Q: Can I have plugs removed by FUE (follicular unit extraction) which would probably result in less scarring – but would probably take more time and be more expensive. A: Follicular units in a plug are already compressed and scarred down. Trying to remove them individually will result in a worse cosmetic outcome as the [...]

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 [...]

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: Can you please comment on the use of sutures verses staples in hair restoration procedures? A: Sutures are great on non-hair bearing skin and allow perfect approximation of the wound edges, but on the scalp they can cause damage to hair follicles below the skin’s surface. The reason is that a running (continuous) suture [...]

Q: I have heard that staples are uncomfortable after the hair transplant, why do doctors use them? A: Staples are used for two main reasons. The first is that being made of stainless steel; they don’t react with the skin and, therefore, cause little inflammation. The second is that, unlike sutures which are used with [...]