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Daily Finasteride Treatment Increases Hair Growth

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Over a two-year period, finasteride increased hair growth in all four areas of the scalp affected by male pattern baldness and reduced hair loss in two or more of these areas, depending on patient age, according to research published online Feb. 13 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Elise A. Olsen, M.D., of the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., and colleagues conducted a randomized, double-blind, multicenter study involving men with vertex hair loss who were given finasteride (1 mg/d) or matching placebo for 24 months.

Men were divided into two groups based on age (18 to 41 and 41 to 60 years). Standard global photographic assessment of the vertex, anterior/mid-scalp regions, and frontal and temporal hairlines were used to determine the efficacy of finasteride in the treatment of male pattern baldness.

Hair loss a seasonal disorder?

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Other than male pattern baldness and female pattern baldness, people might also lose their locks with the turn of seasons, cautions hair restoration specialist Dr Robert Leonard.

Known as ‘seasonal hair shedding’, this type of hair loss is not progressive, meaning that you don’t have to press the panic button, assures the medic.

According to Dr Leonard, seasonal hair loss occurs mostly in mid-summer and winter and lasts for a couple of months. It can be worse during the coldest months compared to summer, he notes.

Explaining the reasons behind the seasonal balding, the Rhode Island-based doctor says the phenomenon can be likened to the shedding of fur by animals in specific times of the year.

High tech hair transplant

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You've seen the commercials for traditional hair transplants and the results look impressive. But the reality?

They call it the strip method where they actually cut a chunk of your scalp up and then they got to sew it together which leaves you with a big nasty scar, explains Roger Bassin, M.D., cosmetic surgeon at The Bassin Center for Plastic Surgery .

But now there's a much easier, less painful option. It's called the NeoGraft. First, a tiny tool is used to individually remove hairs and follicles.

That is one millimeter that little punch and that heals overnight, so you're left with no scarring, Dr. Bassin says.

Those hairs are prepped and then transplanted back into a patient's problem areas.

Now FDA-Approved, No Scar Eyebrow Hair Restoration

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Shaft Medical San Diego  the area’s premium aesthetic medicine practice providing the full range of advanced cosmetic procedures, announces the availability of the NeoGraft Scar Free Hair Transplantation San Diego procedure for eyebrow restoration.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a truly sweet way to permanently get back those eyebrows you deserve.

No scars. No painful recovery. No long downtime. NeoGraft offers a revolution in San Diego hair restoration.

Eyebrows provide definition and expression for your face. If they are missing as a result of injury, plucking, or genetics, the effects can be devastating no matter what your gender. While many get by with an eyebrow pencil or tattooing, it is now possible to transplant your own hair to create natural appearing eyebrows all your own.

Spotlight on Male Hair Loss

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With recent images of Jude Law emerging sporting a thinning barnet, not to mention Prince William and Wayne Rooney who are well known for their receding hair lines; male hair loss is becoming more and more of a hot topic in the media.

Yet, unsurprisingly, it still doesn’t tend to feature as a topic of conversation on most boys nights out; instead hair loss is still considered a taboo subject amongst a significant number of males in the UK.

Despite the subject finding its way onto front pages, proving that even the young and famous can find themselves dealing with the prospect of hair loss, a survey commissioned by REGAINE® for Men Foam in the lead up to Valentine’s Day shows that British men are 20% more likely to worry about going bald than finding a long term partner and 50% more likely to worry about hair loss than going bankrupt.

Research reveals that 40% of men under 35 are already losing their hair. Yet amazingly, 7 out of 10 men questioned in the survey admitted they do not talk to their friends or partner about going bald, and nearly a quarter of British men who were surveyed admitted the reason that they don’t seek help or advice about hair loss is because they simply don’t believe the treatments work.

Zion Health Announces Innovative Natural Anti-Dandruff Clay Shampoo

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Zion Health, a leading manufacturer of high-quality natural clay body care products has announced Adama Minerals Hair Care products will today be available for sale at Whole Foods Market’s Scottsdale, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica locations.

