Category Archives: Plastic Surgery

  Full Audio Transcript: I posted a photo of hair stem and I had a gentleman ask, what are you doing with this? I decided, well, I’m gonna do a podcast on this to explain a little bit more in detail the evolution of my thinking of how we developed this process and what we’re […]

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Dr. Lam and his family were featured in the local Stroll magazine to feature his work with the charity Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center of which he and his wife were the honorary chairs of the Art for Advocacy gala and where his painting Floris II sold for $20,000, the maximum bid allowed within minutes of […]

Dr. Sam Lam, Dallas Hair Transplant Surgeon, is proud to announce that he has been elected to be Vice President of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS), the only board certification for the discipline of hair transplant surgery in the world. He has served on the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, World Website […]

Dr. Sam Lam has just completed his Hair Transplant 360 Course in St Louis, Missouri, where he has served as director now for 11 years. Here are some reviews and photos from the event.            

What is a megasession? A typical hair transplant restores 1,500 – 2,000 grafts and covers either the frontal or crown area. A megasession hair transplant describes a transplant of 3,000 hair grafts or more. The goal of a megasession transplant is to provide adequate hair density over a broad area of the head to a […]

Dr. Lam will be interviewed about the latest and greatest in facial plastic surgery and hair restoration on Doctor Radio, channel 110 on both Sirius and XM radio this Wednesday at 12 pm CDT/1 pm EDT for one hour with Dr. Erich P. Voigt. If listeners want to ask questions, they can call our toll-free […]

Many patients are justly worried that they could look fake after a hair transplant given the long legacy of plugs, scars, toupees, and a host of other bad hair transplant results that have scared off the public. That is one of the reasons why I have filmed so many videos in close-up HD to show […]

There is not a day that goes by without my thinking or rethinking or innovating something. I am very passionate about making everything better and even when I think I can’t make it better I try to think how I could be wrong. Everything from the patient experience to the patient outcome is integral to […]

When it comes to figuring out the world’s biggest mysteries, you need to consult the experts. That is why The Daily Beast contacted hair-restoration expert Dr. Sam Lam for his take on one of the biggest modern mysteries: Donald Trump’s hair. A recent video clip made rounds all across the internet because it shed light […]

FUE has been touted to be “scarless”, which is patently false. There are scars but if done well should be very hard to detect even with closely cropped hair. That is the real advantage of FUE, i.e., hair can be worn very closely shorn and in most cases the tiny white dots (the scars) cannot […]

Unfortunately, scarring in the donor incision following hair transplant surgery has become a touchpoint of marketing hype on the Internet to scare people away from the linear strip procedure. I am very saddened by this because scars are not unique to FUT procedures. In fact, on a weekly basis I see horrible FUE scars from […]

The Male to Female Transgender Hair Transplant requires a different set or procedures and techniques than female to male transgender hair transplantation. There are differences in the hairline of men and women and often male pattern baldness needs to be addressed. In previous years the Male to Female (MTF) Transgender Transplant had to be performed using a […]

Some people are born with naturally sparse eyebrows, while others may lose eyebrows due to illness, surgery, skin conditions, trauma or over plucking. Today thick eyebrows are making a statement in magazines and on screen, which can make those with sparse or completely lost eyebrow hair feel even more self-conscious. Dr. Sam Lam offers Eyebrow Hair […]

One of the biggest tools you can use when considering hair restoration options is looking at before and after photos patients who had similar hair loss issues to see what procedure that patient had performed. Looking at Before and After Hair Restoration Photos can also help give you a move realistic idea of the results possible. It […]

Transgender Hair Transplant is a different type of hair transplant, with its own unique set of challenges, than traditional hair transplantation due to hair loss. Transgender Hair Transplant Dallas requires both artistic and technical skills to achieve the desired MTF (Male to Female) or FTM (Female to Male) results. The first key to achieving a successful […]

When people think of a hair loss they typically think of men, however, many women also experience hair loss. When women experience hair loss, it is often traumatic and hits their self-confidence hard. Many women pride themselves on their hair. Dr. Lam understands the delicate landscape of female hair loss and restoration. He has helped many […]

There are several different kinds of hair loss conditions and disorders that affect men and woman all across the world. It can be devastating dealing with hair loss at any age whether from common issues like male pattern baldness or female pattern baldness, or less common conditions such as Alopecia, Anagen Effluvium, Telogen Effluvium, Tinea […]

One of the biggest barriers to having the ARTAS Robotic FUE (follicular unit excision) done is that you must shave your head down to 1 mm for the Robot to work. We will do that for you at the beginning of the procedure. Younger men who are used to wearing their hair short realize how […]

Although this blog is not intended to denigrate any manufacturer, it is intended to help the reader understand what went into my decision process to incorporate ARTAS over Neograft and other types harvesting methods for FUE. To make it very simple, there are no other methods of harvesting FUE grafts as precise as what a […]