New Cure for Baldness

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

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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

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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

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January 18, 2011

Hair Transplant Future Technologies

Dr. Mejia recently attended the American Society of Dermatologic Meeting in Orlando, FL. This article was featured on January 6, 2011 in Internal Medicine News with embedded video shown below. Internal Medicine News Article

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January 18, 2011

Natural Hair Transplant Results

Natural Hair Transplant Results are expected with the  advanced procedures Dr. Mejia utilizes in his office. Hair transplant patients should expect that after undergoing the hair surgery, a friend or colleague wouldn’t even notice a hair surgery took place. Fuller denser hair is possible with natural results.

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January 13, 2011

Michael Shares His Story

I am convinced that you are the best hair transplant surgeon in the world. I was overwhelmed by the staffs courtesy and hospitality. All my needs were attended to promptly and patiently. I required another procedure and I came back on 11/12/2007. I will also recommend Dr. Mejia to anyone who may be seeking hair loss treatment. Having hair transplant surgery at Jupiter Hair Restoration has been a great experience for me. First of all, I would like to express my appreciation to all the staff that performed my surgery. Second, I have seen great team-work at this clinic. For

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January 13, 2011

JH Shares Why He Chose Dr. Mejia

After 24 years in the hair-loss industry (non-surgical) and hair styling I have seen a lot of BAD HT’s out there and I even have covered up thousands of dollars of HT’s with non-surgical HP’s. I took my own decision very seriously and considered all of my options with finding the right Dr. for me. I considered going to the Burger King’s of HT’s but not personal enough for me. But hey people this if very personal and with you for life so take is seriously. A sales guy at the BIG BOX companies will push you through and not

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January 13, 2011

Dennis Shares A Testimonial

I would like to take this time to express my utmost respect and appreciation for Dr. Ricardo Mejia and his staff at Jupiter Dermatology and Hair Restoration. I recently have had a second hair restoration procedure done and this experience from beginning with making the call to the office, to the consultation, to the actual procedure was absolutely amazing. I am positively thrilled with the results and extremely happy that I decided to go with Dr. Mejia and his staff oppose t o the surgeon who performed the first procedure I had done 12 years ago. When I first called

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