This is a photo of a female patient who had a hair line lowering and rounding hair transplant surgery. This is sometimes known as forehead reduction surgery. *CLICK TO ENLARGE PHOTO This patient did not like her square high forehead with receded corners. She thought her hair line looked too masculine. She considered a forehead […]
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A couple weeks ago, we wrote a post titled: FUE vs Strip — A Technical Analysis. In it, we discussed how the anatomy of SOME follicular units in SOME patients get disrupted, stripping off the fat from the lower part of the hair follicles. We had two patients this week that provided some good examples […]
This comes from prominent New York hair transplant surgeon, Dr. Michael Beehner: We wrote about Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) vs Strip (FUT) nearly two years ago: FUE vs FUT — Which is Better? When you look at a follicular unit, you will see all of the anatomical parts that are traditionally created from a strip […]
Shock loss occurs in the recipient area, so the method of extracting the donor hair is not impacted. The best way to reduce the risks for shock loss is the use of Propecia (finasteride 1mg) to be taken orally prior to the surgery and for the subsequent 6-8 months.
I think that you must put the various surgeries that you may want into a Master Plan for your hair loss. If you are not going to be very bald, then an FUE solution is not an unreasonable one. The long term yields for an FUE may have to do with donor density, but for […]
Dr. Pak was an engineer working with me (Dr. Rassman) in the mid 1990s before he went off to medical school to be a doctor . We worked to invent a system or robot which would use cameras and special optical sighting system to target a hair follicle to automatically take out a follicle using the FUE technique. This […]
The visibility of the linear scar from the strip surgery partially depends upon how you heal. Some people heal with a fine line scar that will allow the very short hair cut (not a buzz cut) while others will develop a wider scar that could, at worst case in a single surgery, get to 1cm […]
I generally tell my patients that if you have an advanced balding pattern or expect to have a hair transplant, then the strip surgery is a better surgery for harvesting. Large amounts of FUE grafts can produce a see-through donor area if too many grafts are harvested
My goal would be to find a procedure that transplants clusters of hairs together, with a good amount of surrounding tissue, as some evidence is showing survival rates of those hairs fair much better when compared to single hairs that have been separated from the unit and transplanted. They specify that as 6-12mm. Punch sizes […]
How many hairs are usually in each graft/unit? Got a transplant quote for 2500-3000 hair follicles. Wonder what does this mean in terms of grafts Surgeons shouldn’t confuse you with poor language. A graft or a follicular unit contains from 1-5 hairs. Most doctors today transplant follicular units and at the time of the surgery, […]
I’m confused why people even consider FUE. FUT has clearly shown to be able to extract more follicles from the safe zone and have a higher survival rate. Our limiting factor is the number of hair follicles we have. So besides an unsightly scar (which we can wear our hair long to hide), why FUE […]
Hair transplants work very well when you are balding. I had hair transplants for my crown, and no one knows unless I told them. I performed hair transplants on 6 relatives, including my wife and daughter-in-law, and they were all happy with them. There is a balance between your concerns about balding and your sense of […]
If you trust your doctor then go with it! The Internet is not a place to receive a second opinion. If you would like a second opinion it is best to consult with another doctor in person. Photo(s) are not a good way to determine if you are balding or if you “need” surgery for […]
Scars treated with FUE or in fact with any form of hair transplant, does not completely cover the scar area because the density needed is too high to achieve in one session or possibly even two sessions. The scars tend to be white, and the whitish color of the scar seems to always dominate whatever […]
There is a series of reasons as to why FUE2 isn’t the gold standard, and I’ll list and expand upon that to address why the traditional FUE also isn’t the gold standard: 1- FUE2 is not available at this time for commercial use. We have not proven that the FUE2 can be as effective in […]