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2008-12-21T19:36:00.000-08:00

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Sunil - 5300+ FUHT grafts (13 months update)

2008-09-18T21:45:00.000-07:00

Dear readers,
Sunil had a 5315 FUHT grafts in Aug 2007. He also had 110 beard hair grafts transplanted to scalp in the same 1 day session.
He is very happy with his HT.

Following are pictures and video of his progress 13 months after his hair transplant.

Mahi - 5625 FUHT grafts at Dr. A's clinic (Full video)

2008-08-27T03:26:00.000-07:00

Dear viewers,
We decided to subject our patient, Mahi's, hairtransplant to different kinds of tests or situations in everyday life.
We have recorded his videoclips in various day to day situations. Like,in the market or after a shampoo and shower. We now present his complete video recording while undergoing a haircut and styling by the famous celebrity hairstylist Jawed Habib.

Mahi's complete haircut video from arvind poswal on Vimeo.

Mahi's Haircut by Habib (concluding part)

2008-08-24T23:59:00.000-07:00

Dear viewers,
This is the concluding part of the video showing haircut and styling of our patient Mahi. Thanks to modern ultra refined all follicular unit hair transplants, patients suffering from hairloss can not only get hair, the transplanted hair also looks very natural.

Note: Mahi has gone for a young looking, non conservative hairline. He plans future hair transplants to fill in the crown-swirl area. We will keep you posted of his progress.

Mahi's haircut by Habib from arvind poswal on Vimeo.

Mahi's haircut by Habib (part 2)

2008-08-22T03:00:00.000-07:00

Dear viewer,
Patient nickname - Mahi He has undergone 5625 FUHT grafts in 1 session at Dr. A's Clinic.

Mahi's good all follicular unit hair transplant, in his own words, makes him look 10 years younger. A good haircut and style from a professional hair stylist further improves the appearance.

Mahi's Haircut by Habib

2008-08-20T04:11:00.000-07:00

Dear readers,

We decided to subject our patient,Mahi's, hairtransplant to different kinds of tests or situations in everyday life.
We have recorded his videoclips in various day to day situations. Like,in the market or after a shampoo and shower. We now present his video recording while undergoing a haircut and styling by the famous celebrity hairstylist Jawed Habib.

Mahi's hair transplant undergoes the shampoo test

2008-08-19T06:55:00.000-07:00

Dear viewers,

Welcome on behalf of Dr. A's centre for hair restoration. Modern hair transplants have the capacity to give very natural appearance.
We decided to showcase one of our results of hair transplant.

In this and successive videos we will subject the transplanted hair to different day to day life situations. Here the patient, Mahi is shown in G. K. Part 2, M block Market.
He goes to the famous Habib's saloon for a haircut.

Rajesh - 1886 FUSE grafts (scalp + body) - 17 month update

2008-07-24T00:51:00.000-07:00

Dear readers,

Rajesh (a former poster patient) exemplifies the avenues open for those losing hair at a young age. He is 24 years of age now.

He had participated in the live patient seminar in Nov 2007.

He had a buzz cut at the time. You may view him on the video loaded on our blog at

http://hairtransplantcentre.blogspot.com/2007/11/hair-transplant-seminar-highlights.html

In July 2008, he visited us for review.

Rajesh - Before pictures

After - 17 month pictures

Rajesh - video 1

Rajesh - video 2

Repair HT (2000 FUHT grafts) - Dr. A's clinic

2008-06-18T23:29:00.000-07:00

Dear Readers,

Patient Name - Alan Ingle
Patient particulars - A Caucasian in his 40s.
Light colored hair with less hair - skin color contrast.

He is happy with the outcome of the repair HT.
In his words - "I no longer have to worry about anyone suspecting that I had a hair transplant."

Before picture (2005)

After Picture (2008)

Picture in natural daylight (No flash used)

Alan Ingle's actual surgery was discussed at the following link (his pre op and immediately post op pictures are available at the link)

http://www.hairsite4.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=12&topic_id=25247&mode=full

Alan Ingle's post HT testimonial can be read at

http://www.hairsite4.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=12&topic_id=25177&mesg_id=25177&page=68

Repair HT (2000 FUHT grafts) - 3 years update

Pictures in bright office light condition (No flash used)

Picture under bright daylight (no flash used)

Video

Rex - 2600 FUHT grafts (repair HT) 1 year update

2008-05-21T02:07:00.000-07:00

Dear Readers,

Patient - Rex
Age - 40's
Race - West Asia
Norwood stage - 6 (if patient had no transplants ever)

The patient nicknamed Rex visited us last year, 2007, with a situation, we find increasingly too often in repair patients.

Before visiting us, he underwent a strip Follicular unit hair transplant at another centre 3 years ago.

