Propecia
Propecia (Finasteride) is the first and only FDA approved oral medication that effectively treats male pattern baldness. Propecia works my blocking the enzyme 5-alpha reductase type ll which converts testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT). For those genetically predisposed to male pattern hair loss, the hormone DHT miniaturizes susceptible hair follicles causing the hair to progressively become shorter and thinner until it only produces, essentially invisible vellus hair. Early intervention with Propecia has been shown to be extremely effective in slowing or stopping the miniaturization process that leads to male pattern baldness.
I have undergone 3 hair transplant procedures and thought that they were successful. However, recently I have noticed further hair loss and am concerned that the hair transplants may not really be working for me, especially since reading that very, very few women are good candidates. It is difficult to tell...
Lauren, Thank you for taking the time to write. Let me try to answer your question as best I can without seeing you and examining your scalp. Hair loss, by its very nature, is relentlessly progressive. This is why a hair restoration surgeon takes into account future hair loss when pl...
I’ve been researching hair transplantation online and I’ve become very confused. It seems that a lot of doctors have developed their own techniques and...
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’m 28 years old and my hair loss seems to be isolated to the top top of my head. My hairline is still very thick an...
I have been considering having an FUE hair transplant for almost five years and think that I am about ready to go through with it....
I’ve seen some promising results from the follicular unit hair transplant I received in late February 2009. However, I’m concerned that the Propecia I am t...
I really would like to have a hair transplant, but I’d prefer not to have long scar on the back of my head. My co...
Find A Surgeon
The International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons is a consumer organization that selectively screens skilled and ethical hair transplant surgeons. The IAHRS does not offer an open membership policy to doctors practicing hair transplatation, and is the only group that recognizes that all surgeons are not equal in their skill and technique. Its elite membership seeks to represent the best in the discipline, the true leaders in the field of surgical hair restoration.