Category: hair transplant
Do I Have To Miss Work After Hair Restoration Surgery?
As with any surgical procedure, you would have to worry about certain side effects or tedious maintenance. We are asked by every potential surgical patient, “When can I go back to work after my hair transplant surgery?” Downtime doesn’t only apply to the amount of time you would spend away from your office or how…
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White Excess Tissue after Hair Transplant
In an email sent by our most recent patient he noted that his brother pointed out the “white stuff” around the transplanted hair follicles. He said that he researched other patients online but was unable to find something similar to his procedure, he stated, ” I wanted to find out what it is.” The white…
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When Can I Resume Contact Sports after a Hair Transplant?
We have a patient who is very physically active. He had a hair transplant procedure and was concerned if he could continue competitive mixed martial arts in the next 3 weeks. “Do you think my head will be okay if I’m doing that? Is it high risk for new transplant hair or donor scars?” By…
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Hair Donor Scar Revision with BOTOX Injection for the Best Results
In a recent email, a patient is going to undergo an additional hair transplant and scar revision. He had done some research in regards to the use of BOTOX injections to help reduce the width of his scar and wonders where and why would you use BOTOX injection, how many units or CCs, and whether…
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Hair Transplant Maintenance after Surgery
For patients whom have had hair transplant surgery or for those considering surgery, many questions while arise in regards to the procedure itself. One typical question that comes up has to do with maintenance right after their hair transplant procedure. One patient whose father was caring for him after his surgery asked in a recent…
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Hair Restoration Scar Revision
For previous hair transplant patients, scar revision is the process of correcting or minimizing the scar appearance left after a hair transplant procedure. In the case of a patient email we received, his scar seems to be a bit wider on one side compared to the other. His transplant was performed in a different clinic…
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Hair Transplant Maintenance after Surgery
For patients whom have had hair transplant surgery or for those considering surgery, many questions while arise in regards to the procedure itself. One typical question that comes up has to do with maintenance right after their hair transplant procedure. One patient whose father was caring for him after his surgery asked in a recent…
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Hair Transplantation for Hair Line Lowering in Women
A recent patient of ours is looking into lowering her hairline to give her a more feminine and youthful frame for her face. She was a bit concerned when she read on our site that not many female hair loss patients are good candidates for hair restoration surgery. Her concerns also included the probability of…
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What is a Child Hairline?
There is a great difference in hair design between a child and an adult. Most notably is that between a boy and a man. As men get older, the hairline takes on a different design. This is known as maturation of the hairline. Originally, the temples are full and give off a curved hairline design. …
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Donor Scar After Hair Transplant
Hair restoration surgery through follicular unit transplantation is the golden standard for hair transplants to date. This procedure is designed to fully recreate a natural looking hairline and add density or restore lost hair caused by male or female pattern baldness. The only concerning factor of this technique is the scar that remains after the…
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Hair Transplant – The Solution for Transgenders
“How can a male hairline be converted to a female pattern?” Although not always a very typical question or request, it is generally an issue most male to female transgender patients have to deal with. This is usually due to maturation of the hairline which may include recession of the frontal corners in mature male…
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What is Maturation of Hairline?
There is a great difference in hair design between a child and an adult. Most notably is that between a boy and a man. As men get older, the hairline takes on a different design. This is known as maturation of the hairline. Many young men in their early 20s come to our California Hair…
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Preventing Male Pattern Baldness
A patient from India once wrote to me in regards to preventing male pattern baldness. He is 18 years old and has noticed that his hair is falling very rapidly. He also noted that he fears that his diet might also be playing a role in his hair loss since he finds himself to be…
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Effects of UV Radiation on Hair
In a recent article published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology (January 2009), the Department of Dermatology at the University of L’beck in L’beck, Germany and Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China had shown that excessive exposure to UV radiation is among the most harmful environmental influences on human skin. There have been findings that direct…
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Patchy Hair Loss or Alopecia Areata
One of our readers who is in her 30s has asked about Alopecia Areata or AA. She says she has been using may different treatment either medical or herbal for her patchy hair loss in the last 20 years. She continues as: Hairs goes in patches from all over the body including eye brow and…
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What to Expect After Four Months from Hair Transplantation
We had a patient from a different hair restoration clinic that had a few concerns about his hair transplant results. He underwent hair transplant in September of 2008 and mentions that sometime in November he started trimming his hair avoiding the transplanted area and then started trimming all areas to help him monitor his progress.…
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