Preventing Hair Loss through Ayurveda

Posted on August 24, 2014 Updated on August 24, 2014

For thousands of years, men and women of all countries and races have shared the tragedy of pre-mature hair loss.

According to Ayurveda, the hair is derived either as a by-product or produced as a breakdown product of Asthi (bone tissue). Any disturbance in this tissue metabolism, which very much depends on the digestive fire, can affect the health of the hair. To a certain extent, the quality of hair depends on the body constitution.

The reason for hair loss is a subject that no two doctors, seem to agree on and everyone seems to have their own opinion on the subject. The major causes of hairfall are hormonal, nutritional deficiencies and complication to other diseases and medications. Hormone related hair fall may also result from an increased sensitivity of hair follicles to male hormones or due to greater number of male hormone receptors attached to hair follicles. This is the component that is inherited through the genes — termed as Pitta constitution.

According to Ayurveda, excess of Pitta dosha in the body is increased by hot climatic conditions, excessive intake of spicy, salty and sour food, hot and sharp food, tea, coffee, alcohol, meats and excessive smoking. Eating too much fried, oily, greasy, and acidic foods also aggravates Pitta. Pitta balancing herbs (Eg: Shatavari —Asparagus) and vegetables which improves the quality of Asthi dhathu (Eg: bitter vegetables) are effective in treating hair fall.

There are a number of other causes for hair fall like acute illness, high stress, and thyroid imbalance, certain drugs, sudden weight loss and high fever.

The first step is to locate the root cause in your diet or lifestyle that may be increasing the Pitta dosha. Once you locate it, try to give up or at least reduce the diet, habit, or activity responsible for increasing Pitta. Internal use of Ayurvedic medicines like Thikthakam kashayam, Thikthakam ghritham as per medical advice are effective to correct the metabolism. Ayurvedic general tonics like Narasimha rasayanam, Chyavana prasam are effective for improving hair growth. In alopecia, due to systemic diseases, treatment of the same is also required.

General recommendations and tips to maintain the results are some of the following:
– A high protein and an iron rich diet is recommended for hair loss. An adequate intake of raw vegetables, fresh fruits, salads, green leafy vegetables should be included in the diet on a regular basis. – Use a natural shampoo to clean the hair. Amla (embilica officinalis), Shikakai (Acacia concinna) are very good for washing the hair. – Oiling and massaging of scalp is very beneficial for stopping the hair loss. Use coconut oil at least three times in a week. Certain medicated oils like Neelibhringadi oil, Kunthala kanthi oil, Kanjunnyadi oil are very useful. Put oil on the scalp, and massage gently in the roots of the hair.
– The person should maintain a regular bowel movement everyday. In case of constipation, a mild natural laxative can be taken. Triphala is very useful. – Regular physical exercise is very beneficial as it helps in balancing the aggravated doshas. – Rub your scalp after washing the hair. It increases the blood circulation, and activates the sebaceous glands. – A mixture of lettuce and spinach juice is good to drink to induce hair growth. The juice of carrot, and lettuce juice is also good to take. – Applying juice of green coriander leaves on the head is also good. – Washing the hair with a paste of cooked green gram and fenugreek (methi) two to three times a week, is also good. – A paste of licorice made by grinding it in milk can be applied in the bald patches. – The seeds of fenugreek is soaked in coconut oil and kept under direct sunrays for seven days and applied to the scalp, which prevents hair loss. – Traditional therapies like Dhara, Abhyangam, Thala pothichil, Nasya shows excellent effects.

(Inputs by Dr V L Shyam MD, MPhil)

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Baldness Breakthroughs :

Posted on November 18, 2013 Updated on November 18, 2013

Baldness breakthrough as scientists grow cells that sprout human hair for the first time

• Scientists have found a way of cloning the cells that contain the ‘instruction manual’ for growing new hair
  
• The lab-grown cells sprout hair when put back into human skin
• Treatment could be cheaper than hair transplants currently are
  

By Fiona Macrae Science Correspondent

PUBLISHED: 16:37 GMT, 21 October 2013 | UPDATED: 00:54 GMT, 22 October 2013

Baldness could soon be nothing more than a bad memory, thanks to a breakthrough by British scientists.

In research that could ‘transform’ the treatment of hair loss, they have found a way of cloning the tiny cells that contain the ‘instruction book’ for growing new hair.

In a world first, they have shown that when these lab-grown cells are put back into human skin, they sprout hair.

Although the work is at an early stage, the scientists from Durham University in the UK and Columbia University in the US, say it represents a real breakthrough in treating the hair loss that blights millions of men and women.

Options at the moment are limited to drugs and hair transplants.  But drugs can have side-effects and hair transplants simply work with what is there, by redistributing existing hair.

In contrast, the new technique should actually boost the number of hairs on the head.

Columbia University researcher Dr Angela Christiano, who suffers from alopecia, in which clumps of hair fall out, said the work ‘has the potential to transform the medical treatment of hair loss’.

