Many people wonder what causes hair loss. The causes of hair loss vary depending upon a number of factors, including genetics (often baldness or alopecia), illness (such as thyroid disease), and medications you may be taking. The best way to get a proper hair loss diagnosis is to see a Dermatologist specializing in hair loss.

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Your consult should only be with an ethical medical doctor, and one who helps their patients make an educated decision. Dermatologists are board-certified physicians who specialize ...

Treating hair loss is a journey that needs to be mapped out carefully. I tell my patients that hair transplants are not the silver bullet in treating androgenetic alopecia (which is a hair loss aging process). Androgenetic alopecia and hair transplants are limited by the patient’s hair supply and demand. Therefore, I use the help of preventative medical therapies for hair growth and to ensure the highest percent of grafts survive, and it’s imperative that I use all the good ...

The causes of hair loss vary depending upon a number of factors: genetics, aging, illness, cancer treatment, and medical disorders. Androgenic Alopecia is the most common cause of baldness and hair loss in men women. Hair thinning can also be associated with distress or lifestyle: childbirth, smoking, exposure to chemicals, hair extensions and tight ponytails. Some hair loss is normal, as it’s part of the hair’s natural growth cycle.

Hair loss can reduce quality of life and lead to anxiety and ...

A hair transplant is simply the removal of healthy hair follicles from one area of the scalp and transplanting them onto another area.  We remove follicles (in their natural hair groupings) from the back of the head and transplant them to the areas where baldness and thinning has occurred.  These transplanted hairs will grow continuously throughout the patient’s lifetime.  But it takes much more expertise and artistry to make it look natural for the patient’s lifetime.

Most botched hair transplants can be corrected by an expertly trained hair transplant surgeon.  A properly trained doctor is someone that not only learned the medical mechanics and artistry of a hair transplant in their residency or fellowship but applies this knowledge himself/herself and does not delegate the surgery to unlicensed technicians.

What should patients look for before choosing a hair transplant surgeon?

1. How was the physician trained?
2. How long has the physician been performing hair transplants?
3. Does the physician actually perform the entire ...

The latest development in fighting hair loss comes from Stemson Therapeutics in California, and they are making headway. Researchers at Stemson Therapeutics are developing a two-part process to turn stem cells into hair follicles.

Generating sustainable hair follicles that grow in a healthy, natural direction is the main goal.  This discovery is important for making new hair growth look completely natural.  Hair must be placed into the follicle at the correct angle so that it grows ...

Our world has seen profound changes, but my medical ethics, professionalism and commitment to the health and well-being of each of my patients remains the same so that I can always be the trusted expert on hair loss solutions and hair transplant surgeries.

I am the Chair of the Covid-19 Task Force ...