Platelet Rich Plasma therapy — or PRP Available in the Office of dr. mark bishara

Nov 10, 2014, 11:05 AM ET
ABC News via GOOD MORNING AMERICA
A new hair-loss treatment is giving hope to millions of people with thinning hair.
The treatment, called Platelet Rich Plasma therapy — or PRP — could help regrow and thicken hair without surgery, drugs or expensive treatments.
PRP relies on the patient’s own platelets. The patient’s blood is drawn and placed in a machine, where the plasma is separated from the blood and injected directly into that patient’s scalp.
The platelets contain growth factors that stimulate the regrowth and thickening of hair follicles.
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“This is the best kept secret in the world,” Dr. Jeffrey Rapaport, a New Jersey dermatologist, told ABC News.
Tanisha Jimenez has used PRP and she says it has worked for her.
Jimenez said that years of pulling her hair back caused her to lose some around her face. Just weeks after her first treatment, her hair started to regrow, she said.
“It’s amazing,” she said.
Rapaport noted, though, that this isn’t considered a cure for baldness.
“It’s a treatment … What we’re doing is increasing the diameter of the size of the hair follicle,” he said. “And we’re keeping the hairs that would stop growing in the growing phase.”
The best candidate for PRP is someone who has recently started losing hair, Rapaport said. It won’t work for those who are completely bald, and it won’t regrow all the lost hair, he said.
The entire process, including the injection, takes about 90 minutes.
Rapaport recommends one treatment per month for the first four months and then two maintenance treatments per year. Some doctors add other hair-growth medications to the mix

