If you are considering hair restoration, you already know that the loss of hair can impact your personal, social, and professional life.  Hair loss changes how you look, but it…

Perhaps you are part of the two-thirds of all men who experience male pattern baldness.  Or, maybe you are one of the 20 million women who suffers with hair thinning…

Dr. Paul Rose, M.D., is one of the Hair Transplant Institute’s foremost hair transplant surgeons.  Dr. Rose has more than 20 years of experience and is the recipient of numerous…

Hair loss in women is more common than many may think, amounting to nearly 20 million females in America alone.  Most women do not notice signs of thinning or balding in their hair until the age of 50 or 60, long after it has already begun.  It may take women much longer to notice the signs of hair loss compared to men because they tend to wear their hair longer, effectively hiding telltale symptoms of hair loss for many years.  Women also lose hair across the entire top of the head, in contrast to men who typically lose hair in concentrated areas like the crown or temple.  This wider, more dispersed pattern of hair loss adds to the difficulty of early detection.

Yet it is early detection, evaluation, and treatment that are the 3 keys to effectively treating hair loss in women.  Early detection is perhaps most important, as hair loss is most effectively treated during the early stages of development.  For this reason, it is important that women learn to recognize the signs of hair loss while also performing regular self-examinations to ensure symptoms are caught as soon as they become visible.

Top 4 Signs of Female Hair Loss

Female hair loss manifests itself in a variety of ways; learning to recognize the signs of thinning or balding is the best way to diagnose and treat the condition early, which ultimate creates better results.  The most common signs to look for include the following:

1. Thinning hair:  Unlike men, hair loss in women tends to develop in a general or widespread area throughout the top of the head.  Women must pay particular attention to this region, checking regularly for noticeable changes in thickness.
2. A wider “part”:  If you regularly part your hair, take note of the thickness/width of the part.  Parts will appear to become wider as hair loss progresses.
3. Hair accumulation on pillows, combs, and in the shower:  It is normal for hair to accumulate on our personal items and throughout our living spaces.  However, hair accumulation in these areas will become more pronounced as hair loss progresses.  Here’s a tip:  Look for increases in hair accumulation on the pillow of your bed and the comb you use most.  Effectively monitoring hair accumulation in the shower may be more difficult; some hair is inevitably washed down the drain, and it may be challenging to separate your hair from someone else’s.
4. A more visible scalp:  Take notice of how much of the scalp is visible when your hair is pulled back.  As hair loss progresses, the underlying scalp will become increasingly visible.

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Exploring low level laser therapy with the LaserCap™

Hair restoration procedures are increasing in popularity among both men and women who desire a greater sense of overall health and well-being.  Long gone are the days of unsightly hair plugs—new procedures and sophisticated technologies are now available to create natural looking results that last.  Today, men and women of all ages understand that it’s never too late to look their best, and they are taking advantage by pursuing effective hair restoration procedures that add youthful confidence to everyday life.  Laser hair therapy is the newest of these procedures, offering patients a means of stimulating natural hair growth through low level laser technologies that are safe, convenient, and painless.

What is Laser Hair Therapy?

To understand laser hair therapy, it is helpful to first understand the concept behind ordinary hair transplant procedures.  Hair transplant procedures are highly effective for both men and women who suffer with hair loss.  Restoration typically involves transplanting real hair, referred to as the donor dominant hair, from one area of the patient’s scalp to the restoration site, or the area of the scalp that is thinning or balding.  It is important for prospective patients to know that donor dominant hair is carefully selected based on its ability to continually grow throughout their lifetime.  This ensures that hair is taken from an area that is at low-risk for future thinning or balding.  Donor dominant hair is then transplanted to the restoration site with needles that compare in size to those used by wellness spas and acupuncturists.  All in all, the pain associated with a hair restoration procedure is minimal and compares to that of a typical visit to the dentist.

However, not all individuals are candidates for a hair transplant procedure, and countless others prefer to avoid prescription hair loss medications altogether.  For those individuals, laser hair therapy is a new option that effectively stimulates natural hair growth.

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At the Hair Transplant Institute of Miami, we have developed the most comprehensive approach for evaluating and treating hair loss in both men and women.  Located in the Offices of Merrick Park, our state-of-the-art facility provides our patients with the very latest in comprehensive hair loss evaluations and treatments.  Our practice is led by Dr. Nusbaum and Dr. Rose, two highly skilled surgeons who have extensive experience in medical hair loss therapy and research.  Both Dr. Nusbaum and Dr. Rose are Board Certified in Dermatology, the only medical field with certified specialty residency training in hair loss and scalp diseases.

Comparing ‘Strip Donor’ to ‘Follicular Unit Extraction’ Techniques

We are pleased to offer two highly effective hair transplant procedures:  The Strip Donor Procedure, and Follicular Unit Transfer (FUT).  Both procedures are highly effective in creating a fuller, natural looking head of hair for both men and women.  We are also pleased to offer the latest technologies and transplant techniques, ensuring the best possible outcome for our patients.  Two examples of hair transplant techniques you will not find anywhere else include:

• Mesotherapy:  Incorporating mesotherapy with hair transplantation provides at least 2 unique benefits that increase the effectiveness of the procedure.  First, it penetrates the hair follicle to a greater degree compared to other topical applications.  Second, mesotherapy avoids the systematic side effects commonly associated with some oral medications.  The injections are very superficial and are administered with the use of vibration devices developed by our physicians to create a virtually painless experience.
• Follicular Isolation (FIT) Technique:  Follicular Isolation Technique was co-created by the Hair Transplant Institutes’ very own Dr. Paul Rose.  Dr. Rose developed FIT to enhance the effectiveness of Follicular Unit Transfer (FUT) hair transplantation procedure.  Below, in the section titled Choosing a Hair Transplant Procedure, we will further examine the role of FIT in the FUT procedure, as well as how the FUT procedure compares to Strip Donor procedure.

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