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Fortunately, the era of plug
grafting is gone. Unfortunately, many hair-restoration surgeons still
create very unnatural looking results. There are many reasons for this
outcome. First, the surgeon may not have a clearly artistic vision of
what a natural appearing hairline should be or how to position that
hairline on a prospective patient's scalp relative to the shape
of the head, amount of hair loss, and other factors. Second, the surgeon
who undertakes hair restoration may not understand how natural hair
should grow on the head, which is very different for the central hairline,
lateral hairline, temporal point, fronto-temporal angle, lateral hump,
midscalp, vertex transition point, crown, etc. (Quicktime | Windows
Media) An in-depth understanding
of how hair grows and is lost is a prerequisite to a natural hair restoration
result. Finally, the quality of the hair restoration team may be lacking.
Without a high level of expertise with the hair transplant team, the
result can fall far short of the desired aesthetic mark. The hair-transplant
coordinator and the dissection team are responsible for the graft dissection
and placement. If the grafts are poorly dissected, transected, placed
incorrectly into the wrong sites or manipulated harshly, poor or scattered
growth can occur or worse yet kinky, unnatural looking hair. At the
Lam Institute for Hair Restoration, our team is not outsourced. Instead,
our own, dedicated hair transplant team is on site full time for every
case.
We offer four stages of hair restoration according to the number of
hairs needed to be restored. Each stage has a range of numbers from
low to high reflecting variations in one's natural hair density.
Stage
1 (1000-1600 hairs)
Stage 2 (1600-2800 hairs)
Stage 3 (2800-3900 hairs)
Stage 4 (3900-5200 hairs)
Patient age 32, Stage 4, One session, 1 year after
hair transplant. Patient had prior hair transplant elsewhere that was not only painful with a bad recovery but also had no significant visual density. He is shown following a single corrective hair transplant session.
 
Patient age 50, 6 months after eyebrow hair transplant (Patient had eyebrows tattooed in the before photo that he did not care for and desired correction with an eyebrow hair transplant.)
 
Patient age 49, Stage 4, One session, 1 year after,
(had 4 prior surgeries elsewhere)
Patient age 68, Stage 4, One session, 10 months after
hair transplant, Correction of Asymmetric, Poorly Angled, and Poorly Dense Hairline, Female patient
 
Patient age 46, Stage 3, One session, 6 months after
hair transplant
(Corrective Procedure: The patient had 4 prior hair transplants elsewhere leaving him with unsightly grafts that were poorly angled [too perpendicular], improper graft sizes placed [too large] along the hairline, and grafts that were roughly handled leading to kinky growth as well as moderate see-through effect. He is shown after a single correction of his prior transplant in the hairline, central forelock, vertex transition point and upper crown/vertex.)
 
 
 
Patient age 37, Stage 4, One session, 1 year after
Patient age 37, Stage 3, One session, 7 months after
(Corrective Procedure)
This individual underwent a previous hair restoration session elsewhere
and was unhappy with his result.
His before photograph shows an unnatural hairline, poor hair density
and unnatural hair angle and
quality, which we corrected as shown in the after photograph.
Patient age 40, Stage 4, One session, 1 year after
(Corrective Procedure)
This individual underwent a previous hair restoration session elsewhere
and was unhappy with his result.
His before photograph shows an unnatural hairline and unnatural hair
angle, which we corrected as shown in the after photograph.
Patient age 40, Stage 4, One session, 6 months after
Patient age 59, Stage 4, One session, 1 year after
(Corrective Procedure)
This individual underwent previous hair restoration elsewhere and exhibits
a "pluggy" look with grafts that are too large for the hairline
as well as improper angle placement and poor hair density. He is shown
with de-emphasis grafting to eliminate the artificial appearance, to
create a natural hairline, and to restore lost hair density in one session.
Patient age
42, Stage 4, One session, 1 year after
50-year-old
female who lost part of her left eyebrow following resection of skin
cancer and reconstruction. She underwent one session of grafting to
the lost portion of her eyebrow and is shown 4 months following eyebrow
reconstruction.
Patient
age 44, Stage 2, One session, 10 months after
This 49-year-old
gentleman had 7 prior hair transplants and 5 scalp reductions performed
elsewhere. He is shown 6 months following one Stage 2 hair transplant
with us.
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