The team began by taking strips of human hair and extracting tiny cells called dermal papillae.

Found in clumps at the base of a hair, these cells contain the ‘instruction book’ for the growth of new hair.

The scientists then cloned the cells in a dish, until they had multiple copies of each one.

Other scientists have done this before but then failed to get the lab-grown cells to sprout hair when put back into skin.

The UK-US team got over this hurdle by turning the dish of cells upside down, to encourage them to form into the clumps found in nature.

The clumps were then transplanted into human skin that had been grafted on the backs of mice.

Once there, they sent out the instructions needed for new hairs to grow.

Cells from all seven human donors sprouted fledgling hairs and, in two or three cases, the tufts broke through the skin, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports.

The new hairs were white but Durham researcher Colin Jahoda  says it should possible to produce coloured hair in future.

Starting with a sample of a person’s own cells should also mean that any new hair is a good match in terms of texture and curliness.

Professor Jahoda said: ‘There are a lot of technical hurdles to cross before using it as a cosmetic treatment but this is a very important step forward.’

It is hoped that the first human trials will start soon and that men and women will both eventually benefit from the new treatment.

It is too early to say exactly how much it will cost but it could be cheaper than hair transplants which can cost up to £30,000 per patient, although the average price is £6,000 to £10,000.

Burns victims could also benefit, as replacement skin that is studded with hairs should be more functional than a completely smooth covering.

Although baldness is usually thought of as a male problem, some eight million British women are losing their hair.

Greg Williams, a hair transplant surgeon at the Farjo Hair Institute in London’ s Harley Street, said hair loss and thinning can be particularly devastating for women.

‘I can’t put enough emphasis on the fact that a woman’s hair is central to her psychological wellbeing, the confidence she has in her appearance and her sense of identity.’

Dr Williams said that hair transplants are often less suitable for women and the new technique ‘if it come to fruition, could be very, very beneficial for a lot of people’.

Prof Sheila MacNeil, of the University of Sheffield, said: ‘This is ground-breaking work.’

But Dr David Fenton of the British Association of Dermatologists warned that any treatment is still years away.

He said: ‘It is something for researchers to be excited about but not something that consumers should hold their breath for.’

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A CURE for baldness is a step closer after scientists developed a pioneering technique which grows new hair.

Using a patient’s own cells to regenerate follicles, it offers hope to 7.4 million Britons who, like football star Wayne Rooney, face expensive treatments and transplants to restore their hair.Researchers say it could also help women too as well as burns victims.Experts at the University of Durham and Columbia University Medical Center in New York say clinical trials could begin “in the near future”.

The team showed it was possible to regenerate follicles that could sprout new hair.

They grow from clusters of cells called dermal papillae which trigger new growth. The gradual death of these cells causes baldness.

The scientists harvested the cells from seven human donors, cloned them in a laboratory, and transplanted them into human skin grafted onto mice.

In five cases, the transplants resulted in new hair growth that lasted at least six weeks.

DNA analysis confirmed the new follicles were a genetic match to the donors.

It would be good news for younger men such as England footballer Rooney who underwent a nine-hour hair transplant this summer at London’s Harley Street Hair Clinic.

The surgery was a top-up treatment following 27-year-old Rooney’s initial transplant in 2011

Professor Angela Christiano, from Columbia University Medical Center, said: “Current hair-loss medications tend to slow the loss of hair follicles or potentially stimulate the growth of existing hairs, but they do not create new hair follicles.“Neither do conventional hair transplants, which relocate a set number of hairs from the back of the scalp to the front.“Our method has the potential to grow new follicles using a patient’s own cells.

“This could greatly expand hair restoration surgery to women and to younger patients.

“Now it is largely restricted to the treatment of male-pattern baldness in patients with stable disease.”

The research develops earlier work by Professor Colin Jahoda at the University of Durham, who co-led the new study which is published in the journal ­Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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For the first time, scientists have shown that it is possible to renew follicles capable of sprouting human hair.The follicles grow naturally from clumps of cells called dermal papillae that play a pivotal role in hair growth.Scientists harvested dermal papillae from seven human donors, cloned them in the laboratory, and transplanted them into human skin grafted onto the backs of mice.

In five of the tests, the transplants resulted in new hair growth that lasted at least six weeks. DNA analysis confirmed that the new hair follicles were human and a genetic match to the donors.

Although the research is at an early state, the British and American team is confident clinical trials could begin “in the near future”.

Professor Angela Christiano, from Columbia University Medical Centre in New York, said: “Current hair-loss medications tend to slow the loss of hair follicles or potentially stimulate the growth of existing hairs, but they do not create new hair follicles. Neither do conventional hair transplants, which relocate a set number of hairs from the back of the scalp to the front.

“Our method, in contrast, has the potential to actually grow new follicles using a patient’s own cells. This could greatly expand the utility of hair restoration surgery to women and to younger patients – now it is largely restricted to the treatment of male-pattern baldness in patients with stable disease.”

