CBS News turned to Dr. Bernstein for his expert medical opinion on football superstar Tom Brady’s hair loss. The Early Show website also features the story.
Dr. Bernstein discusses the importance of a thorough in-person consultation to determine the hair loss patient's needs, and to get their expectations in line with the kind of results that treatment can accomplish for them.
Dr. Bernstein discusses the technique of follicular unit hair transplantation in a Fox News segment on hair loss and hair transplantation. In the video, he discusses the use of the follicular unit hair transplant (FUT) procedure to correct hair loss and camouflage scarring that resulted from the surgical removal of a large skin cancer on the patient's scalp.
Dr. Bernstein was interviewed on the Fox News program "Fox and Friends" over the weekend. He discussed hair loss, hair transplant surgery, propecia hair loss medication, hair plugs, and more. Watch the full video on this post.
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This study also demonstrated that the Hedgehog agonist is active in human scalp in vitro as measured by Hedgehog pathway gene expression. The results suggest that topical application of a Hedgehog agonist could be effective in treating hair loss conditions, including male and female pattern genetic hair loss.
Sometimes an "accident" in the laboratory can lead to a remarkable breakthrough. Penicillin, Botox, Viagra, and Minoxidil -- the active ingredient in Rogaine -- were all unintended discoveries that led to treatments for a variety of conditions. A similar twist of fate, this time by researchers at UCLA, could lead scientists to a new hair loss treatment.
Q: I have early thinning on the top of my scalp and I was told to use Propecia, but I heard that is was only for men. What do you think? -- T.G., Staten Island, NY A: Women can't take Propecia during the child-bearing years because, if ingested, it can cause birth defects in male offspring. In post-menopausal women, where we see the greatest frequency of hair loss, it doesn't seem to be effective. In pre-menopausal women who do not plan to become pregnant or who already have children, we are still cautious about using the medication, since there effectiveness has not been proven and its long-term safety in this population has not been tested.
Q: I was told that if men have a lot of testosterone that that's when they lose hair. Is this true? -- Y.B., Lake Forest, Illinois A: Although androgenetic hair loss is dependent upon normal levels of testosterone, it is not due to increased testosterone. It is caused by a sensitivity of the follicles to normal levels of testosterone. So someone that is bald doesn't have extra levels of male hormones and is not necessarily over-sexed.