Multiple Award Winner and Academy Award Nominee Testimony on Hair Restoration

Hair transplantation stigma once was as distressing to patients as the stigma of being bald itself. Now, with the innovative and moder advancements in hair restoration the stigma is lessening. Today’s follicular unit transplantation (FUT) involves two types of procedures that has celebrites enjoying the benefits of an enhanced self image that directly effects their careers.

Celebrity FUE Hair Transplant involves individual removal of the follicular units; a method that virtually leaves no visible scarring in most people. A precise extraction of hair follicles from the back of the head eliminates a major surgical scar. These hair follicles are then transplanted into recipient incisions in the thinning and or balding areas of the patient’s scalp.

Many others still opt for the ‘Strip Method’ procedure as did Brad Douriff (see video above). No matter the procedure chosen the fact that celebirites and others are willing to open up about their hair restoration surgery is good for everyone who would consider it. Life is too short to let the opinions of others deter one from enjoying the quality of life they choose.

No matter the person’s selection those who become patients at US Hair Restoration enjoy an improved self image that they are proud to share with others. The powerful thing is that one of the fastest growing cosmetic procedures is benefiting people from all walks of life by naturally and permanently resolving their hair loss. In addition they are educating the public and removing the stigma of hair transplants.

What is Melasma?

(Facial Dark Spots)
Melasma, sometimes called sunspots is a skin condition in which dark areas or spots (tan, brown or black) appear randomly on the parts of the face such as the cheeks, chin, forehead, jaws  and nose.  Melasma discoloration is usually symmetrical but not always and they can be found on any sun-exposed areas of face. The strong association of sun exposure with occurrence and deterioration of melasma is medically documented hence the accurate nickname.

Who is susceptible to Melasma?

This common condition can affect any race and skin color; however it is seen mostly in women with olive and darker skin tones.  Hispanics, Asians, Indians, and Middle Eastern individuals are more at risk of getting melasma.   Melasma is linked female hormonal imbalance that accompanies pregnancy and in the use of hormonal contraceptives.

Treatment of Melasma

The first level of treatment is prevention by avoiding over exposure to the sun’s harmful rays.  People with darker skin often ignore protecting their skin. Medical research indicates that ultraviolet radiation promotes skin cancer by 1) damaging the DNA in skin cells and by 2) weakening the body’s natural defenses against cancer cells.

The fact is that people no matter their skin color should utilize the best treatment for Melasma is prevention by avoiding excessive sun exposure or by applying sun blocks.  It is not practical in to completely avoid  exposure to the sun; so appropriately picking a sun block is essential.

                Choosing  Sun Block

Sunscreens that have a sun protection factor (SPF) of between 30 and 75+. are marketed as “broad spectrum” protection against both ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation, which tans and ages skin, and UVB radiation, which causes sunburn. THe metrics by the SPF rating is based as follows;  if you get sunburn after 20 minutes without sunscreen, an SPF 30 product would protect you for about 10 hours (20 minutes x 30). Still, other factors do also contribute to skin damage:

• sun intensity
• geographic location
• skin type
• Levels of  sweating or swimming

All this means SPF is a relative measure of protection and an individual must take all this in account to provide reasonable protection for their skin.

Bleaching Creams

People often The use of bleaching creams is a first level therapuetic treatment of Melasma spots.  These over the counter (OTC) bleaching creams contain 2% hydroquinone.  A dermatologist can prescribe a stronger bleaching cream.  These prescription products usually contain stronger hydroquinone, Retin-A (tretinoin) or combinations of medications such as hydroquinone with tretinoin and topicalal steroids.

Chemical Peels

Chemical peels can remove dark spots, melasma, freckles, wrinkles, and fine lines.  Chemical peels may smooth the skin and lighten dark spots gradually. The superficial peels available as a glycolic acid or other products could be used to remove the darkened spots with minimal or no down time.  Deeper peels could be used under supervision of a physician and are more effective however the downtime might be longer in deeper peels, too.

Laser Resurfacing

Laser resurfacing can offer another way to resurface the skin and could effectively treat some types of melasma spots.  It can also be used for wrinkles, fine lines and small scars.  IPL is another type of physical intervention that could be used to treat melasma.

IPL Treatment

Intense broadband light (IPL) delivers a light spectrum of energy to superficial and deep layers of the skin with out damaging the epidermis (the outer or superficial layer)IPL is one of the newer forms of facial rejuvenation. Unlike lasers, which use intense, focused light, IPL is intense broadband light. IPL delivers energy to both the superficial and deep layers of the skin; however the superficial layer of epidermis is not get damaged.

Studies indicate that  IPL can smooth the skin,  fade age spots, freckles, melasma, and abnormal blood vessels.  Dermatiologist usually prescribe 4 – 6 session for treatment conducted over intervals of 3 weeks between each treatment.is best to be repeated every 3 weeks and a series of 4 to 6 sessions needs to be completed.  Improvement may last for up to a year or longer in some occasions with good sun protection.  Since IPL because it does not damage the epidermis there is minimal downtime.  It is important to use  a sun block cream with SPF of 30 or higher at all times when you are being treated for melasma or skin hyperpigmentation.

