Hair transplants can be tricky. It seems almost instinctual that anyone experiencing hair loss would run to fix the problem. Young men who have an earlier onset of male pattern baldness—which can begin as early as late teen years—will likely be Propecia regulars and Rogaine pros throughout their 20’s. But at what point do these [...]

For the past several years, the trusted donor source for hair transplant has been confined to a linear strip at the mid-rear scalp. This donor area falls within the safe donor area (SDA), also known as the “safe zone.” When follicular unit extraction (FUE) came along, things started to change. Surgeons could use this advanced [...]

Hair transplantation can be a costly procedure. It is a cosmetic surgery and the only permanent solution to pattern baldness—an embarrassing ailment afflicting millions of men and women. Thus, it makes sense that it is a highly demanded surgery. It also makes sense that there are hundreds of surgeons trained in different techniques and offering [...]

Hair transplantation has evolved to such as state of refinement and sophistication that prospective patients have high expectations. FUE hair transplant in particular has paved the way for many other niches within hair restoration and is widely recognized as the best technique available. An FUE patient may expect a minimally invasive procedure from which they [...]

When most people think of Botox, they think “wrinkles,” “old,” “aging.” Botox is most notorious for its cosmetic ability to temporarily smooth wrinkles. But what about its ability to aid in hair restoration? To help those with thinning hair? For those who aren’t yet ready for a hair transplant, the existing FDA-approved hair loss drugs [...]

Dr. Umar provided a complete FUE hair restoration for this patient. The patient came to him with a receding hairline, crown hair loss, and strip scar from a previous procedure. Using the FUE method, 2900 grafts were taken from the patient’s head and nape of his neck, and 300 from the beard. The hair restoration [...]

At DermHair Clinic, we see many people in search of a solution to failed transplant surgeries that used outdated methods such as “strip harvesting,” which left them as bald as ever – with bonus of ugly scars. For this patient, Dr. Umar used Follicular Unit Extraction to transplant 2,600 individual hairs from the patient’s nape [...]

What if you experienced complete hair loss in just one week? Alopecia totalis is a rare condition in which the sufferer experiences complete hair loss of the scalp. And it can happen quite rapidly. In some cases of alopecia totalis, even the eyelashes and eyebrows may be lost. It is one of three types of [...]

Hair transplantation is one of the most popular, successful and innovative procedures today, but not many know the history behind the revolutionary procedure that has helped countless of individuals. Hair loss due to disease, scarring and androgenetic alopecia has troubled individuals since the beginning of time. The first attempts at surgical hair restoration of hair [...]

This patient had resorted to wearing a hairpiece to hide the damage from a failed transplant procedure done at another clinic. His unnatural hairline was pluggy, his crown empty, scars from the outdated “strip harvesting” method were prominent. He also lacked adequate amounts of donor hair on his scalp to use for transplant. Dr. Umar [...]