Question: I am African American and have a horrible keloid scar in the back of my head which has left a bald patch. I was wondering if a hair transplant can improve the way it looks. Answer: It is possible to transplant into scars, however thick hypertrophic and/or keloid scars generally have poor results with… Read More
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Plastic Surgeon Dr. Jeffrey S. Epstein explains Chest Hair Transplant Procedure of 2,400 Grafts
I am here with Tom, our patient, who underwent today a chest hair transplant. Tom has always had a lifetime of thin hair, very little hair on the chest and desired to have a fuller chest and did some homework and came across some other patients whose photographs I had posted on the internet showing… Read More
Plastic surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Epstein’s 1603 FUE grafts hair transplant 8 days post-op
DR. EPSTEIN: Hi! I am Dr. Epstein. I am here with my patient who is now eight days post-op. We did 1,603 FUE grafts. He had some pretty prominent frontal temporal recession. You can see in just eight days how nicely he has grown in. You see all these hairs in here. This is where… Read More
Follicular Unit Micrografting
Over the past almost 20 years of performing thousands of hair transplants, I have come to appreciate the challenges of achieving natural-appearing results, for which there is no “technologic” substitute to the artistic ability and proper planting steps of the surgeon and his team. Several automated hair transplant devices have been introduced in the past… Read More
Facial Hair Transplant
Facial Hair Transplant – Perioral Area Mustache Hi! I’m Dr. Epstein. I am here with a patient who is a year and a half status post around 600 grafts to the perioral region, essentially the mustache and goatee regions. The patient has somewhat of an interesting history. He was born with a cleft lip, surgery… Read More
Growth Factors Now Available for Hair Transplant Procedures
Platelet Rich Plasma Now Available for Hair Transplant Procedures I had my consultation in July 08′. I wasn’t a good candidate for a procedure because of my young age. Dr. Epstein prescribed me Propecia, which I’ve been on for about a year now. I can’t say I’ve gotten the results I’ve hoped for since I… Read More
Post Transplant Procedure- Numbness On Scalp
My name is Brian. I am 34 years old, and just had my first hair transplant (1724 grafts) done by an experienced doctor here in California. The procedure was done 12 days ago, the scabs have been gone for 3 days and the sutures were removed yesterday. My concern is that I have much numbness… Read More
Problems with ingrown hair transplant
What is ingrown hair? Ingrown hairs Ingrown hairs may occur within the first months following a hair transplant and they look like skin pimples or lesions. A patient may develop this as the new hair is beginning to grow. This type of lesion is also called folliculitis and it may look like acne, often starting… Read More
