Hair Loss
Posted on January 7, 2019
As a new year begins, it gives us the opportunity to look back on our achievements from the previous year. It’s a time to evaluate which goals were met and which are yet to be reached. It’s common do this for family issues and for […]
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Posted on December 21, 2018
We at Leonard Hair Transplant Associates are commonly asked if there is a link between weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery) and hair loss. There are a couple of reasons why we often see hair loss after this treatment for obesity. First is that bariatric surgery […]
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Posted on November 1, 2018
I have received many questions over the years about whether emotional stress causes hair loss. Many people, including physicians, attribute stress as a common cause of losing hair. Very often, stress is blamed by many medical professionals for hair thinning because they often do not […]
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Posted on October 10, 2018
We at Leonard Hair Transplant Associates are often asked whether anabolic steroids such as testosterone cause baldness. Injected testosterone has been used for many decades to increase muscle mass as well as for other medical reasons like hypogonadism, where the body manufactures too little of […]
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Posted on June 21, 2018
It is unbelievable to me that I began in the field of hair transplant surgery nearly 32 years ago. In the late 1980’s, the lotions and potions that purported to grow hair are still available today. In those days, these snake oils had to be […]
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Posted on May 17, 2018
As I have written before, I am an avid follower of the British Royal Family, so when something as big as Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle is soon to happen, then I’m all over it! I was one of those crazy Americans who got […]
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Posted on March 27, 2018
Dr. Lopresti and I are often asked whether the use of oral contraceptives (birth control pills) causes hair loss in women. The main answer is that either starting or stopping the Pill can cause a temporary shedding known as telogen effluvium, which is self-limiting. The […]
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