Vitamin D – The New Baldness Cure?

New evidence for the benefits of vitamin D supplementation and the risks of having Vitamin D deficiency have been in vogue in the medical literature for the last 2-3 years.  Aside from its important role in bone metabolism and calcium absorption, new evidence is showing that the vitamin D receptors in hair follicles have a…

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June- 6 months post surgery

A time of hope!  As I said before the month of June I began to see light at the end of the tunnel.  While I know I have a ways to go, I have a ton of new growth!!! It is harder to see my scalp and people are really noticing.  It is sort of…

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Graft Dissection Rates in FUE Procedure

Dr. Wasserbauer began studying graft dissection rates in earnest in 2010 when she was the primary investigator for the FDA trials with the ARTAS Robotic FUE hair transplant device.  Below are her hair graft dissection results that patients have given their permission to have shared (note that not all her surgeries are represented here due…

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Wound Healing for the Hair Transplant Surgeon

Dr. Wasserbauer is a regular contributor to the Hair Transplant Forum International, a publication distributed by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgeons (ISHRS.org). In the March/April 2012 Issue she was asked to compile and comment on the evolution and physiology of wound healing in the hair transplant procedure. Her paper was the featured cover…

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