Areas of Unethical Behavior Practiced Today

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Areas of Unethical Behavior Practiced Today

Note from Dr. Bernstein: This article, by my colleague Dr. Rassman, is such important reading for anyone considering a hair transplant, that I felt it should be posted here in its entirety. Areas of Unethical Behavior Practiced Today William Rassman, MD, Los Angeles, California I am disturbed that there is a rise in unethical practices in the hair transplant community. Although many of these practices have been around amongst a small handful of physicians, the recent recession has clearly increased their numbers. Each of us can see evidence of these practices as patients come into our offices and tell us about their experiences. When a patient comes to me and is clearly the victim of unethical behavior I can only react by telling the patient the truth about what my fellow physician has done to them. We have no obligation to protect those doctors in our ranks who practice unethically, so maybe the way we respond is to become a patient advocate, one on one, for each patient so victimized.

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Will Propecia Cause Or Inhibit Chest Hair Growth?

Q: I am currently 28. I have been taking Propecia for 6 years and recently began to grow sparse chest hair for the first time in my life. Is the Propecia causing these effects? -- H.L., Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY A: DHT causes male pattern baldness and stimulates the growth of body hair. The use of Finasteride, a DHT blocker, will permit scalp hair to grown and inhibit the growth of body hair, not stimulate it. However, the effects on body hair are quite small, so your natural tendency to grow chest hair over time is probably not being blocked by the treatment.

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Is Genetic Hair Loss Linked to Other Diseases?

Q: There was a retrospective study by Lotufo et al. linking male pattern baldness to heart disease. Do you think there are other links like this for androgenetic alopecia? A: Family studies revealed both the androgen receptor locus on the X chromosome, as well as a new locus on chromosome 3q26. Association studies performed in two independent groups revealed a locus on chromosome 20 (not near any known genes) as well as the androgen receptor on the X chromosome. Read on for the rest of the answer.

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Can You Program the FUE Robot To Avoid Scars?

Q: I heard that for someone who has had several strip procedures, the ARTAS robot for FUE does not work because it is programmed to work with "textbook male pattern baldness", which I no longer have. I thought the scars from previous procedures, as well as the large amount of already transplanted hair, might throw off the robot's programming (it wouldn't quite know what to do). But if I am wrong about this then the robot may in fact be the best approach for me. Please advise. -- N.C., Paris, France A: When performing robotic hair transplants on patients with prior surgery, I program the robot to avoid scarred areas – just as we would do visually when performing manual FUE.

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What is the Incidence of Hair Loss in Adults?

Q: How common is hair loss in adult men and women? -- N.F., Bronxville, NY A: The incidence of androgenetic alopecia (common baldness) is quite high for both men and women. By age 50, 50% of men and 30% of women are affected. By age 70, that increases to 80% of men and 60% of women. Fortunately, in spite of significant thinning, women often preserve their hairline and have a diffuse pattern, so there hair loss can be camouflaged for many years.

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Going Bald. Do You Perform a Test for LPP (Lichen Planopilaris)?

Q: Hi Dr. Bernstein, I am a 30 year old man with a balding crown. I’m 99.9% sure its male pattern baldness (I’m currently on Propecia and Rogaine). I recently read about how people going bald are getting tested for LPP (lichen planopilaris). Do you perform this test? -- F.L., Scarsdale, NY A: Lichen Planopilaris (believed to be a type of autoimmune disease) occurs more frequently in women than in men and more commonly in African-Americans than in Caucasians. The variation that could be confused with androgenic alopecia in men is central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (or CCCA). While definitive testing would involve a scalp biopsy, this is rarely necessary as the doctor can easily tell by just examining you with the naked eye using magnification (densitometry).

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Can Resistance Training Accelerate Hair Loss?

Q: I have read several articles on the internet which suggest that resistance training can accelerate male pattern baldness. Is there any truth in this? -- B.F., Altherton, CA A: Anything that raises androgen levels in your body can potentially accelerate hair loss. That said, I suggest to exercise as you normally would. As long as you don’t take drugs to enhance your workout, the effects should be minimal.

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What Problems Can Arise from Transplanting the Crown Too Early?

Q: What is the problem with transplanting the crown too early? -- P.L., Newark, NJ A: If a person’s hair loss continues –- which is almost always the case -– the crown will expand and leave the transplanted area isolated, i.e. looking like a pony-tail. The surgeon can perform additional hair transplant procedures to re-connect the transplanted area to the fringe, but this is a large area that can require a lot of hair, and it is often impossible to determine when a person is young if the donor supply will be adequate. View the full post to see a photo of a patient who had an early hair transplant to his crown.

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Dr. Bernstein And Hair Transplant Patient Interviewed On Good Morning America

In this video, Dr. Bernstein and a patient at Bernstein Medical are interviewed by Charles Gibson of Good Morning America in their two-part series on treating hair loss called, “The Bald Facts." Dr. Bernstein discusses the importance of aesthetic planning of a hair transplant and the difference between the old "pluggy" transplants and today's modern follicular unit transplantation techniques.

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Dr. Bernstein Debates Large Graft Hair Transplants At 1998 ISHRS Meeting

At the 6th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgeons held in Washington, D.C. in 1998, Dr. Walter Unger (defending the "old guard") debated Dr. Bernstein (representing the new technique of Follicular Unit Transplantation) in front of an audience of over 450 hair restoration surgeons from around the world. Dr. Unger took the position that large grafts still had a place in surgical hair restoration, particularly for creating density. Dr. Bernstein took the position that the new procedure of Follicular Unit Transplantation could create that density while at the same time achieving a completely natural look -- something large graft procedures were incapable of doing. He argued that the versatility and naturalness of Follicular Unit Transplantation rendered the older procedures obsolete.

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Showing results 81 - 90 of 108 for the search terms: female pattern baldness.

Search Results for: female pattern baldness

Areas of Unethical Behavior Practiced Today

Will Propecia Cause Or Inhibit Chest Hair Growth?

Is Genetic Hair Loss Linked to Other Diseases?

Can You Program the FUE Robot To Avoid Scars?

What is the Incidence of Hair Loss in Adults?

Going Bald. Do You Perform a Test for LPP (Lichen Planopilaris)?

Can Resistance Training Accelerate Hair Loss?

What Problems Can Arise from Transplanting the Crown Too Early?

Dr. Bernstein And Hair Transplant Patient Interviewed On Good Morning America

Dr. Bernstein Debates Large Graft Hair Transplants At 1998 ISHRS Meeting

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