Adama hair products, which include a Clay Minerals Shampoo, Clay Minerals Conditioner and Ancient Clay Hair Mask, contain a unique combination of nutrient rich clay minerals combined with medicinal and fragrant herbs to serve as a natural anti-dandruff remedy as well as provide men and women with a natural shampoo that accomadates all hair types.

Calcium Montmorillonite clay, which is the signature ingredient in all Zion products, is a rare type of edible clay that includes more than 57 trace minerals including calcium, magnesium and phosphorus.

Baldness treating drugs caused sexual dysfunction, suit against Merck claims

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More than 50 people have joined a lawsuit accusing the manufacturers of drugs used to treat male pattern baldness of failing to warn patients about dangerous side effects.

St. Louis resident Adam Keune and more than 50 other people from 22 other states filed the consolidated complaint Jan. 27 in St. Louis Circuit Court against Merck & Co. Inc. and Merck Harpe & The Dohme Corporation.

Attorneys Trent B. Miracle and Andrew S. Williams of the Simmons firm in Alton and Timothy J. Becker and Michael K. Johnson, of Minneapolis, are representing Keune and the complainants.

Each of the complainants say they or their husbands were prescribed and took medication used to treat male pattern baldness. The medications allegedly contained finasteride, an ingredient that causes an "increased risk of persistent and/or serious and dangerous side effects," the complaint reads. The complaint lists those side effects as cognitive impairment, depression and various forms of sexual dysfunction like erectile dysfunction, reduced libido, reduced sensation and infertility. The side effects allegedly continue even after a patient stops taking the medication.

Hair Club Announces Canadian Business Expansion

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Hair Club®, North America’s largest provider of all proven hair restoration services, today unveils plans for a major business expansion within the Canadian market with five new center openings slated for 2012. Toronto based Dr. Jeff Donovan, M.D., Ph.D. has been appointed to Hair Club Medical Group®.

Since its founding over 35 years ago, Hair Club has provided services to more than 500,000 clients with 97 locations throughout North America. In Canada, Hair Club currently has five centers located in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Mississauga and Halifax. Having established these centers starting in 1994, the company aims to expand their reach, delivering leading hair restoration services to a wider audience of men and women.

With the new centers planned in downtown Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Burlington and Edmonton, Hair Club is scheduled to open the first, located in downtown Toronto, in mid-March 2012.

Hair Club® celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2011, marking major business milestones, including two new business center openings in North America, states Hair Club CEO Darryll Porter. This year we are excited to maintain this momentum and increase our presence in the Canadian market with the opening of five new centers. We are also glad to add Dr. Donovan to the stellar team of Hair Club Medical Group physicians.

Hair Loss Treatment, Offering Samples of Hair Demand

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http://www.capixylforyourhair.com/ is offering samples of Hair Demand.

We are looking for 10 individuals who are part of a blogging, forum, or social media community to try Hair Demand. These individuals will receive the product free of charge but will be responsible for the cost of shipping. We are requiring you post a bi-weekly video, photos and written testimonial showing your experience while using Hair Demand.

If interested email omar@capixylforyourhair.com before February 22, 2012. Please indicate your blogging, forum or social media community and how many members are part of your group.

Hair Demand works to control the enzymatic pathway that causes hair loss. It reduces inflammation of the scalp, which can prevent hair to regrow. It also rebuilds the tissues that anchors the hair. It does it with a protein that mimics nature in reconstituting the collagen and other supporting material in and around the hair follicle. This revolutionary hair product which contains DPF with Capixyl allows your hair to regrow fast, strong, and healthy.

Unilever anti dandruff brands sponsor British Lotus F1 Team

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Rexona (Sure in the UK) and Clear, the deodorant and anti-dandruff brands owned by Unilever, are to sponsor British Formula 1 team Lotus in a multi-year deal.

The sponsorship uses the Rexona global brand identity as the Sure brand name is only used in the UK.

