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Exosome preparations are being marketed locally for hair loss. There is no FDA approval for that indication, and the published evidence is not at a standard that would let us tell a patient what to expect. Meridian does not offer it. That is not a claim that it will never work. It is a statement about what we are willing to charge for today.

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There is no legal requirement for specialty training in hair restoration. The American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery is a voluntary certification with a case log requirement, a written examination and an oral examination. It is not a guarantee of anything. It is a record that somebody chose to be examined.

#hairrestoration #scottsdale #patienteducation #askthedoctor #consultfirst

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There is no legal requirement for specialty training in hair restoration. The American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery is a voluntary certification with a case log requirement, a written examination and an oral examination. It is not a guarantee of anything. It is a record that somebody chose to be examined.

Draft body, not yet adapted

Simone Okafor runs medical therapy, trichoscopy and the majority of female evaluations. Surgery happens once. Medical management is measured in years, which means most patients spend far more time with her than with the surgeon. That is the intended structure, not an accident of scheduling.

Draft body, not yet adapted

Several apps now return a graft estimate from a phone photo, and patients arrive with the screenshot. What the software measures is visible hair density in a two-dimensional image under uncontrolled lighting. What a plan needs is donor density, hair caliber and pattern trajectory, none of which are in that photograph.

Draft body, not yet adapted

Several apps now return a graft estimate from a phone photo, and patients arrive with the screenshot. What the software measures is visible hair density in a two-dimensional image under uncontrolled lighting. What a plan needs is donor density, hair caliber and pattern trajectory, none of which are in that photograph.

Draft body, not yet adapted

There is a point at which filler stops being the right answer, and the person best placed to say so is the injector rather than the surgeon. Sloane Holloway, RN, BSN, sends several patients a year across the corridor instead of treating them, usually because what they are describing is descent rather than volume, and volume added to descent reads as heaviness. Being able to say not this, and to have a colleague twenty feet away, is the practical argument for the way this practice is built.

Draft body, not yet adapted

There is a point at which filler stops being the right answer, and the person best placed to say so is the injector rather than the surgeon. Sloane Holloway, RN, BSN, sends several patients a year across the corridor instead of treating them, usually because what they are describing is descent rather than volume, and volume added to descent reads as heaviness. Being able to say not this, and to have a colleague twenty feet away, is the practical argument for the way this practice is built.

Draft body, not yet adapted

There is a version of neuromodulator treatment that removes movement entirely, and it is not the one we practice. Sloane Holloway, RN, BSN, treats to soften rather than to erase, which means the first appointment is often deliberately conservative and the second one, two weeks later, adds only what the face turned out to need. It is slower. It costs a return visit. It is also the reason people tell us they cannot tell what changed. Bruising and temporary asymmetry are possible with any injection, and the effect wears off over three to four months.

Draft body, not yet adapted

This is the question Sloane Holloway, RN, BSN, is asked more than any other, and the answer is less satisfying than the internet suggests. Hyaluronic acid filler is not finished the day it goes in. Swelling resolves over about two weeks, the product integrates over four to six, and where it sits in a mobile part of the face it will keep adjusting after that. If something looks uneven at day three, day three is not the result. And if it still looks uneven at week six, that is a conversation, not a catastrophe, because it can be dissolved.

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This is the question Sloane Holloway, RN, BSN, is asked more than any other, and the answer is less satisfying than the internet suggests. Hyaluronic acid filler is not finished the day it goes in. Swelling resolves over about two weeks, the product integrates over four to six, and where it sits in a mobile part of the face it will keep adjusting after that. If something looks uneven at day three, day three is not the result. And if it still looks uneven at week six, that is a conversation, not a catastrophe, because it can be dissolved.

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It is a fair question and it is asked less often than it should be. Every injectable appointment in this practice is performed by Sloane Holloway, RN, BSN, who has been in this suite since 2019 and treats under the medical direction of board-certified Dr. Elise Rowan. There is no rotating roster and no one else injects here. We would say the same to anyone considering treatment anywhere: ask who, ask how long they have been there, and ask what happens if something needs to be corrected.

