Ademir Carvalho Leite Jr, MD

Physician and Trichologist, Master's degree in Clinical Psychology, Scientific Director of the Ademir Júnior Institute and the Ademir Júnior Clinic. Consultant for cosmetic at Tricho-RES, Edito-in-Chief Brazilian Journal of Hair Health

Launched a year ago

Genji Monogatari, Hair, and the Education of Awareness

A few months ago, I began reading Genji Monogatari. As often happens with certain books, it was not the story itself that captured my attention most…

4 hrs ago • Ademir Carvalho Leite Jr, MD

The Hair Follicle as a Biological Observatory

The hair follicle does not lie.

Jun 17 • Ademir Carvalho Leite Jr, MD

The Membrane That Became Skin

A conversation I keep returning to

Jun 11 • Ademir Carvalho Leite Jr, MD

Hair loss that blood cannot explain

What three decades of evidence are finally saying

Jun 8 • Ademir Carvalho Leite Jr, MD

The Invisible Siege

Why male pattern hair loss is more complex than DHT, and what changes when you look closely at the follicle

May 19 • Ademir Carvalho Leite Jr, MD

Hair Loss: When Small Triggers Cluster

There’s a kind of hair loss that baffles patients — and frequently goes undetected even by experienced clinicians.

Apr 28 • Ademir Carvalho Leite Jr, MD

The Alchemist Who Burned the Books and the Use of Hair GHK-Cu for Hair Growth

In 1527, a Swiss physician named Paracelsus walked into the University of Basel and burned the most respected medical textbooks of his time in front of…

Apr 9 • Ademir Carvalho Leite Jr, MD

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Ademir Carvalho Leite Jr, MD