Dermal papillae are small cells found at the base of hair follicles. The research develops earlier work led by Professor Colin Jahoda at the University of Durham showing that in rodents dermal papillae could easily be harvested and transplanted back into the skin.

In rodents, the transplanted cells tended to clump together spontaneously and reprogramme the recipient’s skin to grow new hair follicles.

The new research followed the lessons learned in rodents by encouraging human cells to clump together in the same way.

“Dermal papilla cells give rise to hair follicles, and the notion of cloning hair follicles using inductive dermal papilla cells has been around for 40 years or so,” said Prof Jahoda, who co-led the research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

“However, once the dermal papilla cells are put into conventional, two-dimensional tissue culture, they revert to basic skin cells and lose their ability to produce hair follicles. So we were faced with a Catch-22: how to expand a sufficiently large number of cells for hair regeneration while retaining their inductive properties.”

The technique may offer new hope to women as well as men who suffer from baldness, say the scientists. It also raises the prospect of new treatments for burns victims.

“About 90% of women with hair loss are not strong candidates for hair transplantation surgery because of insufficient donor hair,” said Prof Christiano. “This method offers the possibility of inducing large numbers of hair follicles or rejuvenating existing hair follicles, starting with cells grown from just a few hundred donor hairs. It could make hair transplantation available to individuals with a limited number of follicles, including those with female-pattern hair loss, scarring alopecia, and hair loss due to burns.”

Prof Jahoda said more work was needed to explore the properties of hair generated by newly grown follicles, and the interaction between transplanted dermal papillae and host cells.

He added: “Ultimately we think that this study is an important step toward the goal of creating a replacement skin that contains hair follicles for use with, for example, burn patients.”

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A breakthrough technique that can generate human hair growth shows promise for treating baldness in men and women, a new study suggests.

“If it works in humans, it actually opens up the possibility of hair restoration for many more patients than are currently available,” study co-leader Angela Christiano, a dermatology professor at Columbia University Medical Center, told NBC News.

In the study, Christiano and colleagues took dermal papillae — cells inside the base of human hair follicles — from seven donors and cloned the cells in tissue culture. After a few days, the cells were transplanted onto human skin that had been grafted onto the backs of mice.

The transplants resulted in new hair growth lasting at least six weeks in five of the seven tests, according to the findings. DNA analysis confirmed that the new hair follicles genetically matched the human donors.

The research is in its early stages, so it may be years before this science makes its way to the marketplace to help men and women with notable hair loss by age 60.

The study was published Monday in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Scientists say they have moved a step closer to banishing bald spots and reversing receding hairlines after human hair was grown in the laboratory.

A joint UK and US team was able to create new hairs from tissue samples.

Far more research is needed, but the group said its technique had the “potential to transform” the treatment of hair loss.

The study results were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

There are baldness therapies including drugs to slow the loss of hairs, and transplants, which move hair from the back of the head to cover bald spots.

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“Yeah I think it [baldness] will eventually be treatable, absolutely.”

Prof Colin Jahoda, Durham University

The scientists at the University of Durham, in the UK, and Columbia University Medical Centre, in the US, were trying to actually grow new hairs.

Their plan was to start with material taken from the base of a hair and use it to grow many new hairs.

Tricky feat

But human hair has been tricky to grow despite successes in animal studies.

Whenever human tissue was taken from the dermal papillae, the cells which form the base of each hair follicle, the cells would transform into skin instead of growing new hairs.

However, the group found that by clumping the cells together in “3D spheroids” they would keep their hairy identity.

Tissue was taken from seven people and grown in 3D spheroids. These were then transplanted into human skin which had been grafted on to the backs of mice.

Cells were taken from the base of a follicle and used to grow new hairs

After six weeks, new hair follicles formed in five out of the seven cases and some new tiny hairs began to form.

Prof Colin Jahoda, from Durham University, told the BBC a cure for baldness was possible but it was too soon for men to be hanging up the toupee.

“It’s closer, but it’s still some way away because in terms of what people want cosmetically they’re looking for re-growth of hair that’s the same shape, the same size, as long as before, the same angle. Some of these are almost engineering solutions.

“Yeah I think it [baldness] will eventually be treatable, absolutely.”

He added: “It’s hard to say exactly how long that would take, but the fact that we’ve done it now should reawaken interest.”

Any future therapy would involve transplanting cells which have been grown in the laboratory so safety is a concern.

There would be a risk of infection and the cells could become abnormal, or even cancerous, while being grown.

Baldness cures may not be the first application of the research. Prof Jahoda believes the findings will be used to improve the quality of skin grafts used after severe burns.

Prof Angela Christiano, from Columbia University, said: “This approach has the potential to transform the medical treatment of hair loss.

“Current hair-loss medications tend to slow the loss of hair follicles or potentially stimulate the growth of existing hairs, but they do not create new hair follicles.

“Our method, in contrast, has the potential to actually grow new follicles using a patient’s own cells.”

