Author: Dr. William Rassman

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A Bad Plan For Donor Area Harvesting (Illustrated)

There are three areas shown on this patient. Area (B) was a previously FUE harvested donor area which is clearly depleted of hair and will probably cause a see-through appearance, Area (B) and Area (C) is the area the doctor wishes to extend the FUE yo get more grafts out. If the doctor goes ahead with his plan and harvest Area (B) and Area (C) he may over-harvest this entire area. The problem is that Area (c) is not permanent hair, so eventually this man may lose the hair that was taken from Area C. This is a terrible plan.

 


2019-03-09 10:37:44A Bad Plan For Donor Area Harvesting (Illustrated)

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A Chemical May Help Cure Alzheimer’s Disease

Resveratrol, found in wine, actually in the grape skin, might help in the fight against Alzheimer’s Disease The skin of the grape is a potential treatment for a variety of age related disorders, reported from the Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC. In the disease, amyloid-beta protein is deposited in the brain and is associated with this disease, but in a study of 119 people with mild to moderate disease, taking 1 gm of resveratrol twice a day for a year, researchers did not see a significant accumulation of these amyloid-beta deposits. The study is small, so few conclusions can be drawn from this, but there seems to be no harm in taking this drug in these doses, so maybe it is worth a try in those who think that it might help their brain function, particularly if they or a member of their family may have this awful disease.

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A Doctor Told Me Trichology Was a Hoax

Dear Dr Rassman,

Hi, i am a 20 year-old Asian male serving my country’s conscription policy and i am suffering from male-pattern balding. My receding hairline is most obvious at my temples. I have realised that this spurt in receding is particularlly so during my service, which i blame the constant wearing of the helmet for. Moreover, my hair is rather greasy. Is there any tips to stunt the hair loss or is there any products recommended to cause hair regrowth?

I have also heard from a medical doctor that such thing as trichology is a medical hoax. Companies masquerading as the solution of hair regrowth lack any proof of medical and scientific evidence for their claims. Is this true? Last but not least, my twin brother is also suffering from a similar fate and i strongly suspect that this is highly hereditary given my father’s current look.Looking forward to your reply. Thanks.

To practice trichology, you do not have to have any medical qualification. If you are interested in learning about hair and helping people with their hair problems, you can focus on this field and get licensed in most states in the same licensing branch as cosmetology. On surfing the net, I found The Institute of Trichologists (based on the UK, but with offices all over the world), which is just one of many such sites pushing for trichologist training.

Hair loss is genetic — wearing a helmet or having greasy hair/scalp will not cause more hair loss. If your twin is identical he will have the same hair loss pattern you have, if your hair loss is genetic.


2008-10-02 15:00:13A Doctor Told Me Trichology Was a Hoax

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A Free Hair Transplant Would Solve My Depression

Dear Dr. Rassman,
I started losing my hair after using hair gel at the age of 15 and now i am 19 years old. i lose hair from the top of my head and from the sides, is there anything that i can do to stop the hairloss. also could you tell me please if i could get a hair transplant from the NHS in england for free, because the hair loss has caused me to become very depressed and a hair transplant would solve my depression.

Hair loss is not from hair gel. If your loss started around the time you started using gel, it’s a coincidence. I doubt England’s National Health Service (NHS) would just hand out hair transplants because you wanted one. Genetic hair loss is found in roughly 50% of all men, so your case is not unusual. To halt the hair loss, you should talk with your doctor about the genetic process and a prescription for Propecia if your doctor believes it is genetic in origin.


2009-06-16 12:11:22A Free Hair Transplant Would Solve My Depression

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A former patient of mine came in to see me today (photo)

He asked me if I knew how he selected me as his surgeon some 20 years ago, so when I said no, he went on to tell me the answer. The day he came to my office, he recognized two of the most famous producers in Hollywood sitting in my lobby. He knew that I would then be his surgeon, a decision he never forgot. He had two surgeries with me totally 4025 grafts. He send on his four best friends to see me as well. The hair they got from me makes them happy today, 20 years later. I tell my patients that you don’t want to take chances with results, because when happens to you everyone will see for the rest of your life. You don’t want to (1) have it failed to have it redone, (2) to have it done poorly so that others can tell you had a hair transplant, (3) have it done without a future plan so that as the genetic hair loss progresses, you don’t have enough hair left to follow the loss as you get older. His before and surgical pictures are show here as well

 


2019-10-26 11:20:23A former patient of mine came in to see me today (photo)

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A Good Hair Transplant Made Great (with Photos)

Once you have a follicular unit transplant (FUT), if the procedure was done with care, there is no question that the results can’t be detected in any casual encounter, or even on close inspection in most circumstances. Yet with that said, there is still a difference between patient results that go beyond the characteristics of (1) hair shaft thickness, (2) hair character, and (3) hair color.

Let’s take a look at a patient who had two hair transplant procedures. The patient is Dr. Jon Perlman, the well-known Beverly Hills plastic surgeon that has been featured on ABC’s television show, Extreme Makeover. After his first session, he had good results that nicely framed his face when his hair was groomed. But on close examination, his hair was somewhat see-through. Dr. Perlman has very fine hair, so the bulk of each hair shaft was lower than average. By undergoing a second procedure, the bulk was doubled and the results shown in the pictures below say a great deal about the change he experienced. He was more-than-satisfied after the first procedure and thrilled after the second one. A good transplant became a great transplant.

Sometimes patients will tell me something like, “I don’t want it too thick and I am afraid if I put too much hair there, it will look unnaturally thick.” In all of the years of doing this surgery, I have never, ever had a patient who told me that I had made the hair too thick in a single session. We have seen many of our patients (initially satisfied, but wanting more hair) receive another transplant and become transformed back in time to their youthful look. By performing NHI’s pioneering dense packing procedure, we can increase the density of hair in a single procedure, often reducing the number of procedures needed to obtain results like the one shown here, but when the hair is super fine (like the example below) then two sessions may be needed. For many people, hair is like money — the more you have, the better it is.

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Before and After 2 procedures (2890 grafts total):

 

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Before (left) and immediately after surgery (right):

 

After 1st procedure (1529 grafts):

 

After 2nd procedure (1361 grafts):

 


2011-02-03 13:24:30A Good Hair Transplant Made Great (with Photos)

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A Hair System or SMP, what should I do?

22 y/o here with rapid mpb. i’m already too far gone for a hair transplant to look halfway decent so am looking into some alternatives. i rocked a buzzcut last year and thought it was ok but for my wildly receeded temples so smp has caught my eye but there are also some incredibly good hair systems out here. ideally, i want to not have my hair bother me anymore and have a frame to my face for my 20s! what do you reckon?

There is a huge difference between a hair system which requires annual maintenance, daily maintenance and social adjustments to get what looks like a full head of hair. With good hair systems, the look is a good as if you never lost hair, just like with a good hair transplant. With SMP, however, you have to determine if you want the look of a shaved head of hair with no actual hair. It has the advantage of minimal maintenance once it is done, but it is not hair. The good news is that if you have SMP done, you can always switch to a Hair System or a Hair Transplant. It is a personal choice.


2020-11-05 16:36:39A Hair System or SMP, what should I do?