Results and Recovery

Physician Answered Q & As

I had a transplant about one year ago to hide a scar from a brow lift. Unfortunately, the scar is still very visible, but what I’m most worried about is the dramatic thinning of my hair along the donor scar line and below it. In fact, right now, I ha...

As for your donor area, it does sound like you have local infection and inflammation at the site. This could have started, as your doctor said, with an ingrown hair and may have spread to the surrounding area. It could also be what doctors call an “inclusion body” like a stit...

Top Q & As

I’d like to start taking Propecia, but I heard that it can cause prostate cancer. Is this true and if so what else can I...

Can you provide a list of possible complications associated with undergoing a hair transplant? For instance the likelihood of getting an infection or any other...

Hair loss in women is a silent epidemic that effects the lives of far more women than is generally recognized by society or medicine. Approximately 40...

I had a hair transplant done October 08. I had stress hair loss on the upper back portion of my head from consistently wearing bobby pins...

I’m a 23 year old male who seems to be thinning towards a norwood 5ish pattern. I have taken propecia in both 1mg and .5 mg, bu...

Is it possible to have a hair transplant and wear a hard hat after a one week vacation? I’m a builder and need to we...

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