Welcome to the Foundation for Hair Restoration's BLOG. As Founder and Director of the Foundation for Hair Restoration, and one of the top hair transplant surgeons, I feel a responsibility to educate those experiencing hair loss on the common sense, intelligent approach to surgical hair restoration. After more than 14 years of specializing exclusively in surgical hair restoration, my track record of having literally thousands and thousands of happy patients speaks for itself.
As an American Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon and American Board Hair Restoration Surgeon, I attempt to apply aesthetic plastic surgery principles to surgical hair restoration, allowing for the most aesthetic, natural appearing results. All of the other Foundation for Hair Restoration Surgeons are also highly skilled and trained to achieve similar results. And with the microscopic technique of follicular unit grafting, for the first time, it is in fact possible to attain restorations that, even with the hair cut short, look completely natural.
I am proud of the top notch devoted doctors, technicians and staff affiliated with The Foundation for Hair Restoration. We are pleased to invite all of our visitors to learn from the questions of others who find themselves with a similar concern: hair thinning or loss issues and other hair related concerns.
Can Women Use Rogaine for Men
Posted February 05, 2010 9:23 AM in For Women
Can women use Rogaine for men? Does it affect fertility?
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Hair Transplants On Women and Possible Alternative Treatments
Posted January 03, 2010 4:01 PM in For Women
Hello, My name is Dana and Im really despesparate (as everybody there, Im sure) with my hairloss. Im living in Monterrey, Mexico and i would like to know if you could recomend me a place for haire transplant. My problem is that a doctor told me im not a potential donator because my hair is too thin, but i hope something appears on the market for my case also. I hope you understand my english :) and i wish you a Happy New Year! Thank you :)
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Female hair transplantation on a patient from the United Kingdom
Posted August 17, 2009 12:57 PM in For Women
Dear Dr Epstein,
Thank you very much for taking time to review my case. I do appreciate your response and the emails you sent me, plus the illustration of the proposed treatment.
I am a 32 year old female from the UK. For years I have been experiencing male type hair-loss and I have lost most of my hair on my temples. The quality of my life has deteriorated significantly due to this condition and I would be grateful for hope of restoring my hairline. Looking at the photos I understand this is possible. I have close up pictures of my hairline and I will send them to your address Drepstein@foundhair.com in a few minutes. I would be very grateful for a consultation, diagnosis and recommendation of what can be done and when.
I am definitely interested in having this procedure done; I would love to speak to one of your UK patients; would you kindly forward this email to your Office Manager, Roxy, so that she can arrange such a meeting for me. If she needs me to call her to discuss this rather than write an email I am happy to call; please let me know.
I have a number of questions I would love to discuss with you if possible; do you take calls from prospective patients? (If this is difficult due to your other commitments I am happy for us to correspond until I come to New York for my procedure).
In terms of my concerns I am wondering about the following:
QUESTION: Can I have FUE rather than strip method please?
ANSWER: This is not something typically performed on women, due to several reasons: Women tend to have already a low donor density and a high need for as many hairs as possible; and women have no trouble concealing whatever scars are present, typically scars that are 2 MM in witdth or narrower. You can read much more about FUE versus Strip/Fug procedures on the www.foundhair.com Website.
QUESTION: Can this procedure be done with my hair long? (shoulder length)
ANSWER: As long as you would like it.
QUESTION: Will there be any shock loss in the adjacent areas?
ANWER: I feel that with the experience I have in working with women that I have developed techniques for minimizing any shock hair loss, while maximizing the numbers of hairs that can be placed between existing hairs. That being said, there is always a risk of some shock hair loss, but this has happene in only a very very small number of patients of mine, and none in the past 4 years since I further refined my technique.
QUESTION: Will I have any small scars or marks in the recipient site (hairline)?
ANSWER: None
QUESTION: How long will it take for the scabs and the redness in the recipient site to completely disappear?
