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There are many factors that go into considering surgical hair restoration. On the surface it appears to be a simple affair. You see that you are losing your hair so you go online and start looking at the galleries of the first few hair transplant clinics you find.

Physician Answered Q & As

I had a hair transplant done October 08. I had stress hair loss on the upper back portion of my head from consistently wearing bobby pins in the same spot day and night for years. I found a surgeon through a referral from a friend, we decided on 1000 grafts. On the...

Dear Joyce: Thank you for your letter.  Based on your explanation of the surgery and the number of grafts, I would have to agree with the answer you received from the doctor’s office. The fact that the frontal area is thinner than it was prior to surgery suggests that you...

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Is it possible to have a hair transplant and wear a hard hat after a one week vacation? I’m a builder and need to we...

I have been considering having an FUE hair transplant for almost five years and think that I am about ready to go through with it....

What’s the difference between the Strip method and FUE (follicular unit extraction) for getting the donor hair?

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What is the success rate of facial hair restoration and is there visible scarring if I use FUE? How long is the procedure and how...

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