CARF’s 8th International Patient-Doctor Conference

Dr. Nicole Rogers is on the Board of Directors of the Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation (CARF) and presented and interacted with medical peers and patients in Philadelphia from June 8-10, 2018. CARF is the world’s only voice for patients with cicatricial alopecia and we need your support. Click here to Donate. During the Conference Dr.…

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Female – Medical Hair Loss Therapy

This is a 46 year old woman with female pattern hair loss. Dr. Rogers started her on spironolactone increasing to a dose of 150mg daily as well as topical minoxidil 5% foam once daily in the morning and oral Viviscal supplement twice daily. Her photos at baseline and 1 year later.

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77 Year Old Male Hair Transplant Case Study

This is a 77 year old male with Norwood Class 5 Hair loss. He underwent a FUT hair transplant procedure on 6-27-17 and received a total of 1700 1-4 hair follicular units. He also has been using oral finasteride 1mg and topical 5% minoxidil. His photos are from before surgery and 8 months post operative.

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Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA) Also Known as Scarring Alopecia

This is a 66 year old African American Female who underwent two Hair Transplant procedures with CCCA over the central crown area. Dr. Rogers first performed a small test transplant in the central scalp which successfully grew, then a larger procedure of 1045 grafts was performed in March 2016. She was happy with the results…

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Medical Therapy For Hair Loss – 59 Year Old Female

This 59 year old female had been experiencing hair loss for over 10 years. Approximately 6 years ago Dr. Rodgers initiated medical therapy . She has been using a combination of topical minoxidil, oral spironolactone, and oral finasteride 5mg  daily.  She is very satisfied with her results.

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Hair Restoration to Conceal Browlift Scar

This 72 year old female who was bothered by hair thinning in the front as well as a visible scar from a previous browlift surgery. Dr. Rogers performed FUT (strip harvest) hair transplantation. 1,775 1-4 hair follicular units where transplanted throughout the frontal zone and mid scalp. she is on hair maintenance medication taking oral finasteride 5mg,…

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The Power of Medical Therapy For Hair Loss

This was an excellent case of a 70 year old female with Ludwig Stage II female pattern hair loss. She was not interested in hair transplantation, so she after consultation with Dr. Rogers she started on topical minoxidil, oral finasteride 5mg, and oral spironolactone 50mg daily.

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Refining the E in FUE

In a recent publication by Dr. Ricardo Mejia in the Hair Transplant Forum, members of the ISHRS hair transplant society have elected to change the definition of Follicular Unit Extraction to Follicular Unit Excision. This new terminology better describes the procedure as a surgical incision, followed by gentle extraction of the hair follicle before implanting…

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When Hair Maintenance is not Enough

This is 62 year old gentleman began finasteride (Propecia) when it was first FDA-approved for hair loss in 1997. After 20 years the hair loss maintenance was not as effective and he developed diffuse Class V hair loss. He wanted more density but wanted the aesthetic result to be subtle and compliment his age. Dr.…

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