What is Alopecia? Alopecia means hair loss. There are different types of Alopecia. Alopecia areata is an autoimmune condition – an illness that occurs when the body tissues are attacked by its own immune system. The body’s immune system decides
Hair restoration patients with more advanced patterns of hair loss usually want the maximum number of hair grafts transplanted in as few surgeries as possible. Any hair transplant surgery requiring 3000 or more grafts is a megasession. Patients enjoy more
THE CHALLENGE OF ACHIEVING DENSITY Meeting a patient’s expectation of density is the second most important goal in hair transplantation right behind naturalness. What a patient wants to know is how much area can be covered and how thick will
What is Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy? Platelet rich plasma (PRP) therapy is a treatment that uses a patient’s own blood to promote hair regrowth and treat hair thinning. During PRP, a patient’s blood is extracted and spun in a
Non shaven follicular unit extraction hair transplant, more commonly known as fue is a method of extracting each single graft without the need to shave the donor or recipient area`s. It makes for a more tedious procedure to work with
The age old battle against baldness and hair loss has recently taken an interesting new step. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, several research teams have found that manipulating Vitamin D receptors in the skin could
WHY DO GREYS GROW? Most of us spend our adulthood anxiously awaiting their arrival, with many people finding their first much earlier than they’d hoped. Although grey is very much a hair colour of the moment in some ‘hipster’ circles,
WHILE PROPECIA IS THE ONLY FDA-APPROVED ORAL PRESCRIPTION REGIMEN TO HELP PREVENT HAIR LOSS IN MEN, USE OF THE MEDICATION CAN POSE SOME SEXUAL SIDE EFFECTS, ALTHOUGH NOT PERMANENT, DOCTORS SAY. “I call it vitamin P,” says Dr. Sara Wasserbauer,
UK Hair restoration surgery has become very popular in recent years, partly driven by celebrities such as Wayne Rooney, James Nesbitt and Sean Williamson undergoing procedures themselves. There are over 50 UK Hair Transplant Clinics to choose from, each claiming
What is Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE)? It`s a method of extracting donor hair grafts in singular follicular unit groups for a hair transplant procedure. In FUE hair transplant surgery, a small punch usually 0.7 – 1.0 mm in diameter is
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