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.
Will Rogaine re-grow the hair I have lost?
Posted January 20, 2010 7:31 AM in Reparative Procedures
Will Rogaine re-grow the hair I have lost?
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If I get more than 1 hair procedure, will I have two donor site scars?
Posted January 20, 2010 7:28 AM in Reparative Procedures
If I get more than 1 hair procedure, will I have two donor site scars?
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Hair Transplants or Scar Revision? Body Hair Transplants and Seborrheic Dermatitis Questions.
Posted August 12, 2009 2:06 PM in Reparative Procedures
Hi,
I had a head injury as a child and for several decades hair doesn't grow there. I have 2 scars both about 1/4 inch wide and 6 to 7 inches long at the back of my head. Which would be more cost effective and best results; a scar reduction or hair implants? I've gone to 2 dermatologist that told me there's nothing to help my problem.
I also have Seborrheic dermatitis on the side/back of my head that broke out into zits and left small scarring where hair doesn't grow, It's not noticeable when my hair is long, but i like short hair. With the larger scar problem, can the smaller tiny scars be fixed at the same time?
I have to shave my face everyday, but I can't grow a goatee/mustache it's not dense enough and looks silly. Can hair from upper legs be used as a donor site?
I also see an office in Scottsdale which is closer to me, Are hair restoration performed at this office or ony the Florida/New York offices? Obviously a picture would help you answer my questions, but I appreciate a general response first.
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Reparative Procedure- Endoscopic Removal of Scar Tissue to Repair Ridging in the Hairline
Posted July 06, 2009 12:57 AM in Reparative Procedures
I visited Dr Epstein a couple years ago regarding a repair procedure. I have significant ridging in the hairline and at the time Dr Epstein had mentioned a surgical procedure to address the ridging problem. He said at that time it was very new/experimental. I was wondering if this procedure has been further advanced or pursued, and if it is a viable option. I have tried a series kenalog injections with Dr XX - went up to kenalog 40 cc - but with no reduction in the ridging. Thanks in advance.
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Using FUE to repair grafts along the hairline.
Posted June 11, 2009 4:39 PM in Reparative Procedures
Hi Dr. Epstein,
I have had a couple of procedures with you, primarily correction, camouflage, and reduction of large 4/5 mm grafts and mini grafts. You removed parts of the larger grafts using a punch and added 700-800 FUI to the hairline area. It did help, but I still have too many large grafts in the hairline and the frontal part of my skull and want to get as close to natural as possible. I had previous DR's try to camouflage with additional hair also, and I am convinced that hiding the grafts with more hair is just doing exactly that, hiding the problem.
I have been researching graft reduction and angle correction on line and some Dr's (including Dr. Cole in Atlanta) use FUE to remove the appropriate number of follicles out of the offending grafts and redistribute. They claim that they can thin the grafts to a natural density, reduce or correct mis-angles, and also reduces ridging that resulted from the earlier grafts.
Do you do this type of procedure? What are your opinions about it?
Thanks.
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26 year old desiring a hair transplant procedure
Posted October 29, 2008 4:15 PM in Reparative Procedures
I would like to know a rough estimate for a transplant procedure done on the crown of a stage 2 or 3. My donor area is thick with heavy groupings of 3's and 4's.I recently went to a hair club facility and was not impressed with how they try to push topical treatments at you for what I feel is an unreasonable amount of money. I would rather get a transplant and know there will be a definate result in the apperance of my hair. I am 26 years old. Thank you for your time.
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How to get a procedure performed on a patient from dubai- do you perform service in dubai and uae?
Posted October 29, 2008 4:06 PM in Reparative Procedures
How to get a procedure performed on a patient from Dubai - Do You performed service Dubai and UAE?
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Patient with prior unaethetic work. seeks to have reparative procedure
Posted October 29, 2008 3:57 PM in Reparative Procedures
I have already had 2 transplants using hair from back and sides of head and am unhappy with my results. Even the hair on the sides where donor hairs are have been thinned out, partially because of low thyroid function and partially because of the 2 previous transplants. Even the donor area in the back has limited donor hairs as the scalp is tight and the donor hairs have been harvested 2x. Thank you.
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Reparative procedure on a patient from japan. hae prior “plug” grafts
Posted October 29, 2008 3:55 PM in Reparative Procedures
I have had 5 prior hair transplants of 20-300 grafts/session and I have uneven density and a very poor hairline. I hope to fill in the density and have a better hairline. Attached are two photos. My main hope is (i) a bit more natural hairline; (ii) filling in the uneven parts behind the hairline; and (iii) a bit more density over the top as I have lost more hair with age. My scars are not so bad in the back but over my left ear a strip graft was taken and seems to have stretched a little bit.
My main concern with a new procedure is losing what hair I do have as a result of surgery. In my past experience with XXXXX, when they used the punch graft method there was a lot of collateral hair loss, but with the recent use of a scalpel blade to make an insertion to put in the new hair, I did not have collateral hair loss that I recall.
If possible I would also like to discuss repair of my donor sites. I live in Japan now but may visit Florida around the end of the year. Thank you.
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Who will be a candidate for hair cloning?
Posted October 29, 2008 12:10 PM in Reparative Procedures
Who will be a candidate for hair cloning?
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