2018
Posted on April 13, 2018
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2018 and reflects Leonard Hair Transplant Associates at that time. Dr. Robert Leonard retired from surgical practice in 2018. Today, Dr. Matthew Lopresti serves as Chief Hair Restoration Surgeon and performs FUE and FUT hair transplant surgery […]
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Posted on March 27, 2018
If you have recently started, stopped or changed birth control and suddenly seem to be finding more hair in the shower, on your brush or on your clothes, it is understandable to wonder whether the two are connected. The answer is that a change in […]
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Posted on March 9, 2018
Hair dye does not usually cause the type of progressive hair loss associated with male or female pattern baldness, but frequent coloring, bleaching and other chemical processing can damage the hair shaft and lead to dryness, brittleness and breakage. When enough strands break, your hair […]
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Posted on February 26, 2018
Yes, you are awake during a hair transplant. At Leonard Hair Transplant Associates, hair transplant surgery is performed using local anesthetic rather than general anesthesia, so patients remain awake throughout the procedure. Most spend the day sitting comfortably in a surgical chair watching television or […]
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Posted on February 6, 2018
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to eat McDonald’s french fries and grow your hair back? You could hit the drive thru and super size your follicles and your combo meal! Japanese researchers recently used a chemical found in the fries to grow hair follicles on mice. […]
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Posted on February 1, 2018
It is an understandable question because male pattern baldness, also known as androgenetic alopecia, and prostate cancer are both influenced in part by androgen related biological pathways. That connection has interested researchers for years, but sharing some biological mechanisms does not mean one condition causes […]
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Posted on January 19, 2018
We at Leonard Hair Transplant Associates commonly hear from patients that the first sign of hair loss is a new cool or cold feeling they get on their heads in the winter. Actually, people even notice it during the summer when they go into air […]
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