After your free hair loss consultation and a thorough diagnosis process, Dr. Frank will determine the most effective and affordable hair restoration treatments for your particular scalp and hair type.

He may recommend a hair transplant like you see in these pictures.

Advances in hair transplant technology means your hair transplant won’t look like a ridiculous mid-life crisis, like plugs or hair pieces.

Your hair will look and feel completely natural — as if you’d never lost it.

Hair transplant costs depend on a variety of factors and vary from person to person.

Today’s modern hair transplants produce remarkably natural looking results.

The basis of the modern hair transplant is a technique called Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE). FUE is the process of taking healthy hair producing follicles from one part of the the scalp and transplanting them in those parts of the scalp that have lost hair.  FUE & Strip Harvesting is the basis of the “Natural Look” in surgical hair restoration.

What to Expect With Your Hair Transplant Surgery

Swelling

Before you leave the office following the hair graft procedure, one of our technicians may have applied elastic tape to your forehead to control swelling in your face.

Swelling of eyes and forehead is a very common event on the second or third day following hair transplantation, and the tape helps to redirect the swelling to your neck rather than down your face.

You should also use gravity to your advantage by lying flat on your back with your head tilted backwards when you sleep. Once the swelling in your forehead abates, you may sleep in your most comfortable position.

Hair Donor Area

The head bandage covering the sutures in the back of your head (the donor site) should remain in place overnight.

You may notice some blood-tinged stains on this dressing. Excess bleeding occurs very rarely and can be controlled with firm pressure.

The donor area is usually the most uncomfortable part of the scalp after the procedure, so please take your pain medicine as directed after you leave the office.

If you feel the dressing is too tight and causing you a headache, please remove it and re-apply more loosely.

You will keep the sutures in place for 14 days and keep the area clean and dry. A gentle shampoo to the donor site is acceptable (the sutures are extremely strong, so you will not tear them out or re-open your incision by bathing).

Antibiotic ointment (Bacitracin or Neosporin) is also helpful in keeping the donor site moist, apply it liberally to the entire sutured area.

Physical Activity

During your first night, sleep in a position most comfortable for you. If you have any discomfort, take either Tylenol or the pain medication (analgesic) prescribed to you.

You may resume most of your normal daily activities but be careful when bending over or lifting heavy objects as this may increase your blood pressure and cause the grafts to bleed.

Use your judgement while increasing the intensity of your physical activity. And try not to bump your head on anything!

Hair Growth & Expectations

The transplanted hairs may fall out over the next several weeks. This is normal and expected, and new hairs will grow in their place.

New hair growth from the transplanted sites takes 3 to 4 months to begin, and significant growth takes a full year.

During this time it is very common to develop small cysts or pimples. These may be gently squeezed and drained with clean fingers after cleaning the area with a small amount of rubbing alcohol. Doing this will not affect the growth of the transplanted hair.

If you are uncomfortable squeezing the pimples or they do not pop with gentle pressure, apply warm moist compresses for twenty minutes at a time several times a night until the pimples resolve.

If the area becomes red or swollen and looks infected, we can prescribe an antibiotic for you.

© 2012, John Frank, M.D.