Doll or plug-like transplants are things of the past. Utilizing follicular unit grafting, transplant procedures are virtually undetectable and very natural looking.

This is a very good question. The answer is that if you see a recently completed hair transplant today that doesn't look natural; this is often because it's a bad hair transplant. Our hair restorations go unnoticed by you and everyone else in the great majority of cases because they are so natural-looking. Modern research in hair growth has discovered that natural scalp hairs actually grow in small groupings (called follicular units) of 1, 2, 3 or occasionally 4 hairs per unit.

The hair transplants have been taken from the area of the scalp around the back and sides of the head where the hair is genetically programmed to never fall out. The fact that the hair transplants have been moved from one area of the scalp to another has no effect on its genetic predisposition to grow, making it an effective hair replacement technique. The previously bald area does not "poison" the transplanted grafts, as is often the misconception.

Most hair transplants that look unnatural are the result of outdated methodology. Before the introduction of follicular unit transplants, the punch technique was extremely popular. The punch technique consisted of individually excised pieces of tissue that contained 15 to 30 hairs. The excised portion of the scalp was then inserted into an even smaller hole on the balding area of the scalp.

The old hair plug days of "Doll" hair are long gone. Hair transplant technicians today (worldwide) use various techniques that transfer one to five hairs maximum (per graft) from the donor area to the recipient area. By implementing these techniques, your new hair will look and feel natural and no one will know the difference unless you tell them!

Many reasons. For one, the general population is largely unaware of the advancements in the field and do not realize the coverage and natural appearance possible. Another reason is that many people are not great candidates for the procedure. This may be due to several factors, including extensive loss, not enough loss, and even unrealistic expectations.

Hair transplants are a minor surgery of the skin in which grafts of hair of various sizes are removed from the horseshoe shaped donor area around the back and sides of the head and are surgically placed in areas where hair replacement is needed.

Hair transplantation, when done right, can be so natural that even your hair stylist will not know that you've had it done. But the skill and techniques of hair transplant surgeons does vary widely, as do their results. It's important to choose the right procedure and clinic to assure that you will get completely natural results. The state of art hair transplantation procedure that we recommend is called "Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation".

Many clients use a hair system while their transplanting is being performed. If the density of the transplants in the front is thick enough, a system can be placed behind them.

Yes. The transplanted hair is removed from one area of the body (donor site) and transferred to another (recipient site). The transferred tissue is not "rejected" as it is not foreign tissue. The transplanted hair maintains it's own characteristics; color, texture, growth rate, and curl, after transplantation and regrowth. The vitality of the grafted follicle is maintained by the rich blood supply to the scalp.

Most people are surprised at how little pain there is during the procedure. Some discomfort is to be expected as the anesthetic is injected into the scalp. Once the skin is anesthetized, there is no pain. If the numbing medicine wears off during the course of the procedure, more is injected to re-anesthetize the area.

Hair transplantation is more expensive than a hair piece or some alternative treatments. However considering that the results are permanent, most people consider it a good investment in their future happiness.

The age of our hair loss treatment patients ranges from the early twenties to the early nineties. Only an honest and realistic evaluation can help you decide when a hair transplant is appropriate for you.

No! This hair replacement procedure is one where local anesthesia is used. If a person wants a little more sedation, it can be available. However, general anesthesia is unnecessary for this hair loss treatment and potentially dangerous.

No. This would not be an effective form of hair loss treatment because "foreign tissue" will be rejected. Someday, in the distant future, we may be able to clone one's own hair, which could then be used for hair transplants.

No! The plug technique was state-of-the-art from the 1950s through the 1980s. The last time I performed that method of hair replacement was in 1991. Today's grafts are tiny -- consisting of only one to four hairs, making it a much less revealing hair loss treatment.

Absolutely. Until a few years ago hair transplants were done with a small number of 4mm punch grafts containing 15 to 20 hairs. This gave a 'tufted' or 'dolls head' appearance. This system is now obsolete. Now with the extraordinarily rapid development of the science, follicles can be transplanted with one, two or three hairs. The one hair follicles form the frontline. The grafts are trimmed meticulously under stereoscopic microscope.

ISHG utilizes a four-step anesthetizing process, which most patients feel eliminates any major discomfort during the anesthetizing process. Once anesthetized, the area is completely numb and the patient can sit back, relax, and enjoy a movie.

Using new methods of grafting, we are able to create the most natural hairline possible. Through the use of follicular unit grafting, we create a natural transition zone between the forehead and the back of the scalp. In men, this technique simulates the natural hairline seen in many older individuals who still have their hair but have some natural thinning and recession.