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Before Hair Transplant, Should One Cut Their Hair?

April 6th, 2006

Q: Should I cut my hair prior to the hair transplant?
A: It is easier for the hair transplant surgeon and his team to work when the existing hair in the area to be transplanted is cut short, but a skilled surgeon can work well in either situation. Most experienced surgeons are used to working without [...]

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Dr. Bernstein Authors Follicular Unit Transplant Chapter In ‘Surgery of the Skin’

May 15th, 2005

Follicular Unit Transplant - Surgery of the Skin - Dr. Bernstein Surgery of the Skin: Procedural Dermatology; published in 2005 by Elsevier-Mosby and Edited by Robinson, Hanke, Sengelmann and Siegel; is monumental work that covers the entire spectrum of dermatologic surgical procedures.

Dr. Bernstein was honored to write the chapter on hair transplantation, with a focus on Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT), the technique that has changed the face of surgical hair restoration over the past decade.

The chapter discusses strip harvesting, follicular unit extraction, the use of anesthetics, ways to optimize density and ensure the naturalness of the procedure, as well as a host of other important topics.

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