Maria’s treatment for folliculitis decalvans did not begin with a hair transplant. In this Baldcast chapter, Dr. Sanusi Umar asks viewers to focus on the sequence: diseased tissue was surgically excised, the scalp was stabilized, tattooing was used during healing, and three years later transplantation followed. The result shown in
After Anwar’s episode of The Bumpinator, Dr. Sanusi Umar received a question from Lucas in Brazil about acne keloidalis nuchae. Lucas had noticed that his AKN lesions seemed to flare during the summer and wanted to know whether heat and sweating were making the condition worse. Dr. Umar’s answer draws
For one young patient, keloids were not simply something visible on the ear. The ear growth had become physically uncomfortable, with enough weight and pressure to affect an ordinary activity as basic as sleeping. In this Bumpinator short, the patient’s own words show why Dr. Sanusi Umar’s patient-first approach centers
John’s story with acne keloidalis nuchae begins around puberty, when bumps started appearing at the back of his head. What initially drew attention during a haircut eventually became years of repeated attempts to find an answer, until Dr. Sanusi Umar recognized the pattern and gave John a name for what
Anwar came to Dr. Sanusi Umar with folliculitis decalvans at an extreme level. In this short Bumpinator chapter, Dr. Umar describes the case as “very severe, as severe as they come” and explains that he plans to take a nontraditional approach rather than rely on a routine path. A Case
James’ acne keloidalis nuchae story carries a simple warning from Dr. Sanusi Umar: do not ignore persistent scalp changes when they are still small. When James returned to Dr. Umar years after an earlier visit, the bumps on the back of the head had changed dramatically, and he also had
Festus has lived for decades with recurring keloids, but the condition has not taken away his sense of hope. In this Bumpinator short reel, Dr. Sanusi Umar recalls first meeting Festus and being struck not only by the visible condition, but by the personality and conviction of the man living
When James returned to see Dr. Sanusi Umar, he already had a large lump on the back of his head. What made his acne keloidalis nuchae case especially revealing was that Dr. Umar had seen him years earlier, giving them a record of how much the condition had changed over
