Does Any Surgeon Do the Entire Transplant Without Techs?

I’m looking for a hair transplant surgeon who does both harvesting and transplanting. I don’t want a doctor who harvests only and lets technicians do the transplanting, as happened in my wife’s case.

In the United States, virtually all hair transplant surgery is done with a doctor and his staff of technicians. The doctor harvests the donor hair grafts and makes the recipient sites. The technicians process the donor grafts (under a microscope) and feeds it into the recipient sites that that doctor has premade. Without this teamwork the entire surgery would be too cumbersome for one doctor to accomplish. There is a misconception that the technicians are controlling where the hairs are implanted, but the direction, the angle, and the distribution of hair is predetermined by the doctor.

In short, the planning is more important than the execution and to succeed you need great teamwork. Thus, the consumers (patients) should be aware that when they choose a hair transplant doctor, they should also ask about the staff/technician and the overall reputation of the clinic (not only the doctor).

Here are some past articles that might be of interest to you, related to technicians in hair restoration surgery:

• NHI Surgical Team
• Doctors vs Technicians — Who Does More in the Hair Transplant Procedure?
• Selecting a Hair Transplant Doctor
• Hair Transplant Done By the Doctor or the Technicians?