My Decision for Hair Transplant.

Currently, I am 27, and I have been loosing hair from the age of 17. My current hairloss level is at a norwood 5V. After getting so many stares toward my see through scalp and hearing remarks about my hair loss, I have decided to spend some time researching information on hair restoration doctors.

Hair transplants are just too expensive, so I have been spending time looking for options overseas. On my next set of blogs I will post information on various clinics that I have sent my photos to, and I will provide my feedback on those replies. Currently, I am interested in the FUT procedure over FUE because its cheaper, and the hair grafts from the hair transplant result are thicker. This means more density and coverage. In my view FUE should only be used to modify the hair line or cover smaller bald areas.

Restoration Robotics Latest Automation Device For FUE.

Just this April, the Food and Drug Administration approved a revolutionary technology -- the ARTAS System from Restoration Robotics, Inc.

"It's a level of precision that can't be matched anywhere else," said Dr. James Harris with Hair Sciences Center of Colorado in the Denver Tech Center.

Harris uses a robotic arm, controlled through a remote control, to remove follicular units, one by one, from the scalp.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/education/28881883/detail.html

At the moment this device is to expensive. Dr Rassman on balding blog provides more information about its cost.

This new technology will make follicular unit extraction (FUE) more popular and easier for most doctors, but it will not likely drive the cost of a hair transplant down as the robotic Artas system is quite expensive for the clinic ($200,000 for the machine) plus the company charges an additional $1/graft.

http://www.baldingblog.com/2011/08/25/in-the-news-first-robotic-hair-transplant-performed/

Restoration Robotics Device To Be Released In 2012.

Here is an Extract from the Article

A Robotic system is designed to conduct automated harvesting of follicular units in hair transplant surgery.

One of the major advantages of this robot-assisted harvesting technique is that it may be a less invasive procedure than the strip harvest technique that is currently being used and still widely considered the gold standard approach, says Miguel Canales, M.D., medical director, Restoration Robotics, Mountain View, Calif.

"I believe that many physicians will embrace the robotic-assisted follicular harvesting technology, as it greatly simplifies the transplant procedure, and may save the physician and the surgical team a lot of valuable time," Dr. Canales says.

After comfortably positioning the patient, the hair at the donor area is cut short — approximately 1 mm in length — and the robotic arm of the device is placed over the target area of the patient's scalp.

Process

The robotic arm is equipped with two cameras that serve as a stereo-vision sensor that can identify and detect follicular units on the patient's scalp.

The physician precisely chooses which follicular units are to be harvested and then inputs this information into the system menu.

The number and type of follicular units — single or multiple hair follicular units — can be specifically chosen, as well as the precise pattern of harvesting, calculating the angle, orientation and location of each follicular unit on the scalp surface.

This allows for an automated and customized follicular unit harvesting for each individual patient "as the patient moves and the robot moves, allowing the system to keep track of each follicular unit from each frame of the video stream from the cameras.

"This ability of analyzing the video streams, combined with agile robotics, can compensate for patient movement to achieve required accuracy for the hair transplantation," Dr. Canales says.

The robotic arm is used to accurately position and carry out dermal punches for harvesting follicular units.

Each follicular extraction involves a 1 mm incision, which does not require the sutures or bandages that are needed following the standard strip harvest technique.

"As the technology is further optimized, approximate harvest speeds of 750 to 1,000 follicular units per hour may be achieved," Dr. Canales says.

According to Dr. Canales, a team of four to eight technicians is currently required to conduct the strip harvesting technique. However, using the robotic arm, only two people would be needed.

The current strip harvest technique can take up to eight to 10 hours to perform from harvest to implantation for a typical 1,500 to 2,200 follicular units. The robotic-assisted procedure can potentially reduce the procedure time to only four to five hours.

Investigational device

The unique technology is still an investigational device, and Food and Drug Administration clinical trials will soon be under way, but the technology should be available as early as 2012.

http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/I-robot-Prototype-harvests-follicular-units-for-tr/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/616246?contextCategoryId=40175&ref=25

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) For Hair Loss

This seems to be another solution. On the other hand, the before and after pics are deceiving. If this really works why do you have to deceiving people with lighting and different angles ?