The Rexona and Clear brand logos will appear on the Lotus F1 Team's overalls and cars.

A marketing campaign to raise awareness of the sponsorships is currently in development and is expected to launch in time for this year's first F1 race in Australia, on 18 March.

Polarized microscopy as a helpful tool to distinguish chronic nonscarring alopecia from scarring alopecia

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Nonscarring alopecia differs from scarring alopecia on pathologic examination by the preservation of follicular units and lack of follicular dropout. However, long-standing cases of active nonscarring hair loss can show follicular dropout on pathologic examination and can be difficult to interpret.

We describe a patient with nonscarring alopecia that was misdiagnosed as scarring alopecia due to difficulty in distinguishing between scarred tracts (follicular dropout) and long-persisting fibrovascular streamers. Polarized light microscopy permits us to distinguish follicular scars from fibrous streamers because the fibrous streamers are birefringent negative for collagen.

Costly turf war on men's balding heads

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Vin Diesel has embraced his baldness. And it's doubtful Michael Stipe spends much time browsing for toupees. But not all of the 40 million American men with follicularly challenged scalps are going quietly into that bald night. They're raging  with Rogaine, among other things.

Men who want to hang on to their hair have many options, including medications and surgical transplants, says Dr. Marc Avram, hair transplant surgeon and clinical professor of dermatology at Weill-Cornell Medical College in New York City. The near future may even bring treatments that can end baldness forever  at least for people willing to pay the price.

The war against baldness is already expensive. Just one hair transplant operation can cost more than $10,000, or about $5 per transplanted hair. The International Society of Hair Restoration reports that surgeons performed more than 95,000 hair transplants in 2010. Do the math — hairlines are a gold mine. In fact, the ISHR estimates that men and women spend more than $1.8 billion each year on hair loss treatments of all sorts.

Aderans Research Makes Waves in Hawaii

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Aderans Research is attracting attention in the medical community once again; this time, the leader in cellular based hair regeneration made waves at the 2012 Winter Clinical Dermatology Conference in Maui.

Aderans Research Chief Executive Officer Ken Washenik, M.D., Ph.D., gave a presentation entitled Emerging Therapies for Hair Loss. He also participated in a conference faculty question and answer session with the audience, primarily comprised of practicing dermatologists.

His lecture centered on new and breakthrough treatments in the field of hair loss, including clinical ways of addressing the issue. Washenik addressed the progress Aderans Research is making with its Ji Gami family of cell products a key part of the company’s cell-based solutions to androgenetic alopecia, or pattern hair loss.

Zenagen Unveils New Hair Thickening Revitalization System Plans

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LLC announced today the launch plans of the exclusive, new Zenagen Hair Thickening Revitalization System, an innovative and complete approach to hair health and beauty formulated specifically to increase hair volume and dimension while addressing the issue of weak, thinning hair and hair loss. Zenagen launches its new updated website, www.Zenagen.com, in early 2012 to unveil the improved nutraceutical infusion products that make up the new Zenagen Hair Thickening Revitalization System and the science behind this unique approach to optimal hair care.

Zenagen, comes from the Japanese derived "zazen" which means the attainment of enlightenment, an experience known in Zen, and the science rooted cell cycle related term "agen" and embodies the hair and scalp revitalization focus of the brand.

Zenagen invigorates the hair and scalp with a research focused unique fusion blend of natural compounds, known as nutraceuticals. The company has been focused on biochemical action preserving extraction techniques, that allow the unique components including bioflavonoids, free radical scavenging compounds, liposterols, and fortifying amino acids and minerals that synchronistically utilize the scalp and skin systems to invigorate and revitalize the head and scalp to an optimal and natural state of health.

Not Only Celebrities Get Hair Transplants

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Celebrities such as Louis Walsh, James Nesbitt and Wayne Rooney have all gone public about their hair transplants, but the truth is that thousands of ordinary men receive hair transplant surgery every year, usually without anyone ever knowing