If you have noticed more hair on your pillow, in the shower drain, or on your hairbrush lately, you are not imagining things, and you are certainly not alone. Alopecia in females is far more common than most people realise, and the causes behind it are rarely just one...
Minoxidil isn’t strictly required for transplanted hair to grow, since those grafts resist the hormone that drives balding. What it does is protect the native hair around them, which is still vulnerable and can keep thinning without it. Started at the right...
Wearing a cap does not cause baldness. Hair follicles draw their oxygen and nutrients from the blood supply beneath the scalp, not from the air, so a cap can’t starve or suffocate them. The only real risk comes from headwear worn very tightly over long periods,...
Yes, a hair transplant can look unnatural if performed by an inexperienced surgeon. Unnatural results often stem from bad planning, such as a straight or overly low hairline, the wrong planting angle,or using too many multi-hair grafts in the front .A hair transplant...
Both dermatologists and cosmetic surgeons perform hair transplants, so the real question isn’t the job title on the door. It’s whether the doctor can first work out why your hair is falling, then carry out the surgery cleanly. A dermatologist’s edge...
