Hair Restoration Blog

This article was just published last month in Dermatologic Surgery Journal.  I thought the results should be interesting for the readers of this blog.  The article title is Survival of densely packed follicular unit hair grafts using the lateral slit technique.

The authors, Nakatsui, Wong and Groot, describe their experiment on densely packed follicular hair units and follow up on the rate of survival of the transplanted hair.  They use a density of 75 hairs per square centimeter which is even higher than the regular hair transplantation methods currently in use. The authors explain that the use of densely packed follicular unit grafts (>30 grafts/sq cm) is a highly debated issue with some claiming decreased survival rates.

Those who perform dense packing routinely do not believe they have seen any impaired survival. However, no prior study has rigorously analyzed densely packed areas to assess survival rates.

This is true and some hair transplant surgeons still advocate the use of lower densities which make the patient commit to multiple surgeries. These hair transplant surgeons convince their patients that dense packing can negatively affect the circulation of the skin and jeopardize the rate of growth for implanted hair follicles.

The study was only done on one patient and needs to be experimented on a larger number of patients but this at least clarifies the mechanism of hair restoration with new methods of highly dense packing. The authors concluded that 98.6% of transplanted hair follicles survived and were able to re-grow a normal hair.  Obviously, this is the first study that demonstrates high growth rates in densely packed follicular units using the lateral slit technique, even at densities of 72 grafts/sq cm.

We do perform densepacking hair transplant surgery at the US Hair Restoration clinics in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Orange County in California on a regular basis.

Q:

I am 27 and have a very high laying hairline.  My hair line is the same as my mother and aunts.   High hair line resembles a male hair line with mild recession on the corners.  I know I am not balding because a few other female members of the family have an exact similar hairline patter.  Can you help me with a hair transplant procedure?

A:

There are several methods to lower a hairline both in men and women.  Hair line can be lowered by hairline lowering hairline surgery, in which a strip of skin is removed from just below the frontal hairline to bring the hairline lower.  In this method a trichophytic incision can help to blend frontal hair into the forming scar.  The result of lowering hairline surgery is instant and the surgery is less time and labor consuming in comparison with a hair transplant procedure. 

At US Hair Restoration, we recommend hair transplant using follicular unit transplant methods for lowering hairlime in men and women for the best cosmetic results.  Hair transplant cannot make such a drastic change in such a short time, but the result is completely normal with no visible scar on the frontal area.  The presence of linear scar at frontline is a major disadvantage of hairline lowering procedure.  The scar of hairline lowering surgery could be camouflaged with a hair transplant surgery with placement of minimal number of grafts on the frontal area and in front of the hairline scar.

I have announced on some TV talk shows that I will be in Dubai this summer along with my all surgical staff to present our high quality hair restoration surgeries to people who prefer having their surgeries closer to their country of residence or have difficulty traveling to the United States. As I said before, I prefer to have a full photo consultation through email and then phone conversation and then book the patients who are interested to have hair transplant surgery with us in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

We will be in Dubai from August 14, 2008 to August 21, 2008. We have already done some consultations with patients from Dubai, UAE, Iran and. If you are interested in having a hair transplant surgery with US Hair Restoration, please don’t purchase a ticket or arrange for your travel before completing your hair transplant consultation and booked your hair restoration surgery with us. We do not accept walk in patients while we are in Dubai.

The process of online consultation is very simple. You need to visit US hair Restoration online hair transplant consultation page in US Hair Restoration web site and fill the questionnaire. In the comment section, mention that you are interested in having your hair transplant surgery in Dubai, UAE. When we receive your email, we will send you another email asking some more questions and pictures that could be sent through email. At the end, we will have a phone conversation with you to answer all your questions and if you are a good candidate for hair transplantation book you for your hair restoration surgery in our Dubai office.

I hope this service can provide US Hair Restoration quality hair transplant surgery including follicular unit transplant (FUT) and follicular unit extraction (FUE) for people of Middle East, such as UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and Kuwait and other countries of the region. Our Dubai hair transplant clinic may also be easily accessible from India, Pakistan, and European countries. If you have more questions on your hair loss treatment with US Hair Restoration, please email us at info@ushairrestoration.com or call our Los Angeles Hair Transplant center at 1-818-788-8363.

Dr. Parsa Mohebi

Medical Director

US Hair Restoration

Los Angeles, California