Although hundreds of questions are asked and answered on the Hair Restoration Discussion Forums daily, the most common is likely hair loss patients asking how many follicular unit grafts are necessary to fill their balding scalp. Despite the fact that this question is quite common, it’s difficult to answer and unique to nearly every patient.  Read More →

This question comes from a member of the Hair Restoration Social Community and Discussion Forums: A past follicular unit transplantation procedure left me with a less than desirable hair transplant scar. I’m now investigating a scar revision procedure and I’m wondering the potential pitfalls and risks of this operation? Although revising a follicular unit transplantation (FUT) scar  Read More →

This question comes from an interesting thread started on the Hair Restoration Discussion Forums: Which member has received the most follicular unit grafts throughout their series of hair transplant surgeries? How many grafts were available in your donor area? How many hair restoration procedures did it take? Although this topic is discussed quite frequently, it’s difficult to  Read More →

This question, asked by a member of the Hair Restoration Social Community and Discussion Forums, was answered by Spex – a senior member and consultant to Coalition physician Dr. Alan Feller: I’m wondering, if a hair loss patient was only going to undergo one type of hair transplant surgery, either follicular unit extraction (FUE) or follicular unit  Read More →

This frequently asked question comes from a member of the Hair Restoration Social Community and Discussion Forums: I’m investigating a hair transplant procedure and I’m wondering if it is possible to figure out how many follicular unit grafts my case requires? Should I post pictures on my hair loss weblog, or rely solely on my hair  Read More →

This question comes from a member of the Hair Restoration Social Community and Discussion Forums: I recently underwent a follicular unit transplantation (FUT) procedure where the donor area was closed using a trichophytic closure. I’m curious, how long will it take for hairs to grow through the hair transplant scar? As you may very well know, the  Read More →

This question, from a member of the Hair Restoration Discussion Forums, was answered by Jotronic – a senior member and consultant to Coalition physicians Dr. Victor Hasson and Dr. Jerry Wong: I recently underwent a follicular unit transplantation procedure where my extracted donor strip was closed using staples. I’m curious, will the holes left by  Read More →

This question, from a member of the Hair Restoration Discussion Forums, was answered by Jotronic – a senior member and consultant to Coalition physicians Dr. Victor Hasson and Dr. Jerry Wong: I recently underwent a follicular unit transplantation procedure where my extracted donor strip was closed using staples. I’m curious, will the holes left by  Read More →

This question, asked by a member of the Hair Loss Discussion Forums, was answered by Coalition physician Dr. Cam Simmons: If only one portion of my follicular unit transplantation (FUT) scar has stretched, is it better to solely revise the stretched section or the entire strip scar (including the non-stretched area)? If your only concern is the  Read More →

Can scalp stretching exercises add enough laxity to the scalp to aid in scar revision surgery? Yes! Scalp stretching exercises help loosen tight scalps and I recommend this maneuver to many hair transplant and repair patients. However, in the case of an individual who has undergone one or more follicular unit harvests from  Read More →

Can scalp stretching exercises add enough laxity to the scalp to aid in hair transplant scar revision surgery? This insightful information was posted on our hair restoration forum by James E. Vogel of Owings Mills, MD who is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians. Yes! Scalp stretching exercises help loosen  Read More →

Follicular unit extraction (FUE) hair transplantation has becoming increasingly popular over the last couple of years for balding men in particular who don’t want the traditional linear scar that comes with follicular unit transplantation (FUT). While we believe the FUE procedure has a place in surgical hair restoration, its benefits are often overhyped and falsely  Read More →

This hair loss question was answered by Dr. Glenn Charles of Florida who is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians.  His professional answer is below. After 2 hair transplants (800 and 2000 grafts), I never experienced hair loss in the donor area, but I did this 3rd time after 2600 follicular unit grafts. I  Read More →

This insightful article was written by Dr. Pathuri Madhu of Hyderabad, India who is one of our recommended hair restoration physicians. Regarding hair transplant scars, I would like to add some scientific insights in this context. The width and thickness of the hair restoration surgical scar depends on the following factors: 1. Nature of the patient’s scalp. 2. The physician’s surgical  Read More →

I have a very wide scar from a previous hair transplant, well over 7mm in places.  It’s only ear to ear so I understand that grafts might only be available at the sides of my head since remaining donor is probably nonexistent in the back.  I am also wondering if a qualified hair restoration surgeon could just take grafts from  Read More →