Month: March 2014

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Hair Loss InformationTransplanting Patients with Low Donor Density – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Can clients with a low donor density get a hair transplants above 70% of their donor density? I for example got my first transplant and my donor density was only at 60 grafts per cm. Therefore the doctor transplanted 30 grafts per cm. For my second procedure, instead of focusing on the crown I want to increase the areas of where hair transplants has been already transplanted. So I want 45 grafts per square centimeter. Would I able able to add 15 cm per grafts in the same area or would that cause a failure ?

My crown is already bald, but I don’t care about that getting that area fixed. I just want more density.

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You can add more density if the donor supply is there. People with low donor density can not cover large balding areas, as they just don’t have enough hair. I always warn patients not to be overambitious when it comes to filling in a bald area.

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Hair Loss InformationSMP Expectations – Touch-Ups and Fading – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

We received some Scalp MicroPigmentation (SMP) questions:

1) The results pictures on the website all seem to show everyone with shaved heads. Should I expect the ability to cut my hair that short after the procedure and not have the scar visible? or are those atypical, “best case” scenarios? I know there will always be some irregularity but the pictures show it being very difficult to discern. This isn’t a make it/break it question. I’d be happy to cut my hair down to 1/8″ without the scar visible. I just want to make sure my expectations are in line with reality.

2) Must I shave my head for the procedure itself?

3) If I do have my head shaved and I expose the SMP’d scar to the sun, will it fade?

4) Is the SMP permanent? Permanent as in, I do this once (the 3 sessions) and it lasts for 50+ years? Or is there an expected life span for the SMP?

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1. The photos on the SMP website show most people shaved, because that is what makes the scar blend in with the stubble of hair and the flat pigment of SMP underneath your skin.

Keep in mind, if you get SMP for a scar, it is not hair and that there will be a “step” in the hair where there is a scar. SMP will only make the scalp darker so you wont notice the white line. If you keep your hair 1/8 inch long you may see the step of where the hair starts and ends. Most patients shave or buzz their hair around the scar with an electric shaver set at zero guard or they keep their hair long enough to cover the invisible scar. Everyone is different in their degree of how they hide the scar, but you must remember that you will always still have a scar. SMP only helps hide it to most casual observers. No matter how good we get your SMP, you will always notice the scar in certain lighting and certain angles… and you will notice it more because you know how to look for it.

2. You don’t have to shave, but if you are ever going to shave later it will help us blend it in better. We work with longer hair all the time (this is not an issue). It is when we finish the job with long hair and later you decide to shave it, you will notice some areas that don’t look perfectly blended in. So if you are ever going to shave it, we recommend you have SMP done with the area shaved, because that is how we get it almost perfect. If you are never going to shave, then it is not an issue.

3. SMP will fade with or without sun. UV light makes it fade a bit more, but it won’t erase. If you ever need a touch-up in the future because you think it has faded too much, the fee is $300.

4. SMP is permanent just like a tattoo is permanent, though you may want a touch-up in the years to come. In our experience over the last 4+ years, most people do not return for touch-ups. When we follow up with our SMP clients, we find that most say it has not faded to a degree to warrant a touch-up.

We’ve answered many more SMP questions on our FAQ.

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Not Hair Loss News – UK Researchers Working on Test to Predict Deadliest Prostate Cancer Risk – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Snippet from the article:

DNA testing can predict which men face the highest risk of deadly prostate cancer, scientists say. The team at the Institute of Cancer Research, in London, say men could soon be offered genetic screening in a similar way to breast cancer in women. They have shown 14 separate mutations can greatly increase the odds of aggressive prostate cancers, which could form the basis of a test. Prostate Cancer UK said such testing could “revolutionise” care for men.

Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer in men in many countries, including the UK – where more than 40,000 people are diagnosed each year. But not every patient has, or needs, invasive therapy that results in severe side-effects. Identifying which men will need treatment – those who are likely to develop the most aggressive and deadly form of the cancer – is a huge challenge.

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Read the rest — DNA prostate test ‘will predict deadliest cancer risk’

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Permanent Redness in the Recipient Area After a Hair Transplant? – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Have you ever encountered a situation where an FUT patient developed persistent redness in the recipient area after surgery that never went away? Have you ever encountered a situation where a patient developed Rosacea and/or Telangiectasia as a result of surgery which caused permanent discoloration of the scalp?

If this happens, what is generally the cause? And what is generally the ultimate outcome for these patients?

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No, I’m not familiar with this occurring. I have never encountered a situation where a patient developed permanent discoloration of the scalp, such as rosacea (facial redness) and/or telangiectasia (spider veins) as a result of surgery.

When redness occurs it usually reflects sensitive skin, but it always goes away. Redness rarely lasts longer than a few weeks in the worst of cases. The one exception that I can recall was a patient that had redness to some degree last around 6 weeks, but that was unusual.

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Do East Asian Women Have a Greater Chance of Developing Hair Loss? – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Is female genetic hair loss/hair thinning more likely to start in early 20s if you’re of Asian (Korean) heritage? I’ve read that East Asian females have a greater chance of developing diffuse thinning than Caucasians.

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No. I’m not aware of any good scientific studies that investigated women with hair loss by ethnic groups. We generally believe that hair loss does not discriminate race, sex, or ethnicity. In other words, it is mostly the same for all populations. You’re not at any greater risk than a Caucasian woman is if the genes are present.

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Hair Loss InformationNot Hair Loss News – More Than 120 Papers Published in Scientific Journals Were Gibberish – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Snippet from the article:

The publishers Springer and IEEE are removing more than 120 papers from their subscription services after a French researcher discovered that the works were computer-generated nonsense.

Over the past two years, computer scientist Cyril Labbé of Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France, has catalogued computer-generated papers that made it into more than 30 published conference proceedings between 2008 and 2013. Sixteen appeared in publications by Springer, which is headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, and more than 100 were published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), based in New York. Both publishers, which were privately informed by Labbé, say that they are now removing the papers.

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Read the rest — Publishers withdraw more than 120 gibberish papers

Great, now spam has infiltrated the science journals.