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A mother and daughter with similar hair loss conditions and identical HLA types suggest a genetic link between the conditions.

Alopecia areata can look like frontal fibrosing alopecia, making diagnosis hard.

Trichoscopy helps tell apart other hair loss conditions from common hair loss.

SHA lowers the hairline quickly and patients are usually happy with the results if they are good candidates.

Hair loss in women may have causes other than hormones.

The paper concludes that copying the natural direction and angle of hair in transplants is key for a natural look and doesn't harm hair survival.

Hair transplantation has evolved to refined techniques like FUE and FUT, with Finasteride and Minoxidil as the only other proven treatments for hair loss.

The article discusses how to fix bad results from hair restoration surgery, with different doctors suggesting methods like adding more grafts, moving transplanted hair, or using smaller grafts.

Dr. Walter P. Unger suggests that copying a person's natural hair direction and angle during transplants leads to a more natural and fuller appearance.

Hair transplantation has improved with techniques that increase graft survival and patient satisfaction for more natural results.

Reduced androgens linked to kinky hair disorder and hair loss; 5a-reductase inhibitors may help.

Various techniques and tools for hair restoration were presented in 1998, including a mathematical model for donor area, use of lasers in surgery, methods for controlling grafted hair direction, and ways to increase graft yield. Satisfaction rates were around 39%, and studies showed trauma and dehydration can damage hair follicles.

Effective repair of bad hair transplants requires skilled techniques and careful use of donor hair, with strategies like reimplantation and camouflage, and new methods to minimize scarring.

Hair transplantation techniques have improved over 12 years, with follicular unit grafting providing more natural results and potential future advances in automation and genetics.

The document concludes that appearance can be significantly improved after one hair restoration correction procedure, but often multiple operations are needed for the best results.

The best results in surgical hair restoration come from careful techniques, optimal use of limited hair supply, correct hair direction, saving hair for key areas, understanding scarring effects, and adjusting hair graft density.

Androgenetic alopecia is mainly caused by genetic factors and increased androgen activity, leading to hair follicle miniaturization.

Current treatments for androgenetic alopecia manage symptoms but don't cure it, and it affects social and psychological well-being.

GnRH analogues are effective for diagnosing and treating female androgen excess, offering a non-surgical option.

Hair transplanting is a useful, often overlooked treatment for female pattern hair loss.

Spironolactone and minoxidil together effectively treat female pattern hair loss.

Minoxidil helps stabilize hair loss, increase density, and reduce shedding after hair transplant surgery.

Minoxidil can increase hair density, speed up regrowth in transplanted hair, and slow down further hair loss, especially beneficial for women, young men with thinning hair, and those wanting to reconstruct the back of the scalp.

Birth control pills help treat skin and hair growth problems linked to high male hormone levels.

To prevent thinning in the donor area, harvest less than 50% of the original hair density in repeat hair transplants.

Hair transplantation effectively lowers high foreheads in Asian women, with high satisfaction and no major complications.

Minoxidil foam 5% effectively treats hair loss in both frontal and vertex scalp regions.

Hair restoration surgery redistributes existing hair to achieve a natural look, with visible regrowth in 3-4 months and rare complications, mostly aesthetic.

New techniques in hair restoration surgery can fix unnatural results from old methods, improving patient self-esteem.

Micrografts and minigrafts for hair restoration provide high patient satisfaction and can cover large areas of hair loss, including sideburns, eyebrows, and beards.