Hair Loss 101

Hair Loss 101

Although there are a multitude of causes for hair loss, most men and women who loose their hair do so because of a genetic predisposition-"genes" they have inherited from their father or mother. This "patterned" hair loss is extremely common and worsens with age, affecting about 50% of women beyond the age of 40 and about 15% of 18-29 years old men, 50% of men between the ages of 40 and 49 and 80% men over the age of 70!

The common characteristic of patterned hair loss in men and women is "miniaturization" where the hair gradually and insidiously changes from normal "terminal" hair follicles to "miniaturized" follicles that no longer cycle normally, become thinner and finer and loose their color, eventually falling out!

Men with patterned hair loss develop recession of their hairline, thinning and baldness of the frontal, midscalp and crown areas whereas women more commonly develop thinning beyond their preserved frontal hair line.

Patients experiencing hair loss should seek evaluation as soon as possible. The sooner the diagnosis for the hair loss is made the sooner treatment may be started and the hair loss process arrested.

Hair Restoration has significantly improved since the time of the old, large grafts that look like dolls hair. Now a days, men and women undergoing hair restoration go unnoticed, as the results are extremely natural and unrecognizable as a transplant.

With the use of steroscopic microscopes we now perform ultra refined follicular unit transplantation for hair loss of the scalp and also reconstruct the eyebrows, eyelashes, beard, mustache, sideburns and temporal points using state of the art techniques. We are also very experienced in the correction of unsatisfactory transplants and can correct scarring from various causes, including scarring after face lift surgery.