Even though follicular unit grafts were transplanted, the results and HT planning left a lot to be desired.

I shall discuss the things that were done incorrectly, in Rex's HT 3 years ago. I hope reading about them will educate upcoming clinics/doctors as to what they should not do.

But first, some pictures and video

video

From now on, we shall have a soundtrack along with the videos.

The current video has background commentary briefly explaining about the procedure. I hope the viewers will find that helpful.

Please let me know if you have any suggestions to further improve the result presentations.

Before pictures

Intraoperative pictures

After 1 + year pictures (?unconventional hairstyle)

I know Rex's hairstyle is a bit unconventional. However, it seems that this hair style suits his purposes well for the present.

Hair Transplant in stages - 900 + FUSE grafts

2008-05-06T07:24:00.000-07:00

Dear readers,
Many among you have voiced a question.
What if we wish to go for smaller initial sessions of hair transplants?

The reasons have been varied -
1. A desire to know how natural and safe the outcome is, firsthand.
2. Not to make too drastic a change in appearance.
3. Financial reasons.

Whatever may be your reason to opt for a smaller session, we respect it.
Its advisable, as far as possible, that the smaller sessions be performed by the stitchless FUSE/fue method (rather than the strip FUHT method).

The patient case discussed in this post is one such.
He wished to go for a smaller initial session.
He is happy with the outcome and plans to go for larger session now.

For reasons of maintaining the patient confidentiality, we have changed his name and shall refer to him as Ram.

Ram underwent a 900+ scalp FUSE grafts session, 9 months ago.
The grafts were transplanted in a location where the patient could monitor their growth but were not to visible to onlookers.

The following is a self explanatory picture sequence.

Before
After 9 months
Before
After 9 months

The following is a brief video that shows the recipient area before and 9 months after.

In case of any queries, you may contact us at hairadvise@yahoo.com

Hair Transplant Seminar - Dr. A's Clinic

2008-04-23T22:00:00.000-07:00

Dr. A's Clinic held a live hair transplant patient interaction seminar on 1 November 2007.

It was the first of its kind in Asia.It featured a discussion of the different various advances in hair restoration surgery.
Including
- body hair to scalp transplants,
- beard hair to scalp transplants,
- strip megassion with triclosure and,
- the stitchless FUSE/FUE method.

Live volunteer patients who had undergone hair restoration procedures were present for interaction with press and members of public.

For those who could not attend the seminar, following is the live recording of it.

In case you experience any difficulty in viewing these videos, please email us at hairadvise101@yahoo.com

Seminar Video (Part 1)

5315 FUHT +110 beard grafts- Sunil

2008-04-22T23:45:00.000-07:00

Dear readers,
Sunil had 5315 FUHT grafts and 110 beard hair grafts in a single day session in August 2007.

This video below shows him running his fingers through his hair in different directions.

Sunil's 5 month update can be veiwed at
http://hairtransplantcentre.blogspot.com/2008/01/5315-fuht-110-beard-grafts-sunil-5_14.html
Sunil's procedure pictures can be seen at
http://hairtransplantcentre.blogspot.com/2007/08/5315-fuht-110-beard-grafts-sunil.html

You may click on the self explanatory photo chart below to view large before and 8 months after pictures of Sunil.

Regards,
Dr. A's Clinic

Hair war - a repair case update

2008-02-06T05:02:00.000-08:00

Dear readers,
The following videoclip shows the hair being combed in different directions and parted at various points. To show the density as well as the lack of the former pluggy appearance.

Hairwar is the net name of a poster on various hairloss related discussion forums. He is a Caucasian from Europe. His journey through hair transplants as well as his experiences may help other HT aspirants to plan their hair restoration procedure.
A brief history - Hairwar is presently in his mid thirties. He first noticed hair loss in 1993.
In 1995, he had 2 strip hair transplant surgeries (about 300 grafts in each session), in Switzerland.
In 1996, he had 2 more strip surgeries within 2 weeks gap at another clinic in Switzerland (again about 300 grafts in each session).
In 1997, he had 1 more strip surgery (600 grafts) in Switzerland.
In 2004, hairwar had a FUE surgery in a clinic in Turkey. Total 1150 FUE grafts. 600 of them placed in crown & 550 placed in hairline. Hairwar feels that his FUE surgery in Turkey led to shock loss in the transplanted hairline and a %age of the transplanted FUE grafts in the hairline did not grow.That amounts to a total of 5 strip surgeries and 1 FUE surgery before coming to us.
If hair war had not got any hair transplants, today he would be a NW5.
Hair war has average scalp laxity in the donor area.

4683 FUSE grafts - 9 mth update (TH)

2008-02-01T01:23:00.000-08:00

TH revisited our clinic at 9 months since his first HT, for second part of his hair restoration surgery.