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PLASMA RICO EN PLAQUETAS TERAPIA – O PRP DISPONIBLES EN LA OFICINA DEL DR. MARCA BISHARA
10 de noviembre 2014, 11:05 AM ETABC News a través de Good Morning America
Un nuevo tratamiento de pérdida de cabello está dando esperanza a millones de personas con el adelgazamiento del cabello.
El tratamiento, llamado terapia de plasma rico en plaquetas – o PRP – podría ayudar a crecer y engrosar el cabello sin cirugía, medicamentos o tratamientos costosos.
PRP se basa en las propias plaquetas del paciente. La sangre del paciente se extrae y se coloca en una máquina, en donde se separa el plasma de la sangre y se inyecta directamente en el cuero cabelludo de ese paciente.
Las plaquetas contienen factores de crecimiento que estimulan el nuevo crecimiento y engrosamiento de los folículos pilosos.
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“Este es el secreto mejor guardado del mundo”, el Dr. Jeffrey Rapaport, un dermatólogo de Nueva Jersey, dijo a ABC News.
Tanisha Jiménez ha utilizado PRP y ella dice que ha trabajado para ella.
Jiménez dijo que los años de tira de su pelo hacia atrás le hizo perder algo de alrededor de su cara. Apenas unas semanas después de su primer tratamiento, su cabello comenzó a crecer de nuevo, dijo.
“Es increíble”, dijo.
Rapaport señalar, sin embargo, que esto no se considera una cura para la calvicie.
“Es un tratamiento … Lo que estamos haciendo es aumentar el diámetro del tamaño del folículo piloso”, dijo. “Y estamos cumpliendo con los pelos que dejaría de crecer en la fase de crecimiento.”
El mejor candidato para PRP es alguien que ha comenzado recientemente la pérdida de cabello, dijo Rapaport. No funcionará para aquellos que son completamente calvo, y no va a volver a crecer todo el cabello perdido, dijo.
Todo el proceso, incluyendo la inyección, tarda unos 90 minutos.
Rapaport recomienda un tratamiento por mes durante los primeros cuatro meses y luego dos tratamientos de mantenimiento por año. Algunos médicos añaden otros medicamentos crecimiento del cabello a la mezcla
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It’s estimated that over 80 million Americans struggle with hair loss, so you can see why there are so many rumors out there about what causes it. That’s why, in honor of National Hair Loss Awareness Month, we’ve compiled some of the biggest myths surrounding hair loss and uncovered the truth behind them. Have you heard any of these?
Myth: The mother passes down the baldness gene to her child.
Truth: The inherited form of thinning hair is passed down by both sides of the family, like pieces of a puzzle, that fit together and form the gene. How that puzzle assembles will dictate if your hair will stay or go.
Myth: Only men suffer from hair loss.
Truth: Women are also at risk for female patterned hair loss, typically called androgenetic alopecia. It most common begins in a woman’s 50s, but can also start as early as the teens. Female pattern hair loss is a hereditary condition that affects approximately 30 million women. When a hair is shed, it typically grows back by a hair that is equal in size. However, for women with female pattern hair loss the new hair is finer and eventually quits growing altogether.
Myth: Washing your hair too much will cause thinning.
Truth: It’s typical to shed about 100 hairs per day—new ones will replace these hairs during the growth cycle. However, if you notice more hairs come out, it’s most likely caused by something like Alopecia, stress or genetics—not your shampoo. See your board-certified dermatologist for advice to find out the real cause, but don’t cut back on washing your hair. If you cut back on shampooing it may cause buildup on the scalp, resulting in even more hair in the drain the next time you shower.
Myth: Pulling a gray hair out will make more grow.
Truth: While this isn’t true, you should avoid doing it. It’s good to keep as many hairs intact as possible, gray or not. Accept it or color it, but don’t pluck it.
Myth: Wearing a hat can cause hair loss.
Truth: There’s no truth in this one either. In fact, wearing a hat is recommended to protect your often-neglected scalp from the sun. Sun damage won’t necessarily cause hair loss unless there is a scar caused from a severe sunburn.
If you’re dealing with fine and thinning hair, try an at-home system like Low Level Laser Technology. For those looking to treat hair loss, talk to your doctor about the best hair-loss treatments available for your specific symptoms.
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Se estima que más de 80 millones de estadounidenses luchan con la pérdida del cabello, por lo que se puede ver por qué hay tantos rumores por ahí acerca de qué lo causa. Es por eso que, en honor al Mes Nacional de Concientización sobre la pérdida de cabello, hemos recopilado algunos de los mayores mitos que rodean a la pérdida de cabello y descubrimos la verdad detrás de ellos. ¿Has escuchado alguno de estos?
Mito: La madre pasa por el gen de la calvicie a su hijo.Verdad: La forma hereditaria de adelgazamiento del cabello se transmite por ambos lados de la familia, como las piezas de un rompecabezas, que encajan entre sí y forman el gen. ¿Cómo que ensambla rompecabezas dictarán si su pelo se mantenga o vaya.
Mito: Sólo los hombres sufren de pérdida de cabello.Verdad: Las mujeres también corren el riesgo de pérdida de cabello femenino estampado, normalmente llamada alopecia androgenética. Comienza más común en los años 50 de una mujer, pero también puede comenzar tan temprano como a los adolescentes. Mujer pérdida de cabello es una condición hereditaria que afecta a aproximadamente 30 millones de mujeres. Cuando se elimina un pelo, normalmente crece de nuevo por un pelo que es igual en tamaño. Sin embargo, para las mujeres con pérdida de cabello de patrón femenino el nuevo pelo es más fino y con el tiempo deja de crecer en conjunto.
Mito: Lavarse el pelo demasiado causará adelgazamiento.Verdad: Es típico de arrojar unos 100 pelos por los días de nuevo reemplazará estos pelos durante el ciclo de crecimiento. Sin embargo, si se observa más pelos salen, es más probable que sea causado por algo como la alopecia, el estrés o la genética, no su champú. Consulte a su dermatólogo certificado por el consejo de asesoramiento para encontrar la causa real, pero no recortar en lavarse el pelo. Si se corta de nuevo en el champú que puede causar la acumulación en el cuero cabelludo, lo que resulta en más pelo en el desagüe la próxima vez que te duchas.
Mito: Tracción de un cabo canas hará que más crecen.Verdad: Si bien esto no es así, se debe evitar hacerlo. Es bueno tener tantos pelos intacta posible, gris o no. Acéptalo o colorearlo, pero no arrancarlo.
Mito: Usar un sombrero puede causar pérdida de cabello.Verdad: No hay ninguna verdad en éste tampoco. De hecho, se recomienda el uso de un sombrero para proteger su cuero cabelludo a menudo descuidado del sol. El daño solar no necesariamente causa la pérdida del cabello a menos que haya una cicatriz causada por una quemadura grave.
Si usted está tratando con fino y adelgazamiento del cabello, trate de un sistema en el hogar como la tecnología láser de baja intensidad. Para aquellos que buscan para tratar la pérdida de cabello, hable con su médico acerca de los mejores tratamientos de pérdida de cabello para los síntomas específicos.
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In an article in the Prime Dermatology journal, authored by Dr. Chang Jun Huhen, titled “Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Hair Transplantation”, Dr. Huh reviews the evolution of hair restoration surgical options and contrasts that to technological advancements and unique benefits offered by the ARTAS Robotic Procedure.


