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By Ian M. Kahane, MD & Mark P. Baker, MD
When we look good, we feel good. When you look in the mirror, is your reflection telling you that you are experiencing hair
loss or hair thinning? Feeling more confident allows us more success professionally, in family life, and interpersonal relationships. One of the biggest sources of confidence loss is lack of hair. In 2019, approximately 700,000 people worldwide underwent a hair transplant in order to regain confidence and regain control of their lives. This reflects about a 15% increase since 2016.
Presently, both men and women frequently get hair transplants. The majority of hair transplantation, approximately 87%, remains among men looking to treat that receding hairline or vertex balding. The most common type of male pattern baldness is referred to as androgenic alopecia, also known as male pattern baldness. Loss of hair can negatively affect a person’s confidence level and trigger other insecurities. Hair is vital to frame the face and hair loss alters the proportions of facial features.
The primary causes of hair loss are age, hormonal changes, genetics, and stress. Although true for both men and women, dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and testosterone levels play a major role in male pattern hair loss. Testosterone is converted to DHT in males. Then, the DHT binds to the hair follicle receptor which, over time puts the hair follicle in a dormant phase and ultimately stops growing. Luckily not all areas of the scalp are equally susceptible to DHT. The sides and the back of the scalp hair follicles are DHT resistant which allows for successful harvesting.
Unlike the old days, today’s hair transplants leave little or no scars and are minimally invasive. Newer technologies have erupted in the past few years that make the hair transplantation process easy, affordable, and more natural appearing. Compared to former procedures which had high failure rates, bleeding, an unpleasant aesthetic appearance, today’s patient does not experience that. Nowadays, in a matter of hours, a patient can have thousands of hair follicles extracted and replanted to achieve more natural looking hair.
This renown type of hair restoration and the most popular, called FUE, or Follicular Unit Extraction, allows the movement of individual hair follicles from one region to another. Micropunches are used to extract single hair follicles, which are then sorted and replanted in a target area. The procedure is very safe and usually accomplished in between 4-10 hrs as an outpatient procedure. This process yields no undesirable linear scarring with minimal or no discomfort. Recovery time is considerably reduced with most patients going back to work the very next day. Results are noticeable as soon as 3-4 months with ultimate expected goals usually visible between 6-12 months.
At Complete Care Aesthetics, Mark P. Baker M.D. a Hair Restoration physician, has personally undergone an FUE procedure and can attest to his achievements being truly life changing. During his mid 20s, he started noticing the beginnings of hair loss. He tried topical creams and serums with no real benefit, and different hair styles to camouflage the hair loss. Dr. Baker felt his confidence level plummet. At a time in a young man’s life when we should feel the most confident personally and professionally, Dr. Baker felt neither. After spending countless hours researching different types of hair transplant methods, he decided to have an FUE procedure. Two years later, his only regret is that he did not have a hair transplant sooner. To Dr. Baker, hair restoration could not be more personal.
Complete Care
Internal Medicine is a specialized kind of primary care physician field. Internal Medicine Doctors are just like your general practitioner or family doctor; however, they are trained to handle more complex and difficult diseases.
Internal Medicine doctors are happy treating simple sore throats and completing physicals for work or school, but they are also equipped to handle complex cases from heart disease to complicated autoimmune diseases.
Ian M. Kahane, MD MBA
Dr Kahane has wanted to become a physician since the age of 3. Very few children complete grade school, middle school, high school and beyond with a singular career vision in mind. However, Dr. Kahane never wavered from his dream to become a physician.
From kindergarten straight through to medical school, Dr. Kahane never took any time off to achieve his dream. He completed his medical school at Ross University School of Medicine in 2015 and became an established member of the Bradenton community by becoming a part of the first ever residency class at Blake Medical Center.
While there he served 1 year as Chief Internal Medicine resident. He is proficient in complex patient care, autoimmune diseases, and everyday medical concerns. Dr. Kahane is fluent in both English and Spanish and is excited to join the Complete Care team.
In his spare time Dr Kahane enjoys the beach, water sports, politics, watching football, and spending time with his dog.
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