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By HEIDI STEVENSChicago Tribune

“Life’s slings and arrows”is Harvard-educated neuro-scientist Richard J. David-son’s phrase for the eventswe spend our days ducking,sometimes unsuccessfully.

Losing out on that pro-motion. Getting dumped.Navigating a cocktail partyof boors (or bores). The stuffthat conspires to keep us ina foul mood, despite our bestintentions.

And Davidson arguesthat our response to suchevents — and even to full-ontragedies, such as the deathof a loved one — is as much

a part of our identity as ourfingerprints.

“Each of us is a color-wheel combination of theresilience, outlook, socialintuition, self-awareness,context and attention dimen-sions of emotional style,” hewrites in his new book, TheEmotional Life of Your Brain(Hudson Street Press), “aunique blend that describeshow you perceive the worldand react to it, how youengage with others and howyou navigate the obstaclecourse of life.”

Unlike our fingerprints,though, our emotional stylecan be altered. “We have the

power,” Davidson contends,“to live our lives and trainour brains in ways that willshift where we fall on eachof the six dimensions ofemotional style.”

That may sound more likeyour yoga instructor than aguy who has spent the past

three decades studying brainchemistry. But study brainchemistry he does, whichmakes his findings all themore compelling. (And hedid spend three monthsduring graduate school inIndia and Sri Lanka studyingmeditation; therefore, he’sentitled to sound a little likea yogi.)

So, the six dimensions.Davidson, a professor ofpsychology and psychiatryat the University of Wiscon-sin-Madison, identifies themas such, based on activityhe has identified in specificbrain circuits:

RESILIENCE: How slowlyor quickly you recover fromadversity.

Get your gray matter to see new colorsScientist lists aspects of ‘emotional style’ that mightbe holding you back. Good news: You can fix them.

See BRAIN, 7D >

I t’s interesting how our self-perception— and how the rest of the worldperceives us — is shaped throughout

our lives by our hair’s length and volume.For men, in our younger years … the

more hair we have, the older we look.However, there comes a tipping point

in adulthood when … the more hair wehave, the younger we look.

Up until recently, I’d personally nevergiven this much thought. Why would I? Ialways had a pretty full head of hair.

In my 20s, I had accepted as factmy dad’s (erroneous) assertion that,“Since you’re not showing any signsof balding now, you never will.” (Ofcourse, he’d retained his lustrous, wavypompadour until his dying day; not evenchemotherapy affected it.)

Throughout my 30s and into my early40s, my hairline and hair-growth rateappeared to remain uncompromised.

But a few years ago, despite exercisingregularly and eating right, I began

experiencing recurring bouts of low-gradefever, reduced stamina and, at times,overwhelming fatigue.

In 2010, I was diagnosed with a non-life-threatening blood condition that, amongother things, left me severely anemic,hemoglobin-depleted and in need ofhematological-infusion therapy.

Steve Dorfman has his hair density measured by hair technician Carol Dennis and Dr. Alan Bauman at the Bauman Medical Group in BocaRaton. The columnist says his hair loss since 2010 has coincided with a non-life-threatening blood condition and its treatment regimen.

THOMAS CORDY/Staff Photographer

LIGHT ON TOP: Hair restoration patient SteveDorfman examines a low-level-laser-light hat, theLaserCap, which he will wear every other day.

THOMAS CORDY/Staff Photographer

Gone today…hair tomorrow?

See BOOMER, 5D >

Our Boomer Health reporter seeks remedies for his thinning follicles

Getting thinon top?By the age of 35, two-thirds of U.S. men willexperience some degree ofappreciable hair loss.By the age of 50, about85 percent of men havesignificantly thinning hair.Approximately 25 percentof men who experience‘male pattern baldness’begin doing so by age 21.Some 40 percent of allhair-loss sufferers in theU.S. are women.According to TheWashington Post,American hair-losssufferers spend morethan $3.5 billion annuallyto improve their condition.

(Source: American HairLoss Association)

See Steve’s regimen versus hair transplantation, 5D

Reflecting on the top ofSteve’s head.Columnist Steve Dorfman’shair loss is evident betweena 2004 image (far left) anda recent photo.

By STEVE DORFMANPalm Beach Post Staff Writer

Albert Einstein famously stuck out histongue, and Chinese medicine practitionersread the tongue for clues to inner health.The tongue — that undulating musclecovered with pointy papillae and 10,000taste buds that sense sweet, salty, sourand bitter — has on its surface thousandsof bacteria, some pro (as in ‘probiotics’)and some con (as in ‘make your breath sobad you can’t have a conversation’). Wheneverything is OK, the tongue is pinkish andsits comfortably in your mouth.

