Q: I have read that in the evaluation of a patient for hair restoration surgery some doctors use a densitometer to measure miniaturization – the decrease in size of hair diameters. I read that miniaturization is a sign of genetic hair loss, but when there is miniaturization of greater than 20% in the donor area, [...]
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Topic: Hair Loss
Tags: Androgenetic Alopecia, Crown, Densitometer, Densitometry, DHT, Frontal Hair Loss, Genetic Hair Loss, Hair Shaft, Hair Transplant Evaluation, Miniaturization, Senile Alopecia, Terminal Hair, Vellus Hair
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 6:21 am
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