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No matter who you are, chances are good that if you’re a man, you will experience some degree of hair loss by the time you reach 60 years of age. For others, the process may begin as early as their teen years. Some men are almost completely bald by their 30s. While the symptoms are the same – a receding hairline and thinning hair – the reasons for male hair loss differ. In fact, there are 10 different reasons that you may experience hair loss.

Hair loss is often thought of as being specific to men. However, millions of women struggle with thinning hair, too. Dubbed female pattern baldness, or androgenetic alopecia, it has many of the same characteristics as male pattern baldness, but there are some differences.

A question Dr. Smith often gets from patients interested in hair restoration is whether they should go with FUE or the Strip Method. And while FUE, or Follicular Unit Extraction, is the latest of the two, employing the most cutting-edge technology, both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages.

Have you ever looked in the mirror and used your fingers to elevate the skin and structures of your neck? Did you like what you saw because it reminded you of a more youthful-looking you? If you answered yes, you may be a candidate for facial or neck rejuvenation. You may also be pleasantly surprised to find that you may not need surgery to look younger.

You’ve probably seen plenty of tips for using makeup to look younger. Lightening up your lip color, adding fullness to the eyebrows, going with a softer eye look, and aiming for a dewy skin complexion, are all things that we hear day after day. But looking younger doesn’t always mean looking the same as everyone else trying to do the same. Here’s how you can break all the rules, and still get that youthful glow you’re after.

The word “detox” has become a buzz word for more than just the health industry. It seems that we are being encouraged to detox in all areas of our lives, whether that is literal or figurative. In the skin care industry, many detox myths are floating around, starting from the most basic (that you need to detox your skin) to some bizarre rumors. Here are five detox myths that even we fell for, and why your skin doesn’t need any of them to look flawless: