Hair Restoration Blog

Q:

I was told that a spot has opened up for my hair transplant surgery. I told them to slot me in, but now that I’ve jumped into the deep end I’m a bit nervous. My nerves don’t have to do with what it will look like six months or a year from now, but for the weeks following the surgery.
I need to take the next day to really meditate on this. Although my hair loss does bother me, it’s not as if I’m noticeably bald. So I’m deciding if this is something that makes sense for me.

A:

It is completely normal to have a touch of nervousness prior to this elective surgery. Since it is an elective procedure, it is common to have questions and/or
reservations. We need to remember that it is simply hair and not some life threatening procedure! Many patients have this reluctance and there is never a clear or definitive answer aside from your intuitive feelings.

Your particular situation is for the enhancement and detailing in order to complement what you already currently have. Your hair loss is probably going to progress in the future but again, it depends on when you want to address the issue.

Having experienced seeing many other patients who had similar feelings before their hair restoration procedure, I think you will very happy you did it!! Either way, I support whatever decision you make. US Hair Restoration is always going to be a resource for you with whatever questions or concerns you have regarding hair loss and the treatment options available.

Meditate  on that assurance and clarity will present itself!

Faculties: Drs. Suddleson, Mohebi and Perez in OLSW-17

Orlando Live Surgical Workshop (OLSW 17) of International society of hair restoration surgery (ISHRS) was held one more time in beautiful city of Orlando last month.  Hair transplant surgeons participated from different parts of the world.  We had many great lectures from the leaders of hair restoration surgery to cover basic information about hair restoration methods for new hair transplant surgeons and to refresh and update the more experienced ones.

We had lectures every morning and in the afternoon went to surgery center for hands on procedures to teach the techniques of hair transplant surgery.  I have to congratulate the the whole staff involved with this workshop for the great work they have done this year, coordinating a large group of doctors from all over the world and putting together a great set of lectures to cover a wide variety of subjects about modern hair restoration procedures and medical treatments.

Dr. Mohebi and Dr. Leavitt in OLSW-17

We had lectures about new methods of hair restoration surgery such as robotic hair transplant surgery.   The most updates on robotic surgery was shown to the audience.  There is a hope that the practical model of robotic hair restoration be available within a few months.

There is a woman behind every successful EVENT - Dr. Mohebi and Valarie Montalbano

I had two lectures that were both emphasizing on the techniques of removal of follicular units in hair transplants with large number of grafts using Laxometer.  I also demonstrated the applications of Laxometer in sequential strip removal techniques in live surgical workshop.

Technician training: Patrick Tafoya teaching hair transplant technicians

My second lecture was on Scalp Scars and the methods to revise them.  The lecture was focused on making surgeons more familiar with the proper techniques of scar revision and indications of each particular technique.

I went over trichophytic closure methods for a variety of different scars.  I discussed the implications of Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) to revise scalp scars.  I presented a variety of several scalp scars treated with FUE methods.  I went over the pros and cons of FUE to revise scalp scar and provided a guideline that hair transplant surgeons can decide what method should be used for each type of scar.

Due to recent popular demand, we have now decided to post all of our future patients’ success stories on this blog.  I love when I have the opportunity to see my patient’s post operative results and when I personally witness the life transformations they go through. Here is one example:

We will be sure to keep you posted with all our video testimonials in the future.

 ** To see before and after pictures of this patient, please feel free to visit his Photo Gallery. **

Best,

Parsa Mohebi, MD

US Hair Restoration’s Office in San Diego, California is now open!

US Hair Restoration’s debut hair restoration center in San Diego, California will now afford Dr. Mohebi the opportunity to serve an even larger portion of California with the same great quality that he is known for. Along with our already well-established hair restoration centers in Encino, Beverly Hills, and Orange County, US Hair Restoration is now able to provide its self-image enhancing services to countless residents of America’s Finest Cities.

By establishing an office in the southern most part of Southern California, both prospective and current patients of US Hair Restoration will reap the benefits. This new location will be much more convenient for those hair loss patients in the San Diego area seeking treatment close to home, while also offering closer resources for our current clientele in this area of Southern California. We truly hope that this new office location ensures the confidence of our current and prospective patients in that US Hair Restoration is willing to branch out to meet their needs, which will always come first.

