Your biggest enemy is the progressive thinning leading to a balding pattern that is not evident at this point in time. The degree of thinning that you are experiencing would suggest that you should see a doctor who most likely will get Bulk Measurements of your hair to determine the degree of the thinning that […]
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Your questions is well founded on the principals of long term planning or a “Master Plan” when considering a hair transplant surgery. We do everything in our means to determine possible future hair loss and look for “patterns”. This includes a microscopic study of hairs (miniaturization study) as well as bulk measurements (measuring the […]
We would be glad to meet with you for a consultation. You can always make an appointment on line at newhair.com (Look on Bottom Right) Many people travel from out of town to have a procedure in Los Angeles. In general you can set aside 1 to 2 weeks depending on your comfort level. […]
First and foremost, I am not your doctor so I cannot advise you on your medical treatment. I can tell you that genetic male pattern balding (MPB) is a condition where there is no cure. Propecia is a medication that helps slow down the process. Everyone responds to medication differently. Follow up with your doctor […]
If you are familiar with New Hair Institute and Dr. Rassman’s (founder) work, he is the doctor who started the “Mega-Session” 3000+ grafts hair transplants back in in 1995 See Link: https://baldingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/mp-1995-megasessions.pdf Being able to provide a 5000 graft surgery has TWO factors. 1) Man power and the expertise to coordinate such a surgery. * […]
Everyone’s goals and expectations are different so my answer is a generalization. If you look at many before after photos on my website many Norwood 6 or 7 patients have received great results. It may not always be covering their full head but it is always a cosmetic worthwhile difference for them. If you do […]
Genetic hair loss for men can starts with puberty and most men who lose their hair to a Norwood 6 or 7 pattern will see that in their 20s. There is no cure for genetic male pattern balding. Drugs such as Propecia or Rogain can help but over the long term you will continue to […]
Genetic male pattern balding is hereditary but it does not always follow a specific inheritance pattern. If you have the gene for male pattern balding there is no definite cure. There are medications such as Propecia and Rogain to help slow down and even reverse some hair loss but in the long term it is […]
Propecia works for genetic androgenic alopecia not DUPA (Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia). Some patients may have both DUPA (hair loss throughout the entire scalp) and androgenic alopecia and in this case it may help (for the androgenic cause). Each and every case is different and as always you need to have a good diagnosis and a […]
There have been patients who have had SMP first then subsequently had FUE with the ARTAS with no issue.
It all depends on your goals and expectations. You can read about the Master Plan I advocate and consider seeing a doctor. Don’t jump to do any surgery what-so-ever. At 18, you never know where your balding is going and that is why we talk about developing a Master Plan with a good doctor. Close […]
I am not sure where you would read I rarely perform hair line lowering. It is rather a common request. Each and every patient and case is different and hair line lowering is a normal request for both men and women. After all, hair restoration surgery is an elective cosmetic surgery. If one wants to […]
We’ve said this many times here on BaldingBlog. There is no cure for genetic male pattern balding -MPB (androgenic alopecia – AGA). Drugs such as Propecia and Rogain helps slow the hair loss down. For some it even reverses hair loss and slows down the hair loss dramatically. Overall everyone slowly loses their hair as […]
His before photo is on the left; after photo on the right. Click the photos below to enlarge. For more photos, see Results After a Single Session. This patient has a Norwood Class 3 balding pattern, and yes, it is quite common. He is over 50 years old but we commonly see this pattern […]
In the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology July 2006, Volume 55, Dr. Vera Price summarized the action of finasteride as follows: “Long-term finasteride treatment led to sustained improvement in hair weight compared with placebo. Hair weight increased to a larger extent than hair count, implying that factors other than the number of hairs, […]
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