Snippet from the article: Read the rest — Bungling surgeon leaves man scarred and hairless after botching operation SIX times The article mentions that Dr. Bessam Farjo did a 7th surgery on this man, though it doesn’t say who did the first six botched procedures.
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“Let the buyer beware” has been placed at the end of many of our posts. Researching your doctor is your responsibility. You must do the necessary research to protect yourself from doctors who claim expertise in the hair transplant surgery field and then can not deliver what they promote. A gynecologist in Puerto Rico moved […]
Last week, I met with a patient who had two follicular unit extraction (FUE) procedures at a clinic, but came to see me to find out why his grafts hadn’t grown in. After an examination, I’d estimate that 90% of the grafts did not grow. The patient told me that his surgeon thinks there might […]
There is clearly something going on and you need to address your issues with your surgeon. I sound like I’m a broken record, but body hair / beard hair does not follow the same growth cycle as scalp hair and it is not considered the standard in hair transplant surgery. I have seen many failures […]
African hair requires considerable experience and few doctors have mastered the process. We have had no problem with this type of transplant of African-American hairs that are kinky. After a year, the results from your transplant should be noticeable by now. I hope you didn’t have a transplant failure, but an exam would be able […]
When it comes to hair transplants, some people don’t always finish what they start — perhaps due to money issues or just not wanting to go that route ever again because of disappointment in the results, failures of the surgery, or severe pain with the surgery. The pain and costs of more surgeries is a […]
The method of harvesting is not an issue in women who keep reasonably long hair. The cost differential might make a difference if you go the transplant route (FUT/strip will cost less per graft than FUE). Each technique has various pros and cons that we’ve written about before. People who pull at their hair and […]
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. […]
Last week, I saw a patient with a failed hair transplant done by a hair transplant clinic located not too far from my office in Los Angeles. This patient received 4000 grafts (his report) and there was not one hair that I could find in the recipient area that reflected a surgery. I do not […]
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “You get what you pay for.” With offerings in the dollar store, are you getting real value? Those who purchased cheap toothpaste at bargain stores a few years back obviously didn’t know that it was toxic with lead or antifreeze, or those that bought imported pet food filled with […]
Those who are at the highest risk for shock loss include: Patients with noticeable hair loss that is active at the time of surgery Patients that are younger than 30 years old Patients that have significant miniaturization of hairs in the balding pattern. When such patients are on finasteride, the risk for shock loss is […]
This is a great question. We track transection rates when we perform FUE surgeries. The transection can vary from 5% to 50%. I believe 5 to 10% is an acceptable number. If there is a high transection rate then we will abort or never recommend surgery. This is the reason why at NHI we always […]
No. I have seen men that lost hair following transplants (shock loss), but it was likely their native hair that fell out. This is a real problem in young men, especially if they did not take Propecia before surgery. I have also seen men with DUPA (diffuse unpatterned alopecia) who have had failed transplants as […]
Prior scalp reductions are not a reason why a hair transplant surgery would not work. Many patients that had scalp reductions in the 1980s and early 90s followed them up with hair transplantation with relative success (growth was fine, but they were the pluggy look from back then). I think the best thing for you […]
First off, if you are female with a poor donor area, why would you even consider follicular unit extraction (FUE)? That surgical technique is mainly for people who want to cut their hair very short (like a crew cut) and not see any scar or just might want to shave their head, not likely for […]
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