SUMMARY: In male pattern baldness, hair follicles stay “asleep,” in a dormant state, leading to permanent hair loss. Hair follicle death is another (far less common) way to lose hair. A cure for “sleeping” hair follicles would be to wake them up; a cure...
By Dr. John Frank, M.D. | IAHRS, ABHRS, ISHRS, AHLA, XM Radio: ‘The Bald Truth’, NYC, February 1, 2013 Super Bowl! How could my web site not have a blog just about the game itself! After all, I did play in two of these crazy games and have two enormous...
By Dr. John Frank, M.D. | IAHRS, ABHRS, ISHRS, AHLA, XM Radio: ‘The Bald Truth’, NYC, Jan 29, 2013 Before completing medical school, I played in Super Bowls 19 and 23. At the time, I always wondered if my football helmet was causing any hair loss. After...
The question “what does a hair transplant cost*” breaks down into two questions: 1) how much do I need to pay and 2) what value am I getting for my money? A simple dollar estimate answers the first question. But as we shall see, that answer hardly suffices. In truth,...
By Dr. John Frank, M.D. | IAHRS, ABHRS, ISHRS, AHLA, XM Radio: ‘The Bald Truth’, NYC, July 19, 2012 Dr. John Frank, M.D., a hair loss treatment specialist*, has been accepted as a research blogger @ ResearchBlogging.org. It is part of...
