Based on prioritizing the health and safety of our patients, staff, and communities, all Medi Tresse locations will be temporarily closing. Our Scarsdale, NY office closed on Saturday March 21st and our two Massachusetts offices (Wellesley and Worcester) will be closing today (3/24/20) at noon. We will be cancelling all existing in-office appointments through April 7th, 2020. For those affecte…Read More
Wow. What a difference a month makes. In the beginning of March, I was peacefully looking forward to the changes we see every Spring, with the longer days, higher temperatures, and the return of color in the flowers and trees. All those changes will still happen, but I fear we are not going to be able to appreciate them as we have in the past, with all the worry and stress of Coronovirus. …Read More
We receive a lot of questions from patients about shampoos and there is one in particular that comes up often, ketoconazole shampoo. It is important to understand that most shampoos are not going to significantly regrow hair, regardless of what they advertise. Many of these products will have ingredients that are known to help with hair loss, like DHT blockers or proteins, but it is not known …Read More
Over the years we have noticed an increase in the number of patients with Scarring Alopecia. While part of the reason for this is that the medical community is becoming better at identifying, we also do believe that the incidence of scarring alopecia is increasing. There is some evidence that certain harsh hair care practices may contribute to some forms of Scarring Alopecia, such as the use o…Read More
Anecdotally we have believed that stress can cause our hair to turn gray. If you have ever seen pictures of a president’s first day in office versus their last, they certainly leave with a head full of gray hairs. For ourselves, at the first sign of gray hairs we often blame our children, spouse, or work for these stress induced gray hairs. Well it turns out we may have been right, as rese…Read More
When we opened Medi Tresse almost five years ago, our goal was not just to offer great treatments to women experiencing hair loss, more than that, we wanted to help bring the conversation about female hair loss out in the open. Because our society has not been willing to have this conversation out in the open, many women experiencing hair loss never seek treatment, which causes them to feel like t…Read More
Patients that have been with our practice for a few years may be familiar with Alpheaon Eyelash Serum, which was discontinued in 2018 due to some restructuring withing the Alpheaon organization. The Alphaeon Eyelash Serum was a big hit with our patient’s and staff, and we were all very sad to see it go. Well we have some great news; the product is back under a new brand name AlphaLash™ and…Read More
With New Year’s Eve quickly approaching, many of us are using these last few days to come up with a few resolutions for 2020 that we hope to follow through on. If you are thinking of making the health of your hair a part of your 2020 resolutions, we got you covered. We revisit a past blog post with some New Year’s resolution for your hair health that should hopefully not be too hard to kee…Read More
We are starting a new blog series called "Get to Know Our Team" where we are highlighting members of our team. The first team member we are highlighting is Dr. Mark DiStefano who recently took on a larger role at our practice when he was named Chief of Surgery of Medi Tresse. What is your role at Medi Tresse? I am the Medical Director of Medi Tresse Westchester, which is a role I have held since…Read More
When people think of melatonin, they often think of it as a sleep aid, but some studies have shown that it could potentially be beneficial for the treatment of hair loss. So what is melatonin? Melatonin is a hormone that is naturally produced in the body and regulates the sleep cycle. Melatonin levels typically increase at night, which is why some patients that suffer from insomnia take melato…Read More
