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Are Scalp Exercises Before Hair Transplant Necessary?

October 14th, 2008

Q: I am scheduled to have a hair transplant next month and wonder if I should do scalp exercises before the procedure?
A: For the majority of patients, scalp exercises are not necessary.
The scalp in the donor area has a fair amount of redundancy. With a properly planned hair transplant, the donor area will close relatively [...]

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How Can One Tell if Hair Transplant Doctor is Trustworthy if they Charge by the Graft?

July 3rd, 2008

Q: I had a follicular unit hair transplant performed by another doctor that was scheduled for 2,500 grafts and I ended up paying for exactly that amount. I was supposed to be paying per graft, so it seems strange that it came out to be exactly 2,500? How do I know what I really got?
A: [...]

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What is Difference Between Hair Transplant Procedures: Follicular Unit Transplantation, Follicular Unit Extraction, and Ultra-refined FUHT?

March 21st, 2007

Q: What is the difference between the following ways of doing hair transplants: Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT), Ultra-refined FUHT, and Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE)?
A: Please see the Bernstein Medical – Center for Hair Restoration website as it explains Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) and Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) in detail.
In brief, with FUT, follicular units are [...]

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Why Change from Sutures to Surgical Staples in Hair Transplant Procedure?

March 19th, 2007

Q: I recall that you wrote an article about Monocryl for the donor closure in hair transplants. Why are you now using staples?
A: I have been using staples in almost all of our follicular unit hair transplants since the beginning of 2006. When we published the Sutures vs. Staples study in 2001, some doctors were [...]

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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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