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Reparative
Procedures
Many patients come to the Foundation for Hair Restoration
to repair previous, inferior quality hair restoration.
Dr. Epstein has developed a particular expertise in this
area,
and has
authored articles and presented his 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 Dr. Epstein's
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 Dr. Epstein will be the finest available, minimizing any
future expenses and the need for further revisional work.
The techniques used by Dr. Epstein 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. Click here to read an article
Dr. Epstein published about the techniques used to repair
prior transplants.
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Hair
Transplant Repair
