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 [...]

Q: I am trying to have my donor scar repaired after a 1000 graft hair transplant. I was told the FUE’s placed into the scar would conceal it enough to shave my head? I would like to shave my head completely bald with a razor. A: In general, after a scar correction with follicular unit [...]

Q: I have heard that the hair for a hair transplant is taken from the back and sides of the scalp. Where exactly is the best place to remove the hair from? A: You are correct. The best place to put the donor incision is in the mid-part of the permanent zone located in the [...]

Q: I have read that some doctors perform something called a trichophytic closure. What is this? A: A trichophytic closure is a way to minimize the appearance of the donor scar in a hair transplant using a strip incision. The technique entails cutting the off the top of one of the wound edges and suturing [...]

Q: I understand that even if you have multiple hair transplants you will only be left with one scar in the donor area. A: If the closure is performed without tension, each procedure should result in the same fine scar. The best-placed incision is in the mid-portion of the permanent donor area. Since there is [...]