ANSWER: Typically 7 to 8 days for all crusts and most pinkness, but this can sometimes take 10 to 12 days - But you will have no trouble concealing the crusts in as soon as 3 days after the procedure.
QUESTION: Will I have small bald spots at the donor site (back of the head) or will you be taking individual strands from all over my head?
ANSWER: Only a fine line donor site scar.
QUESTION: Can I get reasonable density with one procedure?
ANSWER: Some of this depends upon the exact thickness or density of your donor area, but you should have a nice cosmetic improvement.
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Shock hair loss in women and growth hormones
Posted August 17, 2009 12:55 PM in For Women
What are the issues with transplants causing damage to other follicles for women? Do growth hormones such as KGF help post surgery?
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Hair transplant in an African-American female- what are the concerns with respect to poor growth?
Posted August 17, 2009 12:53 PM in For Women
Hair transplant in an African - American female - What are the concerns with respect to poor growth.
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Follow the Foundation Doctors’ Experiences at the annual meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery in Amsterdam
Posted July 27, 2009 5:17 PM in For Women
Greetings from Amsterdam, where it is currently midnite and rainy. Just got back from a delicious dinner with colleagues- Glenn (Charles), Arthur (Tzychinski- who knows how that Brazilian guy spells his name anyway?), Matt from Dr. Shapiro’s office, Dr. Eric from NY, and lastly Aaron. I am quite tired after a long red-eye flight that got me into Amsterdam around 10 am this morning. Putting the final touches on one of my lectures tomorrow for the ISHRS meeting- this one is on predictors of success in hair transplants for women- a topic quite relevant, given my particular interest in this area. The Power Point slides I presented are quite nice- pink backgrounds with white and maroon characters- very appropriate for a lecture on women, and definitely intended to get people’s attention. The other topic on which I am speaking tomorrow is as part of a panel discussing different treatments for scalp scarring. In particular, I am going to discuss the role of tissue expansion with the presentation of a particular favorite case of mine- 9 year old Addison of Missouri.
Quite a cozy city, and I am quite excited for the first (of 4) days of meetings.
Dr. E
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Hair loss associated with pregnancy
Posted February 08, 2009 9:01 PM in For Women
Hi Dr. Epstein,
I hope this e-mail reaches you doing great!
Quick question for you. I was informed a week ago that I’m pregnant. Luckily, I had not begun the Rogaine. Will my hair be affected in an adverse way after the delivery when my hormones have gone back to their normal state? I’ve done some reading on this, but don’t know if my situation is the same and figured I should ask. Any info or advice you can offer is greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much.
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Hairline advancement in a female
Posted October 30, 2008 12:04 PM in For Women
I wanted to inquire about a hairline advancement on a female. I have a high and wide forehead and would like it 'reduced'. I have viewed the impressive results of the women’s gallery but I assume these are the best case scenario results. What would be the worst case scaenario? Also, what is the incidence of healthy hair dropping out due to trauma of the procedure?
Thanks
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Hair transplant in a female
Posted October 29, 2008 4:11 PM in For Women
Thank you for your reply. I have been in California and only returned yesterday to find your e-mail. I am very interested and would like to proceed, but have a few questions/items that I wonder if you could clarify for me:
Is there an example of what you mean by "moderate" on your website? (I'm sure you have a good idea of what moderate would look like, but it's difficult for me to picture without a little help!) Do you do enhanced photos predicting what the results would look like? I've read somewhere on your website that there is no problem with full activity, work, etcetera the next day, but wonder how noticeable the transplants are. I want the end results to be very noticeable, of course, but am not anxious for everyone to see the initial work.
Thank you for the information and your help. I look forward to your reply.
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Hairline advancement in a female
Posted October 29, 2008 3:23 PM in For Women
I wanted to inquire about a hairline advancement on a female. I have a high and wide forehead and would like it 'reduced'. I have viewed the impressive results of the women’s gallery but I assume these are the best case scenario results. What would be the worst case scaenario? Also, what is the incidence of healthy hair dropping out due to trauma of the procedure?
Thanks
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