A hair transplant is simply the removal of healthy hair follicles from one area of the scalp and transplanting them onto another area.  We remove follicles (in their natural hair groupings) from the back of the head and transplant them to the areas where baldness and thinning has occurred.  These transplanted hairs will grow continuously throughout the patient’s lifetime.  But it takes much more expertise and artistry to make it look natural for the patient’s lifetime.

Most botched hair transplants can be corrected by an expertly trained hair transplant surgeon.  A properly trained doctor is someone that not only learned the medical mechanics and artistry of a hair transplant in their residency or fellowship but applies this knowledge himself/herself and does not delegate the surgery to unlicensed technicians.

What should patients look for before choosing a hair transplant surgeon?

1. How was the physician trained?
2. How long has the physician been performing hair transplants?
3. Does the physician actually perform the entire ...

The latest development in fighting hair loss comes from Stemson Therapeutics in California, and they are making headway. Researchers at Stemson Therapeutics are developing a two-part process to turn stem cells into hair follicles.

Generating sustainable hair follicles that grow in a healthy, natural direction is the main goal.  This discovery is important for making new hair growth look completely natural.  Hair must be placed into the follicle at the correct angle so that it grows ...

Our world has seen profound changes, but my medical ethics, professionalism and commitment to the health and well-being of each of my patients remains the same so that I can always be the trusted expert on hair loss solutions and hair transplant surgeries.

I am the Chair of the Covid-19 Task Force for ...

Hair loss sufferers spend more than a billion of dollars a year trying to treat their hair loss. Unfortunately, 99% of all products being marketed in the unethical hair loss treatment industry are completely ineffective for the majority of people who use them. Hair loss is an extremely emotionally distressing disease, and many businesses know that those people are vulnerable. Do not purchase any hair loss product that is not approved by the FDA.

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Where do physicians go when they or their family members need to see the best doctor? I am honored that they come to me, and trust me with their own & family members hair loss needs.

Our office strives to be on the forefront of hair transplant, corrective hair transplant surgery, and medical hair loss treatment technology. I am honored to have been selected as one of the premier exceptional physicians in Dermatology (the specialty of skin and hair) in Southern ...

I’m honored to be the new Vice President of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, which is the leading authority of hair loss treatment and restoration. The ISHRS is a global medical association with over 1,000 members from 70 countries. We are dedicated to achieving excellence with the most natural looking results, communicating realistic goals, and having the highest patient satisfaction. Being an active officer and on the Board of Governors allows me to aim ...

Make sure that a board-certified medical doctor specializing in hair, properly trained in a medical hospital, is the only physician performing your hair transplant surgery. There are many unlicensed technicians with no formal medical training, who completed a weekend course, illegally performing surgery, under the disguise of a doctor’s name on their website or clinic. Allowing an unlicensed technician to perform any part of a surgery is illegal and considered a criminal ...

Any incision through the skin, whether by machine or by hand, that enters the skin beyond a superficial depth, causes a scar to form. There is also no machine capable of performing all aspects of hair restoration surgery. There is only technology that can assist an expertly trained surgeon performing hair restoration surgery.

We constantly hear of cases where hair surgery patients were operated on and harmed by non-doctors. Do not let yourself be lured by false and exaggerated hair transplant ...