Hair Care Beverly Hills interview with Dr. Parsa Mohebi

Below is the second interview of Hair Care Beverly Hills with Dr. Parsa Mohebi.  Dr. Mohebi is the medical director of US Hair Restoration hair transplant centers in Southern California with offices in Encino, Beverly Hills, Orange County and San Diego.  Dr. Mohebi is the author of Hair Restoration Blog.  He also responds to the questions of many other resources of hair loss and hair restoration.  Her is his recent interview of him by Hair Care Beverly Hills for BuzyMoms.com.

• If a client has already had a transplant with another hair transplant doctor and is disappointed with the hair restoration results, can the procedure be redone?

Yes, hair transplant repairs are a good portion of our hair transplant surgeries performed in our Southern California offices (located in Beverly Hills, Encino and Orange County). Many people may have unnatural results from previous hair transplants due to the older techniques such as plug surgery, but some may even have problems with recent hair restoration procedures due to technical issues or lack of proper judgment on the part of the hair transplant surgeon. In most situations, the repair is easy and can be done in one or two sessions.

• Is there a minimum age for hair transplant surgery?

It was not unusual that a Hair transplant surgeon discourage a person younger than 24 for a hair restoration surgery.  However, nowadays microscopic techniques being used to evaluate the miniaturization of susceptible hair can assist surgeons in predicting the final pattern of hair loss. By being able to predict each patient’ s final balding stages, we are able to see where the pattern of baldness is heading and based on that recommend hair transplant surgery at an earlier age.

• Won’ t my bare scalp be showing in the back of my head once the donor hair is taken?

If you do not plan on shaving your hair after your hair transplant surgery, your donor wound will never be visible. However, if you plan on shaving your head for any reason, you may choose to have a FUE or Follicular Unit Extraction procedure done rather than the general FUT procedure through removing a strip from the donor area. FUE transplant eliminates the visibility of a linear scar on the back of your head and is the best option for patients who plan on shaving their head or keeping their hair very short in the future.

• Do you provide free consultations?

Yes, the initial consultation with me (Dr. Parsa Mohebi) is always free in any of our Southern California hair transplant offices in Beverly Hills, Encino and Orange County and San Diego.

• What type of information should be brought to the consultation?

Anything related to your hair loss and hair restoration, including family history of hair loss, other medical conditions that may have been attributed to ones hair loss, medical, surgical or even cosmetic changes that you like and may help you have a better result after a hair restoration procedure.

I have not been answering any questions in our hair restoration blog for a few days because I am in Florida as one of the invited faculties members in the hair restoration surgery workshop of International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS).  The meeting is held annually each year in the beautiful city of Orlando and prominent hair transplant surgeons from all over the world get together to share ideas and teach the future generation of hair transplant surgeons the science and art of hair transplantation.

I had one lecture yesterday on my invention of the Laxometer and the method in which we measure the laxity of donor area in large hair transplant surgeries.  We also discussed our new method of sequential strip removal that guarantees removal of the maximum number of grafts while still assuring the safety and quality of the hair transplant.  As a hair transplant surgeon that performs a majority of hair transplant procedures with large number of grafts, we have developed this method geared for hair loss patients with advanced classes of baldness.

Workshop Faculties: Dr. Parsa Mohebi, Dr. David Perez and Dr. Mark Mckenzie

These verbal lectures are usually followed by surgical workshops in the afternoon.  I will be demonstrating use of the Laxometer in the surgical workshop again tomorrow.  Dr. Mark Leavitt and Dr. David Perez, the main organizers of the hair transplant workshop, did a great job arranging the event which is a big step forward in education of hair transplant surgeons.

I will be back in Los Angeles next week and will continue answering your hair loss/hair transplant questions in the hair restoration blog upon my return.  I will also make sure to put a note on what was new in our Orlando Hair Transplant Work Shop this year. Be sure to stay tuned to the blog for this and all future updates.

It is about 8:00 Pm and we just finished performing a big FUE procedure and I thought I write this post on “who is a candidate for FUE procedure” before going home.

