Bernstein Medical Blog
What is Follicular Unit Excision?
March 25th, 2020FUE is a type of hair transplant that involves removing individual naturally occurring follicular units of 1, 2, 3, or 4 hair follicles.
Posted by Updated 2020-03-25Dr. Christine Shaver Answers Hair Loss Questions
March 25th, 2020Dr. Christine Shaver recently spoke with the Truth about Hair Restoration, an online community of over 26,000 people seeking answers about hair loss.
Posted by Updated 2020-04-03
Can you use a hair transplant to treat radiation-induced permanent hair loss in pediatric patients?
February 25th, 2020Q: Can you use a hair transplant to treat radiation-induced permanent hair loss in pediatric patients? A: Yes, but there are a number of things to consider: As in adults, if the hair loss from radiation is extensive, or involves the permanent zone of the scalp, there would not be enough donor hair to make […]
Posted by Updated 2020-02-25
ISHRS World Congress 2019
December 5th, 2019Dr. Bernstein and Dr. Shaver recently attended the 27th Annual ISHRS World Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. This five-day conference was held November 13-17, 2019, at the Shangri-La Bangkok Hotel and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, and was attended by nearly 1,000 physicians and their surgical assistants seeking to expand their knowledge of the latest medical and surgical hair restoration therapies.
Posted by Updated 2019-12-05Is Hair from the Donor Area or Zone Permanent or Will It Thin with Age?
December 4th, 2019Q: Does donor area hair thin with age? – T.W. A: Hair taken from the donor zone is considered to be permanent and should resist changes related to androgenetic alopecia also known as genetic patterned baldness. In other words, it will not be lost. Through the natural aging process, hair diameters may decrease over time […]
Posted by Updated 2019-12-05I am an African-American Woman with a Failed Transplant. Should I Have Another Hair Transplant to Correct the First One?
December 4th, 2019Q: I am an African-American woman who had a unsuccessful hair transplant. Should I have another one? – S ~ Boston, MA A: A common cause of a failed hair transplant in African Americans is the surgeon missing a diagnosis of primary scarring alopecia. In this case the scalp is literally attacking the transplanted hair […]
Posted by Updated 2019-12-04Will Scalp Laxity Exercises Better Prepare Me for FUT Surgery?
December 4th, 2019Q: I am preparing for FUT surgery and read about scalp laxity exercises. Will they better prepare me for my hair transplant? – O.U. A: For the majority of patients, there is enough scalp laxity so that exercises are unnecessary. If a patient’s scalp becomes too tight for FUT, we would switch to FUE. On […]
Posted by Updated 2019-12-05Dr. Shaver on Causes of Female Hair Loss and Effective Treatments
November 14th, 2019Dr. Christine Shaver, head of Bernstein Medical’s Manhattan office, has seen complex and varied causes of female hair loss over her career as a dermatologic surgeon. She recently spoke to SheFinds.com about whether women can use minoxidil, a hair loss treatment that is more often recommended for men with genetic thinning. While men and women […]
Posted by Updated 2019-11-14New Development in Hair Loss Medications for Women
October 1st, 2019After a long wait, there is a potential new development in the field of hair loss drug treatments. Kintor Pharmaceuticals, a Chinese drug company, has developed a new androgen receptor targeted drug called KX-826. The medicine is applied in topical form to the scalp and works by reducing the ability of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) to attach […]
Posted by Updated 2019-10-01Dr. Bernstein Named New York’s Top Doctors for 20th Consecutive Year
June 3rd, 2019Dr. Bernstein’s dedication of more than 20 years to the advancement and perfection of surgical hair restoration techniques have consistently earned him top awards in the field. Dr. Bernstein has been listed in Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors for the 20th year. This list, published in New York Magazine, identifies the top medical specialists in the United States and organizes them geographically within each specialty. Castle Connolly’s physician-led research team uses an extensive surveying process of over 50,000 American doctors each year to curate this list who are at the very top of their field.
Posted by Updated 2019-07-10Updated: 2019-03-27 | Published: 2014-02-11
