A Health Adventure

Non-surgical hair loss treatment drugs may help balding men and women with moderate thinning hair but often fall short to deliver dramatic improvement for those with extensive hair loss. In the old days, other than accepting your baldness, covering totally bald areas with a hat or a hair piece was the only way to conceal hair loss.

But today, patients who demand only the best results and surgeons who deliver them continue to revolutionize the hair transplant industry. Surgeons dedicated to performing ultra refined follicular unit hair transplantation can now perform even larger densely packed sessions when appropriate for the patient. This minimizes the number of surgeries a patient needs while maximizing both hair density and naturalness.

Below we introduce you to a few of the men and women who have successfully restored their hair and lives with todays revolutionized hair transplant procedures.

“MP96” has been active in our forum community since mid 2007 and has been active in charting his progress on his hair loss blog. Receiving 2100 follicular unit grafts in the hairline, Dr. Rahal was successful in reversing the appearance of his male pattern baldness by restoring his hairline. Visit his blog to see his impressive life changing transformation and congratulate him on his new head of hair.

Hair loss blogger “Hair28” sought hair restoration and found Dr. Jerry Cooley who helped restore his youthful appearance. 2051 follicular unit grafts and six months later, he presents his impressive life changing transformation on his hair loss blog. More hair growth and thickening is expected for another six months.

Forum member “FallenStar” came to our hair loss forum in late 2007 looking for an elite surgeon in the UK who can make his hair restoration dreams a reality. After careful research, he found Dr. Bessam Farjo who transplanted 3426 follicular unit grafts over the frontal half of his bald head. Seven months later, he emphatically states “Almost forgot I was bald”! View his hair loss blog with photos and congratulate him on his hair restoration renovation.

Click here to view over 250 patient hair loss weblogs and study the multitude of hair transplant transformations and those in process. If you have a hair restoration experience to share, you are encouraged to create one of your own hair loss blogs. It’s free and easy and the best way to share your life changing transformation and photos with the world.

Bill - aka Falceros
Associate Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network and the Hair Loss Learning Center
View my Hair Loss Weblog

The experience and skill of hair transplant surgeons vary, as do their results. That’s why only surgeons with a proven record of producing quality results are recommended on the Hair Transplant Network.

Recently, we invited our hair loss forum community to offer their input on the potential recommendation of Dr. Tom Rosanelli of San Francisco, CA. Learn how our community recommends hair transplant surgeons.

Dr. Rosanelli has been performing exclusive hair transplant surgery for over 20 years and has the staff and experience to perform regular sessions up to 3000 follicular unit grafts when appropriate for the patient. Our Publisher Pat Hennessey has also visited with and observed Dr. Rosanelli in live surgery. Pat was very impressed with his dedication to high quality follicular unit hair transplantation and how he and his dedicated staff work harmoniously together. To see the highlights of Pat’s visit, view “Visit to Dr. Tom Rosanelli’s Clinic in CA”.

After extensive research and seeking input from his patients and physician peers, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Rosanelli as our new recommended hair restoration surgeon. Be sure to congratulate and welcome him to our community by visiting the “Potential Recommendation of Dr. Rosanelli of San Francisco, CA”.

If you are considering hair transplant surgery, especially those local to San Francisco, we encourage you to consult with Dr. Rosanelli. See his physician profile including his contact information by clicking here.

Onwards and Upwards,

Patrick Hennessey and Bill Seemiller – Publishers of the Hair Transplant Network, the Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q&A Blog

Why is the bald crown (vertex) area referred to as the “black hole” for hair transplants?

This question was posed by a hair loss sufferer seeking hair loss help on our hair restoration forum and answered by Dr. Michael Beehner of Saratoga Springs, NY who is one of our recommended hair restoration physicians. His professional answer is below.

I can think of two good reasons to call the balding crown (vertex) a “black hole” for hair transplant surgery.  Number one, it is always larger than what the patient thinks, and, most importantly, it virtually always increases in size in all young and middle-aged men with hair loss (and even in a lot of the older ones!) and the area increases almost logarithmically, not in simple direct proportion to the increase of the diameter.

The second reason is that, because of the “whorl” or swirl arrangement of hairs, there isn’t a lot of overlap in this area with most styling patterns compared with how transplanted hair looks thicker in the areas on top and in the temples.

I’ll throw in two more observations: The crown is almost never the most important area of hair loss, the front half of the scalp is, and it is important, especially if your budget is limited, to spend your money on this area. The frontal area is what frames your face and directly affects your appearance to people. The second observation I would make is that, if you persuade your hair loss doctor to fill in the entire top of the head and also the crown with a hair transplant - this is assuming that much donor hair can be found on that given day - it is my very strong hunch that the follicular unit grafts placed in the bald crown don’t grow as well as the grafts on top when that much work is done. My best guess is that the donor scar behind the area and all the recipient sites made in front of it combine to slightly deprive these grafts of blood supply. I don’t think this happens in all men, but in a good percentage. Light crown coverage (say, 300 FU’s) probably isn’t affected.

Mike Beehner, M.D.

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Bill - aka Falceros
Associate Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network and the Hair Loss Learning Center
View my Hair Loss Weblog

This is a scary thought for recovered bald men and women who just spent thousands of dollars restoring their hair with hair restoration surgery.  Hair loss docgtors and patients alike have told others seeking on our hair loss forum that transplanted hair is permanent.  But what about the few individuals that have reported a loss of transplanted hair?  Is this a normal or rare phenomenon?  What are the risks that it could happen to you?

On this forum thread, a forum member shares their concern over lost transplanted hair and receives physician input.  Feel free to offer your own input or ask your own questions on this critical topic.

Bill Seemiller - aka Falceros
Associate Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network and the Hair Loss Learning Center
View my Hair Loss Weblog

This question was posed by a female hair loss sufferer seeking hair loss help on our hair restoration forum and answered by Dr. Michael Beehner of Saratoga Springs, NY who is one of our recommended hair restoration physicians. His professional answer is below.

I’m at 2 months after hair transplant surgery and have noticed shock loss directly above and below the scar line. I’m wondering if this is normal, or could it be a stretched scar?  Also I’ve notice that my hair growth has basically stopped in the donor area. Is this normal?

Post hair restoration surgery telogen effluvium or “shock loss” above and below the donor scar should be a fairly rare occurrence. It doesn’t happen everyday - or at least shouldn’t.

It is well known that the cause of telogen hair loss around the donor scar is too tight of a closure, which usually is related to taking too wide a strip in that particular section of the head. This is most commonly a problem at the two “corners” behind the mastoid bone. Fortunately, in the great majority of cases, after a few months the hair starts to regrow again, but in severe cases it can be a permanent loss.

Bottom line: it shouldn’t happen.

Mike Beehner, M.D.

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Bill - aka Falceros
Associate Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network and the Hair Loss Learning Center
View my Hair Loss Weblog