HAIR TRANSPLANT FORUM

Spinner,

This patient was on Rogaine for about 5 years then decides to stop using it for three years and began taking Propecia since 2007. This decision to discontinue using minoxidil was not a favorable outcome. We look forward to the update on this case.

Here is a potential class 5 patient who received 1600 CIT grafts. The patient has straight, medium fine hair with average donor density (180 hairs per square centimeter). The patient’s goal was to add density to the appearance of the frontal scalp. Dr. Cole’s treatment plan for this patient was ...

Many patients go to well-known clinics and are not aware that hair loss can be a progressive condition. These same clinics don't speak of the future possibilities of additional loss or the disadvantages of their procedures. Educating patients is the single most important aspect of hair tranplant sur...

Hairloss1, There are many non-sugical hair loss products that do not have the side effects that are associated with many of the hair loss medications. Saw palmetto helps stimulate hairs to grow and remain in the actively growing phase of the hair cycle. Biotin is all natural and essential for format...

Hi Macklin,

This is the result after one grafting session. The patient received 80 grafts into the strip scar to minimize the appearance of the scar. Sometimes strip scars can require more than one grafting session to increase density without compromising the yield of the procedure.

Good day forum viewers! The Cole Hair Transplant Group would like to take this opportunity to announce the offering of our hair transplant method to Asia. We have extended licensure of the CIT (Cole Isolation Technique) to physicians located in Korea. These licensed physicians have been extensively ...

Hi ljpviper, Repair is almost always more difficult than transplanting into virgin scalp. In a typical case of hair transplant, less scar tissue is involved and survival of the newly transplanted hairs should have adequate blood supply in the recipient area. Repair is often referred to as Plug redis...

Hi Macklin, We prefer to graft into linear scars in the donor area. Grafting into scars may be more advantageous to patients than scar revisions. Scars cannot be surgically removed, a thinner scar may or may not form as a result of scar revision. Grafting into linear scars can get the appearence of ...

Hi Peterpeter06, Please remember that you should be aware of all possible side effects before taking Propecia or Proscar. Both medications are made by the same company and contain finasteride as the key ingredient to block DHT. Proscar comes in 5 mg tablets and must be cut into four quarter parts or...

The general rule in regard to new growth is that 70% of results are expected at 7 months post-op and 80% at 8 months post-op. After the hair transplant session, the hair follicles are considered to be in a dormant phase from two weeks to 6 months in some cases. Patients can become very anxious durin...

This class 3V patient came to us in the spring of this year. The patient’s goal was to add density to the frontal scalp and rebuild the hair line. The patient has brown hair with well above average donor density of 250 hairs per square centimeter with 180 hairs per square centimeter being about av...

Hi forum viewers, Here is another CIT result of a patient who is 17 months post-op. This Norwood 3V patient pursued our clinic in hopes of increasing density in the frontal scalp and reinforcing the top. Dr. Cole transplanted approximately 1800 CIT grafts to reconstruct the hair line and add coverag...

Sparkysxx,

I am glad to be of service. Forhair and I, try to make a great effort to correspond with all forum viewers in a timely manner.

The healing is usually excellent in almost all cases at our clinic. The sutures used on our repair patients also seem to help expedite the healing process. Some patients can see a slight change in pigment (hypo-pigmentation) on the locations where large grafts are removed. Scarring is not very visib...

This patient came to our clinic in hopes of obtaining a natural looking hair line via CIT. The patient’s previous procedure left the hairline very “pluggy” looking and noticeably mis-angled by a strip (FUT) clinic. For our surgical staff to provide corrective treatment on this patient, a plug ...

Hi Sparkyxx, Due to the difficult nature of repair, cost is usually determined by the quantity of plug grafts, size of the plug grafts, and the difficulty involved with removing the plug grafts from the scalp. Some patients want to add more hair to reduce the appearance of the plug grafts. Many of o...

Greetings, The Cole Hair Transplant Group will be conducting in-person consultations for individuals who would like to know more about the surgical and non-surgical methods of combating hair loss. These consultations are will be very informative and educational to anyone who is seeking expert advice...

Hi , I am extremely pleased to hear that you post-op experience has been very pleasent. I would also be thrilled to see some photos of your propress! Thank you for your true words as they mean so much to our clinic. Please let me know if there is anything that I can do for you in the future. Regards...

Hi CReds1,

I contacted the patient and I am also eagerly awaiting the follow-up photos but most importantly, the patients says everything is coming along great!

This class 3 patient came to us in the summer of 07’. The patient’s goal in hair restoration was to add density to the frontal scalp via CIT. The patient has light brown hair with slightly above average donor density of 198 hairs per square centimeter. Dr. Cole’s treatment plan for this patien...