Donor Scar

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Do You Perform Hair Transplant for Hispanic People with Wavy Hair?

January 28th, 2008

Q: I am Hispanic and I have thick, black coarse wavy hair. Do you transplant Hispanics and are there any difficulties in performing hair transplants in them?
A: Yes, we treat Hispanic patients. There are no specific issues unique to Hispanics when performing hair restoration procedures. However, things to consider are:

Hispanics have a slightly greater incidence [...]

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Will Second Hair Transplant Session be Different than First Session?

December 17th, 2007

Q: My first hair transplant was a breeze. Will a second procedure be any different than the first?
A: Generally in a second procedure, a patient can expect less swelling post-up although the reason for this is not known.
There will also generally be less shedding in the second hair transplant session since the weak miniaturized hair [...]

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Is Donor Area Thinning Common After Hair Transplant with Follicular Unit Extraction?

May 31st, 2007

Q: I recently had a follicular unit extraction procedure of 320 grafts to fix an old strip scar. The donor area where the FUE’s were taken looks very diffuse – worse than the original scar ever was, it looks horrible. My doctor said this was just shock loss. Have you seen that happen where the [...]

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Can Hair Transplant Treat Early Hair Loss for Person in Early 20s?

April 4th, 2007

Q: I am in my early 20’s and I was told my hair loss pattern is a Norwood Class 6, on its way to becoming a Class 7. My hair is brown in color and medium to coarse and I was told I have high density in my donor area. Although I was told I [...]

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In Your Hair Transplant Procedures, Do You Do Megasessions or Very Large Graft Sessions?

March 16th, 2007

Q: Some surgeons are doing hair transplants using 5,000 to 6,000 grafts in a single surgery. Looking at the cases in your photo gallery, it seems like your hair transplants involve many fewer grafts per surgery. Do you do such large graft numbers in a single hair restoration procedure?
A: The goal in surgical hair restoration [...]

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