What Are Some Treatments For Hair Restoration?

• Propecia is a common finasteride drug used to stop hair loss by fighting the male hormone, DHT.
• Hair restoration surgery, such as “strip harvesting” or follicular unit extraction.
• False hair, such as hairpieces, wigs, and toupees.

Like with most conditions, early treatment of hair loss is better and will result in more successful results. For this reason, hair restoration patients have started getting younger.

For more information on hair loss or about Dr. Umar and his hair transplant procedures, please contact the DermHair Clinic in Los Angeles. A hair restoration consultation can easily be arranged online for free.

Is Male Pattern Baldness Genetic?

Ultimately, male pattern baldness is a genetic condition, stemming predominantly from the maternal X-chromosome. This chromosome carries our androgen receptors, which are significant in deciding hair loss probability. Male pattern baldness comes from Mom due largely to the fact that women carry two X chromosomes and men carry one X and one Y. Therefore, women carry—and pass on—the genetic odds twice. However, this also eradicates the belief that male pattern baldness only comes from the mother. The androgen receptors lie within Dad’s genes 50% less than Mom’s, but he’s still got them. Research shows that a person whose father suffers male pattern baldness also has a greater chance of experiencing genetic hair loss.

What Else Contributes To Male Pattern Baldness?

Genetics greatly indicate the hair loss of men within a family, but do not guarantee male pattern baldness. Just like any other gene, baldness can skip a generation. Some factors that increase the odds of male pattern baldness in those who are genetically susceptible include:

• Emotional stress
• Stress caused by sleep deprivation
• Poor diet
• Bad blood circulation
• Drug abuse
• Infection

When genetics strike and you are left with male pattern baldness, there are several treatment possibilities. For more information on genetic hair loss, a free online consultation with Dr. Umar of the DermHair Clinic is just a click away.

Male pattern baldness technically starts in the womb. Your predetermined genetics will manifest in male pattern baldness 20 to 40 years later depending on whether your mother passed it down to you through her X chromosome. Men whose mothers’ fathers suffer male pattern baldness have a much higher chance of experiencing the condition. And men whose fathers suffer male pattern baldness are also more likely. This is due to the fact that women have two X chromosomes while men have an X and a Y. The androgen receptors, which determine the fate of your hairline, reside within the X chromosome specifically. So both parents have the capacity to pass the gene down, it is just 50% more likely to come from the maternal side of the family.

Receding hairline due to male pattern baldness.

Empty crown due to male pattern baldness.

Once your genetic fate is decided, the mechanism of your inevitable male pattern baldness is actually hormones. Testosterone, in combination with the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase, turns into dihydrotestosterone, or DHT. DHT is a powerful hormone in the scalp that wreaks havoc on hair follicles, causing them to weaken and break off.

Is There A Cure For Male Pattern Baldness?

There are different treatment options for male pattern baldness, which depend on a few variables. The only solution that reverses hair loss permanently is hair transplantation. For more information on this solution to male pattern baldness, schedule a free online consultation with Dr. Umar of the DermHair Clinic.

This patient’s hair loss became catastrophic after a failed transplant procedure at another clinic that used the outdated “strip harvesting” technique. He was left with a huge scar, pluggy implants and an unnaturally straight hairline. He came to us hoping to have his strip scar hidden, his empty crown filled and his hairline made to resemble that of a celebrity.

Dr. Umar used body hair transplant to relocate hair from his beard, leg and nape of neck during the restoration effort. As you can see, the patient was quite pleased with the result of his hair restoration.

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Therefore, though intensive research and hearing recommendations, the patient decided that Dr. Umar was the best choice of hair surgeon to perform the repair of his past hair transplants. He wanted his hairline softened and the shape and direction streamlined to his taste. The aim was to achieve a subtle but evident change in the hairline. He also wanted hair density added to his mid scalp area.

Dr. Umar performed 3,000 grafts upon the patient using the FUE-BHT method under the Single Follicle Extraction and Transfer (SFET) hair restoration technique.

The breakdown of the donor sources were as follows:

Head donor: 1293

Nape: 597

Lower abdomen and upper pubic areas: 1115

This procedure highlights the importance of the aesthetic and artistic expertise of the hair restoration facility and hair restoration surgeon you choose. Hair transplantation depends heavily on medical science and is its own way is a form of art. The results this patient achieved also highlight the role of nape hair in the refinement of hairlines. The utilization of nape hair as donor hair is something that the hair restoration community has neglected since its inceptions, leading to entrenched paradigms that are not always evidence based. The front of a thinning hairline should be very soft, and this softness is rarely achievable by using traditional head donor hair, which are usually thicker and less ideal for the task even if they are single hair follicles, and thus they tend to create an artificial solid line of hair which could look harsh and artificial in real life. Therefore, the soft texture of nape hair makes it the most effective form of donor hair to create the most natural looking hairline. This makes it ideal for the creation of softer looking hairlines, while avoiding the harsh artificial look that is often the result of hairline transplants done by traditional methods.

Dr. Umar makes it possible for hairlines to be reconstructed with nape hair though his process of SFET-FUE-BHT because FUE Hair Transplant avoids the problem of creating a linear scar, which is the main issue that results from strip surgery. For more information, please contact Dr. Umar at DermHair Clinic in Los Angeles at (310)318-1500, or visit http://www.dermhairclinic.com

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 head, and eventually become invisible peach fuzz. This is because instead of having the hair follicle completely stopped in its hair cycle, the hair loss seen in females happens when the affected hair is loss, and the root still grows but instead is replaced by a shorter one, which creates the peach fuzz. Female and male pattern baldness hair loss also differ from each other in that the hormone and enzyme receptor sites are different in various areas of the scalp. In addition, another main difference important difference is that male hair loss pattern is typically always due to a genetics and inheritance along with the aging factor. For women, hair loss can happen at any time and under any conditions that could exaggerate hair loss. For both men and women though, underlying health conditions can also influence hair loss, even if androgenetic alopecia is diagnosed as an actual cause.

