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| News : Archive for March - 2009 | |
Will Picking Scabs from a Hair Transplant Cause Poor Results?- Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Though picking the scabs with your nails is not advisable after hair transplant surgery, as long as you didn't pick at them the first ten days, the transplanted hair follicles should be safe and secure underneath your scalp. Transplanted hair typically sheds...
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Will Hair Transplant Surgery Help Me Stay Ahead of My Hair Loss?- Tuesday, March 24, 2009
If your hair loss is minimal and hardly noticeable to others, you may not even be a candidate for hair restoration surgery at this point. There’s no real way to stay ahead of hair loss since hair transplant surgery does nothing to stop the progression of male pattern baldness. However, hair loss sufferers with minimal thinning hair are usually prime candidates for...
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Can Propecia Prevent Shock Loss After Hair Transplant Surgery?- Monday, March 23, 2009
Taking Propecia several months prior to surgery may help minimize the risk of permanent or even temporary shock loss. This is due to Propecia potentially strengthening miniaturizing hairs, making them more resilient. Thus Propecia may make natural hair more resistant to shock loss caused by the scalp trauma of hair transplant surgery.
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When Can I Apply Rogaine Again After a Hair Transplant?- Sunday, March 22, 2009
Waiting a full 14 days (sometimes even longer) is a good idea before applying Rogaine hair loss treatment to the transplanted area. Minoxidil, especially the liquid containing the propylene glycol may irritate your scalp while it's healing.
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Sporting a Shaved Head After Hair Transplant Surgery- Thursday, March 19, 2009
The amount of coverage and density you can achieve whether your head is shaved or not is the same. However, know that if you undergo follicular unit hair transplantation (strip surgery), cutting your hair too short on the sides and back will be out of the question unless you don't mind the possibility of showing the linear scar...
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Deciding Whether or Not Hair Transplant Surgery is Right for You- Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Deciding to undergo hair transplant surgery is indeed a major decision and this decision should be made after much research and thought. Ultimately, after researching physicians and seeing what can realistically be achieved with today's state of the art procedures, you will have to determine whether or not hair restoration surgery...
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How to Fix an Old, Stretched Hair Transplant Scar- Monday, March 16, 2009
There are a few approaches to hair transplant scar repair. The first is to harvest a new strip and re-close the donor wound under minimum tension. This approach is especially good if you desire more hair to cover additional balding areas. However, there is no guarantee that a new closure, even if state of the art will prevent scar stretching. Thus, if your wound...
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Can Smoking Stunt Hair Transplant Growth?- Sunday, March 15, 2009
Though smoking isn't good for your overall health and we'd recommend quitting for that fact alone, smoking after your hair transplant surgery won't prevent hair regrowth. Two and half months after surgical hair restoration is still very early and it's unlikely that even the most healthy person would see any new growth at this point. Transplanted hair regrowth...
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How Does a Hair Transplant Surgeon Avoid Damaging Hair During the Donor Removal? - Thursday, March 12, 2009
It's impossible to avoid transection entirely when harvesting a strip, but most of today's leading hair restoration physicians use a single blade or double blade held at an angle to harvest the donor strip, minimizing transection. Leading hair transplant surgeons concerned about...
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Is Donor Swelling Normal 7 Days After a Hair Transplant? - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Some donor area swelling can occur the first week after surgical hair restoration. But if it extends past this or gets worse, be sure to speak to your hair transplant doctor...
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Will Keeping My Hair Long for a Hair Transplant Conceal the Donor Scar? - Tuesday, March 10, 2009
You can basically where your hair any way you want it when you arrive to the hair restoration procedure. However, some hair transplant surgeons require shaving the recipient area (the area of hair loss where hair is transplanted). Be sure to speak to your surgeon about whether or not he or she requires...
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Are FUE Hair Transplant Megasessions Successful?- Monday, March 09, 2009
In my opinion, follicular unit extraction (FUE) has a place in hair transplant surgery however, I feel that FUE megasessions have been overhyped online by a few clinics. Most of today’s well respected and leading hair transplant surgeons will tell you that the FUE procedure in general is less consistent than follicular unit transplantation (FUT) known as strip surgery.
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Are Men with Thinning Hair or Bald Men the Best Hair Transplant Candidates?- Sunday, March 08, 2009
Whether natural hair remains in the recipient (balding) area or not has no bearing on the success of a hair transplant procedure. However, balding men with thinning hair as opposed to complete baldness will achieve higher levels of density when transplanted hair is added in between or around the natural hair. If a patient is completely bald, it will take more transplanted hair to add the same density to an area.
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Are Hair Transplants Only for the Very Bald?- Thursday, March 05, 2009
Many hair loss sufferers with thinning and hairline recession only have successfully restored their hair with surgical hair restoration. Ask surgeons you are considering to show you photos of men with similar hair loss patterns who’ve restored their hair. Additionally, several examples of these types of restorations can be found in our hair transplant photo gallery...
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Does Hair Transplant Surgery Work for Everyone?- Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Transplanting hair is usually infallible in the hands of a qualified hair transplant surgeon however, not everyone is a good candidate depending on a number of factors. This includes the areas of baldness to cover, donor and hair characteristics, medical...
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