The original post was posted here: Hair Transplant Clinic in UK

Dr. Cole will arrive in Cyprus the first week of July 2012 in preparation of his new clinic opening in London later in 2012. Dr. Cole will be evaluating and seeing patients during this trip for consultations. Dr. Cole along with HDC have build the most skilled FUE surgery team in all of Europe, as [...]

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The original post was posted here: Top 5 Reasons to Have FUE Hair Transplant Surgery

Hair loss affects both men and women. The overwhelming majority of men and women who have hair loss are concerned about their hair loss. Until recently patients had only one surgical solution to add hair to the top of their scalp. That solution was strip harvesting. Today patients have a better option, follicular unit extraction [...]

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The original post was posted here: Cole Hair Transplant Instruments

I recently heard that you demonstrated your devices at the annual ISHRS meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. Can you tell us who is interested in these devices. Dr. Patrick Mwamba visited us recently to evaluate the surrounded punches and the PCID. We demonstrated the ease of extraction and the low transection rate with the PCID. We [...]

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The original post was posted here: Does Hair Restoration Surgery Require Medications?

when you have an hair transplant do have to take any drugs i.e propecia? No, medications are not required for you to have a hair transplant. Many patients do not want to take medications. This is why they have a transplant instead. Hair loss is a life long process, however. The rationale for taking medications [...]

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The original post was posted here: Propecia in India

I am moved to India and I was thinking of using the Finpecia manufactured by Cipla which seems to be same as propecia. But I need your advice regarding this. Finpecia is easily available in India rather than shipping the propecia from US. Can you please suggest weather it is safe to switch to Finpecia or not? Unless Merck [...]

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The original post was posted here: Eye Lashes Hair Transplant

my stepdaughter is age 15. when she was in her toddler years she had surgery to remove deposits on her eyelid. the doctor also removed the eyelash root. will she qualify for this kind of procedure? It is possible to transplant hair to the eyelids to create eye lashes. The only issue is that the [...]

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The original post was posted here: Women Hair Loss and Hair Transplant Treatment

I am a 38 year old woman experiencing generalized hair loss. What can I do about it and am I a candidate for hair transplant surgery. There are many causes of hair loss in women. The first thing to do is have this worked up properly by your physician in Hong Kong. Hair loss in [...]

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The original post was posted here: Acell PRP Treatment in Women

Will Acell/PRP help me stop loosing my hair and regrow hair? I am a 27 year old female. A female has some options for the treatment of hair loss. The first step is to determine the origin of your hair loss. You do this by visiting your dermatologist for a medical work up of your [...]

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The original post was posted here: Best Hair Transplant Result with a Few Number of Grafts-Photos

Dr. Cole, can you really get better coverage with fewer grafts using FUE? Many poorly informed physicians claim that you cannot get as good of a result with FUE as you can with strip surgery. Strip surgeons use this misinformation as marketing for strip surgery. Such is not the case. As I’ve stated for many [...]

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The original post was posted here: Grafting Scars Due to Trauma – Results

Dear Dr. Cole, I have a scar on the top of my head from a traumatic injury.  I reside in Bangkok.  I desire to fill this area in with grafts obtained by FUE.  I am of Asian decent.  Is it possible to graft this scar on the top of my head, and where I should [...]

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The original post was posted here: Acell – PRP Treatment in Asia

I commute between Japan and Singapore and I’m interested in getting treatment for my hair loss using Acell and PRP.  What do you recommend for me as I am trying to postpone hair transplant surgery. I began using Acell in combination with PRP long before anyone else considered this combination.  The rationale was quite simple.  [...]

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The original post was posted here: Transgender Hair Transplant Surgery

I am planning sexual reassignment surgery because I am a woman inside and out. Unfortunately, I have androgenic alopecia. Is it possible to undergo a hair transplant to give me a feminine look? Yes, we frequently treat transgender patients who wish to become more feminine.  The following is an example of such a case.  The [...]

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The original post was posted here: Itching After Hair Transplant

I have itching in my recipient area 2 months following my transplant. How long will this last and what is causing it? Itching is a sign of healing. It means that good things are happening and your hair is in the early stages of growth. You will have very little happening after only 2 months, [...]

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The original post was posted here: Finasteride, dustasteride, and Prostate Cancer

Recently, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article on finasteride and dustasteride, whose brand names are Propecia, Proscar, and Avodart. The article may be summarized as follows. An analysis of trials evaluating finasteride and dutasteride indicate that the reduction in prostate cancer risk with both finansteride and dutasteride was limited to tumors with [...]

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The original post was posted here: Hair Transplant Surgery in Singapore?

Dear Dr. Cole, I read your article regarding hair transplant surgery in Bangkok.  I currently live in Singapore.  Do you have any plans to come to Singapore?  I’m interested in hair restoration.  Huang Dear Huang, the purpose of our trip to Bangkok was to help train physicians in the art and science of FUE.  We [...]

