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Category Folliculitis

11 Mar

Robotic Follicular Unit Extraction in Hair Transplantation

Robotic Follicular Unit Extraction in Hair Transplantation Marc R. Avram, MD,* and Shannon A. Watkins, MD† BACKGROUND In recent years, there has been a shift toward minimally invasive procedures. In hair trans- plantation surgery, this trend has manifested with the emergence of follicular unit extraction (FUE). Recently, a robot has been introduced for FUE procedures. […]

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25 Feb

Robotic Hair Transplants Information

Like good health and youth, most of us take a thick head of hair for granted — that is, until it is gone. For many people, hair transplant procedures can help bring back the appearance of a full — or at least a fuller — head of hair. Overview of Robotic Hair Transplant Procedures Robotic […]

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17 Feb

Am I a Candidate for a Robotic Hair Transplant

Most people are a candidate for hair transplant surgery. However, in order to properly determine your candidacy for the procedure, an ARTAS physician will need to consider various factors, including age, family history of hair loss, current and projected future hair loss pattern (area of baldness), donor characteristics (laxity and density), and whether or not […]

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25 Nov

6 Ways to Thicken and Lengthen Your Hair

LaserCap® in Elle Magazine Small enough to hide under any Eugenia Kim beret, the diode-laced LaserCap delivers a low-level laser light proven to increase the cellular energy produced in mitochondria, enhancing growth.  “It’s virtually identical to the treatments we used to give in the office using a $100,000 machine,” Bauman says of the effective (but […]

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10 Nov

NEW TREATMENT PROMISES TO REGROW THINNING HAIR WITHOUT SURGERY, DRUGS

Platelet Rich Plasma therapy — or PRP Available in the Office of dr. mark bishara Nov 10, 2014, 11:05 AM ET ABC News via GOOD MORNING AMERICA A new hair-loss treatment is giving hope to millions of people with thinning hair. The treatment, called Platelet Rich Plasma therapy — or PRP — could help regrow and […]

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23 Oct

The Truth Behind the Biggest Hair Loss Myths

It’s estimated that over 80 million Americans struggle with hair loss, so you can see why there are so many rumors out there about what causes it. That’s why, in honor of National Hair Loss Awareness Month, we’ve compiled some of the biggest myths surrounding hair loss and uncovered the truth behind them. Have you heard […]

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1 Oct

Arthritis drug allows hairless man with alopecia to grow hair

Hair Loss News: A man with a rare autoimmune disease that left him hairless was able to grow hair after treatment with an arthritis drug, Medical News Today reported. The 25-year-old man has alopecia universalis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes hair loss over the entire body when the immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles. […]

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12 May

What is Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT)

FASTER HAIR GROWTH Light in its various forms has been used for healing from the time of the ancient Egyptian and Greek civilizations. The negative effects of the absence of light on the human body are well documented (e.g., seasonal affective disorder, also called SAD; lack of vitamin D production; rickets, etc.). Therapy using LASER, […]

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10 Apr

Low Level Light Therapy

The low- level laser therapy treatment is also known as “The Cold Laser”. The laser light generated by low-powered (cold) lasers has recently come into use as a non-surgical hair restoration treatment for patten hair loss. Laser Hair Therapy is a non-chemical and non-invasive treatment being used around the United States of hair loss.  Like […]

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27 Mar

Hair Restoration FAQs- Age and Gender

By Age and Gender   In 2012, 86.3% of all hair restoration surgical patients worldwide were male   In 2012, 13.7% of all hair restoration surgical patients worldwide were female * Since 2004, the proportion of female surgical hair restoration patients worldwide increased 20% — from 11.4% in 2004 to 13.7% in 2012   In […]

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