Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Hair Restoration
- 1st Edition - March 3, 2023
- Latest edition
- Authors: Murad Alam, Jeffrey S. Dover
- Language: English
Offering a step-by-step, practical approach to this expanding area of dermatology, Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Hair Restoration enables you to master the up-to-date hair r… Read more
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Offering a step-by-step, practical approach to this expanding area of dermatology, Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Hair Restoration enables you to master the up-to-date hair restoration techniques that produce the superior results your patients expect. Focusing on non-invasive treatment of diffuse, non-scarring hair loss, including androgenetic alopecia, this unique title, edited by expert clinicians Drs. Murad Alam and Jeffrey S. Dover, thoroughly covers the latest treatment options—all abundantly illustrated and evidence based. A video library demonstrating techniques helps you successfully incorporate today’s most effective procedures into your practice.
- Provides current, authoritative guidance on popular treatments including topical and systemic therapies, stem cell-based therapies, platelet-rich plasma, genomic therapies, microblading, nutritional supplements, energy-based treatments, emerging treatments, and hair transplant
- Considers ethnic differences in hair
- Contains up-to-date sections on evaluation of hair loss, minimizing and concealing hair loss, medical treatments for hair loss, procedural treatments for hair loss, and emerging therapies for hair loss
- Features high-quality images and a video library demonstrating scalp micropigmentation, scar correction procedure, female pattern hair loss, scalp photography for patients with alopecia, and more
- Includes procedural how-to's, step-by-step advice on proper techniques, case studies, contraindications and managing complications, and pearls and pitfalls—all in a consistently templated, quick reference format
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Dermatologists, dermatologic surgeons, derm surgery fellows
SECTION 1: Evaluation of Hair Loss
1. Medical Workup for Hair Loss
2. Ethnic Differences in Hair
3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Scarring Alopecia
SECTION 2: Minimizing and Concealing Hair Loss
4. Nutritional Supplements
5. Hair Cosmetics, Styling, and Processing
6. Wigs and Hair Prosthetics
7. Micropigmentation and Microblading
SECTION 3: Medical Treatments for Hair Loss
8. Minoxidil, Finasteride, and Dutasteride
9. Topical Immunotherapies
10. Systemic Immunotherapies
11. Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Hair Loss
SECTION 4: Procedural Treatments for Hair Loss
12. Platelet-Rich Plasma
13. Stem Cell–Based Therapies
14. Hair Transplantation
15. Lasers, Lights, and LEDs
SECTION 5: Emerging Therapies for Hair Loss
16. Emerging Medications
17. Devices and Genomic Therapies
1. Medical Workup for Hair Loss
2. Ethnic Differences in Hair
3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Scarring Alopecia
SECTION 2: Minimizing and Concealing Hair Loss
4. Nutritional Supplements
5. Hair Cosmetics, Styling, and Processing
6. Wigs and Hair Prosthetics
7. Micropigmentation and Microblading
SECTION 3: Medical Treatments for Hair Loss
8. Minoxidil, Finasteride, and Dutasteride
9. Topical Immunotherapies
10. Systemic Immunotherapies
11. Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Hair Loss
SECTION 4: Procedural Treatments for Hair Loss
12. Platelet-Rich Plasma
13. Stem Cell–Based Therapies
14. Hair Transplantation
15. Lasers, Lights, and LEDs
SECTION 5: Emerging Therapies for Hair Loss
16. Emerging Medications
17. Devices and Genomic Therapies
"The book focuses on an integrative approach to evaluating and treating diffuse, non-scarring hair loss, including androgenic alopecia. It differs from standard references that typically only address medical therapies such as systemic medications." -©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, Patricia Wong, MD (Private Practice)
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: March 3, 2023
- Language: English
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Murad Alam
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Dermatology; Professor of Surgery, Otolaryngology and Medical Social Services, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USAJD
Jeffrey S. Dover
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine; Adjunct Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Brown Medical School, SkinCare Physicians, Chestnut Hill, MA, USARead Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Hair Restoration on ScienceDirect