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.
I was wondering if it is possible for an African American to have a successful hair transplant? I do not know anyone who has ever had it performed, and I don’t see too many good photos on the internet.
Thank you for your question. Not only is it possible for an African American to have a successful hair transplant, often times the result will look thicker than a similar number hairs transplanted into a Caucasian. The reasons for this are that in the African American patient there is less...
I am 22 years old and I have a receding hairline. My father started thinning in the front in his early 50′s and has a pretty de...
What risks, if any should be told to a patient with a VP shunt before doing a hair transplant procedure, and should the risk of...
I am a 59 year old female with female pattern thinning, confined to the top, temples and areas of the crown that need comb overs. Mother...
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...
In the mid nineties I had two scalp reductions and a total of 900 micrografts from Bosley in Beverly Hills. The scalp reductions never really worked...
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...
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.