Hair Restoration Blog Dallas
Progress in Hair Restoration: Smaller Sites, Better Results
Published on September 3, 2013 by Lam Institute for Hair RestorationBy Emina Karamanovski Often times I get asked what is the newest thing in hair restoration. There are two major progresses made in the last ten years. One helped improve the density and naturalness of the transplanted hair, and the other improved scarring in the donor area. Progressively, we started trimming extra tissue off of […]
Understanding Recipient Dominance in Hair Transplantation
Published on February 25, 2012 by Lam Institute for Hair RestorationThe principle of modern hair restoration is predicated on “donor dominance.” Donor dominance refers to the concept that hair transplanted from the donor area (back of the head) and placed into the front (recipient area) will never be lost despite ongoing hair loss due to the fact that the transplanted donor hair retains its native […]
Parallel vs. Perpendicular Sites in Hair Restoration
Published on June 2, 2011 by Lam Institute for Hair RestorationThere has been a controversy over the past few years regarding the best method to make a recipient site. There are basically two ways to make recipient sites parallel (also known as sagittal) and perpendicular (also known as lateral slits, or coronal). A recipient site, as a reminder, is the “hole”, or slit, that is […]
Why Interlocking Is So Important in Making Recipient Sites for Hair Transplants
Published on April 7, 2011 by Lam Institute for Hair RestorationThere are so many aspects to making excellent recipient sites during a hair-transplant procedure including angle, tilt, direction, pattern, density, etc. We will just focus on one aspect: interlocking. As a reminder to the general reader, recipient sites are the “holes” that are created by the surgeon into which the dissected hair grafts will be […]



