Q: What’s the story with Joe Biden’s hair? A: Joe Biden — former Senator from Delaware and now the Vice President of the United States — apparently had a hair transplant many years ago using the older hair restoration techniques. This included not only transplanting hair in large plugs (corn rows), but using them to [...]
Hair Orientation
What Happened with Joe Biden’s “Pluggy” Hair Transplant and What Repair Strategy Do You Suggest?
October 28th, 2008Rating:
Topic: Celebrity Hair Transplant
Tags: Donor Hair, Front of Scalp, Hair Orientation, Hair Plug Repair, Hair Plugs, Hair Transplant Repair, Hairline, Joe Biden Hair Transplant, One-hair Follicular Unit, Three-hair Follicular Unit, Two-hair Follicular Unit
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 10:46 am
Can Hair Transplant Repair a Scar from Scalp Reduction Surgery?
September 29th, 2008Q: What’s the best way to camouflage a scar left behind from a scalp reduction that I had in 2001? I am currently wearing DermMatch to cover the area, but the hair parts like the “Red Sea” on top around the scar so the makeup does not look so good. I would like to fill [...]
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Topic: Hair Transplant into Scar
Tags: DermMatch, Hair Orientation, Hair Restoration Surgery, Hair Transplant Surgeon, Hair Transplant to Camouflage Scar, Scalp Healing, Scalp Reduction, Scar Repair, Scar Revision
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 7:59 am
What Makes Eyebrow Transplant Different From Other Hair Transplants?
May 9th, 2007Q: I have had thinning eyebrows since my early twenties (I am now 32) and they have gotten to the point that I can’t make them look good with mascara anymore. I am considering an eyebrow hair transplant, how is it different from other hair transplants? A: Eyebrow hair restoration procedures are similar to hair [...]
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Topic: Eyebrow Transplant
Tags: Donor Hair, Eyebrow, Eyebrow Repair, Eyebrow Restoration, Eyebrow Restoration in Women, Eyebrow Transplant, Fix Eyebrows, Four-hair Follicular Unit, Hair Character, Hair Orientation, One-hair Follicular Unit
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 7:09 am
How Does Hair Cloning Grow "Normal" Hair from Cultured Cells?
February 21st, 2007Q: Considering cell cultivation is made possible how could their injection create a normal formation of hair on the scalp and can they induce hair growth also in scarred areas where previously hair stopped growing? A: That is the question. It is not known if these induced follicles will resemble normal hairs, and be cosmetically [...]
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Topic: Hair Cloning
Tags: Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration, Cell Cultivation, Cultured Fibroblasts, Dermal Papillae, Dermal Sheath, Dermal Structures, Epidermal Structures, Epithelial Cells, Fibroblasts, Follicular Unit Transplant, Hair Orientation, Induced Follicles
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 8:32 am
What are Obstacles to Hair Cloning Techniques?
November 16th, 2006Q: What are the major obstacles for scientists to cloning hair? A: The main problem is that the cultured cells may lose their phenotype with multiple passages, i.e. lose their ability to differentiate into hair follicles after they have been multiplied. Another problem of hair cloning is that the orientation of hair direction must be [...]
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Topic: Hair Cloning
Tags: Cultured Fibroblasts, Eyebrow Transplant, Follicular Unit, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Hair Cloning, Hair Cloning Obstacles, Hair Orientation, Hair Restoration Surgery, Safety
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 11:20 am
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