DR. MAHER MAHMOUDDERMATOLOGY · LASER
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Watch Dr. Maher Mahmoud's television and filmed radio interviews about skin, hair and aesthetic medicine — right here on the page.

16 appearances

TV & Radio

Al-NaharAl-Setat

Weekly medical Q&A: teenage acne, combination skin, hair protein burns, and stretch marks

الستات | الفقرة الطبية مع الدكتور ماهر محمود

Full 14-minute studio Q&A addressing adolescent acne treatment from age 12 to prevent permanent scarring, combination skin routines, repairing hair burned by 500°C formalin-laced "hair protein/therapeutic" salon sessions, under-eye mesotherapy (`RSE`), preventing post-laser folliculitis, postpartum hair loss, and treating weight-loss stretch marks with fractional laser and home derma-rollers.

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TeN TVBent El-Balad

Causes of hair loss, Vitamin D deficiency, and why hair treatments require a physician

أسباب تساقط الشعر والطرق الصحيحة لعلاجها مع د. ماهر محمود استشاري الأمراض الجلدية

Full 26.5-minute studio interview (plus 5.5-minute highlight clip) explaining hair shedding causes, noting that 80% of Middle Eastern populations suffer from Vitamin D deficiency (normal range 30–100 ng/mL, requiring 15 minutes of daily sun exposure), and warning against taking unprescribed hair vitamins or topical treatments without a physician's diagnosis.

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Al-NaharAl-Setat

Does hair loss increase in summer? Causes, lab tests, and wig/extension hazards

هل تساقط الشعر يزيد في الصيف ؟ مع د ماهر محمود

Full 16-minute studio interview explaining normal daily shedding (100–150 hairs) vs. pathological hair loss, the 7-year anagen growth cycle, Egyptian 5% Minoxidil sprays (`Minoxilook`, `Performa`) for female and male androgenetic alopecia, why PRP efficacy depends on specialized separation tubes rather than plain glass tubes, essential blood panels (CBC, serum iron, ferritin, TSH, Day-2 hormone profile), and how glued wigs and extensions cause traction alopecia.

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Egyptian Channel 1Sabah El Kheir Ya Masr

Six major causes of hair loss and how to treat them

بلاش توتر.. أسباب تساقط الشعر هايقولهالك د. ماهر محمود وكمان إزاي تحليها

Studio interview (Part 1, 3m 10s) detailing the 6 main causes of hair shedding and frizz: crash diets/bariatric surgery (protein and produce deficiency), psychological stress, Vitamin D and B deficiencies, hormonal/menstrual disorders, thyroid disorders, and anemia/low ferritin, while explaining how chemical straighteners break disulfide bonds.

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Egyptian Channel 1Sabah El Kheir Ya Masr

How salon hair-straightening "protein," "botox," and "filler" cause severe hair loss

هو أنا ممكن استخدم حاجة تطول شعري وتتقله تسببلي تساقط؟

Studio interview (Part 2, 3m 21s) warning that salon treatments marketed as "hair protein," "keratin," "caviar," "hair botox," "hair filler," or "therapeutic restoration" rely on carcinogenic formalin and 500°C flat-iron heat, weighing down the hollow hair shaft and causing severe breakage that takes 4–5 years (the full anagen growth cycle) to recover from.

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Al-NaharEsaal Maa Doaa

Hereditary hair loss (androgenetic alopecia) in men and women

اسأل مع دعاء | فقرة طبية | الصلع الوراثى مع دكتور ماهر محمود

Full 18-minute studio interview explaining that androgenetic alopecia affects 50% of men over 50 and 25% of women (presenting as diffuse thinning with an intact frontal hairline in women vs. M-shaped recession in men), how DHT shrinks follicles, dermoscopy diagnosis, lifelong Minoxidil maintenance (likened to insulin for diabetes), and FUE hair transplantation from the DHT-resistant occipital donor zone.

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Sada El-BaladSet El-Setat

Laser hair removal vs. low-energy laser hair stimulation

لقاء خاص مع الدكتور ماهر محمود في برنامج ست الستات

Full 15.5-minute studio interview explaining how laser energy settings must be calibrated by a physician according to skin phototype—noting that excessive energy causes burns, while sub-therapeutic energy paradoxically stimulates hair follicles (a phenomenon harnessed intentionally in low-level laser therapy for alopecia)—and warning against unsupervised home laser use.

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Al-NaharEsaal Maa Doaa

Hair loss problems: causes and medical treatment

مشكلات تساقط الشعر ..الأسباب والعلاج مع د. ماهر محمود

Full 17-minute studio interview distinguishing alopecia areata from tinea capitis ("hair-eating fungus" in children), detailing the 6 systemic causes of telogen effluvium (crash diets/bariatric surgery, stress, anemia, vitamin deficiencies, thyroid/hormonal disorders, post-COVID/postpartum shedding), and explaining topical and PRP therapies.

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Al-NaharAl-Setat

Alopecia areata causes and the first FDA-approved oral treatment

أسباب ثعلبة الرأس وطرق علاجها مع د. ماهر محمود

Full 18-minute studio interview discussing the June 2022 FDA approval of the first oral JAK inhibitor (baricitinib / Olumiant, 4 mg daily for 6 months with >80% regrowth in severe alopecia areata clinical trials of 1,200 patients), alongside summer hair care and PRP tube quality.

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Al-Nahar

Six skin signs that precede or accompany COVID-19

د ماهر محمود : ٦ علامات على الجلد تسبق كورونا

Studio interview (6m 56s) detailing cutaneous manifestations seen in 17–20% of COVID-19 patients: "COVID toes" (chilblain-like acral erythema/ischemia), nail Beau's lines and cyanosis, oral/lip crusting, acute urticaria (9%), chickenpox-like vesicular eruptions, pityriasis rosea/eczema, and post-COVID telogen effluvium hair loss.

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Al-NaharEsaal Maa Doaa

The late Nouran Atallah's role in the "Cancer Without Hair Loss" initiative

د. ماهر محمود يكشف تفاصيل مبادرة نوران عطا الله سرطان بلا سقوط شعر

Full 17-minute studio interview dedicating the ongoing charity initiative *"Cancer Without Hair Loss"* (`سرطان بلا سقوط شعر`) to the memory of late Al-Nahar producer Nouran Atallah, explaining how scalp cooling caps (`كاب التبريد`) worn 1 hour before, during, and 1 hour after chemotherapy constrict scalp blood vessels to protect follicles, and warning against injecting PRP in active cancer patients until 1 full year of remission.

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Al-NaharDoctors

Ideal hair care routine and why cutting hair does not stop hair loss

د.ماهر محمود يصف روتين مثالي للشعر و يحذر من قص الشعر أثناء تساقطه

Studio interview (11m 05s) debunking the myth that cutting hair stops shedding (since the hair shaft is non-living keratin that does not consume follicle nutrition), advising wide-toothed wooden combs, panthenol conditioners on hair ends only, ammonia-free dyes at most twice yearly, and caffeine/PRP follicle stimulation.

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