Hair Loss Glossary

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Glossary

o the affects of DHT. It is characterized the replacement of thick terminal hairs with fine, miniaturized hairs that are eventually lost. Also termed female pattern baldness, male pattern baldness, hereditary alopecia and simply common baldness.

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Follicular Transplantation: Patient Evaluation and Surgical Planning

Synopsis: This landmark paper details how a patient should be evaluated for Follicular Unit Transplantation, stressing densitometry as a means of assessing both miniaturization and donor supply. It also provides guidelines for the planning of the first and subsequent hair transplant sessions and discusses the management of patients with diffuse androgenetic hair loss.

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Medical Treatment For Hair Loss

Schedule a Consultation Hair Loss Medications Before and After Photos of Medical Treatment Answers Video Research Consultation Medications serve an important role in both the prevention and treatment of hair loss. They are particularly useful in the early stages of the balding process. There are two medications approved by the FDA for the treatment of […]

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Causes

Physician Consult Before & After Photos of Female Patients Common baldness in women, also called female pattern alopecia, is genetically inherited and can come from either the mother’s or father’s side of the family. Female alopecia most commonly presents in a diffuse pattern, where hair loss occurs over the entire scalp. Less commonly, women exhibit […]

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Diagnosis

Physician Consult Before & After Photos of Female Patients The diagnosis of “female pattern” hair loss is relatively straightforward when there is a history of gradually thinning in the front and/or top of the scalp, relative preservation of the frontal hairline, a positive family history of hair loss, and the presence of miniaturization in the […]

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Men’s Hair Loss

Schedule a Consultation Most men will experience at least some degree of genetic hair thinning or balding by the time they reach their 50s. Whether it begins with a receding hairline or a thinning crown, male pattern baldness is a common concern, and one that can now be addressed with advanced, proven methods that target […]

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Avoiding Pitfalls in Planning a Hair Transplant

Synopsis: The ability to achieve full cosmetic benefit in follicular unit hair transplantation depends upon a number of factors including proper patient selection, accurately assessing the patient’s donor supply, appropriately designing the hair line and correctly distributing the grafts. This paper reviews the major mistakes that doctors make in these key aspects of the hair restoration process and advises the practitioner on how to avoid them so that the patient will achieve the best possible results.

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Follicular Transplantation

Synopsis: This was the first paper on Follicular Unit Transplantation. This publication introduced into the medical literature the idea of using individual, naturally occurring follicular units exclusively in the hair transplant procedure and stressed using large sessions to maximize the aesthetic outcome. The paper defined the various components of Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation, explained the anatomic and physiologic advantage of using follicular units in the procedure and described how follicular units could be used safely in large numbers to complete the hair restoration as quickly as possible. This publication was instrumental in having hair restoration surgeons shift from the older mini-micrografting techniques to the cosmetically superior technique of using follicular units.

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Propecia (Finasteride)

Propecia, the brand name for finasteride, is the only FDA approved oral medication for hair loss. Read more about how propecia (finasteride) helps prevent hair loss.

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Women’s Hair Loss

Schedule a Consultation Answers Video Research Physician Consult Before & After Photos of Female Patients Hair loss affects approximately 30% of women at some point, often presenting as diffuse thinning rather than distinct bald patches. Unlike men, women usually retain their frontal hairline, so early signs of hair loss may be subtle and harder to […]

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