Draft body, not yet adapted

It is a fair question and it is asked less often than it should be. Every injectable appointment in this practice is performed by Sloane Holloway, RN, BSN, who has been in this suite since 2019 and treats under the medical direction of board-certified Dr. Elise Rowan. There is no rotating roster and no one else injects here. We would say the same to anyone considering treatment anywhere: ask who, ask how long they have been there, and ask what happens if something needs to be corrected.

Draft body, not yet adapted

Every few years the aesthetic conversation swings, and it has swung back toward restraint. We are pleased about it and slightly amused, because the approach being described as new is the one this suite has practiced since 2019. Sloane Holloway, RN, BSN, has a short view on what the shift actually means at the level of a single appointment: fewer syringes, more intervals, and a willingness to leave a face partly unfinished on the day. Trends are a poor reason to treat and an even worse reason to stop.

Draft body, not yet adapted

Every few years the aesthetic conversation swings, and it has swung back toward restraint. We are pleased about it and slightly amused, because the approach being described as new is the one this suite has practiced since 2019. Sloane Holloway, RN, BSN, has a short view on what the shift actually means at the level of a single appointment: fewer syringes, more intervals, and a willingness to leave a face partly unfinished on the day. Trends are a poor reason to treat and an even worse reason to stop.

Draft body, not yet adapted

Every few years the aesthetic conversation swings, and it has swung back toward restraint. We are pleased about it and slightly amused, because the approach being described as new is the one this suite has practiced since 2019. Sloane Holloway, RN, BSN, has a short view on what the shift actually means at the level of a single appointment: fewer syringes, more intervals, and a willingness to leave a face partly unfinished on the day. Trends are a poor reason to treat and an even worse reason to stop.

Draft body, not yet adapted

It is usually fasting glucose or triglycerides, flagged on an annual physical, explained in about ninety seconds, and then carried around for a year. Dr. Halvorsen explains what those two markers are telling you, why they tend to move together, and why the useful next step is a fuller panel rather than a resolution.

Draft body, not yet adapted

Educational, and it is the most common question we get by a wide margin. Appetite signalling generally returns to where it was, because the medication was doing a job rather than teaching the body a new setting. What changes the second half of that story is whether nutrition, resistance work, and a maintenance plan were built while the medication was still on board. Dr. Halvorsen explains both halves honestly.

Draft body, not yet adapted

Educational, and it is the most common question we get by a wide margin. Appetite signalling generally returns to where it was, because the medication was doing a job rather than teaching the body a new setting. What changes the second half of that story is whether nutrition, resistance work, and a maintenance plan were built while the medication was still on board. Dr. Halvorsen explains both halves honestly.

Draft body, not yet adapted

The most common thing people say in a first visit is some version of an apology. Dr. Halvorsen has a short answer to it, and it is the same answer every time. Appetite regulation runs on hormones, sleep, medication history, and a set-point your body defends whether you agree with it or not. That is physiology, and physiology is measurable, which is the part that makes it treatable.

Draft body, not yet adapted

The most common thing people say in a first visit is some version of an apology. Dr. Halvorsen has a short answer to it, and it is the same answer every time. Appetite regulation runs on hormones, sleep, medication history, and a set-point your body defends whether you agree with it or not. That is physiology, and physiology is measurable, which is the part that makes it treatable.

Draft body, not yet adapted

A hormone evaluation here is a morning draw, a repeat draw to confirm, and a conversation about symptoms that usually turns out to be about sleep. Dr. Halvorsen walks through what gets measured, why a single low reading is not a diagnosis, and why we look at metabolic markers in the same sitting. Nothing gets prescribed off one number.

Draft body, not yet adapted

A hormone evaluation here is a morning draw, a repeat draw to confirm, and a conversation about symptoms that usually turns out to be about sleep. Dr. Halvorsen walks through what gets measured, why a single low reading is not a diagnosis, and why we look at metabolic markers in the same sitting. Nothing gets prescribed off one number.

Draft body, not yet adapted

Eleven years in hospital-based primary care taught Dr. Halvorsen that a four-minute explanation is not an explanation. So he draws it. Insulin, the cells, the pancreas, an arrow or two. People leave understanding their own physiology, which turns out to matter more for whether a plan holds than almost anything else we do.