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The original post was posted here: Minimum Transplants Per Session

Would it be possible to keep the number of units down to saw 300 to 500 per session to minimize swelling, post op. hair loss and cash out lay? When you do a strip procedure, you want to do as many grafts as possible to help reduce the risk of wider scarring and improve the efficiency [...]

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The original post was posted here: Wayne Rooney reveals his hair transplant

On his way to the airport, a 25 year old soccer striker from Manchester shows a picture of his recipient area after having a hair transplant. When checking into the airport Wayne covered his area with a baseball cap. Short after he announced on twitter: “I’ve had a hair transplant. I’m delighted.” Now he has [...]

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The original post was posted here: 4 Months Results with Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), Acell, and thrombin

This is a 3 months post-op results from a medical management that includes Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), Acell, and thrombin. The patient is 32 years old with an unusual Norwood 3V pattern of hair loss. The patient had thinning in the frontal hairline, mid-scalp(top) and crown. The patient had a successful FUE (CIT) hair transplant [...]

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The original post was posted here: Acell Treated Donor Area Post Hair Restoration

This video shows a post fue hair restoration donor area of a patient that has been treated with Acell for a fast donor area healing and follicle regeneration.

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The original post was posted here: What “follicle regeneration” means?

Follicle regeneration means to grow a regenerated hair in an extraction site where the original follicle was removed and transplanted to bald surface area. Acell is a product known to regenerate tissue. In a limited depth means of extracting follicles, many follicle stem cells are left behind. Because stem cells are left behind, a product [...]

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The original post was posted here: ACell for Hair Restoration- Question & Answers

What is ACell? ACell is a regenerative medicine treatment Dr. Cole is now offering to his hair transplant patients. ACell is a type of extracellular matrix (ECM), meaning the tissue between cells. ECM regulates cell behavior and ultimately tells cells what to do and when to do it. ECM also stimulates cells through a variety [...]

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The original post was posted here: New Study on the Effectiveness of Finasteride in Women

A new study by Sharon Keene and Andy Goren examined hair loss in women.  Previous studies appeared to indicate that postmenopausal women with hair loss did not respond to finasteride, a 5 alpha reductase inhibitor commonly prescribed for hair loss in men.  These findings led researchers to question whether women were actually disposed to androgenetic [...]

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The original post was posted here: FUE Hair Transplant Counting

I am planning to get FUE hair transplant surgery and would like to know how can i be sure that the doctor provide me with the accurate number of grafts i have requested? There is an excellent way to know how many recipient sites were made, you should insist that your physician use the Counting [...]

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The original post was posted here: Hair loss because of well water?

I am a 22 year old female and 6 months ago I moved into a house that is on well water. My hair has thinned a ton, and I’ve been to the doctor to test my iron levels, thyroid levels, and hormones (including testosterone). All the levels are normal. The dermatologist said I might have [...]

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The original post was posted here: Healing with CIT FUE Hair Transplant and Acell

I find this interesting.  This is another FUE extraction site treated with ACEll in a hyaluronic acid mixture after 5 weeks.  It is still too early to tell if the hair might regrow in the extraction site though I have seen this.  It does appear that a single hair is forming in the extraction site, [...]

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The original post was posted here: Survey Finds that Most People Cannot Detect a Hair Transplant

Pluggy, easily detectable hair transplant results are a thing of the past according to a new online survey conducted by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS). In fact, the majority of people who participated in the ISHRS survey could not correctly identify a hair transplant in a series of photos depicting real patients [...]

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The original post was posted here: Can Hair Transplant Serve As Hair Removal?

I have many facial hair on cheek,neck and chest, Can hair transplant serve the purpose of removing unwanted hair and on the other side regaining hair on the scalp? Removing hair from the body and relocating it to the scalp is defined as a body hair transplant.  This is commonly done today.  There are certain [...]

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The original post was posted here: New Fue Technique on Past Patient with Limited Donor

HI ! Being a person who had hairtransplants starting in the early 70′s(Old Punch style) How effective would be the new FUE procedure filling in the spaces along side the old, with limited donor area? There are a few different options when it comes to plug repair: you can have them removed entirely, you can break [...]

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The original post was posted here: The Superior CIT/FUE Technique is Coming into the Forefront with New Hair Restoration Technology

It is always exciting to read about advancements in the hair restoration industry.  The field has come a very long way since the days of plugs and scalp reductions.  It is the belief of the editors on this blog that we are on the verge of a new revolution in hair transplantation: one that will [...]

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The original post was posted here: Hair Transplant Results Photos: Beware!

There is an abundance of hair transplant ‘before and after’ photos at the fingertips of anyone interested enough to perform a search online.  However, educated consumers need to understand that certain clinics and physicians will deliberately publish misleading photos that do not accurately depict the true quality of their transplant outcomes. When basing a hair [...]

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