Los Angeles Hair Transplant centers have garnered a worldwide reputation as innovative leaders in hair restoration and hair transplants.  Spring is a time of renewal and there is a traditional upturn in the cosmetic surgery. We visited the consumer forum the Hair Transplant Network and searched for their recommended hair restoration surgeons in the Los Angeles area. We reviewed them and found that one well recommended centeris  also providing a substantial savings on hair transplant procedures

US Hair Restoration is providing a spring promotion in all offices in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles (Encino), and Orange County. Patients who have wanted the benefits a hair transplant can enjoy a substantial savings of 28% this spring off the cost of hair restorations on standby basis*.

*The standby program is for people who can be flexible with their time and can stay on a waiting list until we have an opening for them.
**Available is 0% financing for 18 months for approved credit. The patients who use our friendly 0% interest financing can still enjoy a 20% discount off the cost of hair transplantation when they are on our standby list. For more information on these affordable hair transplant cost and other benefits such as group discount and travel reimbursements please call our offices, (888) 302-8747.

SMP a New Alternative for Advanced Hair Loss

By the age of fifty years 50% of men will experience a perceptible level of hair loss.  This increases by an equal rate for each succeeding decade. There is no doubt that male pattern baldness (MPB)is one of the most proliferate cosmetic medical issues. DHT is at the root of MPB. A male hormone that overtime destroys the hair follicle in the scalp. Scalp hair on the sides and back of head are resistant to this and so men in most instances do not lose that hair.

Scalp micro pigmentation (SMP) offers and innovative approach for men with advanced male pattern baldness (MPB). A less invasive procedure excellent result can be obtained creating the shade of “stubble” hair over the scalp. Men who have NW 5 and NW 6 hair loss; and who also lack an adequate supply of donor hair have new options. Los Angeles US Hair Restoration centers are innovative leaders in hair restoration who perform SMP procedures as well as the exciting Celebrity FUE hair transplant. Both  these procedures are less invasive with little to no recovery time to gain the benefits for patients.

Restylane, Peralane and Juvederm leading Hyaluronic Acid Fillers

Leading Uses for Restylane, Peralane and Juvederm

 The use of injectable fillers for facial rejuvenation is a fast growing area of cosmetic surgery. Unlike decades ago men are electing this type of cosmetic treatment almost as frequently as women. The most popular hyaluronic acid based fillers are Restylane, Peralane and Juvederm, Hyaluronic Acid (HA) is a naturally occurring complex sugar familiar to the body. This makes it safer but is also the reason why touches up treatments are needed by patients.

The popularity of these fillers has virtually pushed collagen from the market in facial rejuvenation treatments and greatly reduced the use of botex in many areas of the face.  Since the body also makes its own hyaluronic acid the need for skin tests like in previous treatments has been eliminated.

HA fillers of Restylane Juvederm Perlane are all FDA-approved for use in reducing the depth of the nasolabial folds, the lines from the lower sides of your nose that often extedn to the corners of a person’s mouth.  Cosmetic doctors also use HA fillers for a other cosmetic rejuvenation purposes:

Augmentation

• Lip augmentation enlargement of both the upper and lower lips
• Cheek augmentation (at the level of the cheek bones)

Rejuvenation

• Reducing the aging ‘marionette lines’ around the corners of the mouth and at the sides of the chin
• Filling the hollow between the jowl and the chin
• Filling additional deep cheek lines that often run parallel to the nasolabial folds
• Filling vertical lip wrinkles as an alternative to Botox or Dysport
• Filling the tear troughs (concave area between the inner aspect of the lower eyelid and the cheek
• Augmentation of hollows below the cheek bones
• Filling concavities of the nasal bridge

Botox for Depression

Some patients who have undergone wrinkle reduction by utilizing Botox complain that their face does not show emotion and that their appearance is almost mannequin like.  Interesting enough this may be a positive benefit for some people suffering from treatment-resistant depression. A randomized, controlled study on the effect of Botox (botulinum toxin) on depression was conducted at the University of Basel in Switzerland.  Researchers investigated whether patients with major depressive disorder who had not responded to antidepressant medications could benefit from Botox injection.

Botox Study Application

As a controlled study one treatment group of participants received a single dose (consisting of five injections) of botulinum toxin. These injections were administered to the area of the face between and just above the eyebrows. The control group was given placebo injections in the same areas

Overview of Results of Botox use for treatment resistant depression

A study authored by M. Axel Wollmer a Swiss psychiatrist demonstrated some positive effects of Botox on depression.  The University of Basel research demonstrated that the depressive symptoms in the treatment group were reduced by 47 percent after six week. This improvement remained consistent throughout the 16-week study period. The placebo group’s reduction in symptoms was only 9 percent. The findings appeared in May in the Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Wollmer, a psychiatrist theorizes the treatment “interrupts feedback from the facial musculature to the brain. This feedback may be involved in the development and maintenance of negative emotions.”

