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Should I Go to a Plastic Surgeon for a Beard Transplant?

I caught this on the news: Beard envy? Hipster trend sparks interest in facial hair transplants

I saw this article and knew that is what I wanted. My beard has never been very full and my mustache is almost non-existent. I am 28 years old and there has not been any significant thickening of my beard or mustache in the past 3 years. Should I go to a plastic surgeon for this?

BeardHere’s a snippet from that article —

“Hipster beards are no longer confined to the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y. — they have made their way into the mainstream as actors, politicians, athletes and other men are sporting their own scruff. That’s giving some follicularly challenged men enough serious beard envy to seek a facial hair transplant.”

With the exception of the handful of dedicated plastic surgeons who manage to have a sizable hair practice, most facial hair transplant procedures would be right out of their depth. Most plastic surgeons tend to avoid such reconstructions, which are best performed by a hair transplant surgeon with experience.

In our practice, we have done mustaches, beards, sideburns, eyebrows, pubic hair, chest hair, hair into scars from brain surgery, etc. In other words, we specialize in hair transplants, and all parts of the body require similar technology and skills. See some of our other hair transplants here.


2014-02-27 12:07:29Should I Go to a Plastic Surgeon for a Beard Transplant?

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Female Hair Loss and Depression

(female) I underwent a serious depression 7 months ago due to an uncomfortable house and sharing with another family. I didn’t know that iam sufering from depression really. towards the end my hands started shaking, and i felt a certain outward force is dragging me. i went and took some treatment in i. I am taking anatax, nexito and valence tablets. but i have tremendous hair fall. can i be cured. iam worried about it.

Hair loss in women is a complex problem. Your stress may be as much of a factor as medications that you may be taking. Please see an expert in-person in the hair field for analysis of this problem.


2008-01-21 13:39:19Female Hair Loss and Depression

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Should I try finasteride? (photo)

Finasteride is a great drug which might help but you; however, you must understand the risks before going forward. The sexual side effects are about 4% risk and the post-finasteride syndrome could be as high as 1%.


2021-02-17 09:55:32Should I try finasteride? (photo)

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Female Hormones and Hair Loss

I was prescribed topical estradiol shampoo .05% for hair loss (Bout with TE spring 2004, Hair wasn’t growing back in very well in some areas). Within 3mos. of using this hair is now falling out. Do you have any information on this. My Dr. says that it does not cause hair loss suppose to maintain growing phase longer. Came across a study that says that it can induce hair into telogen. Who’s right? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Yes, hormones can cause hair loss. Female hair loss is a strange ‘beast’ because our understanding of it is very poor. The best indication of the hair loss impact of your estradiol is the observation that it caused hair loss in your situation. I would suggest stopping it and seeing if it returns. You might have to wait 6 months for reversal.

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Show me transplanted Class 7 patients (photos)

Let me address your probe my way. Here is a Class 7 patient who had 11,000 grafts (about 26,000 hairs) in an area that would normally, in a normal person contain 37,000 natural hair follicular units or (possibly 78,000 hairs). It should be clear from the observers, that this man looks like he has a full head of hair, but 75% of his head is transplanted as he and even his father, had a Class 7 pattern of balding: as well as here: https://baldingblog.com/difference-between-norwood-class-7-patients-with-photos/ (the first patient is the father of the previous patient shown here and the second patient had a very fine hair and if you don’t know, fine hair is poor for covering a full Class 7 pattern).


2020-09-01 09:57:47Show me transplanted Class 7 patients (photos)

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Female with Hair Recession

I saw your post on January 20 with the brow lift repair. It was amazing. I am a 34 female and my problem is that my corners have disappeared like a man’s corners. Is that common and can it be fixed like the example you showed?

You are referring to the post I made titled Female Hairline Restoration After Brow Lift (with Photos).

Corner hair loss is actually very common in women, but it is often not complete. The corners will thin while the rest of the hair (in the non-genetic balding female) will stay strong, making the thinning more noticable. Yes, the female hair line can be created just like the patient in that blog posting from January 20. However, I must caution you — you must be very careful in chosing your doctor, for the art of female hairline rebuilding is difficult unless the doctor is exceptionally trained in building such hairlines.

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Since There Has Been No Leaked Information, Are Regeneration Attempts Failing?

Since Acell has failed and seemed a year ago to be “A Cure for Baldness in Five Years” its seems to me that the only 2 research institutes that are really getting substancial funding are Aderans Research and Replicel. Aderans uses a small piece of tissue that is removed from the neckline…”Cells are cultivated in controlled conditions where they are encouraged to multiply by the addition of proprietary growth media. When enough new cells are formed, they are returned to the scalp, where they are injected and elicit new hair growth and thickness, ultimately producing more hair than the client had before.” Replicel has a way to isolate dermal sheath cup cells and cultivate them. They are hopeful that injecting them into the scalp will cause regrowth on the scalp.

Since both Aderans Research and Replicel are in phase 2 of their clinical trials one would think that unless the subjects of the trial were locked in a room for 6 months someone would obviously have come out and said that these injections are working. If so…investors and inside traders wouldn’t flinch to buy Replicel stock (Aderans Research is a private company.) But Replicels stock…regardless of its clinical studies that have been going on for all this time…has a low volume of trade and is at 2.35 a share. With all of this put together…it seems blatantly obvious that besides the procedure being safe…both Replicel and Aderans Research Institute’s attempts at regenerating hair follicles is failing. What is your take on this?

I guess that is one way to look at it. I am unaware of any leaked information, and I’m not even familiar with the ins and outs of these particular trials. I’d have to assume there are non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements which prevent participants from discussing their results (if any). If they are successful, the results will be announced when they’re ready. Rushing things isn’t going to help.

As for looking to insider trading as a sure-fire way to know if a product is coming to market… good luck with that.

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Finasteride .1mg minoxidil 5% and microneedling for 9 months (photo)

I am surprised to see your Finasteride does being so low as the studies of effectiveness puts it down to less than 25% effective at the 0.1mg dose. The minoxidil dose is 5% and microneedling all occurring at the same time. The time frame between photos is 9 months and I suspect that the microneedling plus the minoxidil working together gave him the benefit he can see.

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I have small bumps on my recipient area from a hair transplant 5 years ago (photo)

These bumps you are talking about appear like bits of elevated graft skin from the original transplant. These bumps occur when the surgeon leaves too much skin on the edge of the graft or does not flatten the graft to the skin surface at the time of the surgery.


2017-09-13 05:44:48I have small bumps on my recipient area from a hair transplant 5 years ago (photo)

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Finasteride and Alcohol

Has your relationship with alcohol changed since being on fin? Personally I used to drink a lot and now I kind of dislike drinking and only drink once in a while. Not sure if this is a rare reaction or even caused by fin.

Drinking with finasteride is not a problem


2020-07-27 15:20:46Finasteride and Alcohol