Dr. Umar harvested a total of 2300 FUE grafts. 1800 grafts were derived from the head and nape to fill the temple points and construct a new hairline. Only 500 grafts were needed to add the right amount of density to the crown. Eleven months after the procedure, the patient is completely satisfied. He now has a youthful, natural-looking hairline and a denser crown area.

Dr. Umar’s FUE hair restoration not only restored the patient’s hair, but also his faith in the ability of hair transplant. He says of his experience with DermHair Clinic, “If you’re going to go anywhere to get a hair transplant, this is where you want to go.”

Check out the video of his FUE hair restoration.

Dr. Umar constructed a new hairline and filled the patients crown with a total of 2300 grafts. The hairline and temple points were built of 1800 FUE grafts harvested from the head and nape. It only took 500 FUE grafts from the rear scalp to add density to the crown. The results are an advanced hairline and a denser crown, just as the patient wanted. Eleven months post-operation, the patient is smiling and satisfied.

Along with the restoration of hair, the patient’s hope in the capacity of FUE hair transplant was also restored. “This place is going to make you a believer again,” he says, followed by the advice that Dr. Umar’s advanced FUE is the best in hair transplant.

For some reason, it is a lesser-known topic, but no less devastating or demoralizing when a woman discovers that the part in her hair has mysteriously grown to a half-inch gap. A permanent gap. Similar to men, the lost hair has fallen victim to the miniaturizing effects of the hormone DHT. And while female pattern baldness is moderately genetic, it seems more a cause of aging and hormonal changes than in men.

Dr. Umar disguises the donor area immediately post-FUE hair transplant on female patient

Other Female Hair Loss Causes and Cures

Another major cause of hair loss in women, which may also be a worsening factor for FPB, is malnutrition. Women tend to put others before themselves and skimp on meals to maximize what little time they have. This needs to stop. Nutrition is a key factor in all types of bodily functions, and healthy hair growth is certainly one of them. Simply put, the follicles need to be fed in order to live. Manifestations of malnourishment can include:

• Crash dieting
• Pregnancy
• Thyroid dysfunction
• Anemia
• Poor circulation

Aside from the preventative solutions to these additional factors (eating healthy, taking a multivitamin), cures for female hair loss aren’t as abundant as they are for men. Since Propecia is contraindicated in women due to child-bearing, ladies basically have Rogaine and hair transplant to choose between. Rogaine is easy to access—it’s available for purchase at any drug store—and relatively inexpensive, but must be used indefinitely to be effective. There may also be side effect with use.

Hair transplant is a safe, permanent, and minimally invasive solution to female pattern baldness. Typically, with the right surgeon, results look incredibly natural. Dr. Umar has performed FUE hair transplant, and even body hair transplant, on female patients with great success.

Braids, cornrows, and weaves may cause peripheral hair loss.

Traction alopecia is the slow but steady loss of hair resulting from scalp trauma, inflicted by constant forceful pulling on the hair. Typically caused by specific hairstyles, traction alopecia is most common among African American women. It begins at the periphery of the scalp, including the anterior and posterior hairlines and behind the ears, and gradually recedes back until hair loss is noticeable.

Hairstyles That Cause Traction Alopecia

With constant or frequent wear, the hairstyles that most commonly result in this hair loss condition are:

• Braids
• Cornrows
• Weaves
• Extensions
• Ponytails

The abrasive hair pulling caused by these hairstyles exacts trauma to the scalp, leading to a diffuse scarring that results in permanent hair loss. Many women who notice traction alopecia starting feel trapped in a cycle, needing to continue with the braids, weaves, and extensions to conceal the hair loss that has begun. Ironically, this is the worst response, as it only worsens the condition. If traction alopecia is caught early, hair may have a chance to grow back.

FUE Hair Transplant Reversing Traction Alopecia

If you frequently wear abrasive hairstyles, the best way to reverse traction alopecia is to keep an eye on your hair health. If the hair seems to be thinning along the edges, immediately discontinue braiding, weaving, etc.

For people who decide to seek a solution too late, the only treatment is surgical hair restoration. Follicular unit extraction (FUE) hair transplant is the leading method of hair transplantation in the hands of an experienced surgeon. Unlike other popular methods, FUE hair transplant harvests donor hair one follicular unit at a time, which minimizes scarring and maximizes hairline design. This is ideal for African American patients—the most common sufferers of traction alopecia—because of their tendency to have adverse scarring outcomes (namely keloiding) in response to wound healing.

Advanced FUE hair transplant, performed by a knowledgeable and skilled surgeon, additionally means there will be no linear scar a result. Linear scarring occurs with the popular strip harvesting method, wherein donor hair is harvested by excising a strip of flesh from the mid-rear scalp. This has become a commonly recognized pitfall of strip surgery. FUE avoids this pitfall while also proffering:

• Quick healing and recovery
• Natural-looking results
• Even coverage/density
• Discreet donor harvest (especially for female patients)

Structure of prostaglandin PGD2

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 the hair follicle, this protein seems to be hindering normal hair growth. The irony is that similar prostaglandins (PGE2 and PGF2) are needed for hair to grow and thrive. “It’s long been known that prostaglandins are involved with hair growth, while this study shows that the opposite may also be true,” Dr. Umar commented. Hair growth drugs such as Latisse and Rogaine operate through the promotion of prostaglandin activity.

Researchers are on the move to develop a topical drug that will specifically inhibit PGD2, which is found in higher volumes in traditional male pattern baldness areas of the scalp. Such medications are already being developed in pill form for the treatment of asthma, as it is believed that the restraint of PGD2 will prevent airway constriction.

However, Dr. Umar urges readers not to get too excited, as he points out that there might be several different prostaglandins involved in both hair loss and growth. Pinpointing PGD2 may only be the beginning. Other efforts employing anti-inflammatory drugs have stopped this protein, but have not consistently grown hair. Dr. Umar concludes that the likely solution will involve PGD2 inhibition “in combination with agents that work via different mechanisms . . . as a more effective approach to hair loss treatment.”

Dr. Umar removed 1500 head and nape grafts using his advanced uGraft method of FUE hair transplant. The results of this second procedure, now at only 7 months with more growth to come, are exactly what the patient was looking for: an advanced hairline and the linear scar concealed. With regard to the recovery time of the two surgeries compared, the patient remarked that strip harvesting was “long,” with the linear wound resulting in an unwanted scar. FUE, he commented, was “two weeks of redness [and] a couple ingrown hairs.”

The patient said of his outcome, “I couldn’t be happier, honestly.” Watch the video of his results, before and after the FUE procedure.

After extracting 1500 grafts from the patient’s head and nape, Dr. Umar’s advanced FUE hair transplant using uGraft proved successful yet again. The outcome of this second procedure is far superior to the first, and has provided the patient with exactly what he wanted: a youthful hairline and no linear scar in sight.

The FUE hair transplant also prevailed over the strip harvesting technique in regard to healing time. The patient told Dr. Umar that his advanced uGraft procedure simply gave him “two weeks of redness [and] a couple ingrown hairs,” while the strip procedure proffered a “long” healing time, and a scar to boot.

In regard to his results at only 7 months, the patient said, “I couldn’t be happier, honestly.”