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 [...]

Q: How soon after the hair transplant procedure do I have to get them out? A: We remove every other staple at 10 days post-op. The remaining staples are generally removed at 20 days post-op. This varies based upon the patients scalp laxity and the width of the donor strip.

Q: Can you give me an idea of the average width of a donor strip, i.e. the actual width taken from the back of your scalp for a hair transplant? A: The average donor strip is 1cm wide, although this will vary depending on the patient’s scalp laxity, density, and the number of grafts desired [...]

Q: Dear Dr. Bernstein, a full head of hair averages ~100 FU/cm2. To achieve the appearance of fullness with a hair transplant 50% is required. In one of your articles you say that you recommend 25 FU / cm2 to your patients. Is that the density per one session or the final one? If that [...]

Q: I am interested in FUT. How do you figure out how large a strip to use for the hair restoration when transplanting all follicular units? A: The length of the donor strip incision is determined by the number of follicular unit grafts required for the hair restoration. There are slightly less than 100 follicular [...]