4683 FUSE grafts

Patient particulars
TH is a NW 6 patient of Maori descent.
He has had no other hair restortion surgeries ever.

His 5 month update can be read at
http://hairtransplantcentre.blogspot.com/2007/10/dear-forum-readers-patient-th-sent-his.html

Graft details of 1st HT -
4683 FUSE grafts (of which only 2099 are from the scalp) - 44%.

719 chest, 1533 leg, 206 armpit and 126 abdomen grafts make the rest - 56%.

We shall present the detailed pre operative, intra operative and 9 month post operative pictorial history.
Thereafter, we shall discuss the 2nd time FUSE (scalp + BHT) performed recently.

But first, a quick before and after picture comparison.
Before
After 9 months (we expect further improvement in the first HT's density in the next 3 months).

Pre op Pictures and surgical plan

TH being a Norwood 6 had an extensive area to cover.
In the first stage, the options were to go for a low hairline (almost Norwood 1) or to remain conservatively high.
As the pictures below show

Some closer pictures showing the extent of hairloss.

More pre op pictures

9 months after pictures of recipient area:

9 months after (buzzed donor area pictures)

TH keeps his scalp donor area buzz cut. Something that is possible following the FUSE extractions.
In TH's first HT, 2099 grafts were extracted.

The following pictures show the scalp donor area after 9 months.

2nd HT (Jan 2008) - the plan

In the second stage of his hair restoration, TH wishes to go for a lower hairline and to fill in the crown areas behind the previous transplant.

The plan -

The final hairline will consist of mostly scalp hair mixed with hair from the thigh and the chest.

The crown will be filled using some scalp hair grafts mixed with grafts from the armpit, pubic, chest and beard areas.
The aim being to focus on the more robust hair, rather than on sheer numbers to provide coverage. That is to say, better coverage value per graft.

2nd HT - hairline design

TH has opted for temple closure and a three peaked feathered hairline.
The following pictures explain the hairline design.

Video - donor shaved - for those concerned about donor scarring is shown below.

5315 FUHT + 110 beard grafts - Sunil (5 month update)

2008-01-14T00:47:00.000-08:00

Farscalpe at the seminar

2007-12-20T07:21:00.000-08:00

Dear readers,
Farscalpe is the nickname of a forum poster from N. America.

He had undergone a 5900 + FUSE graft procedure in Dec 2006.
He visited us for further transplants in Nov 2007 and was kind enough to be a part of the seminar.
He is a Norwood 6 and keeps his hair buzz cut.
People quizzed him and examined his donor and recipient areas minutely to look for any visible scarring.

Of the 5900 grafts, only approx. 1900 grafts were from the scalp donor areas. The rest were from the different body donor areas (chest, abdomen, lower limbs etc.).

You may view excerpts of the videorecording featuring Farscalpe at the HT seminar on 1 Nov 2007.
His face has been blurred in the video at his request.

Regards,
Dr.A's Clinic

Eric at the hair transplant seminar

2007-12-19T23:36:00.000-08:00

Dear readers,
Eric Gomes has undergone multiple hair transplant procedures including strip FUHT, stitchless FUSE/fue, body and beard hair to scalp transplants to keep pace with his slowly progressing hairloss. 4000+ follicular unit grafts till present.

He was present for live interaction with public at the hair transplant seminar held on 1 Nov 2007.

Below are some video excerpts of the seminar featuring Eric.

Regards,
Dr. A's Clinic.

Minu (burn scar patient) - 2486 FUHT + FUSE grafts update

2007-12-13T23:49:00.000-08:00

Dear Readers,
Minu, a patient of our clinic, lost hair over a large part of her scalp in an unfortunate mishap during her childhood.
The disfiguring scars led her to a reclusive life.
After her hair restoration surgeries, she is happy, has friends and feels confident in going out & meeting people.

Having a light moment with Ms. Sunita, patient care coordinator, at our clinic

Below is her video when she visited us recently.

Shiv shares and shows his HT results at seminar

2007-12-09T06:31:00.000-08:00

Dear readers,
One of the patients present at the hair transplant live seminar was Shiv.

Shiv had undergone 1500 FUHT and 87 body hair grafts.
He met with many members of the public and press who examined him closely.

He also met the Congress MP and spokesperson Mr. Rashid Alvi.

Before HT pictures

A video recording showing the excerpts can be seen below.

Following are some pictures from the seminar.

In the meantime, if you have any queries, please email them to us at hairadvise101@yahoo.com

Dr. A's Clinic.

Finallyfree ( NW 6 with 11,000 + grafts ) - Nov 2007 update

2007-12-05T20:13:00.000-08:00

Finallyfree was Norwood 6 stage hairloss patient when he first visited us.
He has undergone 11,000 + grafts in successive procedures utilizing scalp, body and beard donor hair. His future procedures are scheduled to thicken the crown area.