Use a tongue scraper or toothbrushto remove plaque and bacteria and keepbreath fresh.

Sometimes, however, the tonguechanges. Three disorders — with no serioushealth consequences but lots of ickfactor — include black-hairy, yellow andgeographic tongue. (Geographic tonguecauses smooth red patches with raisededges.) These conditions may be frombacterial overgrowth, an immune systemglitch or an allergy.

Other tongue problems? Small ulcerson the edges of the tongue pop up fromstress; lesions (raised, smooth, whiteareas) could indicate oral cancer; andthrush (a yeast infection) turns the tonguewhite. Solutions?1. Antibiotics may be needed.

But before trying them or othermedications, try saltwater rinses along withbrushing and flossing a lot.2. Don’t smoke! And stop using

mouthwash or toothpaste with peroxide orwith astringents such as menthol.

If symptoms (especially a hard andwhite lesion) stay for 10 days, see yourdentist or ENT (otolaryngologist). It maysave your life.

Tale of thetongue

FROM DR. OZ:

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Happily, I can reportthat, after two years oftrial-and-error treatment,I’ve gotten the conditionmostly under control.

Unfortunately, photostaken earlier this yearshow that I’ve lost control(as if I ever had any) overmy hairline.

Seemingly overnight,my scalp now shinesthrough my ever-thinninghairline, and my templeshave become prominentenough to host Sabbathservices.

Whether the bloodcondition and hairdegradation are causallyconnected, or merelycoincidental, I’ll neverknow (middle-age illnesscan trigger, or accelerate,androgenic alopecia).

Heeding the callWhat I do know is that,

when the universe sendsyou certain signals, youmust pay attention.

Around the same time,I also received a queryfrom the office of Dr. AlanBauman, a nationallyrenowned hair-restorationspecialist based in BocaRaton. He was interestedin working on an articleteaching boomer-agereaders how to avoid theneed for hair transplan-tation via non-invasivetherapies.

Well, Bauman and I gotto talking, and I lamentedthe unsettling recession/thinning of my own hair.

Bauman was intrigued.Actually, he was morethan intrigued — hethought that, because Iwas in the early stages ofhair loss, I’d be the idealcandidate to guide readersthrough the process ofutilizing non-invasiveprotocols. He even agreedto treat me pro bono.

So, motivated by amixture of vanity andjournalistic curiosity,I made my way to hislakefront practice for astandard evaluation.

This included:Z A full review of

my medical and familyhistory (no baldnesson Dad’s side, but mymaternal grandfather anduncle were both cue-ballsmooth before age 30);ZMicroscopic hair-

density and hair-calibertesting via a device calleda Folliscope;ZMeasurements of my

“hair-mass index” withthe HairCheck Trackingdevice;Z Hair-shaft

morphology scan with theHairScan Analysis device;Z A series of “medical

mug shots” to serve as my“before” photos.

All this high-techbaseline testing, whichis quick and painless,provides you with a“HairNumber” — thatis, a numerical represen-tation on a zero-to-100

To rescue a head of hair, take action early, specialist urges> BOOMER from 1D scale that combines your

hair’s density (amount ofhairs that are growing)and caliber (the hair’sthickness or quality) atvarious regions on yourscalp.

Not surprisingly, thetop, side and rear areasregistered relativelyhighly: in the 70s.

However, the frontareas at the foreheadhairline and on thetemples were far lower: inthe 30s and 40s.

“This representssignificant hair loss that,left unaddressed, willlikely increase over time,”Bauman said.

But all was not lost.“The most important

thing is to take actionrelatively early — whichyou’ve done — in order topreserve as much of yournatural hair as possible,”he explained.

The biggest hair-restoration mistake peoplemake, Dr. Bauman said,is to wait too long beforeseeking treatment: “Up to50 percent of hair loss canhappen before it’s evenvisible to the naked eye.”

Considering mymodest goals (restoresome hairline thicknessand temple coverage),Bauman recommended aprotocol of topical and oraltreatments.

The oral: dailysupplements, availableonly through hair-restoration specialists.

The topical: dailyapplication of liquidMinoxidil; the wearingevery other day of a low-level-laser-light skull capcalled the LaserCap.

