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What to Expect During Hair Transplant Recovery

Hair Transplant Recovery “Post-Op” “What will I look like after surgery?” “Will I experience discomfort?” “Do I have to take any medications?” “What special precautions do I need to take?” These are some of the most common questions doctors are asked about the hair transplant “post-operative” or “post-op.” period. And

What is FUT?

FUT most commonly stands for “Follicular Unit Transplant” also known as the “strip” procedure – sometimes also called “FUSS” or “Follicular Unit Strip Surgery.” It is one of the two modern harvesting options available for hair transplant patients today. It differs from “FUE,” the other well-known harvesting method, in the way the

What is FUE?

FUE, or Follicular Unit Excision (previously Follicular Unit Extraction), is the other widely available and popular harvesting method – the other being the “FUT” or “strip” harvesting technique. Unlike the strip technique, where a small strip of hair-bearing skin is removed as one piece from the donor region and divided

How to Select a Hair Transplant Clinic

Selecting the right hair transplant clinic in 2019 can be a daunting task. Performing a Google search for “hair transplant doctors in my area” returns dozens of seemingly qualified doctors, all of whom claim to be pioneers with unrivaled credentials and throngs of happy patients. But how do you know

Who are the Hair Transplant Doctors?

Hair transplant surgery is a very unique field of medicine. There are no formal training programs in hair transplant surgery; and becoming a great hair restoration physician requires a lot of drive and dedication. Unlike other areas of medicine and surgery, hair transplantation is very much about what a doctor

Am I a Good Hair Transplant Candidate?

Wondering if you are a candidate for hair transplant surgery? Here are some things to consider: 1) What is Causing My Hair Loss? While hair loss can be attributed to a number of underlying factors, not all types of hair loss are treatable with surgery. In fact, some types of

History of Hair Transplant Surgery

In the entire history of cosmetic surgery, it is difficult to think of another procedure with a more interesting and transformative journey than hair transplantation. From humble beginnings in Japan, to the “punch-line” plug results of the 1970s, to the undetectable transformations of today’s refined follicular unit “mega-session” procedures, hair

What is a Hair transplant

A hair transplant, also commonly referred to as hair transplant surgery, hair transplantation, surgical hair restoration, and sometimes incorrectly as “hair plug” surgery, is a surgical procedure aimed at treating hair loss; most commonly genetic male pattern hair loss. During a hair transplant, live hair follicles are moved from the

Hair Transplant Recovery & Growth Timeline

So, you had a hair transplant; now when can you expect to actually see the results? How do you know whether you are “on track” or whether you are growing faster or slower compared to the average patient? Hair transplant results, “growth”, and the appearance of results is actually based

How Is Hair Transplant Performed

When you really “boil it down,” a hair transplant is simply a “moving” procedure. The real goal of a hair transplant is to effectively move healthy follicles from a region of the scalp where they are abundant – the “donor area” – to a region where they have thinned or

Repairing a Poor FUE Surgery With FUT

A prevalent problem that disturbs the lives of millions and diminshes the level of their self-esteem and quality of life is hair loss. Two hair transplantation surgery approaches to solve this problem are FUE and FUT techniques. While most hair restoration surgeries are very successful, failures can happen because of

What if I Need a Hair Transplant Repair?

“Hair transplant repair” is a subject no one likes to talk about. And who would? No one wants to believe that they will undergo a cosmetic procedure, like a hair transplant, to improve their appearance, only to need it “repaired” at a later date. Unfortunately, however, it does happen. But

How Many “Grafts” do I Need for my Hair Transplant?

One of the most common questions we are asked during a consultation is: “How many grafts do I need for my hair transplant?” This is a very reasonable question. After confirming that a patient is suffering from genetic patterned hair loss and CAN undergo hair transplant surgery, it is natural

What is “Manual” FUE (Follicular Unit Excision)?

There are several different ways in which Follicular Unit Excision or FUE can be performed. It is important for patients to understand the different methods of extraction and the advantages and disadvantages of both. By understanding this, patients can make better decisions as to what may be the best approach

Should “Implanter Pens” be used during your Hair Transplant?

There is a lot of “word salad” when it comes to hair transplant surgery. The acronyms are bad enough: “FUT,” “FUE,” “DHI,” “SMP,” “PRP;” but the “buzz words” can be just as bad. Examples of these include: “custom cut blades,” “trichophytic closure,” “manual” surgery,” “motorized devices,” and the list goes