by Vlad Ratushny, MD, PhD Hair transplantation in the US originated with Dr. Norman Orentreich, a NYU Dermatologist who performed the first hair transplant to treat male pattern hair loss in 1952. At that time, doctors were using the hair plug technique. This technique involved taking large punch grafts in which they would harvest dozens [...]
by Vlad Ratushny, MD, PhD Prior to the advent of modern hair transplantation, hair transplant surgeons performed hair transplants using hair plugs. In 1939, Dr. Shoji Okuda of Japan described using hair plugs to treat alopecia areata, leprosy, and scarring alopecia. Dr. Norman Orentreich, a NYU dermatologist, performed the first hair transplant to treat [...]
Dr. Vlad Ratushny, a regular columnist in the the prestigious hair transplant publication Hair Transplant Forum International, was recently featured discussing new findings in the field of hair growth biology. In this article, Dr. Ratushny describes how olfactory receptors (typically used to transmit our sense of smell) have been discovered by scientists in human skin. [...]
As a writer for the Hair Sciences column for the prestigious Hair Transplant Forum International publication, Dr. Ratushny likes to stay up to date on the latest research on hair loss. In this month’s blog, we explore new research that attempts to answer the question of why certain areas of the human body have hair [...]
