Eleojo is a practicing pediatric surgeon, hair specialist, and hair transplant surgeon who also experienced lichen planopilaris, or LPP, as a patient. In this Baldcast chapter, she describes an early encounter with Dr. Sanusi Umar that began with skepticism and shifted when she noticed a pattern in her own symptoms.
For a dermatologist hair loss specialist, FUE is not one uniform procedure. Hair angle, follicle direction, skin thickness, skin firmness, donor location, and whether the hair is shaved can change the technical challenge of graft extraction. I developed UGraft Zeus around a simple premise: when hair and skin characteristics change,
A corrective hairline case showing how body hair transplantation with U-Graft FUE technology can be used when a previous transplant leaves a harsh, pluggy-looking transition. Imagine fixing a bad hairline with leg hair. That is the premise of this short hair transplant before and after case. The patient came in
For Mia, Disneyland was more than a destination. She loved everything connected to Disney and wanted to enjoy the same princess experience she saw other children having. But during one family visit, her alopecia totalis became the reason she could not take part in a moment she had been excited
A new publication from Dr. U identifies a subclinical inflammatory and early fibrotic scalp pattern that can coexist with androgenetic alopecia, influence outcomes, and change how we plan treatment and hair restoration for hair loss and pattern baldness. If this sounds like you, this article is for you: If you
Dr. Umar has performed a biopsy, which has enabled him to map the exact borders of the folliculitis decalvans lesion. Dr. Umar is ready to begin the scalp surgery operation. The question is, is Anwar emotionally ready for a different outcome? Is he sure he wants to try for a cure again?
For patients of African descent, hair loss can feel like an especially isolating journey. Many are told that Follicular Unit Excision (FUE) is not an option for them. Afro-textured hair grows in unpredictable angles and comes in tightly curved follicle structures. This results in a high transection rate, making it
During a hair transplant, the practitioner takes grafts from a donor area, typically the back of the scalp. But what happens when this area has an insufficient number of hair follicles to harvest? This was the case for Jon, who wanted to overcome male pattern baldness while having a minimal