Below is a video recording we took when he visited us recently. In the videorecording, you can see Finallyfree combing his hair as well as the comb being used to part the transplanted hair in different ways to show the naturalness and the density.

The first is a medium definition video. The second the third are parts of the high definition video.

Medium Quality Video clip

High Quality Video clip (part 1)

High Quality Video clip (part 2)

Another video of 5000 + FUHT procedure

2007-12-03T00:32:00.000-08:00

The video of 5000 + FUHT result shows comb moving through transplanted hair. This helps see the real density that has been acheived.

5000 + FUHT grafts (result video and pictures)

2007-11-29T02:52:00.000-08:00

Dear Viewers,

The patient, nicknamed Engineer, underwent 5000 + FUHT grafts procedure (in 2 sessions).

The following is a video of the result.

Video with wet hair using comb

BHT and scalp FUSE grafts test - 14 mths update

2007-11-26T22:06:00.000-08:00

Dear Readers,

Prakash opted for test sessions from the chest hair grafts and the scalp hair grafts in two distinct identifiable areas.More than 14 months have elapsed.He is happy with the growth and has opted to go for mostly BHT with some scalp hair for further sessions.

This time he is going for 700 grafts (mostly from the abdomen with approx 100 from the scalp to make the matrix/scaffolding). Those will be used to create a forelock.

Before Pictures

After 14 months

Video - After 14 months

Hair Transplant Seminar Highlights

2007-11-24T03:09:00.000-08:00

Dear Readers,
We held a live hair transplant patient interaction seminar on first of November 2007. It was the first of its kind in Asia.
It featured a discussion of the different various advances in hair restoration surgery.
Including
- body hair to scalp transplants,
- beard hair to scalp transplants,
- strip megassion with triclosure and,
- the stitchless FUSE/FUE method.

Volunteer patients who had undergone these procedures were present giving potential patients, and public, an opportunity to examine them closely and see the results firsthand.
This was a great oppurtunity and we express our gratitude to all thevolunteer patients who took time to come & interact with other people suffering hairloss. For those who where unable to attend the live patient seminar, the uploaded video will be a useful tool for researching hair restoration options.
The video shows just brief highlights of the seminar.

To view high resolution video of seminar highlights, please play click on the URL link below.

http://www.mediamax.com/hairadvise/Hosted/aa.mpg

We have received numerous requests for making the video of the complete seminar available online. We are in the process of doing that. Meantime, we thank you for your patience.
Regards,
Dr.A’s clinic

Crown v/s Frontal HT - alternate approaches

2007-09-19T01:33:00.000-07:00

Dear readers,
A long time request of patients is to give as much priority to the crown/swirl area as to the frontal/hairline areas.
Till the scalp donor resources were limited, the obvious choice was to keep the bulk of the grafts for the frontal areas. With advent of FUSE, triclosure, BHT and facial hair to scalp transplants (FHT), the expanded donor resources enable alternative transplanting approaches in suitable patients.
The approach is to use scalp donor hair& various body donor hairs to accomplish hair restoration in crown/ swirl area as well as frontal area.
For sake of convenience, we shall be reffering this patient by nickname SH.
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Following are some pre operative pictures of SH.

The patient has 3 options in grafting.
1. To go for a hairline favoring HT. A low wide hairline proceeding back towards the top and crown.
2. To go for a crown HT with a very conservative hairline.
3. To go for a complete transplant including a ambitiously vigorous hairline as well as working in the top and crown.

Option 1 and 2 are possible using the scalp donor hair alone (by strip or by fue).

Option 3 will require a combination of FUHT and FUSE as well as BHT and FHT to complete the graft requirements for all areas at reasonable densities. Of course, Option 3 can be followed in stages too.
This patient,SH, opted for a full length strip FUHT procedure in his first session of HT. SH wanted more focus on the crown area. As a result, the hairline had to be suitably conservative.

The following pictures illustrate the design.

The swirl/ crown area has been used as the back anchor point for HT design.

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Videoclip of SH pre preoperative procedure:

SH got 4400 grafts in his FUHT procedure. These grafts were transplanted in the crown, vertex area and a very conservative hairline was formed. Below is the picture taken post operatively.

To get a full restoration,the best way is to get a somewhat low hairline(if you prefer that)and fill as much of the head as possible with strip procedure. Once you have stripped yourself out then go to FUE and get as many FUE grafts as possible to fill the rest of the head. The front being the most dense and fading back into the crown. Finally any areas that are thin fill in with body hair. The body hair works best as filler.

After 10 days post operatively.
SH visit 10 days after his HT. The following pictures depict the look of the scalp at 10 days post HT.