The trick of concealing thinning hairwithout surgery, hats or hairpieces has become a forte amongst Hollywood make up artists. Under the limelight, no red carpet star would suffer the embarrassment of thinning hair. Actors, actresses, singers, and the like have been hiding their thinning hair with the use of concealment products. From powders to lotions, [...]

As part of their article exploring hair transplant technologies, American Health & Beauty conducted a short video interview with Dr. Umar discussing the basics of hair restoration through Follicular Unit Extraction. Enjoy!

Strip surgery is one of the most ineffective ways to restore hair loss. It involves strip mining hair from the sides and the back of the head for transplant to the problem area, but it leaves scarring and lasting pain in its wake. Too, it often leaves you in need of more surgery when the [...]

Yes! Using Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE), a minimally invasive procedure that does away with outdated approaches to hair transplant by providing a true solution instead of an illusion of restored hair. No scalpels, strip mining or stitches are used in this approach, which leaves the patient free of scars and on the path back to [...]

This patient wanted his hairline, temples, front scalp and crown restored, but in a way that retained as much donor hair as possible as a hedge against potential future hair loss. He came to Dr. Umar specifically in search of a Follicular Unit Extraction using body hair, which is the perfect approach for this type [...]

Yes! Using Follicular Unit Extraction, hair follicles can be removed from the beard or elsewhere on the body one at a time, and used to restore hair to balding areas on your head. All of your body hair can be used in this method – your chest, back, stomach area, legs, arms, armpit and pubic [...]

This patient turned to Dr. Umar in desperation, after multiple failed hair transplant surgeries done elsewhere left him with extensive scarring, plugging and even more severe baldness. He had turned to using a toupee, but hated how obvious it was. He wanted a natural hairline to disguise part of the hairpiece, and he wanted his [...]

Watch the first well-documented case of a patient having his hairline softened with transplants of hair from his leg in this video. The patient turned to Dr. Umar after multiple failed transplant efforts were done at other clinics using outdated techniques. The result was an unnatural, harsh hairline. Using advanced FUE hair transplant, in 2006. [...]

Most men experience hair loss as they age and actually many women also experience hair thinning. So why does this happen and is there anything we can do about it? Baldness is a typical phenomenon that accompanies growing older. In addition, stress is one of the top reasons that affect hair growth in both men [...]

The patient presented in this photo has a history of prior Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) and Body Hair Transplantation (BHT) hair restoration procedures performed upon him at another facility. These previous surgeries of his focused mainly on restoring his hairline, frontal scalp and crown. However, the patient was not happy with the esthetic results of [...]

Sometimes, males and females start to experience hair loss at a very young age. At that point, they are not ready to accept the fact that they are experience such balding. The victim has hope for a hair loss reversal and miraculous re-growth of their hair; but obviously, that cannot happen. At that point, younger people start [...]

As important it is to know about the ins and outs about Body Hair Transplantation, it is just as important to hear from a patient who has been through the procedure. Shawn has given an open testimonial about his experience with Body Hair Transplantation.

Dr. Umar at DermHair Clinic has created a new hair transplant procedure, known as Body Hair Transplantation, to help those suffering from hair loss. As the latest hair restoration treatment, Body Hair Transplantation is a minimally invasive procedure that results in rapid healing rates and better overall yield and growth of transplanted hair follicles on [...]

The characteristics of female pattern baldness hair loss differ from typical male pattern hair loss due to the pattern in which hair is lost. The most recognized hair loss pattern is the common type seen in men, where the hair loss occurs on the temples and crown. Female pattern hair loss however diffuses across the top of the [...]

The patient presented in this video had undergone three traditional hair transplant surgeries using the strip method at another clinic over the years. According to the standards of a strip hair transplant, his results were considered good. However, the results were unnatural looking even though it provided the necessary coverage, and the patient continued to [...]

The patient shown in this photo had undergone strip surgeries at another clinic years prior to seeing Dr. Umar in Los Angeles. The outcomes of the strip surgeries created problems for the patient with the most severe ridging, a hairline packed densely with large plugs, and strip scars. The patient hid his disfiguring hairline by [...]

 Dr. Umar, whom experienced a failed hair transplant when he was young himself, understood the need for a hair transplant procedure that was both minimally invasive and ideal for men and women with different types of circumstances.  Follicular unit extraction – FUE  is a hair transplant method that involves small punches, .8mm to 1 mm in width, [...]

his patient came to Dr. Umar after having 1,800 grafts transplanted at another clinic using the outdated strip harvesting method, which left his head bald, scarred, and without enough donor hair left on his head for use. To solve the problem, Dr. Umar used the Follicular Unit Extraction technique to transplant hairs from elsewhere on [...]