Hair Loss, Acupuncture and Porcupines
This is a guest post by the Hair Foundation’s contributor, Dr. Alfred Soffer, M.D. Cardiologist, Glenview, IL. He is the former Editor and Chief of the Archives of Internal Medicine of AMA and...
View ArticleHair Foundation’s Ken Washenik,Other Members Give Presentations at Industry...
At the recent 2012 Winter Clinical Dermatology Conference in Maui, the Hair Foundation’s Vice Chair, Dr. Ken Washenik, M.D, Ph.D., gave a presentation called, “Emerging Therapies for Hair Loss.” It...
View ArticleHair Loss, Futile Therapy, and Steve Jobs
This is a guest post by the Hair Foundation’s contributor, Dr. Alfred Soffer, M.D. Cardiologist, Glenview, IL. He is the former Editor and Chief of the Archives of Internal Medicine of AMA and...
View ArticleVIDEO: Hair Cloning Presentation with Dr. Ken Washenik
Recently, Aderans Research has been in the news a lot for its work in cell-based solutions. In January, the company discussed its Ji Gami™ family of cell products at the 2012 Winter Clinical...
View ArticleNew Study Shows Daily Finasteride Treatment Increases Hair Growth
In newly released research on finasteride conducted over two years, it found that hair growth increased in four scalp areas affected by male pattern baldness and reduced hair loss in two or more of...
View ArticleNew Hair Loss Treatment:Transplanting Leg Hair
In a new report in the The Archives of Dermatology it discusses a new procedure to restore receding hairlines: transplanting leg hair. Yes, in what may be the first documented case study, it disclosed...
View ArticleGeorge Washington, Lafayette, and Mesotherapy: Will We Ever Learn?
This is a guest post by the Hair Foundation’s contributor, Dr. Alfred Soffer, M.D. Cardiologist, Glenview, IL. He is the former Editor and Chief of the Archives of Internal Medicine of AMA and...
View ArticleA “Cocktail” to Treat Hair Loss
This article was written by Dr. Paul Rose, MD, JD, FAAD. He is a member of the Hair Foundation’s Board of Trustees. A cocktail may provide the means for treating male and female hair loss as well as...
View ArticleViviscal®, Hair Foundation Partner to Promote Hair Loss Awareness Month
In recognition of August’s Hair Loss Awareness Month, the Hair Foundation has partnered with Viviscal®, the exclusive maker of supplements that contain the AminoMar C Marine Complex; this promotes...
View ArticleViva Internationale: Dr. Matt Leavitt Discusses Hair Loss
In the Fall 2012 issue of Viva Internationale, Hair Foundation Chairman and President Dr. Matt Leavitt has a story on page 19 called, “Women and Hair Loss Solutions.” Leavitt discusses hair loss for...
View ArticleVideo: The Hair Foundation’s Dr. Washenik on Hair Shedding, Total Baldness
In this new YouTube video, the Hair Foundation’s vice chair, Dr. Ken Washenik, discusses daily hair shedding such as the loss of 50 to 100 hair strands. He talks about concerns that people have that...
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Huffington Post: Different Takes for Dealing with Alopecia
Regardless of anyone’s age or sex, when it comes to losing our hair, it’s always difficult. Nadine Dorries Recently British MP Nadine Dorries disclosed she has been battling hair loss (alopecia) and...
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Q and A with the Hair Foundation’s Dr. Matt Leavitt: Why Hair Loss Happens
Recently, we sat down with Dr. Matt Leavitt, the Hair Foundation’s chairman and president. In a two-part interview, we start with a discussion of why hair loss happens. Dr. Matt Leavitt I commonly...
View ArticleAn Interview with the Hair Foundation’s Dr. Dow Stough IV – Part I
Recently, we spoke Dr. Dow Stough, IV, the Hair Foundation’s Board of Trustees treasurer; he is also a practicing Hot Springs, Ark dermatologist and leading hair surgeon. We discussed a number of hair...
View ArticleAn Interview with Hair Foundation’s Dr. Dow Stough IV – Part II Q and A’s
In our last post, we spoke with Dr. Dow Stough IV, the Hair Foundation’s Board of Trustees treasurer. We asked him so many questions, we decided to put our conversation into two separate posts. Here’s...
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September Is National Alopecia Areata Awareness Month
Recently, we shared with you that September is National Head Lice Prevention month. Now, we’d like to tell you about National Alopecia Areata Awareness Month. In a press release by the our new partner,...
View ArticleStem Cell Technology and a Cure for Baldness?
When studying stem cell research, scientists have already done so by growing liver and brain cells but now the latest project seems to be hair growth. RepliCel Life Sciences Inc., a Vancouver-based...
View ArticleNew Study: Regrowing Hair by Using Skin Cells
In a new study that came out in October, scientists have found a novel approach to regrowing hair by utilizing a person’s skin cells. Preliminary studies in mice discovered this and now additional...
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