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February 9, 2018

Lichen Planopilaris, Scarring Alopecia and Lupus Surgical Options

What can you do if you have Lichen Planopilaris and Scarring Alopecia? Lichen Planopilaris is a scarring type of hair loss and has symptoms such as white atrophic areas that do not allow hair growth. The question really becomes what can be done to surgically improve this or to get hair back in this area? There are many things that can be done, one thing being if the patient is inclined to do is excise or cut out the scar, pull it together and do a surgical procedure and bring both hair barring areas back together. In other situations, Dr.

February 7, 2018

Hair loss cure in Mc Donalds fries? Dr. Mejia weighs in.

There has been a lot of buzz lately regarding a chemical in McDonald’s fries and how it relates to a cure for hair loss. The chemical is a product called Dimethylpolysiloxane which is used in the cooking oil of the McDonald’s fries and other eateries like Taco Bell and Chick-fil-a to help decrease the frothing in oil. It is also used in culture media to help cells grow. Researchers in Japan have shown that they take these germ cells and they put them in a culture which contains the Dimethylpolysiloxane chemical. In this culture, they are actually seeing some hairs that grow.

June 27, 2015

Folliculitis Treatment and Causes

In this video Dr. Mejia talks about folliculitis treatment. The word breaks down to hair follicle and “itis” translates to inflammation, which leads to Folliculitis being the inflammation of the hair follicle. Folliculitis can be caused to due to irritation from clothing, spandex, shorts, etc. In women, it can occur on their lower legs due to constant shaving, ingrown hair follicles and bacterial contamination. If Folliculitis occurs on the body, doctors prescribe an antibiotic and in severe cases an antibacterial body wash soap. If it occurs on the scalp there are similar treatments depending on the clinical situation. Folliculitis can be very mild,

March 15, 2015

Does Rogaine Work? Yes It Does!

One of the questions Dr. Mejia gets asked alot is “Does Rogaine Work?” The answer is yes. Rogaine is an FDA approved product which contains minoxidil. Minoxidil is an ingredient that has been used for many years that has shown clinical growth in hair follicles. So the advantage for both men and women is that if you use Rogaine two times a day for men and once a day for women, you can experience hair growth and/or stabilization of the hair follicles. What happens with time is that your hair follicles will slowly wither away through the genetic aspects of

June 19, 2014

Hair Transplant Alternatives – Non Surgical Hair Growth Products

Non-surgical hair growth products are becoming increasingly more popular. The keys for effectively treating hair loss are a proper diagnosis by an expert, early intervention and proper education for all of the non-surgical and surgical hair loss solutions. We offer choices for treating your thinning hair or hair loss: Propecia or Finasteride: These are oral medications that are for men. It comes in 5mg tablets, so for men, they should be quartered and taken once a day. It is only used in women who cannot get pregnant due to birth defects; therefore the tablets should be halved and taken once a

January 31, 2014

Androgenetic and Non-Androgenetic Alopecia Treatments

Dr. Mejia recently spoke at the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery in Hollywood, FL. His topics were “Diagnosing and Managing Male and Female Androgentic Alopecia and Non-Androgenetic Alopecia Treatments: When to Biopsy and or refer. Below is a recap of his presentation. Many people embrace being bald and can live under the mantra that “bald is beautiful”. For many other people, their hair is fundamental to their confidence and the burden of hair loss is great. For these patients, hair restoration or a hair transplant utilizing follicular unit transplants or follicular unit extraction may be an option. Many patients would

December 28, 2013

Hair Transplant Testimonial from Mo

Recently we had Mo from Kool 105.5 visit us at the office. It has been five years since his hair transplant and sat down with Dr. Mejia for a chat. As you can see from the pictures in the video, he has maintained hair growth all these years.

April 3, 2012

New Cure for Baldness

There is a new treatment to prevent ongoing hair loss. Prostaglandin or PGD2 is now thought to play a significant role in the development of Baldness. Researchers and dermatologists Dr. Luis Garza and Dr. George Cotsarelis of the University of Pennsylvania recently identified a form of prostaglandin, or PGD2, in both mice and men scalp areas where baldness exists. This gives hope that the ability to block the action of PGD2 or its recently identified targeted receptor, GPR44, early in the process of hair loss could prevent or stop hair loss altogether. In a language both you and I can understand, this means no more male pattern

April 19, 2011

Hair Loss Solutions – Dr. Mejia’ Opinion On Fox News Show

Hair Loss Solutions for both men and women with hair loss include Rogaine, laser therapy and hair transplantation that can produce natural results. For men, another hair loss treatment is Propecia. In this video, Dr. Mejia discusses some options after a TV show segement he saw today on Fox News. The causes can be many and there are many treatable causes that a board certified physican can help you with. Dr. Mejia explained many of these causes in the prior post in which he explains telogen effluvium in depth. This will explains the reasons for hair loss and what you can do about

April 18, 2011

Telogen Effluvium And Causes Of Hair Falling Out In Women

Before I explain Telogen Effluvium, we need to differentiate between the two major causes of hair falling out in women. 1) Genetic – Typically a slow gradual progression of hair loss over time in which most patients don’t see a significant amount of shedding. They notice most of the thinning in the frontal area. The back of the hair looks pretty good. This occurs in a variety of different women and a variety of patterns. Mostly, it is the thinning in the front. They usually retain the frontal hair line. 2) Shedding Type of Hair Loss – This is a distressing

Lichen Planopilaris, Scarring Alopecia and Lupus Surgical Options

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