I ask all of my patients to stop smoking at least 3 weeks before and 3 weeks after their hair transplant procedure. That’s the general...
How Long Should You Avoid Smoking Before and After a Hair Transplant?
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What’s More Important? A Hair Transplant Tool or the Doctor
The Core Question What is the most important decision when deciding on a hair transplant? The doctor you choose or The instruments...
How Long Do Hair Transplants Really Last?
This is a more complex question than meets the eye. The short answer is “Yes, in a properly trained doctor’s hands, the transplanted...
Stereoscopic Microscope for Successful Hair Transplants
A stereoscopic microscope is a high-powered microscope that provides 3D magnification, allowing a surgical team to view hair follicle...
Can PP405 Cure Genetic Hair Loss?
PP405 has been making the news lately as a potential revolutionary treatment for the most common form of hair loss, androgenetic alopecia....
Creatine and Hair Loss: What You Need to Know
This is a question I hear quite often from patients, athletes, and fitness enthusiasts alike: “Does creatine cause hair loss?” The short...
Corrective Hair Transplant from a Prior Botched Surgery
A patient originally came to see me after having several prior surgeries at other hair transplant clinics. His hairline looked very...
Ludwig Female Hair Loss Scale: Stages & Treatment Options
What Is the Ludwig Scale? Female-pattern hair loss (FPHL), also called androgenetic alopecia, is the most common form of hair loss in...
Norwood Hair Loss Scale: Stages & Treatment Options
What is the Norwood Hair Loss Scale? Male-pattern hair loss (MPHL), also called androgenetic alopecia, is the most common form of hair...
Hair Growth Cycle: All You Need to Know
In order to understand hair loss, it is vitally important to understand what normal hair growth is. An average person has 100,000 to...
Scarless Hair Transplants?
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...
Finasteride Scientific Safety Facts
Finasteride is an FDA-approved pharmacologic pill for treating androgenic alopecia (male pattern hair loss) in men. It was first used in...