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Question:Are there potential risks to transplanting hair to a balding crown before the hair loss has stopped? Answer:Yes. Any time hair transplant is performed anywhere (including the crown) in an area where the hair stopped growing, there could be the [...]

Question:Is there a difference between a follicular unit and a graft? Answer:A graft is considered a piece of tissue that can be obtained either from dissecting a strip from the donor area or using individual techniques called FUE or Follicular [...]

Question:How successful are hair transplants performed on women? Answer:Hair transplantation in females is very successful. I believe that it is equally successful as it is in men. In most cases, however, women having a hair transplantation procedure have more hair [...]

Question:Is it possible to wear a hairpiece after your hair transplant as you heal to disguise the effects of the surgery? If so, is it better to use clips or tape? Answer:Yes, it is possible to wear a hairpiece following [...]

Question:Is it possible to reverse your hair loss in any way? Answer:Reversing hair loss is not something that science has figured out up to this point. We have found ways to significantly slow down and possibly stop the hair loss [...]

Question:I had a hair transplant to both my crown and frontal hairline. I began to see growth in the frontal region but there is still nothing growing in the crown. Is this normal or could it be a sign that [...]

Question:In the past, when hair transplant plugs were used, how big were the grafts and about how many hairs did they contain compared to today’s FUE and FUG transplant? Answer:In the past, larger grafts were used and are commonly referred [...]

Question:I have pretty extensive hair loss and was wondering are scalp flaps ever used any more? Answer:Scalp flaps and/or scalp reductions are very rarely used in today’s area of hair transplantation and/or hair restoration. There are only one to two [...]

Question:When you use the FUT method are you cutting grafts that mimic natural follicular units or are you actually dissecting the hairs as follicular units? Answer:A follicular unit transplantation (FUT) is the method where a strip of donor tissue is [...]