Severe hair loss can look like the final stage of androgenetic alopecia. In this short video, Dr. Sanusi Umar points to a study finding that raises a more complex question about inflammation, fibrosis, and the biology of the scalp. “Severely bald?” That question opens Dr. Umar’s explanation. When male pattern
Two common questions about John’s scalp condition were simple: Is it a lipoma? Is it a tumor? Dr. Sanusi Umar explains why the answer depends on distinguishing a benign fatty growth from a very different group of inflammatory scalp diseases. “Is it a lipoma?” “Is it a tumor?” Those questions
For Mia, a trip to Disneyland was supposed to include the same princess experience she saw other children enjoying. Her mother recalls how scalp hair loss changed that moment, and why the memory came to mean more than hair. Mia’s mother describes her as outgoing and deeply enthusiastic about Disneyland.
Two patients can both have scarring hair loss and still need different plans. In this short video, Dr. Sanusi Umar answers a recurring question about the Two Marias and explains why their care involved more than a single product. “What treatment did you actually use?” That question is the starting
Festus’s treatment continues with Dr. Sanusi Umar focusing on two severe keloids along the beard line and chin. In Episode 3, Chapter 14 of The Bumpinator, Dr. Umar explains which lesion was removed first, the injections used during treatment, and why the next lesion drew his particular attention. Starting at
Maria remembers the timing clearly. It was a Thursday when she was told that a doctor was there and could come see her. She did not know Dr. Sanusi Umar yet, but she agreed to meet him. What followed was a rapid sequence of events that moved her care for
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
