This is the patient you’re referring to — HERE I only see the patients when they need to see me or if the results are less than expected as many of our patients reside out-of-town. I rarely have them return after the first 8 month period when I would like to assess their results. That […]
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First, we generally use the term “grafts” which will contain 1, 2, 3, or 4 hairs. I have heard of some doctors doing 2500 to 3000 graft FUE procedures, but in my experience as the one who first published the FUE techniques in 2002 (which all doctors use), megasession FUE of that high a number […]
A skilled physician is necessary for any surgery you have, and one that specializes in the cosmetic surgery you’re looking into is absolutely something I’d recommend. If you’re asking me whether you should go to me for your hair transplant or go to another surgeon, well, I think the answer would be pretty obvious. However, […]
Yes, it would be possible to have the above schedule. First however, I would want to biopsy your hair to satisfy myself that you are FOX positive (a good candidate). Then if you are a candidate, the answer is yes to both questions.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT READ FOR ANYONE WANTING TO HAVE FUE; I wrote this article in the past issue of Hair Transplant Forum (Volume #27, #2, May/June 2017) which I believe defines a very important guideline for determining how many FUE grafts are safe. This is illustrated well in the previous post below. We are […]
The FUE Megasession seems to be more and more common lately and will lead to depleted donor area hair enough to produce balding. Newer doctors n the field seem to be offering larger FUE sessions once they think that they have mastered the FUE. It has become a marketing tool as many doctors from around […]
People see the FUEs from Turkey in the 5000 range and somehow this has created a standard world-wide that is unwarranted and unearned because many of these men get depleted balding areas with worse scaring than had they had a strip surgery. The picture below is an example of such a case where this unfortunate […]
We see this type of result when men have large FUE sessions. There is little doubt that this is a vascular problem induced by the FUE technique. The good news is that we can treat this very successfully with scalp micropigmentation, but the hair will never come back so the patient must style his hair […]
Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) when it was popularized in 2002 at the ISHRS meeting (Follicular Unit Extraction: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Hair Transplantation) did not have a popularized name. We thought FUE (“foo-yee”) was not a very sexy name. Thus we called it FOX (FOllicular unit eXtraction). We identified many patients where FUE or FOX […]
Dr. Russell Knudsen (from Australia) wrote in informative article in this months “Hair Transplant Forum International”. Clearly, the ability to harvest the donor area with FUE will be more restrictive in individuals who have more extensive balding patterns (Class 5, 6 and 7 patterns of balding). The donor area around the sides and back of […]
It is not all about numbers. You need a doctor who understands the progression of your hair loss — how to address future hair loss along with present hair loss. You need a plan rather than just thinking of short term goals. Each and every patient is different, with different needs and different hair loss […]
This is part 2 of my series of posts about follicular unit extraction (FUE). I discussed the history of FUE yesterday in part 1. — When I made the decision to have another hair transplant procedure some 8 months ago, I asked Dr. Pak to do it with FUT (strip), not FUE, and the rationale […]
I received a question from a patient after an extensive meeting (over an hour) about the options of FUE vs strip (FUT) procedures, and he asked which of the newer FUE systems was best. He was particularly confused by the promotions of the ARTAS and Neograft systems. That prompted me to start writing. I’ve split […]
This is going to be a long post, but this week I saw two patients (on the same day) that had transplant growth failure nearly a year after they had follicular unit extraction (FUE) surgery… and I needed to vent / post a reminder / warn about researching certain doctors and looking beyond the hype. […]
Generally, we do not preemptively transplant hair to non-balding areas and prefer to treat the impending balding area with medications like Propecia. How do you know you will end up as a Norwood 5 or 6? We pioneered the “megasession”, but just because we can do it does not mean we recommend it to everyone. […]