For those that didn’t see our announcement last week, check it out here — Breakthrough FUE Announcement by the New Hair Institute.
Below is a one minute video of our new technique for doing follicular unit extraction (FUE) that allows you to keep the donor hair long. We are averaging about 300 grafts per hour. […]
Author: William Rassman, MD
Is it possible to smooth out just a small area where old hairline used to be that was damaged from surgically removing old plugs? I am a 45 year old male who had a hair transplant in 1984. I had one session (47 plugs, about 8-10 hairs each plug) around the frontal-hairline part. I did […]
A previous post from a few months back talked about a way to prevent hair loss when a patient is going through chemotherapy by using Cold Cap Therapy. Chemo is used for treating many types of cancer, and many of these treatments cause hair loss.
I am happy to report that the patient discussed in […]
The top of my hair looks like it’s thinning when it’s wet or when you apply gel (can see the scalp). Currently I’m 24, and when I looked back to pictures from 8 years ago, it seems that I had the same thing. I went to a dermatologist who mentioned mild miniaturization and pushed propecia.
My […]
Hello. I want o try using Regaine (called Rogaine in the USA) for hair thinning around the front and temples. I have read it’s not intended for men over 50 and I am 54. I am otherwise fit and healthy but could it harm me?
Rogaine / Regaine / minoxidil does not work well (and is […]
I travel abroad a good deal, often for long periods and for indeterminate periods, I therefore regularly miss my propecia intake for a couple of weeks up to a month every, for example 6 months. Am I increasing my chances of side effects or the drug becoming ineffective by doing so?
I do not believe you […]
I appreciate all the good work surgeons are doing in the field of hair restoration, but I would consider a hair transplant only after pharmacological means have left me unsatisfied. Then I seem have no other solution than to try dutasteride and see if that would eliminate the need for a transplant, if finasteride doesn’t […]
Do you know if Laser Hair Surgery requires you to go under anesthetic? I have a real phobia of anesthesia, so would prefer not to get knocked out during surgery!
Laser hair transplantation was used in the 1990s, which had a laser cut into the skin, then the grafts were placed into these laser-created wounds. The […]