Q: It’s a question that greatly concerns me because I’m investigating getting a transplant sometime next year. I’m 28 and thought I started balding at 26, but photographic evidence suggests it had started somewhere around age 24. I’m roughly a Class 2 now, and thanks to finasteride, I’ve stayed almost exactly where I was at [...]
Norwood Class 6 Hair Loss
Is Hair Transplant to Recreate Dense Hairline Too Good to be True?
April 28th, 2009Rating:
Topic: Hairline
Tags: Avodart/Dutasteride, Dense Packing of Grafts, Donor Area, Donor Hair Density, Follicular Unit Transplant, Follicular Units per Square Centimeter, Hairline, Mid-frontal Forelock Area, Miniaturization, Norwood Class 2 Hair Loss, Norwood Class 3 Hair Loss, Norwood Class 6 Hair Loss, Norwood Hair Loss Classification, Number of Grafts Per Hair Transplant, Propecia/Finasteride
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 6:05 am
Should Young Person Start with Hair Transplant at Crown?
August 21st, 2007Q: I am 26 years old, have had two successful hair transplants, but am still losing hair in the crown area. The doctor I have worked with told me that he does not do crown work on anyone until they are at least 40 (due to lack of donor area). I have very thick hair [...]
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Topic: Age
Tags: Crown, Donor Area, Early Hair Loss, Front of Scalp, Frontal Hair Loss, Hair Loss Consultation, Norwood Class 6 Hair Loss, Norwood Class 7 Hair Loss, Norwood Hair Loss Classification
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 8:31 am
Can Hair Transplant Treat Early Hair Loss for Person in Early 20s?
April 4th, 2007Q: I am in my early 20′s and I was told my hair loss pattern is a Norwood Class 6, on its way to becoming a Class 7. My hair is brown in color and medium to coarse and I was told I have high density in my donor area. Although I was told I [...]
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Topic: Age
Tags: Coarse Hair, Crown, Donor Hair Density, Donor Scar, Early Hair Loss, Extensive Baldness, Hair Loss in the Temples, Hair Transplant Age, Norwood Class 6 Hair Loss, Norwood Class 7 Hair Loss, Norwood Hair Loss Classification
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 10:39 am
Can One Use Laser Comb Laser Therapy to Treat Advanced Hair Loss?
March 12th, 2007Q: I have been told I am a Norwood Class 6; will the HairMax LaserComb or other types of laser therapy work for me? A: Laser treatments, as with other medical treatments for hair loss, only work when there is some existing hair in the area.
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Topic: Laser Therapy
Tags: HairMax Laser Comb, Laser Therapy, Norwood Class 6 Hair Loss, Norwood Hair Loss Classification
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 9:28 am
What is Best Hair Transplant Density and do You Measure Maximum or Overall Hair Density?
August 9th, 2006Q: Dear Dr. Bernstein, a full head of hair averages ~100 FU/cm2. To achieve the appearance of fullness with a hair transplant 50% is required. In one of your articles you say that you recommend 25 FU / cm2 to your patients. Is that the density per one session or the final one? If that [...]
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Topic: Density
Tags: Donor Hair Density, Donor Strip, Follicular Units per Square Centimeter, Hair Transplant Aesthetics, Mid-frontal Forelock Area, Multiple Hair Transplant Sessions, Norwood Class 6 Hair Loss, Norwood Hair Loss Classification, Scalp Laxity, Thinning Hair
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 6:49 am
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