| Hair Transplant News | 11/20/2009 |
| News : News Archive for June - 2009 | |
How Long Must my Hair Be to Conceal my Hair Transplant Sutures? - Tuesday, June 30, 2009
In order to conceal your stitches after surgery, you'll want to consider growing your hair on the sides and back of your head to approximately 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch. This way, nobody will be able...
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How Many Grafts to I Need for a Hair Transplant?- Monday, June 29, 2009
How many grafts you will need will largely depend on your hair restoration goals. Feel free to use our animated graft calculator to help you determine the number of grafts you may need to help you meet your goals. There are however, a number of variables that...
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Can Men with Thinning Hair Get a Hair Transplant - or is it only for Bald Men? - Saturday, June 27, 2009
Many hair loss sufferers with thinning hair have undergone successful hair transplant procedures to add more density to their existing hair. Note that when anytime hair is transplanted in between or around existing hair, there is a possibility of temporary telogen effluvium or "shock loss" (a temporary loss of existing hair due to a "stressor"...
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Hair Transplant "Graft" Terminology Wrongfully Misunderstood - Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Many veteraned hair transplant patients are familiar with the term "follicular unit grafting" and have come to know this as the today's "Gold Standard" in hair transplant surgery. What many don't know however, is that a "follicular unit" falls under a particular category of "micrograft" - a term often wrongfully associated with a much less favorable and also misconstrued term "minigraft".
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Concealing a Scar Shaving Hair Down After Hair Transplant Surgery? - Monday, June 22, 2009
Technically, donor tissue can be removed from anywhere on the scalp during hair transplant surgery. But not all locations are optimal for a number of reasons. Firstly, there are increased risks of scar stretching when donor hair is harvested from certain areas of the scalp, especially below the occipital bump...
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What does a Hair Transplant Cost? - Sunday, June 21, 2009
The average cost per follicular unit graft depending on the clinic, type of hair transplant procedure, number of grafts, etc is around $4 to $7 per graft. Multiplying your level on the Norwood Scale of hair loss by 1000 to 1500 can help you approximate the number...
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Can a Hair Transplant Scar be Eliminated?- Thursday, June 18, 2009
By the very definition of surgery, all surgical procedures will create some kind of scar. With follicular unit hair transplantation strip surgery, a linear scar will form where the tissue was removed on the sides and back of the head. Today, most upstanding surgeons overlap one side of the wound with the other. This is called the trichophytic closure technique which is performed during hair transplant surgery.
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FUT Strip or FUE Hair Transplant Surgery to Reduce the Appearance of a Previous Donor Strip Scar?- Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Your question about whether to go the follicular unit transplantation (FUT) strip or follicular unit extraction (FUE) route are certainly viable especially considering you aren't happy with your current scar from a previous strip procedure. As you can tell by the responses on this hair loss discussion forum thread which I feel are quite...
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Hair Transplant Grafts "Popping" Out when Lifting Weights?- Monday, June 15, 2009
Lifting weights on day 5 after hair transplant surgery is risky unless what you're lifting is extremely light and focusing on doing dozens of reps. That said, it's highly unlikely that your transplanted hair grafts would "pop" out after...
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Our Visit to Dr. Sharon Keene's Hair Transplant Clinic- Thursday, June 11, 2009
Dr. Sharon Keene has been recommended on the Hair Transplant Network for years and is a highly esteemed member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians. Recently, Pat visited with and observed her perform live surgery to verify her state of the art work continues to improve.
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How Much does Eyebrow Transplant Surgery Cost? - Thursday, June 11, 2009
Eyebrow transplantation is a specialty area of surgical hair restoration. This delicate and artistic procedure is only performed by a handful of skilled hair transplant surgeons. Like any surgical procedure, there are risks involved and before undergoing this kind of procedure, it's important to research and learn how the procedure works, the benefits, limitations, and associated risks and maintenance. Selecting a quality physician...
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Can Hair Transplant Surgery Help Me Look like Chris Martin from Coldplay?- Wednesday, June 10, 2009
What can be accomplished with hair transplant surgery is different for each patient. The phrase "illusion of density" is thrown out a lot to illustrate that though many hair transplants can look full and dense, they're typically not going to be as thick as your natural hair prior to any hair loss. Thus, transplanting hair...
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What is Today's Gold Standard Hair Transplant Technique- Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Today ultra refined follicular unit transplantation is the new gold standard in surgical hair restoration. Follicular units are hair groupings as they occur naturally in groups of 1, 2, 3, and sometimes 4 hairs. Physicians that continue to improve their surgical technique are now using minimally invasive tools to create tiny incisions and cut follicular units to fit perfectly and snugly into these slits.
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Worried about Hair Transplant Scar Stretching After Surgery - Monday, June 08, 2009
Scar stretching is a heavily discussed topic on our hair loss discussion forum. The truth is, there are a number of unknown variables that may cause scar stretching even when the patient is extremely careful. However, minimizing activities post-op that could put a strain on...
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Rapid Hair Loss and Scalp Itching 9 Months After Hair Transplant Surgery- Sunday, June 07, 2009
There's a possibility that you have some kind of scalp infection (seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, eczema, folliculitis, etc.) that could be the underlying problem for the scalp inflammation. Alternatively, scalp itchiness can be a sign of new transplanted hair growth yet to come. The actual action of scratching your scalp itself might be causing the redness and inflammation. The good news is...
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When does Hair Regrowth from a Hair Transplant Start?- Thursday, June 04, 2009
Hair shedding typically occurs 2 to 4 weeks after the hair transplant. Some can hang on longer, and if you're a rare exception, perhaps you'll keep some or even all of the transplanted hair without an initial hair shedding period. Hair regrowth typically occurs between 3 to 5 months after surgical hair restoration and takes up to...
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How Hair Characteristics Play a Role in the Hair Transplant Result - Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Hair characteristics (color properties, thickness, etc.) can affect the overall result and appearance "illusion" of hair density in hair transplant surgery. Ultimately, thicker hair will result in more density with fewer follicular unit grafts. To accomplish the same level of hair density as a patient with thick hair, patients with thin hair may need...
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Confirming I Got the Hair Transplant I Paid For?- Monday, June 01, 2009
Unless you want to have someone attempt to count the transplanted hair after they all grow in (since by 3 months they've all shed), knowing with certainty that you received all 3000 grafts during your hair restoration procedure is next to impossible. Hair transplant patients ultimately do have to put some trust...
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