Clue to male baldness discovered

A biological clue to male baldness has been discovered, raising the prospect of a treatment to stop or even reverse thinning hair.

In studies of bald men and laboratory mice, US scientists pinpointed a protein that triggers hair loss.

Drugs that target the pathway are already in development, they report in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

The research could lead to a cream to treat baldness.

Most men start to go bald in middle age, with about 80% of men having some hair loss by the age of 70.

The male sex hormone testosterone plays a key role, as do genetic factors. They cause the hair follicles to shrink, eventually becoming so small that they are invisible, leading to the appearance of baldness.

Reverse balding?

Now, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have analysed which genes are switched on when men start to go bald.

They found levels of a key protein called prostaglandin D synthase are elevated in the cells of hair follicles located in bald patches on the scalp, but not in hairy areas.

Mice bred to have high levels of the protein went completely bald, while transplanted human hairs stopped growing when given the protein.

Prof George Cotsarelis, of the department of dermatology, who led the research, said: “Essentially we showed that prostaglandin protein was elevated in the bald scalp of men and that it inhibited hair growth. So we identified a target for treating male-pattern baldness.

“The next step would be to screen for compounds that affect this receptor and to also find out whether blocking that receptor would reverse balding or just prevent balding – a question that would take a while to figure out.”

The inhibition of hair growth is triggered when the protein binds to a receptor on the cells of hair follicles, said Prof Cotsarelis.

Several known drugs that target this pathway have already been identified, he added, including some that are in clinical trials.

The researchers say there is potential for developing a treatment that can be applied to the scalp to prevent baldness and possibly help hair regrow.

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Therapy uses platelet-rich plasma to treat hair loss

 

by RON CORNING / WFAA

WFAA

Posted on November 7, 2013 at 1:39 PM

DALLAS — There is no shortage of pills, creams, devices and procedures for men and women losing their hair.

Many carry only false hope of helping regrow hair. But, one local clinic is using a technique that’s working for men and women.

Shala Allen was diagnosed with cancer six years ago and braced for the hair loss.

“It was just awful to lose your hair,” she said. “It’s humiliating for you.”

And, like so many other cancer survivors, she was left with a lasting, noticeable reminder of her long fought battle. Her hair never grew back.

“Probably about four years and I would wear wigs and caps so people could not see,” Allen said.

But, then she heard about PRP. A simple process in which your blood is drawn and put into a centrifuge. The platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, is separated and injected into the scalp.

Long used to help promote healing in sports medicine, Clinician Bill Moore at Advanced Skin Fitness was the first in Dallas to use PRP for hair replacement.

But, Dr. Abraham Armani cautions that not everyone is a candidate.

“It’s sort of like fertilizer for a lawn,” Armani said. “[It’s] not going to grow new grass … It’s not a cure for baldness; it’s another effective method to have thicker healthier hair.

Allen said it worked for her.

“Within a month, I started to see some fuzz,” she said. “I was very excited about that.”

The results have been good enough for Allen to encourage the treatment for others.

“I would say don’t hesitate,” she said. “Don’t hesitate to do this for yourself.’

Ideal candidates are younger man and women with newly thinning hair and can serve as an alternative for Propecia patients who experience adverse side effect.

The therapy costs about $850 per treatment.

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Neograft a great solution for hair loss

By Robert Hunter, MD, Board Certified Obstetrics and Gynecology

Question: Is there anything I can do for hair loss?
Answer: Hair loss is a far too common problem, equally affecting both men and women. It is a stressful condition because it is visible to others, and negatively impacts self esteem.
Typically, after underlying medical conditions have been ruled out, patients are left frustrated without a solution for their hair loss. Fortunately, there are many treatments available to combat hair loss, including hair transplantation.
Historically, hair transplants for women were not an option, and for men it was considered a last resort because of scarring, down time, and unnatural hairlines.
Now, with the advent Neograft — an automated hair transplant device — transplantation is a viable option for both men and women. This technology allows for extraction of individual hair follicles from the back of the head that are genetically impervious to falling out. These follicles are then re-implanted in areas of hair loss. This process is discreet and natural looking, avoiding past problems of unsightly scars and obvious evidence of a transplant, even immediately following the procedure.
Hair transplantation with Neograft is typically completed in one day and requires minimal recovery time. This revolutionary safe and effective procedure is now available as part of the comprehensive hair restoration program at MD Beauty Labs.

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Dr. Robert L. Hunter is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has a private gynecology practice and also works with MD Beauty Labs in West Palm Beach. He educates medical students and is also honored to participate as a guest lecturer for the Sex Therapy Postgraduate Training Institute.

