Reparative Procedures

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Many patients come to the Foundation for Hair Restoration to have repaired previous, inferior quality hair restoration results. Our surgeons have perhaps more experience in these challenging cases than any surgeons in the specialty, with Dr. Epstein in particular performing hundreds of these procedures every year, and having authored articles and presented techniques at national meetings. While most patients can expect a dramatic improvement in appearance, the revision work entails additional expense, procedures, and time, and the use of additional hairs, commodities that could have been saved if they had taken our advice to "get it done right the first time."

For most revision patients, the result of the initial hair restoration is a "pluggy" or "doll's hair" look. This is usually the result of work using grafts that are too large, either performed years earlier or more recently with old-fashioned, outmoded techniques. Hair restorations can appear unnatural also for such reasons as improper hairline placement, improper angling of grafts, or scarring of the donor site and transplant areas. Other times, patients are disappointed in the density of the previously performed hair restoration, or had a painful or messy experience with previous procedures. In all cases, patients can take comfort in knowing that the work performed by one of our surgeons will be the finest available, minimizing any future expenses and the need for further revisional work.

The techniques used by the Foundation for Hair Restoration doctors to repair unsatisfactory work include scar revisions, revision micro/minigrafting, the removal and retransplantation of partial and entire grafts that are too large or malpositioned, scalp reductions, and laser skin resurfacing. Factors that make revision hair work more challenging, factors which may include scarring, compromised blood flow, and limited remaining donor hair, can all be overcome using these modern techniques. Our doctors have written articles about the techniques used to repair prior transplants.

One of the most common- and challenging- problems faced by surgeons who specialize in reparative procedures is a widened donor site scar. There are a variety of reparative techniques, and one of the most effective is the excision, then closure of the scar. Here are two examples of the results using this technique, in which a plastic surgery closure technique was used for the most aesthetic result.

before		after		Procedure: Reparative Surgeon: Dr. Epstein Procedure details: Before and after one procedure for donor site scar repair Click here to view more Click here to contact us
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before		after		Procedure: Reparative Surgeon: Dr. Epstein Procedure details: Before and eight months after one reparative procedure of 2,350 grafts and punch reductions of some large grafts Click here to view more Click here to contact us
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before		after		Procedure: Reparative Surgeon: Dr. Epstein Procedure details: Before and one year after repair of large donor site scar with tissue expansion. In order to close this scar, Dr. Epstein had to insert a balloon tissue expander that was gradually inflated with ... Click here to view more Click here to contact us
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before		after		Procedure: Reparative Surgeon: Dr. Epstein Procedure details: Before, two months and after punch removal of plug grafts along the right frontal hairline. There has been good healing of the incisions, allowing the patient to shave his head Click here to view more Click here to contact us
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before		after		Procedure: Reparative Surgeon: Dr. Epstein Procedure details: Before and after 2,100 grafts plus FUE punch removals and plug reductions of 120 large grafts along the hairline and 200 large grafts in the crown to provide a more natural appearance. Click here to view more Click here to contact us
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before		after		Procedure: Reparative Surgeon: Dr. Epstein Procedure details: Before and after revision procedure. To create a more natural appearing feathered hairline, 325 FUE graft removals along the hairline, along with the transplanting of 750 grafts was performed. Th... Click here to view more Click here to contact us
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before		after		Procedure: Reparative Surgeon: Dr. Epstein Procedure details: Before and after 300 grafts to restore sideburns lost as a result of prior facelift Click here to view more Click here to contact us
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