- Sara Wasserbauer MD

Medications for hair loss are not indicated for everyone. Each patient is different, and for some patients, finasteride is simply not their first choice or their only option. But for those who interested in using drugs like finasteride to keep their hair, this study should provide a welcome sigh of relief.

A Buyers Guide To Deciding On A Hair Transplant Surgeon

Lately there has been extensive marketing of “New” or “Ground Breaking” Technology targeting prospective patients with unbelievable (and false) claims. It is critical you ask the doctor or consultant what is the doctor’s role when performing the surgery or if technicians will be performing it.

A Young Man’s Guide to Hair Loss

By Sara Wasserbauer, MD I see a lot of patients for hair loss – over ten thousand at last count – and I am surprised how everything that is old becomes new again. Young men in particular are confused by the choices for restoring their hair that are hawked on the Internet. I was asked…

The Safety of Finasteride for a Fetus: Separating the Online Myths from the Proven Record

A few years ago I had a patient see me about his hair loss with his wife in consultation. They both wanted him to have more hair, and since his hair loss was early, we started him on finasteride (Also known as Propecia) and minoxidil (Also known as Rogaine) with excellent results. He regrew all…

FUE – follicular unit extraction versus FUT – follicular unit transplantation

With all the confusion and hype about FUE – follicular unit extraction versus FUT – follicular unit transplantation (strip donor harvesting) Dr. Wasserbauer commissioned an artist to produce an infographic that visually describes the different donor harvest techniques.