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How much will it cost? The fee for hair restoration can be located in the suggested fees . The fee is determined by how much hair is transferred. Please call my office for an accurate price quote or make an appointment for a personal consultation to discuss your specific concerns. My suggested quotes include professional fees, anesthesia fees, operating room costs, house calls, before care and after care. They do not include hospitalization costs, prescriptions, home nursing care, preoperative history and physical examination, laboratory costs, or pathology fees. If you compare prices, make sure that you consider all these costs. In addition, hair restoration surgery usually requires a day or two off work for a safe recovery. I require complete payment two weeks in advance of all cosmetic surgery. What can I do about my hair loss? The combination of aging and genetics lead to characteristic hair loss known as male pattern baldness. Hair restoration surgery restores hair growth to balding areas of the scalp. Will there be scars after surgery? Scars are part of all surgery. It is important to understand where hair restoration scars will be placed. Almost all of the scars for hair restoration are located within the new or current hair growth. Some techniques require scars along the hairline. These can easily be covered with hairstyles. What are the risks of hair restoration surgery? There are risks with any surgery. Infection, excessive bleeding, abnormal scarring, poor healing, slow healing, skin loss, changes in skin sensation, muscle or nerve injury, although uncommon, can occur with any surgery. Fortunately, most problems that result from such complications are correctable with additional surgery. Poor or thin hair growth after surgery requires further surgery to thicken the hair density. It is important to carefully plan the frontal hairline to produce a natural look. You must understand your risk of complications completely before you choose to have a hair restoration. I have heard about so many bad things on television, is it safe to have hair restoration? There are always risks with hair restoration. When severe complications are combined with inexperienced surgeons, poor results can occur. I believe that hair restoration can be done safely with a high degree of patient satisfaction. Serious problems are rare. Most poor results can be improved with additional surgery. What can you tell me about this new technique that I saw on television? Everyone in America wants the latest in medical care. This is not always the best medical care. At times media presentations will leave out critical information about potential complications, quality of result, and FDA regulation. I am open minded when it comes to new technology but I would rather not use my patients to try out the newest techniques. Recent advances in hair restoration include topical medications (Rogaine), oral medications (Propecea), tissue expander surgery, and extended hair grafting sessions (1000 follicular units (hairs) or more). The extended grafting sessions seem to be the most popular of these advancements, although the benefits of Propecea remain to be seen. For general health reasons, I recommend that all my patients stop smoking. It is clear that smoking increases your risk for developing all sorts of cancers. Breathing problems like emphysema and circulatory problems including heart attacks are also linked to smoking. Smoking can increase the risk of coughing after your surgery that can lead to unwanted bleeding. Smoking also reduces blood flow that can interfere with hair growth. Both of these problems can ruin the results of your hair restoration and lead to revision surgery. It is always best to stop smoking. There are other choices when it comes to hair restoration. These include topical and oral medications, acceptance of hair loss, hair weaving, and hairpiece. Always understand all your options before having hair restoration. How are hair restoration and forehead lift related? A forehead lift will change the position of the frontal hairline. This is a key landmark when planing hair restoration. For this reason, I recommend that if you are considering both forehead lift and hair restoration surgery, have the forehead lift first. This will yield a more natural result and help camouflage hairline scars. How many grafts will be necessary? The number of follicular units (hairs) transferred is determined by how large an area is to be restored. This choice is up to you. What additional procedures can I consider that will enhance the result? Surgeries can be combined to yield dramatic and complimentary results. For safety reasons, I recommend the length of hair restoration surgery be limited to eight hours and no more than two areas of the body be treated at the same time. Hair restoration is frequently combined with facial rejuvenation surgery (lower eyelid surgery, facelift, forehead lift, and laser resurfacing), facial implants, nose surgery, and liposuction. Am I a good candidate for a hair restoration? This is a question that can only be answered after a personal consultation. Hair restoration is suggested to patients with hair loss due to aging, genetics, and/or injury. I feel strongly that hair restoration should not be done if high blood pressure (hypertension) is not well controlled or if you are smoking. There are other things to consider as well including psychiatric conditions, life stress, medical illness, obesity, and motivation. You should be a healthy nonsmoker, within twenty pounds of your ideal weight. Major life stresses (i.e. grieving a death and divorce) must be absent in your life. The ideal candidate is motivated by an internal desire to look better. How long will it take for the hair to grow? Hair grafts will naturally go dormant for three to six months. Once hair growth begins it will grow at the same rate as your remaining hair. It usually takes six months to a year for the hair to be long enough to be styled. How many times can I have a hair restoration done? When hair restoration is done, only a finite number of grafts that can be placed at one session. Many patients choose a second grafting session to increase hair density. However there is also a limited amount of hair to transfer. I recommend that hair restoration in any one area be done only two or three times at prescribed intervals
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