Over the past 10 years, robotic procedures have enhanced surgical care that doctors give their patients.  Robotic systems help surgeons improve the outcome for patients and help reduce manual and repetitive movements, which ensures more accuracy and precision.  The use of robots has paved the future for surgeries and will help patients have better experiences. The advantages of minimally robotic procedures appeals to doctors and patients, because of decreased pain and increased recovery time.
Restoration Robotics was founded by physicians and engineers to help develop a solution for hair restoration patients.  Robotic technology plays a role in Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) because it gives patients consistent and safe results, with no visible scarring or long recovery time.  The ARTAS Robotic System enables surgeons to give their patients natural-looking outcomes with fast recovery time.
In the past, hair restoration involved Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT), where a strip of scalp is surgically removed and individual hair grafts are generated by manual dissection.  This has been common practice FUT method since the early 90’s.  Soon after, manual FUE started, by using small dermal punches to remove single hair grafts directly from donor sites and implant them in the balding scalp area.  This was the beginning of a less invasive technique with faster healing time.
The ARTAS Robotic System is a FDA approved, physician controlled, interactive computer-assisted system that enables harvesting of hair follicles during hair restoration.  It is the first and only technology that allows physician-controlled, image-guided, robotic assisted FUE.  The robot is programmed to be able to do with great precision what physicians can do only with extensive experience.  The robot can harvest follicular units in a random pattern, or as a percentage of the total number of follicular units in a designated area.  The physician can make changes to dissection depths and angles during the process.  Because the robot is making the repetitive actions, it makes the process go much faster.
Benefits of ARTAS Robotic Hair Transplants:

  • Robotically precise and consistent
  • Reduced treatment time
  • Decreased discomfort
  • Faster recovery time
  • No linear scar
  • Undetectable donor area

The robotic system dissect grafts accurately and consistently, thousands of times with acceptably low transection rates of between 4.9%-8%.  The ARTAS system will also soon be able to use sophisticated 3D patient modeling and design to help create recipient sites at the rate of 2,000 per hour.  The addition of the ARTAS system attracts many patients that would be hesitant to try traditional transplant procedure, and allows physicians to take hair restoration to the next level and produce high patient satisfaction.
Please see the attached article for a more in-depth view of the ARTAS System.

For many people with thinning scalp hair, proven medical therapies and hair restoration surgical procedures are widely available and good options to restore hair loss and slow future hair loss. We receive many calls to our office, asking if we do eyebrow transplants, and we do.  Eyebrows are an important part of our appearance and is important to our facial symmetry. Thanks to great strides in hair restoration surgery, we are now able to restore all or part of the eyebrow.

Eyebrow Transplant

The most important aspect of transplanting eyebrows is to follow the natural hair direction very closely. Aangle changes are important to recreate the fan-like splay of hair at the medial aspect of the brow and the converging hair direction as one moves laterally along the brow. The recipient sites for the hairs are be made with a very fine-gauge needle that literally slides along the surface of the skin as the sites are being made, as this will insure that the hair will lie as flat as possible on the surface of the skin as it grows.
Single hair micrografts, placed into recipient sites that have been created at very acute angles to the skin surface, require a considerable about of skill and experience. In addition, when the patient’s hair is waved or curly, it is particularly important to rotate the hair so that curve of the hair shaft follows the natural curve of the eyebrow.

Please call our office at (817) 473-2120 for more information or visit our website at www.MarkBisharaMD.com

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