ALL CAUSES OF HAIR LOSS RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER AND ACTIVITY OF STEM CELLS IN THE HAIR FOLLICLE!

The primary roles of Adult Stem Cells in a living organism are to maintain and to repair the tissue in which they are found. By transplanting Stem Cells and increasing the number of Stem Cells in the Hair Follicle, we can potentially restore the youthful ability of the Hair Follicle to  renew itself and reverse many types of hair loss.

ADVANCED MEDICAL THERAPEUTICS CLINIC proudly employs a skilled and experienced surgical team headed by Hair and Stem Cell Transplant Surgeon Dr. Kenneth Adams.

Dr. Adams' training in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine makes him unique among hair transplant surgeons and his advanced training in Stem Cell Transplantation place Advanced Medical Therapeutics at the forefront of these newest scientific breakthroughs in treating and reversing hair loss in Men and Women.

These Stem Cell therapies are now being offered to all patients with advanced hair loss requiring hair transplantation.

For Men and Women with thinning and less severe forms of hair loss STEM CELL THERAPIES alone  may be all that is needed to reverse hair loss, and may prevent the need to undergo a future hair transplant. Conventional hair transplantation is required for more advanced cases of hair loss where there is not enough remaining miniaturized hairs. You will need to consult with Dr. Adams to know if there is a sufficient density of miniaturized hairs to try a Stem Cell transplant without a hair transplant.

Those patients requiring  hair transplantation can benefit from Dr. Adams` innovative, but labour intensive, Dense Packing Technique which requires over 50% longer surgical times, BUT yields densities that would require two surgical procedures to achieve using other traditional dense packing techniques.
This Dense Packing Technique can be used when transplanting grafts harvested by FUE (non-scalpel) or conventional strip methods.

For people with FINE HAIR, multiple transplant procedures using conventional dense packing are needed to yield the same cosmetic result that people with coarse hair can achieve with a single transplant. Using Dr. Adams’ unique technique, patient’s with fine hair are more likely to have a satisfactory cosmetic result with a single hair transplant procedure.

When confronted with thinning hair or baldness, men and women consider hair transplantation which is a permanent form of hair replacement. Anyone who has suffered permanent hair loss may be a candidate for HAIR TRANSPLANTATION. People who may benefit from hair transplants include:

    * Men with male pattern baldness
    * Women with female pattern baldness
    * Men and Women who have lost some hair as a result of burns or other scarring injuries to the scalp, including those with permanent damage due to traction, as in some advanced cases of traction alopecia or trichotillomania.

Dr. Adams' Fellowship training in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine,  his extensive surgical training as a Physician and Dental Surgeon and his 14 years of experience and dedication in hair transplantion have combined to make him uniquely qualified in his surgical and medical treatment of hair loss, offering the latest in medical hair restoration and hair transplant techniques for both men and women.

At our clinic, we realize that every patient has unique needs and desires. Our patient's treatment plans are customized based on age, hair type, general health, degree of hair loss and overall expectations. Our goal is to create the best possible hair loss solution for our patients.

Hair Transplant Facts

1. What is the success rate of transplants?
Measured in terms of graft survival, hair transplants, when performed correctly by experienced and dedicated physicians, are virtually 100% successful.

2. Why add Stem Cells to my hair transplant?
In addition to boosting the growth potential of the new hairs being transferred to an area of hair loss, Stem Cell Therapies can increase the size of miniaturized hairs and increase the cosmetic result.
For male pattern baldness, the stem cells being transplanted will not be programed to die off in response to DHT.  As a result, there is strong scientific and theoretical evidence that a stem cell transplant will reduce the severity of your future projected lifetime hair loss, which could significantly limit your future ongoing hair loss.

3. Am I a good candidate for a hair transplant?
The underlying factors in determining your success rate as a candidate is the availability of quality donor area and your general health. Most men experiencing MPB, or those suffering damage from an accident, make excellent candidates. Even those experiencing severe hair loss can benefit from hair transplantation. Women are finding transplants an excellent way to improve their appearance. During your initial consultation, Dr. Adams will evaluate your condition and discuss the options available as a candidate for hair replacement surgery.

