When the entire transplant fails, then it is possible that something major went wrong at the time of the surgery. This could be a disastrous mistake that killed the grafts or even an unskilled surgical team. Was the team skilled? Did you check out the doctors first? Did you see patients of theirs? If you […]
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There are no guarantees in medicine. A doctor can not expect 100% of patients who had transplants to succeed 100% of the time. I’ve met with many patients who have had transplant failures at other clinics and have come to me for help. Many times the failures are produced by doctors who did not have […]
If the redness and the lack of growth concerns you I would follow-up with the doctor who performed your surgery. Not everybody reacts exactly the same to the surgery, but it is relatively rare to see redness continue after the first month. With respect to growth, it may take up to a year to see […]
After a hair transplant surgery, it may take 8 months of so to see 80% of the benefits of a hair transplant and up to a year or slightly more to see the full benefit of the surgery. This is absolutely something you should discuss with your hair transplant surgeon. A failure to grow would […]
The little scabbing is normal and it can take some weeks to go away (usually 1 to 2 weeks) if the washing has not been properly done. You should see the doctor who did your hair transplants and address these concerns to him/her. You should always have a strong patient to doctor relationship so that […]
At 4 months, I would not have expected much hair to be there. Between the 4-5 month, you should see hair growth and by the 7-8th month you should be in the combable hair stage. By the 12th month, expect over 95% of the grafts to have grown. It is rare to have no graft […]
When donor hair is taken from the high neck (where it sounds like you are describing), it often scars. Some doctors mistakingly think that the neck hair is finer than the scalp hair and therefore intentionally take hair from the high neck. These often are flat scars that widen as you’ve described. From what you […]
From your writing, it appears to me that you are experiencing male genetic hair loss which has responded to Propecia. I am glad to hear that you have been compliant on Propecia for 2 years, but as you know, Propecia may not solve the problem completely. The science is out on the various laser treatments […]
As I understand it, Donald Trump was a victim of the old hair transplant process starting in the 1980s. The quality of the work most probably resulted in the pluggy look, and he possibly had scalp reductions (which were popular in those days). Between the two, he might have little donor hair left. There may […]
Any individual clinic is not required to replace what does not grow, but doing so is a good business practice. As you know, a hair transplant is a surgical procedure. There are two causes for non-growth: A technical failure in the hands of the surgeon or transplant team (common when it happens). Team failure is […]
My focus here was on the various tools that produce different results in different patients during the harvesting process. What I was doing was counting hairs that were successfully harvested with each tool I was using and keeping track of the hairs that failed to be harvested. One tool in the particular referenced patient produced […]
See DermatologyChannel.net for more information on this disease. The problem with transplantation is that if the disease is active and is autoimmune in etiology, then a hair transplant may be doomed from the start. Inactivity of Lichen Planopilaris in the autoimmune arena must be determined before starting the costly hair transplantation process. If you and […]
Hair transplantation is a discipline that includes a sense of artistic balance, a sense of meticulous organizational skills, good judgments, and lots of experience. I know this because I see too many hair transplants that reflect failures of these elements. For example: Artistry: I can tell that a person had a hair transplant just by […]
Sounds like some failure of communication occurred. You should have been told that your head would be shaved. I know that many doctors do this, but I do not recommend it. I tend to just work around the problem of long hair. I take the view that everything should be as natural as it was […]
I do not know any of the doctors at DHI, so unfortunately I can not help you with that. I am told that they have switched completely to FUE and away from strip harvesting. Frankly, that makes me nervous, because of the complete absence of biopsies to qualify patients. DHI was taught by Dr. Cole, […]
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