Q: I am considering having an FUE procedure and have heard the phrases topping, capping, and tethering as part of the procedure. What do all these terms mean?
A: These are all terms that refer to the types of injury that can occur to grafts during a follicular unit extraction procedure.
In FUE, a sharp instrument (or [...]
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What is Follicular Unit Extraction and What Other Terms are Associated with the Procedure?
November 6th, 2006After Hair Transplant, What Happens if Transplanted Area is Injured?
October 23rd, 2006Q: I am a patient of yours who had a hair transplantation procedure done mostly in the crown area and in the front about seven months ago. The hair is just starting to come in nicely and is starting to fill in the bald spots. Yesterday I carelessly banged the top of my head [...]
Can One Have Hair Transplant if Scalp is Tight from Prior Surgery?
July 5th, 2006Q: What can be done if I want to have a hair transplant and my scalp is very tight from prior surgeries?
A: Follicular Unit Extraction is ideal in very tight scalps, provided that there is enough hair to extract without leaving the donor area too thin and provided that the follicles are not too distorted [...]
Can Hair Transplant Grow Hair Over Scar From Injury?
September 15th, 2005Q: I have a scar on the top of my head the size of a quarter from an old injury. I would like hair to grow back on the bald spot. Can a hair transplant re-grow hair on the spot and not have any scar on my head at all?
A: Traumatic scars are readily treated [...]
Follicular Hair Transplantation Makes Splash After Bernstein Presentation to American Academy of Dermatology
April 14th, 1997
Cosmetic Surgery Times features Dr. Bernstein’s presentation to the 55th annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology in their April 1997 issue. The article describes Dr. Bernstein’s introduction of the concept of Follicular Unit Transplantation to the academy as well as the keys to making the technique successful.
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