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Does Hair Transplant Use Sutures or Surgical Staples?

January 21st, 2008

Q: Do you currently prefer sutures or staples?
A: Staples, because they conserve more hair.

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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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Do You Use Sutures or Staples in Hair Transplant?

February 22nd, 2007

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 traps [...]

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After Hair Transplant, What Happens if Transplanted Area is Injured?

October 23rd, 2006

Q: 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 [...]

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Hair Transplant Society Names Dr. Bernstein ‘Pioneer of the Month’

September 1st, 2006

In 1995, a surgeon just entering the field of hair transplantation became aware of these natural “follicular units” and came to believe that they should be the building blocks for all hair transplants. His name was Bob Bernstein.