Tag: hair loss
Hair Loss and Quality of Life
Hair transplants enhance self image. As a hair transplant surgeon women have related to me that they find men with thinning hair and baldness less attractive. Some admitted that they have actually rejected men because they were Baldness still seems to equated with lack of virility making bald men seem less masculine and therefore less…
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Spring Promotion on Hair Transplant
This Promotion Has Ended Los Angeles Hair Transplant center, US Hair Restoration is providing a spring promotion in all offices in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles (Encino), and Orange County. Patients who have wanted the benefits a hair transplant can enjoy a substantial savings of 28% this spring off the cost of hair restorations on standby basis*. *The…
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Stress and Hair Loss
Hair loss is correlated to stress. Hair loss induced by stress usually occurs after severe stress, such as surgery or illness. Stress and hair loss don’t have to be permanent. Getting your emotional stress under control or alleviating a physical stressor usually results in your hair growing back. Parsa Mohebi, MD reviews stress related hair loss…
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Nizoral Shampooing and Hair Loss Prevention
Medical Treatment for Increase Hair Loss from Androgenic Alopecia Online sources assert that topical Spironolactone (Aldactone) can be used to reduce hair loss; as well as, Nizoral shampoo. There is not strong medical evidence supporting Spironolactone effect on reducing hair loss. Orignally developed for hypertension some level of anti-androgenic effects have been noted. Systematic use has shown…
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Restoring Your Hair can Mean Restoring Self Esteem
Modern technology has allowed our society with proven, natural permanent hair loss options. Modern technology has allowed our society with options not possible a half century ago. Medical and scientific advancement presents promising changes with each advancing generation. An example is the loss of vision typical with age like hair loss. People with vision problems, had the…
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Hair Restoration Gigosessions
Hair Transplant Gigosessions: A Patient Benefit Gigosessions and all hair transplant surgeries are optimally aided by the use of the Laxometer, invented by Parsa Mohebi, MD medical director at US Hair Restoration centers. Laxometer is an intra-operative tool that is becoming an industry standard globally. Utilizing the metric system for most accurately determining scalp…
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It’s all about Proportion
It is most common for people consider hair transplant surgery as one remedy for hair loss and balding, which is true in most cases. Modern day hair restoration is the only natural, permanent and proven treatment option for hair loss, which continues to improve the lives of thousands of individuals every year. There are times…
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Why Hair Stylists or My Physician Actually Did Not Know about Hair Restoration?
There are times when I receive inquiries as to why professionals such as hair stylists and dermatologists do not recommend hair restoration surgery to their clients or patients. I have scratched my head to this quandary as to why this is, since hair restoration surgery is the only method which is proven, permanent, and natural!…
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Cost of Hair Restoration Surgery and time of a Second Procedure
Here is a question from a previous patient of US Hair Restoration: I was wondering if there is any limitations on performing a second hair transplant surgery for me who have one surgery with you before. I am experiencing more hair loss on the top and I also want to make it even denser in…
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Hair Loss Compared to Hair Shedding
Many patients that come in to my office have a common complaint; hair shedding (some even bring in a ball of hair they have collected from their brush and bathroom floor) and in most cases they are women with long hair. For the most part hair shedding alone is not a sign of hair loss.…
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Body Building and Hair Loss with Anavar
Q: Good Afternoon Dr. Mohebi, I recently was recommended to go on a medication for body building purposes by my trainer. The medication that I am planning on starting is called ANAVAR (an anabolic steroid). Because I am currently taking Propecia, as prescribed by you, I just wanted run ANAVAR by you to make sure…
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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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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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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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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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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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Stress and Alopecia Areata
Alopecia Areata (AA) is an autoimmune hair loss condition. It presents itself in the form of patchy hair loss on the scalp or other areas where hair exists. Some have questioned if AA can also be triggered by emotional stress. It has been discussed in some medical journals but the exact mechanism has never been…
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