In the News – Jason Alexander’s Hair Piece

/by William Rassman, M.D./1 /

Snippet from the article:

Famously bald Seinfeld star Jason Alexander, 52, showed up to the 27th Annual C.S.A. Artios Awards in Beverly Hills Monday with a full head of hair.

Source: Balding Jason Alexander Debuts Full Head of Hair

Jason AlexanderActor Jason Alexander (George Costanza from Seinfeld) recently acknowledged that it was a hair piece he wore to this event. We see that the result looks good and some might even say he looks younger.

One has to wonder if he considered going the permanent route with a hair transplant… or whether he would even be a good candidate for one. It’s possible that he could get good results if his hair thickness was not fine, if his hair density was at least average, and if he would be committed to following through to the completion of the process.

There’s a tremendous amount of upkeep involved with hair pieces, and since he’s well known for his bald appearance, perhaps he wanted to just go for temporary shock value by appearing with a full head of hair.

Tags: seinfeld, jason alexander, hairloss, hair loss, wig, hairpiece, toupee, celebrity

I Can’t Believe One of The Results on Your Site is Real

/by William Rassman, M.D./0 /

I’m sorry, but I can’t believe that the following picture on your website is true. There’s no way a class 7 can have so much donor hair and have results like this.

Patient ZU

It’s absolutely true. This was a patient model of ours for many years, coming to every open house event in my office each month to show off his wonderful result in person for anyone that wanted to take a look. He had above average donor density that allowed for the amount of grafts we were able to get. So yes, there is a way… because this patient is for real. We don’t play tricks with photos of patient results.

His sons followed in dad’s footsteps and they are transplant patients as well. We showed one of the sons here.

Tags: hair transplant, patient results

Can Rogaine Regrow Hair from Traction Alopecia?

/by William Rassman, M.D./1 /

As rogaine is intended for hair regrowth and not to combat hair loss, can it be effective on regrowing hair lost from anything other than male pattern baldness, i.e. traction alopecia, or even a mature hairline?

I wouldn’t expect Rogaine (minoxidil) to regrow either frontal hairlines or hair loss caused by traction alopecia. It’s possible that it could cause hair growth in areas where there wasn’t significant hair previously, though.

Tags: rogaine, minoxidil, hair growth, hairloss, hair loss