The supplements andMinoxidil are pretty muchindustry-standard initialtreatments.

However, not all hair-restoration doctors believein the usefulness of laser-light treatments.

For instance, Dr. VictorLoria of Palm BeachGardens and Boca Ratonsays, “Low-level lasertherapy is, at best, a verypoor treatment for hairloss. Results are severelylacking, and it has onlybeen FDA-approved forsafety — not efficacy.”

Can’t hurt to try,though.

According to Bauman,“With your treatments,it’ll take anywhere fromthree to six months beforewe’ll begin to see anymeasurable results.”

So, until then, I’ll bediligently following theprescribed regimen— and updating you laterin the year.~ steve_dorfman@pbpost.com

Perhaps no segmentof the cosmetic-enhance-ment industry hasprogressed more in thepast decade than thatof hair-transplantationsurgery.

This is still aburgeoning — andlargely unregulated —field. Nevertheless, inthe hands of qualified,properly trainedsurgeons, today’sspecialized instrumen-tation enables hair-restoration specialiststo perform restorationprocedures that arevirtually painless andundetectable.

“The differencebetween what we didwith hair transplan-tation in the 1990s, andwhat we can do now,is like the differencebetween GeorgeWashington’s woodendentures and today’sporcelain veneers,” saysBoca Raton’s Dr. AlanBauman, an interna-tionally recognizedexpert in hair-transplan-tation surgery.

Thanks to follicle-unit extraction (FUE)via advanced medicalinstruments, so-called“donor” hair can beharvested from therear portion of thepatient’s head (wherethe “permanent” hairgrows). Then — literally,strand by strand (or intiny natural groupingsknown as “follicularunits”) — it is reinsertedin the desired area(s)(again, literally strandby strand).

“It’s part art, partscience,” explains Hair

Transplant Institute ofMiami’s Dr. BernardNussbaum, anotherinternationally renownedhair-transplant surgeon,who has been in the fieldfor more than 25 years.

The most sophis-ticated of thesetransplantationtechniques areminimally invasive,requiring no incisionsor visible re-stitching,and offer nominaldiscomfort/recoverytime for the patient.What’s more, during theprocedures, patientsneed to receive onlylocal anesthesia and mildoral sedatives; they’reawake the whole time.

Typically, surgeonscharge on a “perunit” basis for theFUE procedure, andthese prices tend torange from $5 to $10per follicular unit.

Depending on theseverity of hair loss,patients usually requireanywhere from 1,500 to4,000 units grafted toachieve desired results,so these procedurescan range in price from$7,500 to upwards of$40,000.

Of course, hairtransplantation doesn’tcure patients of theunderlying condition —usually some form ofandrogenic alopecia —that necessitated theprocedure in the firstplace.

Therefore, tomaximize, and thenmaintain, the regrownhair, patients are givenpost-op hair-growthprotocols that ofteninclude topical, oral andlaser-light treatments,as well as prescriptionmedications such asPropecia.

HAIR-RESTORATIONREGULATORYORGANIZATIONSAmerican Board ofHair RestorationSurgery

International Boardof Hair RestorationSurgery

International Allianceof Hair RestorationSurgeons

International Societyof Hair RestorationSurgery

American Hair LossAssociation

At a consultation, Dr. Alan Bauman examines Steve Dorfman’s hairline with an iPhonecamera and an optical accessory.

STEVE’S HAIR-RESTORATIONREGIMEN

One-hour medical hair-loss evaluation: includesmicroscopic hair-density and hair-calibertesting; hair-mass indexmeasurements; hair-shaft morphology scan;medical ‘mug shots’($100);

Daily treatmentsZ 10 drops of

compounded Minoxidil,massaged into thetemples/scalp twicea day (three-monthsupply: $256);Z Viviscal Profes-

sional hair-growthsupplements, takenorally twice a day(three-month supply:$96);Z Appearex Biotin

hair-growth supplement,taken orally once a day(three-month supply:$96);ZWear portable

LaserCap (whichcontains 224 individuallaser-light diodes andcovers the entire scalp)every other day for30 minutes per session(cost of device: $3,000).

(All services/productsprovided pro bono byDr. Alan Bauman;baumanmedical.com.Steve will report on hisprogress later in the year.)

Transplants strand-by-strand

Jim Abath, a former Channel 25 newscaster and a Dr. Baumanpatient.

Photo courtesy of DR. ALAN BAUMAN

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