CONTACT INFORMATION

MD Beauty Labs Medical Spa and Wellness Center

320 S. Quadrille Blvd.; West Palm Beach

(561) 655-6325

By Robert Hunter, MD, Board Certified Obstetrics and Gynecology

Question: Is there anything I can do for hair loss?
Answer: Hair loss is a far too common problem, equally affecting both men and women. It is a stressful condition because it is visible to others, and negatively impacts self esteem.
Typically, after underlying medical conditions have been ruled out, patients are left frustrated without a solution for their hair loss. Fortunately, there are many treatments available to combat hair loss, including hair transplantation.
Historically, hair transplants for women were not an option, and for men it was considered a last resort because of scarring, down time, and unnatural hairlines.
Now, with the advent Neograft — an automated hair transplant device — transplantation is a viable option for both men and women. This technology allows for extraction of individual hair follicles from the back of the head that are genetically impervious to falling out. These follicles are then re-implanted in areas of hair loss. This process is discreet and natural looking, avoiding past problems of unsightly scars and obvious evidence of a transplant, even immediately following the procedure.
Hair transplantation with Neograft is typically completed in one day and requires minimal recovery time. This revolutionary safe and effective procedure is now available as part of the comprehensive hair restoration program at MD Beauty Labs.

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Dr. Robert L. Hunter is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has a private gynecology practice and also works with MD Beauty Labs in West Palm Beach. He educates medical students and is also honored to participate as a guest lecturer for the Sex Therapy Postgraduate Training Institute.

CONTACT INFORMATION

MD Beauty Labs Medical Spa and Wellness Center

320 S. Quadrille Blvd.; West Palm Beach

(561) 655-6325

www.MDBeautyLabs.com

info@mdbeautylabs.com

 

Stem cell researchers from Durham University and Columbia University have discovered that it’s possible to regrow hair follicles in human skin. Even though it’s only been tested on mice, the researchers are confident that they’re taking the right steps towards developing a solution for alopecia and other forms of hair-loss.

Recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers (including a Angela Christiano, who suffers from alopecia herself) took cells from donor hair follicles, called “dermal papillae,” and were able to grow new hair from the cells in a process called “neogenesis.”

Christiano said that the discovery ”has the potential to transform the medical treatment of hair loss,”  and offers ”the possibility of inducing large numbers of hair follicles or rejuvenating existing hair follicles, starting with cells grown from just a few hundred donor hairs.”

This marks the very first time science has been able to generate new hair growth; usually the neogenesis fails because the dermal papillae lose their ability to induce hair growth in a petri dish. Slap the cells onto some infant foreskins (post-circumcision) instead, and suddenly – hair growth galore! They then grafted the cells onto mice, and the hair growth continued.

Next up – grafting them onto bald people! (We can only assume).

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Is a thyroid condition causing your hair loss?

Believe it or not, you can tell a lot about a person’s health by looking at his or her hair.

We recently received this email from a viewer:

Hi Dr. Manny,
If you lose your hair from a thyroid condition, will it grow back after treatment?
Thanks,
Dulce

Hair cells are some of the fastest growing cells in the body. So when your body is under stress from illness, hair cells can shut down to redirect the energy elsewhere to help heal what ails you.

According to the Academy of Dermatology, almost half of the American population experiences thinning hair by the age of 40, but people with certain thyroid conditions may start to lose their hair even earlier and more quickly.

“The good news is that your doctor can prescribe thyroid hormone medication to help your hair grow back,” said Dr. Jennifer Landa, chief medical officer for BodyLogicMD. “The first thing that you’ll notice is a slowing of the hair loss, and then the hair will start to grow back, and ultimately it will grow thicker and stronger.  But this can take several months.”

Landa added that if a patient has been on thyroid hormone medication for an extended period of time and is not seeing results, he or she should ask for a free T3 test – which measures for a specific thyroid hormone called triiodothyronine.

“Most medication that we get for thyroid is T4 (thyroxine), and most patients do very well on that,” she said. “But there are many patients that would benefit from the addition of some T3 into their thyroid hormone regimen to help them grow back hair longer and stronger.”

Do you have a health question for Dr. Manny? Please send it toDrManny@foxnews.com.

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Have researchers found a cure for balding?

By Dr. David B. Samadi

Published November 01, 2013

One of the hardest realizations you can come to as an adult is the fact that you’re getting older.  For many of us though, it doesn’t fully sink in until that exact moment when you look in the bathroom mirror and start to see your hair thinning.You feel like you are losing a little bit of yourself with each strand.

Every memory of combing your hair before picture day in school, shaving your head for summer swim meets, growing it long in winter to keep your head warm, are all fading.  One truth is all that matters now, and that is that you will never have what you once did, and you will forever be looking in the mirror to see how much is gone.

In the United States alone, about 35 million men and 21 million women are currently experiencing hair loss.  Mistakenly thought to be a strictly male disease, women actually make up forty percent of American hair-loss sufferers.

Could a new study just released by Columbia University Medical Center in New York City and the University of Durham in England hold the key to curing baldness? Not quite yet, but researchers claim this discovery could “revolutionize” the medical treatment of hair loss.

