 10, 2008
In typical follicular unit hair transplantation, a strip of skin is removed with the hair follicles and then closed with sutures or staples to create a thin/fine scar. Typically the first strip goes from ear to ear and in any subsequent hair transplant procedures, the surgeon will remove the first scar when they harvest...
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Hair Transplant Surgery for Alopecia Areata Patients - Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Complete hair restoration, restoring full coverage and original hair density is virtually impossible in most cases. However, in an isolated area of Alopecia Areata, it may be possible. That said, it may be worth attempting to restore your bald spot non-surgically first. In some cases, hair loss caused by Alopecia Areata will...
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Additional Hair Loss 5 Months After Hair Transplant Surgery - Monday, September 01, 2008
It's quite possible that your male pattern baldness is progressing and hair loss continuing in areas of the scalp. Know that hair transplant surgery does nothing to stop your existing hair loss condition nor it from continuing. This is why many hair transplant surgeons recommend the use of Propecia (finasteride) and...
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