Hair Transplant Failures and Survival Rates

February 5th, 2010 admin

An article written by Dr. Michael Beehner in the most recent issue of the Hair Transplant Forum (print newsletter published by the ISHRS ) discussed survival of hairs in a hair transplant. He had done a study where he created five 1cm square boxes of grafts on a human volunteer just in … [ visit site to read more ]


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