Category Follicular Unit Transplantation

17 Mar

Selfies May Inspire More Americans To Undergo Plastic Surgery

Plastic surgeons are seeing more patients who wish to undergo facial surgery, suggesting social media-posted selfies may be inspiring more Americans to consider plastic surgery. The growing trend of taking selfies – a type of self-portrait photograph, typically taken at arm’s length with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone – and posting them on […]

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4 Mar

Hair Restoration Shows Tremendous Increase

A recent survey conducted by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) showed that men and women around the world are seeking to correct hair loss while they’re younger rather than putting it off until later in life. Since the ISHRS starting tracking data on hair restoration in 2004, the extrapolated worldwide volume of […]

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13 Feb

Robotic Hair Transplants

The ARTAS System is an interactive, computer assisted equipment employing image guidance to enhance the quality of hair follicle harvesting. ARTAS is the first hair transplant robot to improve the most challenging aspects of Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE). There are two common ways to treat balding including strip harvesting and follicular unit extraction (FUE).  Strip […]

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4 Feb

Hair Loss Treatments

What Are Hair Loss Treatments If you’re experiencing any type of hair loss, see your doctor so that it is accurately assessed and properly treated. There are a number of hair-loss treatment options available to address different types of hair loss. Hair-loss treatments may include any of the following: Topical Treatments Prescription Pills Hair Restoration […]

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29 Jan

Cosmetic Surgery and the Modern Man

Background Although men do not face the same hormonal changes with aging that women do, the male biological clock still ticks, and over time changes in a man’s appearance can lead to a negative self-image, which can take a toll on mental and physical health. Today, men are turning to cosmetic surgery in an effort […]

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23 Jan

Hair Transplants Over the Years

Background From the 1960s into the mid 1990s, transplanted hair appeared unnatural because surgeons used unnaturally large-appearing hair grafts consisting of 10-25 hairs each. That era is over. Hair naturally grows in 1-4 hair follicular groupings. In the early 1990s, surgeons began switching from using unnatural-appearing hair “plugs” (10-25 hairs) to using consistently natural-appearing hair […]

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23 Jan

Hair Restoration- For Men and Women

What is Hair Restoration? Hair restoration includes the surgical and non-surgical methods used to counteract or slow symptoms of hair loss in men and women. Methods may be used individually or in combination to produce the desired results depending on a person’s needs. Finding the right hair restoration solution can be difficult. It’s an important decision […]

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2 Jan

Hair Replacement- The Next Generation

Today’s options for hair growth have gone through a major evolution since 1952 when hair transplantation surgery was first pioneered. Hair transplant surgery has changed completely — from large to small grafts. The large-graft technique used to be state-of-the-art back then. Treatments have shifted from unnatural-looking transplants to sophisticated new drugs and improvements in hair transplant […]

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31 Dec

What Happens When My Hair Surgery Leaves an Unsightly Scar?

If you have previously undergone a hair transplant and are unsatisfied with your results, we can help you achieve the results you had hoped for through hair restoration revision surgery with the ARTAS System. Unsuccessful, unfavorable outcomes from hair transplant surgery often occur because of technical errors, poor planning on the part of the doctor, and unforeseeable […]

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30 Dec

Hair Transplant Scars- Scar Revision by Dr. Mark Bishara, MD in Mansfield & Southlake

Fixing and Repairing Hair Transplant Scars Hair transplant procedures that use follicular units exclusively leave no visible scarring in the recipient area. In Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT), there is a single thin line in the donor area where the strip was removed. In Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) there are multiple tiny round, white scars in the donor […]

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