by Paul J. McAndrews | Jun 1, 2025 | Case Study
A patient originally came to see me after having several prior surgeries at other hair transplant clinics. His hairline looked very unnatural from a mile away. He had numerous linear scars in the recipient site, and his frontal hairline was (1) too low, (2) too...
by Paul J. McAndrews | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
What Is the Ludwig Scale? Female-pattern hair loss (FPHL), also called androgenetic alopecia, is the most common form of hair loss in women. The areas prone (frontal forelock, mid-forelock, and vertex) to thinning secondary to androgenetic alopecia are shown in the...
by Paul J. McAndrews | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
What is the Norwood Hair Loss Scale? Male-pattern hair loss (MPHL), also called androgenetic alopecia, is the most common form of hair loss. The areas prone (frontal forelock, mid-forelock, and vertex) to balding in androgenetic alopecia are shown in the graph below....
by Paul J. McAndrews | May 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
In order to understand hair loss, it is vitally important to understand what normal hair growth is. An average person has 100,000 to 150,000 terminal hair follicles on his or her scalp. Hair follicles produce approximately 1 cm of new hair growth in a month. Hair...
by Paul J. McAndrews | Apr 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Any incision that cuts through the skin beyond a superficial depth, either by machine or by hand, causes a scar to form. There is no such thing as “scarless surgery” in hair transplants. There is also no machine capable of performing all aspects of hair restoration...
