Even with all your research, perusing of Internet discussion forums, and multiple consultations with hair transplant surgeons, you are terrified of what awaits you on the other side of the hair transplant OR. Success? Failure? And what about everything in between? What are the small intricacies of recovery and healing that a patient of surgical [...]

Techniques in Follicular Unit Extraction can be specialized for specific groups like African Americans. There are physiological distinctions that pertain not only to the hair shaft, but also the hair follicle  itself and its relationship with surrounding tissue. To create the best results, the hair doctor must be able to work effectively within the construct [...]

Though hair restoration is an extremely specified niche in the medical field, not all dermatologists or plastic surgeons running a hair transplant practice are the best at the job. Some of them fall far below par, leaving patients riddled with scars and with less hair than they had when they came in. When shopping around [...]

As you may have already learned, the F.U.E. procedure produces more natural looking results without a permanent scar, it is highly preferred over traditional strip surgery. The basic concept of the F.U.E. hair restoration procedure is to 1st extract  individual skin grafts of follicular units (i.e. 1 to four naturally occurring groups of hair) 2nd [...]

The esteemed Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery and Bottom Line Publications’ Daily Health News each recently reported on Dr. Umar’s pioneering work in body hair transplantation (BHT). His use of non-traditional donor sources has surpassed a lot of the criticism it garnered at first, and has gone on to prove its groundbreaking value [...]

After several prior hair restoration surgeries, including strip harvesting, scalp reduction, and punch grafting, this patient was still suffering the effects hair loss. He had sparse coverage, a pluggy receding hairline and, to make matters worse, a cluster of scars on the back of his head. In addition, his traditional donor supply—the mid-rear scalp—was almost [...]

Scalp reduction, punch grafting, and strip harvesting all amounted to subpar hair restoration surgeries for this patient. They left him with a receded and pluggy-looking hairline, multiple scars on the back of his head, an oddly shaped vertex, and a nearly depleted scalp donor source. It would be beard hair transplant—which employs advanced follicular unit [...]

Hair loss affects several million men and women all over the world. In the United States, it’s upwards of 40 million men and 21 million women. Ninety-five percent of the cause in men: pattern baldness. While this aggressive genetic hair loss condition seems inevitable, it may actually be somewhat preventable. And other outlying causes of [...]

This patient had a previous hair restoration surgery done elsewhere, but it yielded subpar results. Afterward, he had an ever-present hairline recession and thinning at the crown. Desiring an FUE hair transplant to fill these areas once and for all, he came to DermHair Clinic. Dr. Umar constructed a new hairline and filled the patients [...]

Women suffer from hair loss for varying reasons. Though it may seem embarrassing and taboo, there are approximately 21 million women struggling with this condition in the United States alone, and in need of a hair restoration solution. Many different health factors can cause hair loss to happen, including: Pregnancy Traction alopecia Lack of sleep [...]