Throughout Los Angeles and California, both men and women suffer with hair loss as a result of the aging process, genetics, stress, medications, or a combination of reasons. Hair loss creates a number of problems for those who suffer with it. Hair loss can be embarrassing, and can take a toll on an individual’s confidence and self-esteem. With a Hair Transplant Los Angeles residents can restore hair to the body that continues to grow and function regularly. A hair transplant can restore a natural hairline, increase hair density, or correct and enhance areas of the hair that require restoration.

With a Hair Transplant Surgeon Los Angeles residents and out of town patients can consult with an expert on hair restoration. During a consultation it is important to verbalize areas of concerns and possible reasons for hair loss such as genetics (hair loss in parents or relatives), stress level, or any current medications. Your hair transplant surgeon will be able to give you hair transplant procedure options and each method’s pros and cons.

The newest and most advanced method of hair transplantation is the Follicular Unit of Extraction, or FUE hair transplant. With FUE Los Angeles residents have the option to receive a hair transplant procedure that provides the superior advantage of no visible linear scar after recovery, when compared to other methods. FUE hair transplant procedures are less invasive, less painful, and can be used to treat mild to moderate hair loss. The procedure refers to extracting hair follicular units one by one from the donor site and transplanting them. Finding a hair transplant surgeon with an expertise in FUE is critical for patients looking to receive an FUE procedure. FUE is more time consuming and demanding on the skill and time of a surgeon as the incisions made are so small they cannot be seen with the naked eye.

One of the most common areas of hair restoration for women is typically the eyebrows. A woman’s eyebrows go through plenty of abuse as they are constantly tweezed, threaded, and reshaped to fit beauty trends and styles. All the abuse may even lead to eyebrow hair no longer growing back. With an Eyebrow Hair Transplant Los Angeles residents can restore eyebrow hair to its natural, growing state, and increasing eyebrow hair density. There are also many other areas of the body aside from the crown and eyebrows that may be treated with hair transplantations.

Previously, we announced that hair loss treatment Los Angeles center as a leader in hair restoration, is launching a new research to compare different methods of hair restoration Beverly Hills treatment with FUE method (between May and July of 2010). The study is conducted on certain days by hair loss treatment Beverly Hills Dr. Mohebi and the volunteers who are qualified for participation in the research can receive a 50% discount off the cost of their FUE transplant procedure.

Are You a Candidate?
This discounted rate of the FUE cost does not apply to any of our other hair transplant procedures. Applicants can call 1 (800) 302-8747 to schedule a consultation with Dr. Mohebi in order to determine their eligibility for a FUE procedure. If you are unsure whether or not FUE is the right procedure for you, then before your consultation, please read about FUE surgery in our website. You can also read several posts on Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) including FUE transplant vs. strip surgery in The Hair Restoration Blog.

Methods of FUE

In this study, all FUE procedures will be performed by hair transplant Beverly Hills specialist, Dr. Mohebi himself. All stages of FUE transplantation follow our standard procedures and the only difference is going to be the technique of harvesting hair follicular units. We will use two main techniques for extracting the follicular unit grafts including manual and automated methods. For the automated method, we will use either the NeoGraft machine or Harris’ Safe System. The patient cannot choose the system that we will use. The volunteers will be randomly selected for one of the above FUE methods.

The above described techniques are among the well-known effective methods of performing FUE transplant surgeries. We hope that by performing this study, we will be able to elucidate the pros and cons of each currently used method and be able to introduce a preferred method of Follicular Unit Extraction to the field of surgical hair restoration today. The results of this study will be released on our website and in future medical literature.

Despite solid evidence in the published literature regarding the psychological impact of hair loss, the corrective effect of medical and surgical hair restoration has never been studied. Observing drastic changes in patient’s lives, we were motivated to look into the psychological impact of hair restoration on different aspects of patients’ life. We performed a questionnaire based questioned at new hair institute.

We used the indexes of psychological variables that were previously studied comparing balding and non-balding men. We focused in on eight major criteria that have been reported and documented as variables associated with hair loss in the literature. We collected a subset of them in our pilot study. Included were questions regarding the general level of happiness, energy level, feeling of youthfulness, anxiety level, self confidence, outlook on the future, and impact on their sex life.

Our initial study on the psychology of hair loss included the patients who had their first hair loss treatment Los Angeles between one to three years prior to the time of our research, so they could have seen the final results of their hair transplant surgery with a fresh memory of their condition prior to their hair restoration procedure. We used the most recent years to have a uniform group in terms of the technique of the surgery we used.

We limited the study to male patients with androgenetic alopecia. According to hair loss treatment Beverly Hills, patients had exclusively follicular unit transplants that reflected our standard of care for that period. Comparison of patients’ before and after surgery condition in eight different criteria including level of happiness, energy level, anxiety level, youthfulness, self esteem, impact on sex life and career were done. Patients had significant improvements in all eight criteria regardless of their stage of baldness or their age.

Patients who experienced hair loss at an early age while involved in an active social life were more prone to the negative side effects of balding and appeared to benefit most from hair restoration procedures. These patients’ negative outlook seemed to reverse after surgery. Our next step is going to be performing a similar study on a larger scale with providing incentives to the patients who respond to our questionnaires to increase the response rate a validity of the study.

Hair loss should be recognized more as a disease that needs special care and attention. Establishing the relationship between hair loss and its psychological consequences and the positive effect of hair transplant in improving those conditions might even help hair loss patients to get insurance coverage for their hair restoration procedure in the future.