4. Will my hair transplant be natural looking?
A successful transplant will give you a natural look with little cause for concern. Since its inception during the 1950s, great advances have been made in the techniques of hair transplant surgery so that transplants performed today are reasonably undetectable under normal daily circumstances.

5. Why does the scalp become numb after transplant surgery and how long does this last?
Temporary numbness, which results from interference with the superficial nerves during the grafting process, may occur in the grafted areas and surrounding areas as well. This temporary numbness should disappear in about three months, although it may take as long as eighteen months before full sensitivity returns to the area. Patients report neither discomfort nor interruption to their daily routine because of this condition.

6. Is age a factor in getting a hair transplant?
Age plays a limited role in hair transplant surgery. Dr. Adams has successfully performed hair transplantation procedures on men in their sixties and seventies. He pays careful attention evaluating our young candidates who are experiencing MPB because he believes it is senseless to transplant hair preprogrammed to fall out. Experienced physicians can usually predict hair loss patterns. Rather than age, health and available donor area are the two most important considerations for a successful hair transplant.

7. Will my transplanted hair need any special treatment?
Once the surgery is complete, your newly transplanted hair requires no special treatment. This hair, preprogrammed to live forever, continues to live and grow naturally and requires the same general care as your non-transplanted hair. Once fully grown, you can cut, style, or color this hair as you wish.

8. How long after surgery can I resume my normal activities?
Since hair transplantation is considered minor surgery, all strenuous physical and recreational activities should be curtailed for at least thirty-six hours following surgery. The protective bandages applied will be removed the morning following surgery and your hair will be washed and blown dry. Most patients can return to work after this visit with little interruption to their schedule.

9. Are hair transplants expensive?
The cost of hair transplantation will vary depending on the size of the bald area, the number of grafts required, and the procedures employed to meet your expectations and desired results. When you consider that the cost is amortized over your lifetime, hair transplantation is cost effective. Once complete, there are no hidden expenses or ongoing maintenance costs. All fees will be discussed during your initial consultation. Occasionally, the final cost will differ from the estimate due to the patient's desire for additional treatments or procedures.

10. What are mini-grafts and micro-grafts?
The ultimate aim in hair transplantation surgery is to produce a soft natural-looking hairline along with a full dense crop of hair throughout the top and crown of the head. By using Follicular Units Grafting we will keep you own bodies natural hair grouping pattern intact to create an very NATURAL LOOKING TRANSPLANT.

It is important that you select an experienced hair transplant physician like Dr. Kenneth Adams who has surgical skill and artistic ability.

The sculpturing of the hairline to enhance and complement one's facial features is a real art and the physician's artistic skill is of primary importance in achieving the desired results.

Micrografts are much smaller than minigrafts and are often comprised of two or three hairs transplanted along the hairline to provide a natural look. These smaller grafts, although essentially the same, are often referred to as line grafts or split grafts. The use of smaller grafts provides tremendous flexibility in distributing natural hair more evenly throughout the bald area.

11. Can single-hair transplants be done?
Yes, but transplants with single hairs only produce very fine, thin and cosmetically poor results.

It would take 2-3 transplants with single hair grafts to yield the same density as a single transplant where the Follicular units are dissected intact, and the hairs are transplanted in their natural groupings.

It is important to understand that hairs normally group together and grow naturally as "follicular clumps." Although there is individual variation, in most people the following distribution holds true:

    * Approximately 10% of the hair grows as one (single) - haired units.
    * 35-60% as two hair units.
    * The rest are 3 to even 5 haired units.

Excellent results are obtained by preparing micrographs as naturally existing follicular units intact, complete with most of their sebaceous glands and adequate dermal and adipose protective tissue left around them.

Single-haired micrographs, split away from follicular clumps, produce a lower proportion of hairs that survive transplantation. In fact, some studies indicate that there may be a net loss of 25-50% of the transplanted hair, when done in this fashion.

In hair transplantation the availability of donor area is our single most important consideration. Therefore, it is not a good practice to "waste" donor area by attempting a transplant of single-hair units exclusively. Let us not forget that only 10% of the existing hair grows as single-hair units.