Category: hair transplant
Restoring Hair After Getting Hair Plugs
Q: About 18 years ago, I underwent a hair restoration procedure with primitive technology. Nowadays, I’m very reluctant to ever do such a thing again. Since I had the transplant, I’ve been wearing a hair piece, which I don’t really like to do. I wonder: is it possible for my hair to ever look the…
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Treatment for Alopecia
Q: Hey Dr. Parsa Mohebi, I’m grateful you took time out to see me on Saturday. The letter that gave a summary of what we talked about was very thorough and I just wanted to say thanks for that. Since the last time we met, I did some of my own research and came up…
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After a Hair Transplant, Will Job Prospects Increase?
Not too long ago, consumer columnist David Lazarus, in a Los Angeles Times story, mentioned he had visited an open house at a hair transplant office and, to his surprise, saw that there were a lot of men who showed up. For him, it was unexpected. Lazarus said he had a conversation with the owner…
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Is Gene Therapy a Solution for Hair Loss?
In the past 30 years, alternate types of therapy for enhancing wound repair have been mentioned. For this entry, I wanted to talk about the cutting-edge areas of stem cell therapy and gene therapy in wound healing. When it comes to gene therapy, it was first put into practice for treating congenital defects. Now, it…
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Cost of Hair Transplant
One of the main concerns for people suffering from hair loss is hair transplant cost. For a hair restoration surgery, the prices vary greatly. The financial expense for a hair transplant is at an all-time low, especially when a person takes into consideration the high quality of transplants in this day and age. When a…
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Bleeding After Hair Restoration Procedure
Q: How long is the bleeding on my head going to last after my surgery? A: There ought to be no blood after a hair restoration procedure. The day after the transplant, there might be some bloody discharge from the donor area. But that ought to be the extent of it. Our policy is to…
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Hair Restoration vs. Laser Treatment for Hair Loss
Hair transplant surgery has evolved in the last 10 years thanks to microscopic techniques and research which elucidated the mechanism of hair loss and hair restoration surgery. We now can transplant with maximum natural results. We also increased the number of grafts which could be safely removed and harvested during a single hair transplant procedure.…
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What Happens First Couple Days After Hair Transplant
Well, on the first day we’re usually forced to kick out our patients from our office because they grow so fond of us and don’t want to leave! Well, not all the time. But our patients do like us, which is something we’re very proud of. On a more serious note, I’ll say this: Transplanting…
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Mega and Giga-Session Hair Restoration Made Easy Through Laxometer
Recently, Dr. Parsa Mohebi, Medical Director of US Hair Restoration Los Angeles, gave a lecture on a new way to use the Laxometer during mega and giga-session hair transplants at the annual ISHRS (International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery) gathering in Amsterdam, Netherlands. As mentioned in other hair transplant industry gatherings, the Laxometer has the…
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The Latest Findings on Hair Cloning and Hair Multiplication
I get questions about hair multiplication, hair loss, stem cell hair regrowth, and hair cloning transplants quite often. At the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) this year a gathering in which hair transplant industry experts and doctors meet and share new findings we learned that hair multiplication may be years away before it…
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How to Remove an Existing Hair Transplant Scar
Hair transplant surgery is designed to restore hair in men and women depending on the condition. For most, this is done in the event of male or female patterned hair loss. Others may use this procedure for other areas of the body that may have once had hair like the eyebrows and others to place…
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Issues After Hair Transplant Surgery
Q: To Dr. Mohebi: 17 days have passed since my hair restoration procedure at your office in the San Fernando Valley. As I remember, I had an FUT procedure with bi-lateral trichophytic closure performed for about 650 grafts to reinforce my front hairline. I want to make sure to say first off that I’m extremely…
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US Hair Transplant to Extend Its Reach to San Diego, California
US Hair Transplant, a respected leader in hair restoration surgeries, will be holding a grand opening of a new San Diego Hair Transplant Center sometime in early 2010. With hair restoration centers already well established in Encino, Beverly Hills, and Orange County (Foothill Ranch), Dr. Parsa Mohebi and his staff plan on providing their self-image…
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Recovering After Hair Restoration Surgery
Q: Hello Dr. Mohebi, It’s my sixth day after I got my hair transplant in Los Angeles and all seems to be healing and on track. The other day, when I was shampooing, I noticed some follicles. Maybe about six of them. Is this something to be concerned about? What I’m pressing about is the…
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Walking In the Sun After a Hair Transplant
Q: Not too long ago, I had a hair transplant (using FUE). Things were OK until several months after the transplant. I spent some time having fun in the sun, and it was maybe close to triple digit degrees outdoors. As soon as I got back to my house, I noticed my scalp in the…
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Chronostim – A Hair Loss Treatment
Q: Hey Doc: My hair is as thin as the state of economy; I’m trying to figure out how to make it stronger. Two products I tried are, Chronostin, suggested by my barber; the other one was recommended to me by my psychiatrist: it’s called Minoxidil, Estradiol Vateral, Esopropyl Acohol. I’d like to hear your…
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Using Wound Healing as Strategy for Hair Growth
In the latest issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine, a new research study was published: “A Rare Complication: New Hair Growth Around Healing Wounds.” This study is related to Dr. Mohebi’s personal research at Johns Hopkins Medical Institute on gene therapy techniques and wound healing and how it affected the growth of mice hair.…
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Hair Restoration Using Artificial Hair
There was an article I came across about artificial hair transplantation. The practice of artificial hair or synthetic hair transplantation to treat hair loss or androgenetic alopecia has yet to be approved by the FDA. But, in other countries, artificial hair restoration is being attempted. In addition, in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, there was…
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Congenital Temporal Triangular Alopecia
Temporal triangular alopecia also known as TTA is a congenital hair loss condition in which the patient had a limited balding area on his temples. The condition is assumed to be congenital and is generally obvious since birth. The balding spot may contain normal numbers of hairs, but they are all vellus and generally not…
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Can Certain Hair Loss Medications Cause More Hair Loss?
In a recent email sent to our office from a recent patient, he writes in regards to his scalp evaluation and regarding Propecia (Finasteride). He asks, “Could finasteride worsen the hairline due to the rise of testosterone?” and, “if there’s any safe and minor treatments to slow the progress of maturation or reverse it that…
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