Basically from what I’ve seen discussed, when people get hair transplants, they move hair from the sides/back of head to the top. This sometimes leads to scarring, so what people do is the keep the sides/back a bit longer to conceal it. If i were to get a hair transplant would I still be able […]
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An FUE (Follicular Unit Excision) is a surgical procedure and as such it should always be looked at it that way. Fortunately, when I initially described and published this technique in 2002, I called it a ‘minimally invasive hair transplant’ because it did not take on the risks of the then standard Strip Surgery (FUT) […]
If you use a Macro-lens on your cell phone (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07S5YPPQX?pf_rd_p=ab873d20-a0ca-439b-ac45-cd78f07a84d8&pf_rd_r=CCSSMZGDS79G6AG31TT9) or purchase a digital hand microscope from Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Microscope-Magnification-microscope-Compatible-Microscope/dp/B08HX42NCB/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=hand+microscope&qid=1634397365&sr=8-6), you can take a look at your donor area and calculate your donor density and your total available grafts or hairs for hair transplants for your lifetime. The key to getting photos like the ones shown […]
FUE scars can show on a shaved head, especially if you had (1) many FUEs and (2) a large punch used to create the FUEs. If you shave your head you will see the areas where the follicular units were removed. Longer hair can always grow out to cover it. For people who have significant […]
This is a condition called Lichen Planopilaris (LPP) which is a form of a scarring alopecia that destroys the hair follicle and then replaces it with scarring, resulting in permanent hair loss. The skin is shiny and mottled (this does not show well in the photo), and the hair ostea have some plaques around them. […]
You can do it anytime, once the wounds have healed, at least 3 months is a good starting point: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/scar-covering/
Too many people shop for price on a hair transplant. I just spent some time on the phone with a man who had a bad hair transplant and sent me photos of his hair growing in the wrong direction. When that happens, it is often very hard to fix, as each hair that is growing […]
I love doing Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP) because at times, the results are instantaneously amazing as it was today. Leave aside some mild pink color to the area of the scar that was just treated (it will be gone tomorrow), he was blown away by the disappearance of his scar from two hair transplant procedures in […]
This is a patient with Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) which is the most common scarring alopecia among African American women
Here are some considerations I’ve had before jumping into the HT route and wanted to share these with the community to get feedback and possibly provide some additional options for those in a similar position: Background on me: 29M diffuse thinning throughout top of head. Finasteride/Minox for the last ~6 years that has slowed, but […]
For this man’s doctor, each patient was about money, i.e. how much money he could extract from every patient. Many young men fall victims to such doctor behavior as this man did. The doctor told him that the 3000 grafts he was going to perform would not produce any scarring. This man only had a […]
The main reason to get a hair transplant lowering procedures are (1) there is no limit to how far to lower it as it does not require a loose scalp (2) the hair transplant lowering will address the sides of the hairline (the temple areas) which can be built up to create a rounded look […]
From my brief research, FUE results seem to vary, but I wonder how common dissatisfaction with the results is. Has anybody had the procedure and downright regrets it? I remember reading something once where the guy was sorry to have had it as it left him with bad scars (and yes, it was FUE) and […]
This patient ‘Tom’ started to lose hair 23 years ago. He was followed by me over the past 25 years and kept up with his hair loss as it occurred. His father had a Class 7 pattern of hair loss and like this patient, had a high quality of hair with a very high donor […]
At the bottom of this posting, there are two examples of views of the donor area under a hand microscope (these can be purchased on Amazon.com). The microscopic view on the picture above averages about 2 hairs per follicular unit. This number is close to the average Caucasian’s density with a total hair count reflecting 100,000 hairs on the […]
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