| Did you know that between 60 and 100 | | | | advanced microsurgery, follicular-unit |
| million Americans suffer from hair loss? | | | | extraction (FOX/FUE) is a new type of |
| This August marks the 6th Annual | | | | hair transplant that is helping |
| National Hair Loss Awareness Month of | | | | thousands of men and women achieve |
| the American Academy of Dermatology | | | | natural looking hairlines. |
| (AAD), and millions of Americans may be | | | | Trichophytic Donor Closure: In order to |
| interested to know that new advanced | | | | restore hair to one part of the head, |
| treatments – in addition to | | | | you have to take it from somewhere else. |
| FDA-approved medications like Rogaine | | | | In the "old days" of hair restoration |
| and Propecia - are available that can | | | | that usually meant patients were left |
| help them to both protect and regrow | | | | with a sizable scar. But today a new |
| hair. | | | | technique called trichophytic donor |
| Alan J. Bauman, M.D., an internationally | | | | closure prevents noticeable scarring, |
| renowned hair restoration surgeon | | | | and enables easy hair regrowth. |
| practicing in Boca Raton, FL, is | | | | Nutritional Supplements: A few |
| encouraging all concerned patients to | | | | supplements have shown some evidence |
| check with their doctors about five new | | | | they can improve the quality of hair |
| treatments and procedures that may help | | | | growth, including a European product |
| them regain natural-looking hair: | | | | called Viviscal, which is comprised of |
| Five New Hair Loss Treatments: | | | | marine extracts and a silica compound. |
| Laser Combs: Low level laser therapy is | | | | National Hair Loss Awareness Month was |
| believed to stimulate hair follicles at | | | | begun in 2000 by the AAD to help raise |
| the cellular level, thus helping to | | | | public awareness about the signs and |
| regrow hair. Hand-held laser devices, or | | | | symptoms of hereditary hair loss and the |
| "laser combs," are one way men – | | | | effective treatments and procedures |
| and women – can treat themselves | | | | available. For more information about |
| in the privacy of their own homes. | | | | hair loss, visit Dr. Bauman's Web site |
| Microscopic Detection: By the time hair | | | | (www.baumanmedical.com), the AAD |
| loss is visible to the naked eye, it's | | | | (www.aad.org) or the International |
| too late for fast and easy treatments. | | | | Society of Hair Restoration Surgery |
| But now PC-based video microscopes, like | | | | (www.ishrs.org). |
| the new Folliscope from South Korea, | | | | Dr. Alan Bauman (baumanmedical.com) is |
| enable doctors to spot areas of thinning | | | | one of only a handful of U.S. surgeons |
| follicles before they become difficult | | | | who practice exclusively in hair |
| to treat. | | | | restoration. |
| Follicular-Unit Extractions: A highly | | | | |