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Hair Treatment Guide |
|
understanding hair loss |
understand hair growth and factors that contribute to hair loss |
| female hair
loss |
causes and treatments for the estimated 20-40% of women with
hair loss |
| hair grafts
or transplants |
a thin strip of hair-bearing scalp is removed, separated into
pieces of 1 to 5 hair follicles, and then implanted into areas
with hair loss. |
| scalp
expansion |
hair-bearing scalp is gradually expanded with a saline-filled
balloon causing more skin with hair to grow. |
|
scalp flap |
a hair-bearing area of scalp is rotated into areas of areas of
hair loss to fill in the baldness |
| scalp
reduction |
an area of hair loss on the scalp is removed to increase the
proportion of hair-bearing scalp. |
| medical
options |
propecia (finasteride) and rogaine (minoxidil) are FDA approved
to treat hair loss |