Folicullar Graft Unit Failure

These are the plugs as they are more commonly called that contain parts of the scalp that the hair grows from and the hair follicle itself that are extracted from other areas of the head and then re-transplanted somewhere where thicker growth or coverage is needed. People have been concerned to the failure of such [...]

Hair Growth Gene – Key to ending Baldness?

Researchers have identified the Lhx2 gene, the regulatory gene that is switched off during the resting phase of hair. Hair is vital for a lot of things in our physiology with the greatest concern being the loss of it. Blame stress, the environment and many other factors but researchers are discovering new and better treatments [...]

Stress and Hair Loss

Blames as one of the leading causes of hair loss, stress which triggers hormones many other body mechanisms may have a solution in sight with the accidental discovery of scientists of the stress hormone that causes problems such as pattern balding. The study was initially focused on how stress affects gastrointestinal function but the accidental [...]

Increased Blood Supply, Increased hair growth

New studies are showing that there is a link between the amount of blood that gets to the hair follicles and their ability to produce hair. Drugs have been found to do just that and allowed animal trials to show that increasing the blood flow to the scalp does encourage these dormant follicles to begin [...]

Body Hair?

Well, some people have them and some don�t but some have too much and must get rid of them at all costs. Some women get too hairy due to increased testosterone levels in the womb. These can now be easily removed by either laser or chemical compounds that are placed that either dissolves or kills [...]

When Cellular Biology is applied to Hair Loss

The area of cell microbiology and the study of all the possible ways of using or engineering individual cells to become more productive are hailed as the best thing ever that would have happened to the human race. Millions of men and women go through hair loss regularly and most are seeking treatment methods on [...]

Low Level Laser Treatment and Care your Hair

Old as it may be, lasers have been around for quite sometime and it�s discovery gave researchers something to play with as to possible applications. In 1964, a Hungarian professor discovered that low-level laser energy has the ability to stimulate biological systems. This study has been refined into a science and now we have machines [...]

Scarring after FUE

Folicullar Unit Extraction has hair units extracted from a specific area behind the ear relocating it to the front of the scalp where balding becomes more apparent in time. Though this procedure is quite easy and mostly complication free, it may produce scarring in the donor area and the recipient area which may or may [...]

Follicular Unit Extraction

The National Hair Institute, which has been on the lead in the fight againsta baldness in many Americans has created and patented a procedure which can be done in small sessions or in one big go. Their patented procedure called “Fox Megasession”, requires a whole day of procedures utilizing some of the best equipment around [...]

The Cost of Hair Transplants

The average cost in the United States is from $8.00 down to a more manageable $3.00 per implant. That price may vary with the volume and amount of treatments that may be required to complete the treatment procedure. There are also some precautionary procedures that are taken to avoid the many complications during the surgery [...]