Scientists in the U.S. and Britain may have come much closer to finding a cure for baldness.  For the first time they have generated new hair follicles that grow human hair.  The method involved harvesting cells from the base of a human hair follicle, or dermal papillae, and cloning them in the laboratory.  They then implanted these cloned cells into human skin grafted, or attached, to the back of a mouse. The dermal papillae cells were taken from seven different human donors.  Of the seven cases, five of the mice grew new hair on the grafted skin.

The same technique still needs to be translated into human trials, but there is hope for revolutionary treatment for hair loss in the not so distant future.  If this method works in human trials, there are many potential benefits, such as growing hair follicles for traditional transplantation, skin grafts for burn victims, and creating new hair follicles by direct injection of cells into the scalp.  This is especially beneficial for women, who historically have had a more difficult time responding to transplantation, and other medical treatments for balding.

Although researchers have not been able to reverse hair loss, or stop the physical process of balding, this breakthrough could mean a remedy for hair loss in the form of regenerative medicine, the body using its own cells to restore hair, at least. New research will also allow drug companies to test any number of compounds on growing hair follicles.  This advance could help in the discovery of new drug therapies to combat baldness.

 

Dr. David B. Samadi is the Chairman of the Department of Urology and Chief of Robotic Surgery at Lennox Hill Hospital in New York City. He is a board-certified urologist, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of urological disease, with a focus on robotic prostate cancer treatments. To learn more please visit his websitesRoboticOncology.com and SMART-surgery.com. Find Dr. Samadi on Facebook.

 

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Hair Cycle

Posted on October 27, 2013

Normal Hair Cycle Hair Transplant

Hair growth, just like all the other functions of the human body also has a normal cycle. If
something unnatural occurs such as any disease or perhaps a sudden event that interrupts the cycle, it definitely affects the hair growth.

Hair Growth Cycle

Hair loss and re-growth can be divided into three phases:-

Every phase has a specific duration and place in the cycle. Every cycle is different and unique to the hair follicles because every follicle operates individually from the other follicles. Remember, it’s the hormones which control and keep up the normal hair growth cycle.

Although every cycle is different but there are certain similarities which you can find in one
cycle to the other.

Hair Growth Stages

The First Phase

As the phrase “The growing phase” suggests, it’s a phase where new hair grows and allows the lengthening of the new hair. It’s also known as the anagen phase. In this phase, hair is born at the root. When it comes to the maintenance of the new hair, it is done through the blood vessels, which helps the hair to nourish. It’s a phase which lasts around two-eight years. And, the result is complete hair growth.

The Second Phase

In the resting phase, hair strands are maintained properly. During this phase, the hair follicles receive a lot of nourishment and it’s also the time of preparation of hair strand shedding. Hair follicles usually last for an average of 60-180 days after which the follicles get degraded and then it’s time for the growth of new hair. Then, it’s the last phase which is known as “The shedding phase”.

The Third Phase

It’s the shortest phase. In this phase, old hair strands are released because of the growth of new hair. After the completion of this phase, the same cycle starts i.e. the hair follicles again enters the growth phase. In this phase, it’s around fifty to hundred hair strands which fall during this phase. This phase is associated with baldness.

Hair loss – When does it occur to men?

A majority of the men tend to undergo male pattern baldness in the early stage of their life. For some men, it could even be as early as 17 or 18. This can have an incredibly bad effect on your overall personality and lifestyle. On the other hand, baldness or hair loss can also happen in the later stage of one’s life – in their 30s or 40s.

When an individual starts noticing some degree of hair loss on his head, chances are that he’ll try a number of methods for concealing his baldness. According to researches, MPB or male pattern baldness accounts of almost 90 percent of hair loss among men, with two-thirds of them losing a considerable amount of hair by the age of 35. Baldness or receding hairlines is inextricably related to a person’s personal and social life, often resulting in a lot of emotional and physical distress.

U-FUE or FUE does it leave scars or marks ?

Posted on October 27, 2013 Updated on October 27, 2013

U-FUE or FUE does it leave scars or marks ?

FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) Hair Transplant

Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) is a hair transplant technique in which follicular units are removed directly from the donor area. The grafts are then transplanted into areas where the patient desires more hair to create a natural looking hair line and/or add density to areas of thinning.

Follicular Unit Extraction is different from the traditional FUT hair replacement procedures in one key way: follicular units are extracted directly from the scalp in FUE whereas follicles are microscopically dissected from a strip that has already been removed in FUT.

How Follicular Unit Extraction is Performed

During the Follicular Unit Extraction or FUE hair transplant procedure, individual follicular unit grafts are excised one at a time using a tiny one millimeter in diameter (or less) instrument. The device is used to make a small circular incision in the skin around the follicular unit. The graft is then extracted directly from the scalp.

Typically the patient’s hair in the donor area where these grafts are being removed is clipped, cut short or almost shaved so that the physician is able to optimally visualize the patient’s scalp.

The small opening left behind after the follicle unit is extracted heals in a few days. The tiny aperture contracts as it heals, making the resulting round scar less noticeable. The FUE patient typically ends up with many small light colored scars, which are normally not detectable to the naked eye once the patient’s hair grows out.