Individuals can experience female pattern hair loss as early as when they reach puberty, which could be due to hormone imbalances during the phase. Hormone imbalances are a major cause for female pattern hair loss and can occur especially after pregnancy or after a period of sudden physical or psychological stress that the body endures. Therefore, if you feel like you are losing hair due to hormonal problems, consult with an experienced hair doctor in order to evaluate the hormone imbalance and receive advice on how to slow down the hair loss.

Dr. Umar is board certified by the American Board of Dermatology, and is qualified to manage female patients with complaints of hair loss. Dr. Umar often receives referral of female patients from other physicians including other hair transplant doctors.. Dr Umar may require performing some tests to determine the cause of your hair loss and the best treatment options available. For more information, please contact Dr. Umar at the DermHair Clinic in Los Angeles at (310)318-1500, or visit http://www.dermhairclinic.com

Dr. Umar performed a body hair transplantation surgery using 600 FUE-BHT grafts derived from the chest area and transplanted these donor hairs to the balding areas of the shins. From these pictures, the red spots left from the results from a previous attempt at the other hair restoration clinic are still evident before and after Dr. Umar’s treatment. Dr. Umar was able to successfully complete this patient’s leg hair restoration by using his own invented method by which he calls the Single Follicle Extraction and Transfer (SFET) method. SFET allows Dr. Umar to perform body hair transplantation in the most minimally invasive way possible by using tiny punches without using a scalpel. SFET is a breakthrough procedure and is even more advanced version of the popular Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) technique. Thus by using SFET Dr. Umar was able to achieve a case that could pass for the first successful body to body hair transplant.

Hair loss on the scalp is a common issue for many people, but hair loss can happen on other parts of the body as well. Many people are even familiar with the loss of hair of the eyebrows or facial hair, but they are not accustomed to the loss of hair on other areas of the body such as the leg. But usually since these less common areas of hair loss are less visible and exposed, many do not turn it into a concern. In this instance, the little bit of hair added to the shin gave the patient the satisfaction of not having an obvious bald patch of hair, which saves him from having others assume that the bald spot was caused by an underlying health problem.

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Dr. Sanusi Umar, a renowned Los Angeles hair transplant surgeon, is able to use advanced Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) methods to extract hair from the body and hair areas and use them as sources for hair transplantation. This process is known as body hair transplantation (BHT), for which Dr. Umar is the leading surgeon and pioneer in the field. Since areas of body hair are different in both quality and cycling, shortage of head donor supply is an issue of which a hair transplant surgeon should be aware of. The level of hair restoration depends on a patient’s degree of hair loss and their desired outcome.
At the DermHair Clinic in Los Angeles, board certified dermatologist and hair surgeon Dr. Umar is the first FUE-only clinic. For more information, contact the DermHair Clinic for hair restoration consultation from a board certified Los Angeles hair restoration doctor and dermatologist. Please call the Los Angeles hair restoration clinic at (310)318-1500, or visit http://www.dermhairclinic.com

FUE is beneficial for patients who want the option of having very short hair, like a buzz cut, while being able to not show any signs that they had a hair transplant. With strip surgery, even if a patient had his head shaved, a linear scar will be visible even if it is very fine. However, with FUE, after the areas of donor extractions heal, it is very difficult to see any scars or signs of incision, even if the hair is cut very short.

Young patients with a significant degree of hair loss at an early age are probably going to progress to a severe balding state in later life. Unfortunately there is no way to predict the extent of the future baldness or the rate at which it would occur. Even family history of balding patterns cannot be used as a measure with certainty. Therefore FUE will be advantageous for young men need only a small number of grafts in the hairline with the future degree of their hair loss unknown because with FUE they have the option of shaving their head instead of undergoing more hair transplants if their hair loss progresses in the future.

In addition, patients who have already had strip surgery will probably have a lack of donor hair due to previous donor hair decimation from strip harvesting. FUE can solve this problem because the technique allows for the opportunity to obtain more grafts from other areas of the body (Body Hair Transplantation). The FUE hair transplant procedure has continued to advance, becoming more minimally invasive as the graft incisions become more smaller in size. The FUE hair restoration treatment is minimally invasive, meaning that it requires no scalpels, strip surgery or stitches. Scarring and downtime are minimized. Best of all, because the transplant procedure allows for the use of body hair (BHT), and thus the number of transplantable donor hair supply is greatly increased. The newly transplanted hair follicles grow in a natural pattern from the first treatment. Typically, patients will return to a normal life immediately and many have no need to cover their head with a hat ever again. For more information on Follicular Unit Extraction in Los Angeles or Los Angeles FUE performed by Dr. Umar, please contact DermHair Clinic in Los Angeles at (310)318-1500, or visit http://www.dermhairclinic.com

(2.) At this age most are not certain of the hair styling options they would come to adopt when they get older.

(3.) A hair transplant quick fix of a receding hairline for instance would leave the patients with an odd look as an isolated horse shoe (for full hair line implants) pattern or devils horn (for temporal recess filling), which will become more evident as hair loss advances. Because of this factor, young patients must understand that another transplant will be necessary in the future or else an odd look may result in the future as the hair loss progresses.

For more information regarding receiving a hair transplantation at a young age, contact Dr. Umar at the DermHair clinic in Los Angeles at (310)318-1500, or visit http://www.dermhairclinic.com for a free consultation.