Provides current, authoritative guidance on popular treatments including topical and systemic therapies, stem cell-based therapies, platelet-rich plasma, genomic therapies, microblading, nutritional supplements, energy-based treatments, emerging treatments, and hair transplant
Considers ethnic differences in hair
Contains up-to-date sections on evaluation of hair loss, minimizing and concealing hair loss, medical treatments for hair loss, procedural treatments for hair loss, and emerging therapies for hair loss
Features high-quality images and a video library demonstrating scalp micropigmentation, scar correction procedure, female pattern hair loss, scalp photography for patients with alopecia, and more
Includes procedural how-to's, step-by-step advice on proper techniques, case studies, contraindications and managing complications, and pearls and pitfalls—all in a consistently templated, quick reference format
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
SECTION 1: Evaluation of Hair Loss 1. Medical Workup for Hair Loss 2. Ethnic Differences in Hair 3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Scarring Alopecia
SECTION 2: Minimizing and Concealing Hair Loss 4. Nutritional Supplements 5. Hair Cosmetics, Styling, and Processing 6. Wigs and Hair Prosthetics 7. Micropigmentation and Microblading
SECTION 3: Medical Treatments for Hair Loss 8. Minoxidil, Finasteride, and Dutasteride 9. Topical Immunotherapies 10. Systemic Immunotherapies 11. Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Hair Loss
SECTION 4: Procedural Treatments for Hair Loss 12. Platelet-Rich Plasma 13. Stem Cell–Based Therapies 14. Hair Transplantation 15. Lasers, Lights, and LEDs
SECTION 5: Emerging Therapies for Hair Loss 16. Emerging Medications 17. Devices and Genomic Therapies
Murad Alam, MD, MBA, MSCI, Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Dermatology; Professor of Surgery, Otolaryngology and Medical Social Services, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA and Jeffrey S. Dover, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine; Adjunct Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Brown Medical School, SkinCare Physicians, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
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