How to Avoid Getting Ripped Off

Hair thinning and pattern baldness are common problems among men and women.  Some sufferers might be seeking a solutions, and for those people it is crucial to find experienced surgeons with an affordable price.  Hair Clinics are known to be pushy like car salesmen, but Hair Lab of Los Angeles prides themselves on doing exactly the opposite.  We let our potential clients make the decision if hair transplantation is right for them.

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What Happens During the Hair Restoration Process?

There have been so many advances in modern medicine, that many cosmetic surgeries have been made possible.  It is astonishing to think that you can customize any body part you want to improve.  For many, this body part is their hair.  People usually panic at any sign of balding or hair loss. Hair loss can lead to bad self image and decrease a person's self esteem.  

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FUE vs. FUT

read this article we found about the differences between FUE and FUT hair transplants:

Despite misconceptions often made by patient members of our popular hair loss forum, FUT and FUE aren't opposing hair transplant procedures.  FUT stands for Follicular Unit Hair Transplantationwhich is today's gold standard hair procedure.  Follicular units are hair groupings as they occur naturally in the scalp typically containing 1, 2, 3 and 4 hairs.  FUT has replaced "mini-grafting" (more than one follicular unit typically in groups of 2 to 8 hairs) as the dominant surgical hair restoration procedure in the late 1990s.  For more information on the graft terminology and the history of hair transplantation, visit "Understanding Graft Terminology" by Coalition Member Dr. Ron Shapiro.

Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) and Strip Excision are two distinct sub-types of FUT that deal with how follicular unit grafts are harvested from the donor area.  Both donor harvesting methods produce follicular units and thus, fall under the larger umbrella of FUT.  How follicular units are handled and the process for implanting grafts into recipient sites are practically the same (although handling and placing grafts vary depending on the clinic - ex: stick and place versus pre-made incisions, holding solutions, varying implanting devices, etc).

The above referenced donor harvesting techniques (strip excision and FUE) are what is really being compared when FUT vs FUE is referenced.   Below, we compare these two donor harvesting methods in more detail. 

Comparing Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) to the Standard Strip Procedure

While the FUE procedure has grown in popularity, largely due to the minimally invasive way in which follicular unit grafts are removed, the standard strip excision method is still the most popular hair transplant procedure today.

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The Cost of an FUE Hair Transplant

As human beings we crave physical beauty.  Hair is a very important part of our self image.  We strive to keep hair healthy and attention catching.  Unfortunately for some people age and hormonal changes lead to hair loss.  This especially pertains to men.  Hair loss and baldness can be cured by a procedure called FUE hair transplant.  This procedure transplants working hair follicles from the patients scalp to areas on the patient's scalp where the hair follicles no longer work.  

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Women Can Experience Hair Loss

When most people think about baldness they associate it with men. Because of this most companies that offer hair loss remedies target men in particular. Hair loss is not just a problem for men, it is a problem for women too. One third of women experience hair loss at some point in their lives. Total baldness does not usually occur in women, but any type of hair loss for a woman is devastating.

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The Claim: High blood pressure will increase people's risk of losing their hair.

Can your high blood pressure increase your risk of losing your hair? read this article we found to find out:

THE FACTS Hypertension has been linked to heart disease, diabetes and early mortality. But hair loss?

Scientists are not exactly sure why, but a number of studies have suggested a relationship between blood pressure and men's baldness, particularly the early-onset kind.

In a study published in 2007, for example, researchers looked at 250 men ages 35 to 65. After controlling for age, high cholesterol, smoking and other variables, they found that hypertension was ''strongly associated'' with male pattern baldness: those with a blood pressure reading above 120 over 80 had twice the risk of the others.

Other studies have suggested a link between baldness and heart disease. For a 2000 study in The Archives of Internal Medicine, for example, researchers analyzed health records for 22,000 male doctors over 11 years, examining many aspects of their health. Men with mild balding of the crown had a 23 percent higher risk for heart disease, and those whose crowns were completely bald had a 36 percent greater risk.

But the relationship is only a correlation. Researchers suspect hair loss could be among many markers of an increased risk of hypertension, caused in part by higher levels of testosterone and other hormones, and more androgen receptors in the scalp.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Studies suggest that hair loss may indicate an increased risk of high blood pressure and heart disease.

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