Dermmatch

Before applying a certian type of herbal oil, I started using Dermmatch. The results were amazing. I was impressed. With this product, I was able to cover my bald spots, and nobody was able to look at my scalp which can be seen through my thinning hair. If people want to hide their thinning hair or bald spots this product is excellent. You can apply this product and leave it on for a whole week. I'm guessing its paste also holds on to the hair which is supposed to fall out. After a week, when you shower you will see all powder comming out and all the hair which I suppose is suppose to fall out. The best part about this product is you won't have people always shiting their focus at your hair line anymore. This can be really annoying. Sometimes you have a converstation and there are ill mannered people who just shit their attention on your hair line. Besides, the best part is, if you are not satisfied, Dermmatch gives you a full refund. In fact, all lot of these hair after hair transplant pics you see on the net, they all have Dermmatch applied on their scapls. The reason is hair transplants give patients thin hair, so Dermmatch is used to make hair appear thicker.

A Natural Treatment That Actually Works

I've been loosing my hair since the age of 17. Currently, I am 25, and on the norwood scale I am a norwood 5.I wish there was a cure, but there isn't one till this day. Propecia has its sexual side effects, and it does not restore the hair line. Rogaine is a little effective, but again it made no difference for the hair line. Transplants were too expensive, and they need Propecia and Rogain to maintain the remaining hairs of the head. There seems to be no solution left. I felt hopeless. Finally, my mother saw an ad which gave an alternative solution. The ad claimed that if one is experiencing hair loss one can still recover 10%-35% of their hair. Of course after surfing on the internet and hair loss forums, I said this stuff was bogus. Anyway, my mother was really concerned, and she wanted me to try this new treatment. I decided to go for it. When I met the herbal doctor I asked him many questions. He told me that dandruff and sebum were the main reasons for hair loss. Now, I have heard this bogus many times. Also, I made up my mind that there was no cure for hair loss. Anyway, the herbal doctor told me that I would have to shave my head and keep on shaving my head for 6 months. Common, I'm already going bald now I have to tell the world hey look I admit that I am bald. Or maybe this doctor wants me to believe that his product was working since my remaining hair was growing. Anyway, I decided to buy the product, and I did not shave my head as he suggested. I applied the a herbal oil which he gave me on my head. I was a norwood 5 so I had a few bald spots. After a few weeks, a few hair grew. I was shocked. Of course it didn't cover my whole head, but it prevented that shiny appearance which the bald areas gave. I was shocked. Then I decided to shave the my head. I realized that if I shave my head I was able to spread his oil a lot easier. This is why I had to shave my head. The reason was because the oil spread across the head easier and I was able to prevent the product from going to waste. Now the video I posted shows a similar product. However, the oil which the treatment is using above is a similar oil that this herbal doctor uses at his clinic. Anyway, if anyone lives in the Toronto area, and is interested in treating their hair loss, please leave a comment. I will give you more information. I am self have not cured my hair loss. However, the remaining hair of my head become stronger, I have a few hairs grown in my bald spots areas, and my hair loss slowed down significantly. I still have people telling me how I am loosing my hair. On the contrary, the remaining hair that I have are much stronger before, and they are still didn't tell me I am going bald. There is a difference between loosing hair and going bald. For people who are just started to loose their hair, there is hope for you. I wish I met tried this treatment when I was 17. Back then nobody knew about my hair loss except myself.

The Reality of Salman Khan's Hair

Salman Khan got a transplant a few years ago, and many fans were impressed by the results. However, the reality is Salman Khan still has to wear a hair piece.

Salman Khan In His Early Days

Salman Loosing His Hair

Right After the Hair Transplant

What you see in the Media

The Reality

Hair Weaving

There are rumors that Salman Khan started taking seriods to grow his muscles bigger. This may have cause him to speed up his hair loss.