FUE Hair Transplant
Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) is a technique of harvesting donor hair using either manual, motorized or in some cases robotic instrumentation to create an incision around individual follicular units in order to extract them for implantation. Contrary to popular belief and device manufacturer marketing, FUE is not a new technique and has been successfully practiced by for well over a decade.
The one thing that I keep reading about is the possibility of having a large or stretched scar from a strip hair transplant. I am seriously considering a hair transplant but this gives me pause. FUE would seem to solve this problem but I have not seen results that match...
This is a good question. We believe that the scarring from FUE is under reported as we have seen numerous cases where the scarring from FUE is quite evident even with less than a shaved donor area. While the scarring we have seen with direct visualization has been fairly common...
I’m a 23 year old male who seems to be thinning towards a norwood 5ish pattern. I have taken propecia in both 1mg and .5 mg, bu...
I was wondering what your opinion is on the idea of replacing Propecia (finasteride) with the newer drug Avodart (dutasteride). Both Finasteride and Dutasteride have...
I am a student doing research on biocompatible protein polymers. This is a cosmetic question concerning the problem of baldness in both men and women....
Trichophytic Closure on Scar Revision I am really struggling with the idea of having a hair transplant and being left with a long scar on...
I have already signed up to have a hair transplant at the end of July for 3500 follicular unit grafts and I began to wonder how...
I’ve been trying to research my hair transplant options and I’m starting to get really confused. According to what I read on the inte...
Find A Surgeon
The International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons is a consumer organization that selectively screens skilled and ethical hair transplant surgeons. The IAHRS does not offer an open membership policy to doctors practicing hair transplatation, and is the only group that recognizes that all surgeons are not equal in their skill and technique. Its elite membership seeks to represent the best in the discipline, the true leaders in the field of surgical hair restoration.