Key Points: 1) Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is an option for treating hair loss 2) Maintenance therapy every three to six months is recommended Introduction Many people experience hair loss, especially as we age (1). It’s also not uncommon to search for some remedy to try and postpone the inevitable or
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Introduction Despite how common it is, male pattern hair loss is something that exactly no one looks forward to. About 70% of men are expected to be affected at some point throughout life (1). That’s about 35 million men in the United States at any given time. The best part
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Background Stress is a commonplace in daily living and nowadays it can be argued that there is not a week—if not a day—that passes by without a person experiencing stress or at least talking about it. Stress can be defined as the body’s response to a stressor, and stressors are
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Introduction What is the truth about finasteride? The article “Risk of erectile dysfunction associated with use of 5-α reductase inhibitors for benign prostatic hyperplasia or alopecia: population based studies using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink” by Hagberg et al., has made an important contribution to hair loss treatment in men
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Introduction People either love or hate beards – it is hard to find someone who stands in the middle! However, it seems that beards are becoming more prevalent, for a variety of reasons. Beards are considered by many individuals, and even by entire cultures, to be a symbol of masculinity.
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Introduction In this news summary, we will discuss why hairstyle—as in hair length—matters to people; herein, we draw from works by Tanaka (2018) to discuss why a woman’s hair length can be ‘a big deal’—from a scientific perspective. Without conducting a survey, nor searching the literature, a consensus we all
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Introduction We at Sure Hair would like to honour the achievements of one of the founding researchers of Hair transplantation, Norman Orentreich (Fig 1) (1). Norman Orentreich developed the first and only permanent solution to hair loss making him truly the father of hair transplantation. He discovered that hair maintains
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Introduction Platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, is often mentioned outside of the medical field due to its increasing popularity in social media and endorsements by celebrities. Often, these people are referring to a procedure known as the “vampire facial,” which may look scary, but offers many benefits to the skin and
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Introduction Sure Hair has always been dedicated to patient care, safety and satisfaction. To achieve this we have always been motivated to incorporate innovation and new discoveries. We found that Toronto is an ideal place for situating our practice due to its history of hair science innovation, proximity to world-leading
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Introduction The ability to generate new hair from your old hair would be an incredibly powerful tool. Current treatments for hair loss focus on keeping the hair you have or transplanting the limited permanent hair of the scalp to areas where hair has been lost. Hair cloning, sometimes called hair
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