Best Candidates for Follicular Unit Extraction

The best candidates for FUE hair transplant procedure include:

• Patients interested in a smaller size procedure (typically up to 1,000 grafts).
• Patients with a limited donor supply.
• Patients with limited scalp elasticity.
• Patient who have had several FUT procedures and subsequently have a limited donor supply or limited scalp elasticity.
• Patients who have a need or desire to wear their hair exceptionally short.
• Patients who don’t mind closely clipping the donor area hair at the time of the procedure.

FUE Technique- Follicular Unit Extraction

FUE- The Cutting Edge Technology in Hair Transplantation

In FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) method the hair roots are extracted by special tipped micro-engines under local anesthesia and transplanted into hairless areas by taking the natural hair grow angle and direction into account.
Today most of the hair transplantatiın operations are made through FUE technique. Since it is not a surgical operation the patients can decide easily and prefer this technique.

In FUE method the hair roots are extracted one by one and transplanted to hairless areas. Before the follicular extraction operation the hair on the donor area is shortened to 1 mm. Local anesthesia is applied on the area of extraction and transplantation. Micro motor tip approaches as to center the hair root and according to the development angle of the hair pricked into the skin and pulled back. The hair is cut in a cylinder shape together with the surrounding microscopic tissue. The follicular unit is being pulled gently by a micro forceps. This automated system which reduces the graft waste to minimum also reduces the operation time and increase the graft number in time unit. The collected follicular units are being placed into tiny holes on the hairless skin. Each follicular unit contains 2-3 follicules.

The features of FUE method are:
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• On the area where the grafts are extracted, the tissue is not extracted but only the related root cell is extracted.
• No cut and stitches on the extraction area. • Scars smaller than 06-07 mm occur on the extraction area which will be vanished in a couple of days and heal without any trace.
• Throughout this method, the grafts extracted from the nape can be used in hair transplantation as well as in eyebrow, mustache and beard transplantation.
• In one session, according to the condition of the donor area and according to the number of roots to be transplanted, 3.000 and 5.000 grafts can be extracted.
• Each graft contains 1-5 strands. 1 graft is considered as 2,5-3 strands.
• Depending on the gathered number of roots and baldness, it is possible to transplant 50-60 hair roots per square centimeters.
• Also less pain after the operation and the short recovery period are among the reasons to prefer this method.
Transplanted hair mostly be lost by the end of the first month and 2-3 months after the hair transplantation will begin growing again.
Becomes visible on 6th month. But takes the best form after completing the adaptation process in 1-1,5 years. Transplanted hair will not be lost since being extracted from an area coded for not being lost. The color and the characteristics of the hair will be the same since being extracted from the person oneself.

When carried out by a professional team, quite good results are taken in hair transplantation.
Lifelong growing hair changes the human appearance and also affects the psychology positively.
Hair transplantation is a scientific art since it requires visual quality and experience.
Self confidence increases as a result of naturally growing hair.

FUE (NO STITCHES)

(Also know by proprietary names such as DHI, FIT, CIT, FUSE, WOOD”S METHOD etc)In this method; the hair Roots (Follicular Units) are individually harvested one by one from the donor area by a micro punch device of 0.75 to 1 mm size. The wound is 1 mm or less in diameter and therefore heals rapidly with practically no visible scarring.

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Recent advances have evolved this modern and stitch less method that eliminates the potential side effects occasionally seen in the conventional Strip Procedure because of the stitches in the donor area. This new method does not leave a linear scar on the back of the head and the wounds are tiny, there is less blood loss and heals faster compared to the strip method. The procedure is practically pain free post operatively.  Allows short hairstyle or buzz cut without showing up any linear scar. Final outcome is better. We use 0.75 to 1 mm micro punch with depth control and use the safest Lorenzo technique for extraction.

Unlike Strip method FUE does not expand the balding area due to stretch of the skin while stitching up the wound. It is better for the extraction of white hairs. It is ideal for tight scalp due to past surgery or fibrous skin where strip surgery can have donor area problems. FUE grafts are usually less bulky compared to strip grafts and therefore they require smaller size incisions for plantation and therefore less trauma is inflicted and more density can be packed. Because of the nature of the procedure it is more expensive compared to strip procedure. For over 400 to 500 grafts usually you need to shave the entire donor area, which at times is a limitation for some people.

Unshaven FUE:

Well usually FUE needs shaving of the donor area. Because some people do not want to shave their head they cannot take regular FUE. But we have modified our techniques where we can now offer FUE even without shaving the entire donor area. This is a variant of FUE. This will not make it obvious to others that you have undergone such a procedure. This procedure is much more demanding and will take longer time to perform. We can harvest up to 1000 to 1200 grafts by this method. This procedure therefore costs more than the regular FUE procedure.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwuFnA_O7eE

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1. FUE Donor Scars So Tiny Not Visible 1 Year After Hair Transplant …

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   Black FUE scars are so small & scattered that they can not be easily seen 1 year with before and after donor …

2. Black FUE Scars So Small & Scatttered Not Visible After Hair …

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   Black FUE scars are so small & scattered that they can not be easily seen 1 year with before and after donor hair transplantrestoration surgery  …

3. FUE Hair Surgery Scars Back of The Head So Small Not Visible Hair …

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   FUE No Visible Scars or minimal Scar donor result 1 year after hair … of The Head So Small Not Visible Hair Transplantwww.mhtaclinic.com.

