Welcome to the Foundation for Hair Restoration's BLOG. As Founder and Director of the Foundation for Hair Restoration, and one of the top hair transplant surgeons, I feel a responsibility to educate those experiencing hair loss on the common sense, intelligent approach to surgical hair restoration. After more than 14 years of specializing exclusively in surgical hair restoration, my track record of having literally thousands and thousands of happy patients speaks for itself.
As an American Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon and American Board Hair Restoration Surgeon, I attempt to apply aesthetic plastic surgery principles to surgical hair restoration, allowing for the most aesthetic, natural appearing results. All of the other Foundation for Hair Restoration Surgeons are also highly skilled and trained to achieve similar results. And with the microscopic technique of follicular unit grafting, for the first time, it is in fact possible to attain restorations that, even with the hair cut short, look completely natural.
I am proud of the top notch devoted doctors, technicians and staff affiliated with The Foundation for Hair Restoration. We are pleased to invite all of our visitors to learn from the questions of others who find themselves with a similar concern: hair thinning or loss issues and other hair related concerns.
How do you know if you are a good candidate for hair transplant or not?
Posted July 04, 2010 8:31 AM in Follicular Unit Micrografting
Question:
How do you know if you are a good candidate for hair transplant or not? Are there some people who do not make good candidates?
Answer:
In today's work, it is possible to get good hair transplant results with almost every patient because of the many improvements in the field and our extensive experience with different kinds of patients. However, there are some people who, because of their hair color, hair texture and scalp color, are better candidates than other people. Patients who have extremely pale scalps and thick, dark, straight hair may have a little tendency to be more difficult to transplant naturally than others, however good work will make a good result on almost any patient there is. If you have any questions regarding the texture of your hair and your scalp, you can certainly e-mail pictures to us or get a consult and we will go over it in great detail.
Posted by Richard Galitz, MD, FACS
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What happens if I stop using Propecia?
Posted January 20, 2010 7:32 AM in Follicular Unit Micrografting
What happens if I stop using Propecia?
The hair that the Propecia was helping to not fall, will fall if use of the drug is not continued. Propecia is a DHT blocker. So, once Propecia is out of the blood stream, DHT can then get through and attack the hair follicles on the top of the head, causing permanent hair loss.
Posted by Jeffrey S. Epstein, MD, FACS
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Will Propecia re-grow my hair?
Posted January 20, 2010 7:30 AM in Follicular Unit Micrografting
Will Propecia re-grow my hair?
Propecia works mainly to slow down or stop the progression of loss. It works mostly in the crown. Propecia is a DHT blocker meaning it helps stop the DHT from getting to the hair follicle and eventually killing it. Once a hair follicle has died at the hands of DHT, it is gone forever. Many men taking Propecia get disappointed when it doesn’t magically re-grow all their hair. Then, they stop taking Propecia and they then lose the hair that the Propecia was helping hold on to.
Posted by Jeffrey S. Epstein, MD, FACS
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How many procedures can someone have in their lifetime?
Posted January 20, 2010 7:21 AM in Follicular Unit Micrografting
How many procedures can someone have in their lifetime?
The answer depends on a number of factors, but the average guy has about 7000 – 10,000 donor area grafts to use. So, assuming an average procedure of about 2,000 grafts (some are more and some are less) then a man can have 3 on up to 6 or so.
Posted by Jeffrey S. Epstein, MD, FACS
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Will Transplanted hair have the permanent life time or will that fall again?
Posted January 19, 2010 11:08 AM in Follicular Unit Micrografting
Or what is the life time of Transplanted hair?
The hairs we transplant do not have DHT receptors which is the cause of genetic hair loss. No matter where we transplant them they are permanent hairs and therefore will not fall out.
Posted by Jeffrey S. Epstein, MD, FACS
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After transplanting the hairs, will the transplanted hairs have natural growth?
Posted January 19, 2010 11:04 AM in Follicular Unit Micrografting
(Means that, after cutting or shaving the transplanted hairs, will those hairs have natural growth or regrow again)
The hairs we transplant fall out initially although the follicle remains under the skin. The follicle takes root and regains blood supply and after about 3-4 months starts to regrow. It will then grow at the rate of your native hairs which, on average, is ¼ - ½ inch per month.
Posted by Jeffrey S. Epstein, MD, FACS
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Post Transplant Procedure- Numbness On Scalp
Posted July 20, 2009 11:04 AM in Follicular Unit Micrografting
My name is Brian. I am 34 years old, and just had my first hair transplant (1724 grafts) done by an experienced doctor here in California. The procedure was done 12 days ago, the scabs have been gone for 3 days and the sutures were removed yesterday. My concern is that I have much numbness around most of my scalp where the grafts were transplanted. Is this normal, and more importantly should this numbness go away? If so, generally how long does it take for my head to NOT feel as if novocaine has been injected all through the scalp?
Thank you very much.
It is normal Brian, after a hair transplant, to have some numbness especially just above the donor area. For most patients, most to all of this numbness resolves within 3 months- you just need to be patient.
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After Transplantation Surgery do we need to take the any medicine continuously?
Posted June 19, 2009 11:36 AM in Follicular Unit Micrografting
If it is recommended then any side effects are there?
There is no medicine you have to take postoperatively other than a three day preventative antibiotic.
Posted by Jeffrey S. Epstein, MD, FACS
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Number of Sutures in Donor Area
Posted January 05, 2009 12:38 PM in Follicular Unit Micrografting
On average, how many sutures or stitches does the donor area get? Does it vary widely from, say a 3500 graft procedure to a 2000 graft procedure? Thanks. Jon
Depending upon the size of the donor site, anywhere from 25 to 45 or so. I use very small fine sutures for the most aesthetic results. For 2000 grafts, typically 30, for 3500 grafts, typically 45.
Posted by Jeffrey S. Epstein, MD, FACS
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