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Smoking, Drinking, Medications and Herbal Products Can All Affect the Course of Your Hair Restoration Surgery
Do you smoke? Do you drink alcoholic beverages? What medications do you take? Do you use herbal “health food” products? These are questions a patient will be asked before undergoing hair restoration surgery-or, for that matter, any type of surgery. What is the connection between smoking, drinking and surgery? What does it matter what medications…
Read MoreFinding A Hair Restoration Doctor That’s Right for You
Before you choose a physician for hair loss treatment, or for any other purpose, here are the basic things you should want to know about: The Physician’s Training and Credentials The Physician’s Experience The Manner in Which the Physician Practices The Comfort-Level You Feel With the Physician You should ask the physician about his/her training…
Read MoreFollicular Unit Transplantation & Extraction
Follicular unit transplantation and follicular unit extraction (FUE, also known as the FOX Procedure) are recent and widely discussed surgical procedures for hair restoration. Follicular unit (FU) extraction is a procedure for obtaining follicular graft units from donor areas on the scalp. Follicular unit transplantation is the surgical procedure for transplanting follicular unit into the…
Read MoreFinasteride and Prostate Cancer
Courtesy of International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Headline Facts and Figures The Influence of Finasteride 5 mg (Proscar®) on the Development of Prostate Cancer: What Does This New England Journal of Medicine Paper Mean for Users of Finesteride 1 mg (Propecia®)? The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial reported in the July 17, 2003, issue of The…
Read MoreHair Restoration Surgery Risk Factors
Courtesy of International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery You may think of surgical hair restoration as minor surgery compared to major procedures such a hip replacement and organ transplantation. While those and other major surgical procedures are long, complex operations, hair restoration surgery is not major surgery and has proven to be very safe. As with…
Read MoreHair Loss & Restoration in Women
Courtesy of International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery A man may expect to lose hair as he gets older, especially if his father, uncles, or other near relatives had male-pattern baldness. A woman does not generally expect to lose hair even if there is a history of hair loss in male or female relatives. In the…
Read MoreCommon Questions About Hair Restoration
Courtesy of International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Here are some common questions and their answers concerning hair loss and hair transplants. What causes hair loss? The most common cause of hair loss is heredity. Men and women inherit the gene for hair loss from either or both parents. In men, the hormone dihydrotestosterone causes a…
Read MorePsychological Effects of Hair Loss in Women
Courtesy of International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery As psychologically stressful as hair loss is for a man, it is likely to be even more so for a woman. A number of scientific studies have shown that women are more likely than men to suffer psychologically painful effects due to hair loss, and that the psychological…
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