Category: after hair transplant

Restore Your Confidence
Many times we receive calls from individuals who are ashamed of their hair loss. Those individuals that contact us are embarrassed. They don’t want anybody to know that they contacted US Hair Restoration for advice on their hair loss. We understand that for many people hair loss is a very sensitive subject. Here at US…
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Improving and Repairing Out Dated Hair Transplants
Updates on Hair Transplant Repair One of the misgivings people have about hair restoration through hair transplantation is based on results patients received years ago. The old hair transplant surgeries utilized plugs, mini-grafts or micrografts which left undesirable artificial looking results. Our medical specialty has come a long way in the twenty-first century. US Hair…
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Bringing Back The Old Hair Line
It is common for patients to wonder about the state of their receded hairline and the ability to restore it to its original place. Modern, high-quality hair restoration allows us to restore patient’s hairlines, but while always keeping the final results in mind. When re-designing a hairline which has receded, the expectations of the patient…
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Shock Loss After Hair Transplantation
We receive a lot of questions at US Hair Restoration about the use of Minoxidil (Rogaine), and how it affects hair growth after a hair transplant procedure. There are mixed reviews people find on the internet through different websites and blogs about the Foam version of Rogaine. Some say it helps hair growth, others say…
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How long will My hair grafts survive after transplantation surgery?
I am often asked questions by patients after their hair restoration surgery regarding how many transplanted hair grafts will fall out and never grow back. This question comes as a result of fear based on testimonies they have heard from patients who got a hair transplant several years ago from a different surgeon, at a…
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Repairing Previous Plug Hair Transplant Surgery
At time I receive inquiries from patients who have previously received transplant surgery at other facilities where they received a pluggy hair transplant, and are dissatisfied with their results. I recently had a patient in my San Francisco hair restoration office with a lot of pluggs from his old transplantation from years ago. He was…
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Why Some Hair Transplant Results Look Better Than Others
A patient once asked me why his surgery of 2850 grafts did not bear the same results after three years as some who have had the exact same number of grafts. I informed him to never compare other patients results simply based on the number of grafts alone. Whenever I meet with a patient before…
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Cost of Hair Restoration Surgery and time of a Second Procedure
Here is a question from a previous patient of US Hair Restoration: I was wondering if there is any limitations on performing a second hair transplant surgery for me who have one surgery with you before. I am experiencing more hair loss on the top and I also want to make it even denser in…
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Hair Transplant: Before, During and After the Procedure
Here are a few frequently asked questions we have for your general inquiry: How do you relocate hair grafts once broken down into follicular units? The hair grafts (or follicular units) are transplanted based on the individual needs of the patient. The doctor will draw the hairline at your initial consult and right before the…
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Ways to Reduce Swelling after Hair Transplant
Swelling in the forehead and transplanted area is a very common side effect for a majority of people who receive hair transplant in the front and top areas of their scalp. The swelling (or skin edema) is due in most part to the inflammatory reaction of healing incisions. Application of anesthetic solutions by intra-operative injection…
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Will Pool or Jacuzzi Use Have a Negative Effect After Having Hair Restoration Surgery?
Hello all, I had a patient ask me a few good questions about limitations after having the hair restoration procedure done and I thought you might be interested in knowing the answers to them as well. I hope this information is useful to you! When is it ok to start using the sauna (Jacuzzi) or…
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Hair Loss Success Stories After Hair Transplant
Following popular demand, we have now decided to post all of our patients success stories on this blog. I love having the opportunity to see my patient’s post operative results and personally witnessing their life transformations. Here is one example of a patient who’s life was changed following his hair transplant procedure: We will…
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Hair Transplant Maintenance after Surgery
For patients whom have had hair transplant surgery or for those considering surgery, many questions while arise in regards to the procedure itself. One typical question that comes up has to do with maintenance right after their hair transplant procedure. One patient whose father was caring for him after his surgery asked in a recent…
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Hair Restoration Scar Revision
For previous hair transplant patients, scar revision is the process of correcting or minimizing the scar appearance left after a hair transplant procedure. In the case of a patient email we received, his scar seems to be a bit wider on one side compared to the other. His transplant was performed in a different clinic…
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Hair Transplant Maintenance after Surgery
For patients whom have had hair transplant surgery or for those considering surgery, many questions while arise in regards to the procedure itself. One typical question that comes up has to do with maintenance right after their hair transplant procedure. One patient whose father was caring for him after his surgery asked in a recent…
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Hair Transplantation for Hair Line Lowering in Women
A recent patient of ours is looking into lowering her hairline to give her a more feminine and youthful frame for her face. She was a bit concerned when she read on our site that not many female hair loss patients are good candidates for hair restoration surgery. Her concerns also included the probability of…
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