Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Hair Restoration

Table of Contents

Part 1: Evaluation of Hair Loss

- Medical Work-up for Hair Loss

- Ethnic Differences in Hair

- Diagnosis and Treatment of Scarring Alopecia

Part 2: Minimizing and Concealing Hair Loss

- Nutritional Supplements

- Hair Styling and Processing

- Wigs and Prosthetics

- Medical Tattooing and Microblading

Part 3: Medical Treatments

- Minoxidil, Finasteride, and Dutasteride

- Topical and Intralesional Steroids

- Topical Immunotherapies

- Biologic Therapies

Part 4: Procedural Treatments

- Lasers, Lights, and LEDs

- Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Platelet-Rich Fibrin Matrix

- Stem Cell Injections and Implants

- Hair Transplantation

Part 5: Emerging Therapies

- Medications

- Genomic Therapies

- Devices

Authors

Murad Alam Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Dermatology; Professor, Departments of Surgery, Otolaryngology, and Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. Dr. Murad Alam is an author of over 250 scientific publications and is the Editor of Archives of Dermatological Research. He is the Associate Editor of JAAD; Lasers in Medical Science; Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology; the International Journal of Women's Dermatology, and he is the Assistant Editor of Dermatologic Surgery. Dr. Alam is series co-editor of the Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology books and has overall edited 20 books. Dr. Alam is current President of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, and an incoming member of the Board of the American Academy of Dermatology. He is also the vice-president of the Blade and Light Society, an organization of volunteer dermatologic surgeons who perform charitable mission work to treat skin cancers and train surgical dermatologists in underserved countries. Dr. Alam's clinical practice includes the treatment of skin cancer, as well as cosmetic dermatology, and laser surgery. Jeffrey S. Dover Director, SkinCare Physicians, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Yale University School of Medicine, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Dermatology at Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Jeffrey S. Dover is the co-director of SkinCare Physicians of Chestnut Hill, a comprehensive facility specializing in dermatology, laser and cosmetic surgery, and he is Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology at Yale University School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Dermatology at Brown Medical School. Dr. Dover's research interests are Photomedicine, lasers in medicine, cosmetic laser surgery, and medical education. He is the author of over 400 scientific publications. He has co-authored and edited over 45 textbooks, many of which have been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish and Chinese and are sold to physicians all over the world. Dr. Dover is the founding editor of Journal Watch for Dermatology, produced by the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine. He is also a Past President of both the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery and the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery.