Online news source Health Day interviewed Dr. Umar regarding a new frontier on hair loss research. Recent genetic analysis of scalp tissue has shown a strong link between the protein PGD2 and hair loss. PGD2 is a prostaglandin needed for various functions of the body to run smoothly. However, when found near stem cells in [...]

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 [...]

The most common cause of hair loss is androgenic alopecia, or pattern hair loss. The right vitamins might help deter this initially. But due to its genetic sources, hair loss caused by androgenic alopecia will later have to be stopped with medication or hair transplantation. Vitamins, however, can help stop hair loss when it arises [...]

Contrary to public belief, ringworm has nothing to do with having worms, it’s a fungal infection. Think of it as a bad case of athlete’s foot. It can break out anywhere on your body, and for many people a ringworm outbreak on the scalp contributes to hair loss because the fungus can cause your hair [...]

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 [...]

At DermHair Clinic, Dr. Umar and his staff put all of their effort towards restoring hair and the confidence ravaged by the effect of baldness or other unsuccessful hair transplants. And in order to do so, Dr. Umar created invented tools to enhance the latest and most microsurgical procedure in hair restoration—Single Follicle Extraction and Transfer. The [...]

When men begin to suffer from hair loss, one product they use is Propecia. Propecia is a finasteride that is used for the treatment of male pattern hair loss, also known as androgenic alopecia. Male pattern hair loss or baldness is a common condition for men whose hair start to thin on their scalp. Oftentimes, [...]

Though an exact relationship between smoking and hair loss has yet to be determined, the detrimental effects of smoking are widely documented. Smoking disrupts circulation, depriving your hair follicles from receiving the right amounts of oxygen, nutrients and minerals needed to produce healthy hair. It is possible that smoking may destroy hair follicles and, by [...]

Having personally experienced the devastating consequences of a poor hair transplant and scarring after undergoing a surgery done on him as a resident physician, Dr. Umar set out to find a new linear scar free, knife free, and minimally invasive hair restoration solution. In order to accomplish this, he first compared the different procedures for [...]

One of the most common causes of hair loss in pre-menopausal women is a nutritional deficiency in iron. Iron is a mineral that occurs in the greatest amount in the blood. The most important function of iron in the human body is helping the production of hemoglobin (the substance that carries oxygen within red blood [...]