See more here: http://www.google.com/search?q=FUE+transplant+tiny+scars&espv=210&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ=X&ei=Um9tUvfNH4LxhQfcjYHYBA&ved=0CF8QsAQ

Sources

[*] http://hairlabnet.blogspot.com/2013/09/fue-follicular-unit-extraction-hair.html

[*] http://www.bosley.com/solutions/follicular_unit_extraction.php

FUE Hair Restoration through Robotics

Posted on October 27, 2013

Dr. Sam Lam Utilizes ARTAS Hair Restoration System for FUE Hair Transplants in Dallas

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The benefits of ARTAS Robotic FUE System for hair restoration as compared with other “automated” FUE methods. Compared by Emina who works as Dr. Sam Lam’s Hair Transplant coordinator in Dallas;

(PRLEAP.COM) Board-certified Dallas hair restoration surgeon Dr. Sam Lam, M.D., F.A.C.S., founder of the Lam Institute for Hair Restoration in Dallas, Texas, is now utilizing the revolutionary technology of the ARTASTM hair restoration system to perform follicular unit extraction (FUE) hair transplantation. This cutting-edge system is the first computer-assisted robotic technology that allows hair transplant surgeons to harvest hair follicles using minimally invasive techniques.

The ARTASTM system was developed by Restoration Robotics, Inc. and is the first technology of its kind. This innovative system is FDA cleared and allows for the extraction of hair follicles from the back of the head to be used in hair transplant procedures without the need for incisions. In addition to resulting in a procedure that causes less discomfort during the extraction of hair follicles, the ARTASTM system makes it more likely that healthy and strong follicular units will be selected, increasing the likelihood that hair follicles will successfully be transplanted.

Dr. Lam has long been at the forefront of the field of hair restoration, lecturing on his techniques and writing an international bestselling book on the topic, titled Hair Transplant 360. A key member of his hair transplant team, Emina Karamanovski, is equally skilled in the use of the ARTASTM system. Prior to joining the Lam Institute for Hair Restoration, Ms. Karamanovski was the national and international training director for Restoration Robotics and offers an unmatched level of experience and expertise with the ARTASTM system. The combination of Ms Karamanovski’s experience with ARTASTM and Dr. Lam’s exceptional hair restoration artistry provides a winning combination for patients of the Lam Institute.

“Hair restoration has always been a delicate combination of precision medical technique and creative artistry,” explains Dr. Sam Lam. “Many of my patients seek me out due to the reputation I have developed for creating natural-looking, dense and aesthetically appealing hair restorations. Now with the addition of the ARTASTM hair restoration system, as well as the expertise of Emina as part of our staff, we can achieve even better results. The ARTASTM system allows us to track and dissect the healthiest hair follicles, and since the procedure is so minimally invasive, the harvested follicles result in more successful transplantation.”

During the extraction portion of ARTASTM FUE hair transplants, the patient rests comfortably in an ergonomically designed chair and a skin tensioner is applied to the scalp. This stabilizes the patient’s skin, allowing computer-imaging technology to identify and target the follicular units to extract. The follicular units are extracted with no incision necessary, using minimally invasive techniques. Once harvested, the follicular units then undergo final preparation before being expertly grafted by Dr. Lam and his staff to complete the FUE hair restoration.

“A successful hair restoration is certainly about achieving a natural looking hairline,” says Dr. Lam. “But with the addition of the ARTASTM system for use during our follicular unit extraction procedures, we have now made it more comfortable for our patients to undergo the procedure while also making it more likely that the grafts that are harvested are strong and healthy, contributing to the likelihood that we will achieve denser and even more successful results.”

About Dr. Sam Lam:

Dallas hair restoration surgeon Dr. Sam Lam, founder and director of the Lam Institute of Hair Restoration, is one of only approximately one hundred Diplomates of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery. He has written over 150 scientific articles and book chapters, has authored five major medical textbooks, including a bestseller on hair transplantation titled Hair Transplant 360, and lectures about his hair restoration techniques around the globe. Dr. Lam is also the national course director for the Hair Transplant Course, an annual educational event in St. Louis, Missouri, has been distinguished as “Surgeon of the Month” by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) and is a regular columnist for the Hair Transplant Forum International, the primary publication of the ISHRS. For additional information about Dr. Sam Lam and the Lam Institute for Hair Restoration, visit http://hairtx.com or call 972-3112-8188 or 1-888-866-3388.