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 […]
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If you are familiar with New Hair Institute and Dr. Rassman’s (founder) work, he is the doctor who started the “Mega-Session” 3000+ grafts hair transplants back in in 1995 See Link: https://baldingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/mp-1995-megasessions.pdf Being able to provide a 5000 graft surgery has TWO factors. 1) Man power and the expertise to coordinate such a surgery. * […]
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 […]
A Caucasian with an average hair density would have 1250 hairs per square inch found in 625 follicular units which average 2 hairs per follicular unit. A typical Asian patient would have 1000 hairs per square inch found in the same number of follicular units (625) averaging 1.6 hairs per follicular unit. This particular patient […]
I just met with a Asian man with very low density, even for an Asian. He was considering the different harvesting techniques FUE vs strip surgery. He met with other doctors who represented that they could transplant 4000-5000 grafts in a single strip session and 3000 FUEs in a single FUE session. This poor man […]
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 […]
We have seen this in the past, but worded with different terms. In general, if things sound “too good to be true” then it probably is! We have researched and tested the Acell (two years ago with Dr. Bernstein in N.Y.) for it’s acclaimed “cloning” potential touted by certain doctors. In short, it did not […]
You may have serious problems if you had a 2000 graft transplant at the age of 19. I generally look at 19 years old (or even 21 in your case) as a person who is not a candidate for a hair transplant. You need a Master Plan by a competent and caring doctor. The doctor […]
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. […]
FUE can be done over two days. For the larger sessions, some doctors do it this way. I’d follow-up with your surgeon about his/her recommendations.
We’re taking a week off from posting new content — our first break in almost 6 years — so we’re using this opportunity to repost some older articles that didn’t get the attention they deserved the first time around. (Originally published on March 2, 2006.) — I have followed Bruce Willis’ hair loss over the […]
We’re taking a week off from posting new content — our first break in almost 6 years — so we’re using this opportunity to repost some older articles that didn’t get the attention they deserved the first time around. (Originally published on October 17, 2006.) — Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) has been in vogue with […]
I want to respond to some questions and comments I’ve received about our previous post about the ACell study we’re starting. The presentation at the ISHRS meeting was clear that the use of the ACell matrix with plucked hairs can stimulate growth. The process of doing this may not be as simple as it appears […]
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