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Combined Regenerative Technique: Tattoo Machine-Assisted Drug Delivery for Androgenetic Alopecia
Guilherme Kuceki, MD | Austin, Texas, USA | gkuceki@gmail.com; Pablo Cirino, MD, PhD | Manaus, Brazil ABSTRACT Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most common cause of hair loss, and while topical minoxidil and oral 5-a-reductase inhib-itors remain first-line therapies, clinical results are often limited by transepidermal absorption, suboptimal follicular delivery and patient compliance. Tattoo machine-assisted…
Read MoreResearch Update: HairClone Dermal Papilla Cell Therapy
As of this month, HairClone has begun clinically examining the effects of dermal papilla cell injections on miniaturizing follicles. The pilot study is currently being conducted at the Schambach Hair Clinic in Guatemala, where a state-of-the-art laboratory infrastructure has been built out to allow the research to proceed.
Read MoreNew Hair Transplant Physician Consensus Study is being published on the use of low dose minoxidil for managing hair loss.
Note from Dr. Wasserbauer: It was an honor to be asked to be a part of the group that created the consensus recommendations for Low-Dose Oral Minoxidil and Topical Minoxidil. We reviewed data from the early days of prescribing oral minoxidil 20 years ago (how time flies!) to the New York Times article that popularized…
Read MoreDr. Sara Wasserbauer Named Finalist for “Best Hair Restoration Surgery” at the AMWC Aesthetic Medicine Awards
We are proud to share exciting news from the global aesthetic medicine community. Dr. Sara Wasserbauer has been named a finalist for the prestigious “Best Hair Restoration Surgery” award at the Annual Aesthetic & Anti-Aging Medicine World Congress (AMWC) in Monaco. The AMWC meeting is widely regarded as the largest international conference in aesthetic and…
Read MoreCan I Wear My Hair Short After Hair Transplant Surgery?
For years, hair transplant surgery, when performed correctly, is undetectable from the patient’s original hair. Of course, it is your own growing hair taken from the back and transplanted to the bald or thinning areas in front or top of the scalp. However, due to the surgical technique of harvesting hair-bearing tissue from the back…
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