Can Magnetic Therapy Stop Hair Loss?
Every now and then there is a new and exotic advertisement going around claiming it can help lessen or stop hair loss. When these advertisements are published in sources that seem reputable, the average consumer may start to believe them. At US Hair Restoration, many of our patients send in questions regarding how real these…
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Things to Know About Female Hair Restoration
What is the difference between female and male hair loss? Female hair loss is not as common as male hair loss. Male hair loss is known as male patterned baldness. Female hair loss usually doesn’t lead to complete baldness like male hair loss. Female hair loss could be known more as thinning. Female Patterned Baldness…
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How Can I Tell How Much My Hair is Thinning?
A miniaturization study is very important in order to know what the level of hair miniaturization is for the patient. Using this method, the Doctor can also know what rate the hair is thinning. The hair restoration surgeon can compare the hair loss area to the individual’s normal healthy hair. The hormone that causes hair…
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Restore Your Confidence
Many times we receive calls from individuals who are ashamed of their hair loss. Those individuals that contact us are embarrassed. They don’t want anybody to know that they contacted US Hair Restoration for advice on their hair loss. We understand that for many people hair loss is a very sensitive subject. Here at US…
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Non-Surgical Procedure to Hide Hair Loss: Scalp Micro Pigmentation
Scalp Micro Pigmentation (SMP) is one of the newest cosmetic procedures. This procedure is a non-surgical procedure that is done in one or more sessions to create the appearance of hair in a shaved or non-shaved scalp. The procedure does not require local anesthetics and is generally without significant pain. We have started standardizing SMP…
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Hair Transplants Garner Favor with Celebrities
Celebrity Hair Transplant The Celebrity FUE Hair Transplant was developed with celebrities and public figures in mind. The reality is that it is for anyone whose schedule demands little down time. Or perhaps their preference is a gradual change as they restore their hair naturally and permanently through modern hair transplantation. Celebrity FUE Hair Transplant…
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Improving and Repairing Out Dated Hair Transplants
Updates on Hair Transplant Repair One of the misgivings people have about hair restoration through hair transplantation is based on results patients received years ago. The old hair transplant surgeries utilized plugs, mini-grafts or micrografts which left undesirable artificial looking results. Our medical specialty has come a long way in the twenty-first century. US Hair…
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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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FUE and SMP a Unique Hair Loss Solution
Follicular Unit Extraction and Scalp Micropigmentation Most men will suffer hair loss to some degree in their life. This is because of DHT a male hormone that negatively affects the hair follicles of the scalp; most aggressively at the temples, crown and top of the head. So men bear this change or maturation of male…
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Non Shaved FUE Transplant
Innovation in FUE Hair Restoration Shaving the entire scalp is used in the vast majority of hair transplant surgeries. The innovation of the Celebrity FUE Hair Transplant (not just for celebrities) procedure is growing in popularity at Los Angeles US Hair Restorations centers. This is because the scalp is not shaved. When transplanting a small…
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Revising Hair Transplant Scars with FUE
Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) for Scar Revision FUE hair transplant procedure is used for completely restoring hair to balding areas of scalp. The nature of this surgery makes it more time consuming because each follicular unit (FU) is extracted singularly. The FUs can have one, two, three or even four hair shafts. This type of…
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Use of micro and mini-grafts for frontal hair restoration surgery
Significant advancements in the field of hair restoration surgeries; centered on the introduction of micro and mini grafts has revolutionized the industry. Use of these types of grafts allows for creating natural hairlines. What are mini and micro grafts? Mini grafts are actually very small organs of the body called follicular units (FU). An FU…
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SCALP MICROPIGMENTATION (SMP)
SCALP Tattooing SMP- scalp micro pigmentation is a cosmetic hair restoration procedure where the patients scalp is tatooed with ink to create the illusion of shaved hair or hair stubble. This is a method sometimes preferred by bald men who are seeking an alternative to hair transplant surgery or to augment hair transplant surgery. Performed…
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Hair Loss Treatable by Hair Restoration Surgery
The Cause and Problem of Hair Loss Dihydrotestosterone (5α-Dihydrotestosterone), [DHT] is a male sex hormone, an androgen. Male and female adults can lose hair as a consequence of changes in the metabolism of androgen in the body – men far more commonly than women. Most men experience hair loss from the effects throughout their life.…
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Ethics of Hair Transplant at an Early Age
Psychological Considerations There are many things that can adversely affect a person’s self image and consequently their self esteem. Medical science recognizes with certainty that these two factors directly impact our quality of life. Hair loss affects millions of people men and women. Amongst this group of people there is a number of individuals who…
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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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Female-Pattern Hair Loss (FPB)
Female-pattern baldness is different than that of male pattern baldness. The hair thins all over the head, in a diffused manner but the frontal hairline does not regress. There may be a moderate loss of hair on the crown, but this rarely progresses to total or near baldness as it may in men. Female-pattern baldness…
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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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Women Hair Loss Treatments
Women’s Hair Restoration and Women Hair Loss Treatments Parsa Mohebi, MD is among Los Angeles best hair restoration doctors. He notes that hair transplants are increasing among women. This includes scalp hair transplant for balding areas, improving the hairline to better frame the face and eyebrow hair transplants. As women continue to advance in the…
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