Recipient and donor area right after a FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) procedure.

Follicular Unit Extraction or FUE hair transplants is one of the methods of hair transplantation with Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT) technique. The biggest advantage of FUE is that, the linear scar in the donor area on the back is eliminated.

FUE has been around for a few years now. Many people ask about the advantages and disadvantages of FUE when they are considering doing a hair transplant surgery. People always ask; whether or not FUE hair transplant is the right procedure for them. There are many articles on hair transplant techniques including FUE and its different methods that compared FUE with regular techniques of strip hair transplant. Hair transplant surgeon has to consider patient‚Äôs needs when planning for a hair restoration procedure. Many surgeons don‚Äôt do FUE on a regular basis. This needs to be explained to the patient. Unfortunately some doctors talk patients out of this procedure simply due to their inability to perform one. That is the same for mega session surgeries that many people are told that grafts won’t survive if place too densely only because they can not perform one. This might be due to not having enough skilled personnel or any other limitations.

Donor area with small wounds of FUE punches right after FUE procedure

The most important factor that people consider when they consider doing a FUE is elimination of linear scar on the back with FUE hair transplant surgery. It might be because they want to wear their hair short on the back or shave it at some point. FUE by far is the only method that can completely eliminate the linear scar on the donor area. Have more comfortable post-op period is the other reason for choosing FUE.

All patients need to be tested before performing an FUE procedure for their candidacy. At the Los Angeles office of US Hair Restoration, Dr. Mohebi tests all patients who are considering this method for their hair restoration. FUE test (FOX) is easily done in the office with to extra charge to the patients. We perform a mini FUE procedure under local ansthesia to test feasibility of removing intact follicular unit grafts with different FUE technique and see which method is the right one for each patient. If patients are FOX negative then other options should be discussed with them. Even if patient’s are FOX positive, they have to understand that they may have a much better yield and superior final outcome with regular strip technique. For some patients, not having scar on the donor area is more important than having higher density in recipient area and they can live with thinner hair in the recipient area, but they don’t want any line of scar at all. These patients are the best candidates for FUE if they are tested positive for that.

Searching for the best Los Angeles hair transplant surgeon may not be an easy task, but Los Angeles has always been a referral center for most cosmetic surgeries, even though hair transplant surgery is one of the newer branches of cosmetic surgery. You can find a wide variety in style and levels of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills hair transplant surgeons. Some of the most updated hair transplant surgeons practice in Los Angeles and San Diego, California, but you can also see lousy surgeries done by some hair transplant surgeons. Overall, hair restoration surgery like any other cosmetic surgery is a buyer‚Äôs beware market, and one must be careful not to fall into the trap of signs such as “Number one Beverly Hills hair transplant surgeon” or “the most experienced Los Angeles hair transplant surgeon”. You can see similar advertisements and a lot more like Extreme make over hair transplant surgeon or doctor 90210.

The good news is that today, most hair transplant surgeons offer free initial consultation. It is importantto take advantage of this situation and shop around. It is your look and your desire to live with it for the rest of your life after all. It is not enough to visit several hair transplant doctors; you also need to educate yourself on hair transplantation process, surgical techniques and hair transplant surgeon’s background before visiting the doctor. This way, you can appreciate a good technique and knowledgeable doctor when you see one while you can find the most affordable hair transplant. US Hair Restoration – a Los Angeles hair transplant surgery center offers free physician consultation for everyone. We offer state-of-the-art hair transplant surgery with exclusive follicular unit transplants (FUT), mega sessions for people with extensive hair loss and follicular unit extractions (FUE) or noninvasive hair transplants that does not leave an scar in the donor area.

Los Angeles is Hollywood and in Hollywood “appearance” is everything. Modern hair transplant surgery with undetectable results has become a demanding field in Southern California in last few years both because of the number of people looking for hair restoration surgery and the ones looking for the best hair transplant surgeon in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Southern California over all. Many people travel the world to get their hair transplant surgery done in Los Angeles or Beverly Hills. Los Angeles is and will probably always be the Mecca of hair transplant surgery for people who cannot accept anything but the best.