Featured Hair Surgery Articles
Video: Eleojo on Lichen Planopilaris and Feeling Unheard
Eleojo came to Los Angeles for a hair restoration course, but the visit also became part of her own hair loss story. In The Baldcast, Episode 7, Chapter 6, she
Video: Mia’s Princess Day: A Moment of Joy With Alopecia Totalis
For Mia, whose story on The Baldcast has included living with alopecia totalis, the closing chapter turns toward a very different kind of moment: a princess day. Dr. Sanusi Umar
Video: Eleojo Questioned a Traction Alopecia Assumption
Eleojo was losing hair, but an early explanation of traction alopecia did not feel adequate to her. In The Baldcast, she tells Dr. Sanusi Umar why she kept asking for
Video: Alopecia Totalis and Mia’s Disneyland Princess Surprise
Mia lives with alopecia totalis, a form of alopecia areata. In this chapter of The Baldcast, Dr. Sanusi Umar makes space for a childhood surprise as Mia opens a gift
Video: Hair Transplant Donor Planning: Why the Shave Test Matters
A fixed donor-area map cannot tell the whole story. Dr. Sanusi Umar explains how a close-clipping assessment can help match hair transplant donor boundaries to each person’s actual hair pattern.
Video: Hair Transplant Donor Areas: Why One Map Does Not Fit All
Dr. Sanusi Umar explains why donor boundaries should be based on the individual scalp, not only on a traditional diagram. A hair transplant begins with a question that a standard
Video: Lichen Planopilaris: Eleojo’s Search for Answers
Dr. Eleojo Achimugu is a doctor, but that did not make her own experience with lichen planopilaris any less uncertain. In this chapter of The Baldcast, she tells Dr. Sanusi
Video: Mia’s Alopecia Story: A Treatment Plan Built for a Child
For Mia and her family, alopecia is more than a question of hair. In this closing chapter of The Baldcast, Dr. Sanusi Umar thanks her family for traveling from Arizona
Video: Lichen Planopilaris: Eleojo’s Moment of Recognition
For Eleojo, a surgeon with training in hair restoration, a passing glance in the mirror changed how she understood her hair loss. In this Baldcast conversation with Dr. Sanusi Umar,