HAIR TRANSPLANT FORUM

The reason you've had a problem getting an appointment for a consultation out of town is because i have not done any out of town consultation since March of 2008 in the USA. i did some in Amsterdam this past July, but those were the only ones I've done out of town since March of 2008. I've also grad...

I always am intrigued when I read that someone is disappointed with their body hair transplant. Body hair is very unpredictable. Sometimes it grows quite well. Sometimes it does not grow well. Sometimes the yield is quite high and sometimes the yield of body hair is quite low. There is nothing new w...

You can begin blow drying your hair the day after the procedure. Use a cool setting only because your scalp may still have numbness from the procedure so you may not feel the dryer if it gets too hot. You could inadvertently burn your scalp if you do not feel the heat. The air will not harm the graf...

ACELL is currently unavailable in the USA except for use on animals. Dr. Mwamba works in Europe and he is licensed to practice medicine in Europe. He is not licensed to practice medicine in the USA. He was only a surgery tech when he worked for me in the USA. Dr. Mwamba may be trying ACELL. He has n...

There is no question that you can reduce ridging with Kenalog injections. You have to recognize what causes ridging. it is due to the volume that is added with grafts. Usually it only occurs with grafts that contain multiple follicular units and a great deal of fat. such grafts usually occur with mi...

I agree that the "free" sounds enticing. I think it depends on the physician. Some are good a scar repair and some are not. The best you can generally hope for is a 50% reduction. You should get between 100 and 200 grafts out with in proper scar repair. Make sure this hair does not go in the trash. ...

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we have many different instruments and tools to remove the grafts. one of the tools we have developed allows us to dilate the donor area so that we can see the direction of hair growth, loosen around the follicles and then remove them. the instance here is one where there was considerable hair splay...

I suspect that there are some ingrown hairs. Some people are prone to these when they shave. when we shave the donor area, it is possible that some hairs will grow in and create an irritation. the way to treat this is simply to pop them and all should be well. this is quite uncommon, however. in the...

it is important to note that we have not always had good results grafting the hair line with body hair. Sometimes it seems to work quite well and sometimes it does not. It varies from one person to another. We've also seen good body hair growth in the crown with an individual, but poor body hair gro...

It would be very unlikely that you would experience impotence 9 days after taking Propecia. It takes at least one month to build up theraputic blood levels of finasteride. Finasteride levels also dissappear after 3 months of stoping the medication. You might want to consider a urological evaluation....

who cares what they do at other clinics. they don't have any results despite offering their so called FUE procedures for over 5 years now. Don't worry about what we do. We produce results. That's what matters. Other clinics talk about what is done in their clinics to distinguish themselves because t...

Hairs can grow in thicker than the donor source so it is possible that they can grow in finer too. this is not common except with body hair. The case is quite interesting so we would like more details. Scalp hair will usually grow in thicker or the same diameter. Otherwise there is the suggestion th...

It is certainly possible to reach the same density you have in the surrounding donor area in any strip scar. It my not be necessary, however. One must recognize that strip scars also produce distortions in hair growth angles above and below the scar. Grafting into a scar will not change the surround...

There was alot of scarring from prior plug work that did not grow. It is always a concern when you see this white marbleized skin because the concern is that additional grafts will not grow in this type of skin either. One also has to wonder why the original grafts did not grow. We see about one to ...

We have done as many as 2700 grafts in one day with FIT shaven, but we cannot gurantee this all the time. We are quite fast and careful, but you must always remember that not all hair comes out as fast. It is better to do the job well rather than do it fast. If the grafts come out easily, it is poss...

i suspect the shedding is from stopping proscar. the usual dosage for hair loss is 1/4 pill every day. when men have side affects, i tell them to take 1 mg of finasteride on monday, wednesday, and friday. this will usually take care of side affects. finasteride has a long half life. you don't need t...

You will not find many undetectabe strip scars. There is usually some evidence.

Most of the scars i've seen average 2 to 3 millimeters. 1 millimeter scars are not common. It is normal to form up to a 5 millimeter wide scar. You have to do something awful to create one larger than 5 millimeters. this is where excessive tension and perhaps undermining of the wound were used. fran...

This is the enlarged healing from the smaller punch.