Additionally, previous studies demonstrated that Botox impairs people’s ability to identify others’ feelings.  Wollmer’s study’s  findings adds more evidence that the facial  muscles  are instrumental for identifying and experiencing emotions, as well as,  communicating them.

Botox being used in other medical treatments

• Henry Winkler is endorses Botox to improve Upper Limb Spasticity• A sBritish medical journal study Botox can have a positive  effect on incontinence caused by overactive bladder syndrome.

• Botox is now used for tooth grinding or clenching (bruxism)TMJ (temporomandibular joint disorder), and even excess salivation.
• Botox is demonstrated to be helpful for migraine headaches. Research showed that during a migraine attack, the muscles in the forehead, temples and the back of the head contract.
• The FDA approved Botox in 1980  for use in the syndromes of blepharospasm (uncontrolled blinking) and strabismus (lazy eye).
• Botox is used for the treatment of excessive perspiration.
• Restless Leg Syndrome can be helped with Botox.
• Botox is also being used for cervical dystonia  a type of neck spasm.
• Botox is now being researched for possible treatment of  sthma and obesity. 

Non Invasive Hair Transplant for Professionals

US Hair Restoration medical director, Parsa Mohebi, MD has developed an innovative process to transform celebrities hairlines without interruption of their busy public schedules. The idea behind Celebrity Non-shaved FUE hair transplants is to almost seamlessly restore the patient’s hair with several short outpatient procedures that have little to no downtime.  Utilizing the advances in follicular unit extraction Dr. Mohebi recognized that with surgical skill and artistic ability small numbers of follicular units (donor hair from the patient’s permanent zone at the back and sides of the head) could be harvested and placed in the patient’s balding areas.  These very non invasive procedures would allow busy professionals and those with public appearance as a premium to combat their hair loss without scrutiny.

Celebrity Non-shaved FUE Transplant involves having the follicular units to be removed individually. There is not surgical incision for removal of a strip of scalp and therefore no wound, stitches or eventual scar from healing.  Unlike other FUE transplants there not a need to shave the entire back or the thinning area of head. This 3 -4 hour outpatient procedure allows a man or woman to maintain  their hairstyle with no obvious signs of a surgery.

This gradual process of restoring your hair provides an undetectable transformation that meets the needs of celebrities, professionals and other individuals to whom public image is very important.  Patients who elect Celebrity Non-shaved FUE transplant enjoy the benefit of minimal interruption to their eventful lives and a drastic change in their appearance.  Each person may need to repeat this procedure a few times based on the extent of the balding area or the desired density.

A class of drugs known as prostaglandin analogues has lead to the rise of this elective medical treatment for eyelash enhancement. Latisse™ (bimatoprost ophthalmic solution 0.03%) product that has garnered popular interest in cosmetic treatments. Often medical researchers discover a treatment for something when searching for a medical solution for something else; this is the case with’ Eyelash Enhancement’ treatments. The popular brand on the market today is  Latisse™ from made by Allergan.

Bimatoporost is a medication developed to treat the ocular pressure from patients suffering with glaucoma. As a side effect it was noted that eyelashes appeared to grow longer and thicker. Apparently the bimatoporost prolonged the growth phase of eyelash hair follicles. Allergan pharmaceuticals furthered researched this effect and gained FDA approval for the product branded as Latisse™ the only treatment of its kind.

Latisse™ cannot help individuals with eyelash hair loss do to the following:

• Industrial accidents resulting in chemical and thermal burns or Physical trauma due to injuries
• Surgical treatment of injury or tumor that results in removal or eyelash follicles and tissue scarring
• Medical treatments-radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer that results in hair loss
• Trichotillomania which as described before is a compulsive hair plucking condition
• Congenital absence of hair eyelash
• Adverse results from cosmetic enhancements such as eyelid tattoos, and traction alopecia associated with long-term use of false eyelashes

In the above listed circumstances an eyelash hair transplant is most likely to be the best solution.

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It’s not just for celebrities.

US Hair Restoration of Beverly Hills and Los Angeles are leading hair transplant centers and receive patients from all over the world. FUE is the newest of follicular unit hair transplant procedures. (FUT)

Renown surgeon Dr. Parsa Mohebi developed an innovative process to transform celebrities hairlines without interruption of their busy public schedules. Of course any one can take advantage of this least invasive method of hair restoration. The results are natural, proven and permanent because its your own hair.

Celebrity FUE Transplant is when we remove hairs individually without the need to shave the entire back of head and transplant them one at a time. This outpatient procedure that takes not more than 3-4 hours allow the person to maintain his/her hair look with no obvious sign of surgery. The process is more gradual because we limit the number of grafts to four to five hundred at a time. That is exactly what most celebrities prefer and choose. They enjoy the benefit of a gradual transformation with minimal interruption to their eventful lives.

Of course this new approach is not limited to celebrities onlyCelebrity FUE. It is for anyone who wants to enjoy the benefit of a healthy head of hair with minimal downtime. Whether you opt for a single procedure or our unique Celebrity FUE Hair Transplant we are certain you will like the new you after our hair restoration procedures.