A change in the scalp can first be noticed by someone else. In this Baldcast conversation about lichen planopilaris, a physician describes how her hairdresser spotted something unusual before she herself recognized any change. The observation seemed small at the time, but she now remembers it differently. The First Observation
Dr. Eleojo Achimugu knows hair care from the physician’s side of the consultation. But when she developed lichen planopilaris, a form of scarring alopecia, she also experienced the uncertainty of being a patient whose condition was not responding to the treatments she tried. In this Baldcast introduction, Dr. Sanusi Umar
For Mia’s family, hair loss became more than a medical concern. Her parents, Fernando and Blanca, kept traveling from Arizona as they looked for answers for their daughter. In this Baldcast chapter, Dr. Sanusi Umar reflects on what their persistence says about the effect a child’s hair loss can have
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 Mia’s family, alopecia has brought questions that other parents may recognize when a child begins losing hair. In this Baldcast chapter, Dr. Sanusi Umar asks Mia’s mom what she would say to parents who may feel scared or alone, and her answer centers on continuing to look for possibilities
Mia’s hair was growing, but in this chapter of The Baldcast, her family describes a change that reached beyond appearance. As her alopecia story continued, they noticed her becoming more outgoing, making more friends, and approaching other children with greater confidence. A Change Her Family Could See Dr. Sanusi Umar
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
