Female Hair Transplant
Most men make good or moderately good candidates for surgical hair restoration. Unfortunately this is not the case for women.
I’m Asian, Chinese to be exact, and was curious about any distinct traits of “Asian hair” that may present unique challenges for hair transplant operations. I understand that Asian hair is typically comprised of 1 or 2 follicular units which is the reason the why most Asians have very straight hair. Does t...
Dear Alex: Thank for your letter. You certainly have a grasp of the unique traits and “Asian hair” and you bring up some interesting questions about the implications of hair restoration in the Asian population. You are correct that in Asians the follicular units tend to have one or two hair...
Do the majority of hair transplant doctors consider it appropriate to transplant hair into thinning areas, e.g., front, mid-section, and/or crown, as opposed...
I have been considering having an FUE hair transplant for almost five years and think that I am about ready to go through with it....
Is shock loss from a hair transplant temporary? I have heard that if you experience shock loss there is a real possibility that this hair...
have been progressively losing my hair for about the past five years, but I am concerned about using propecia because of sexual side effects. I’ve...
I have undergone 3 hair transplant procedures and thought that they were successful. However, recently I have noticed further hair loss and am concerned that the...
The one thing that I keep reading about is the possibility of having a large or stretched scar from a strip hair transplant. I am...
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