Dr. Marc Dauer, MD is a board certified leader in hair restoration, hair transplants, eyebrow restoration for men and women, hair transplants for scars, and facial hair transplants. Dr Dauer is experienced with successfully treating and restoring hair loss of the scalp, eyebrows, sideburns, male pattern baldness, female pattern baldness and from scarring. Dr. Dauer is board certified by the American Board Of Hair Restoration Surgery and a member of the prestigious International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery. Dauer Hair Restoration provides hair restoration, FUE and FUT, hair transplants. Los Angeles hair loss treatments, eyebrow transplants, sideburn transplant, treatment for male pattern baldness and female pattern baldness, and transplantation for scarring. We serve patients from the Los Angeles area including, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, West Los Angeles, Culver City, Brentwood, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Malibu and beyond. Consider Dr. Dauer for your hair restoration needs.
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How Many Linear Donor Scars With Multiple Hair Transplant Procedures?
Eyebrow TransplantGreetings,
Today I want to address the question I am commonly asked, “will I have a different donor scar for each procedure?”. Every patient that has a hair transplant procedure, has more than one procedure. This is for 2 reasons. Firstly, the patient loves the results of the first procedure and at some point wants to add density to those results. Second, the hair we transplant is permanent hair and should never fall out, but the native hair that is present will erode over time, so additional procedures are usually needed to keep up with the continuing hair loss. In the strip procedure a small linear scar, usually between 1-3mm is left from the harvest of the hair from the back and sides of the scalp. When I perform additional procedures, I always make every attempt to resect the previous donor scar so that the patient does not have train track like multiple scars in their scalp. Sometimes I see multiple stacked scars from other Doctors and it makes absolutely no sense to me that one would create an entirely new scar if the original scar was within normal limits. The instances where this is unfortunately not possible are where the previous donor scar is too wide and by resecting it we would not get any hair but just scar, or in a situation where the previous donor scar is too low or too high and taking it out would risk creating a much wider scar, or moving into an unsafe region of impermanent hair. The photos below show a patient who came to me from another physician with multiple strip scars from previous procedures and I consolidated the multiple scars into one fine scar that is much more cosmetically acceptable.
All the best,
Marc Dauer, M.D.
This is a photo of multiple strip scars created by another Hair Transplant surgeon.
This is a photo after the multiple scars were removed and consolidated into a single fine line strip scar.
Eyebrow Transplant Testimonial
Eyebrow TransplantEyebrow Transplant In African American Patient
Eyebrow TransplantGreetings,
Today I want to demonstrate the results of an eyebrow transplant I performed on an African American female patient. I always let patients know that since I am taking the donor hair from the scalp, the eyebrow hair that grows in after the eyebrow transplant will resemble the character of the scalp hair. For this reason patients with straight hair on their scalp have the closest resemblance to typical eyebrow hair. In patients with very curly hair I do advise them that they will probably want to trim their eyebrow hair on the shorter side in order to maintain the most natural look to the eyebrows post eyebrow transplant. However, as you can see from the photos below, this patient who has very curly scalp hair still has a very nice cosmetic result after only a single eyebrow transplant procedure. I transplanted approximately 300 grafts per eyebrow on this initial procedure.
All the best,
Marc Dauer, M.D.
Eyebrow Transplant
Hair Loss That Is Not Genetic In Origin
Eyebrow TransplantGreetings,
Today I want to discuss a patient who recently presented to me for a consultation for his hair loss. He stated that he had been gradually losing his hair over the past 10-15 years and now it had reached a point where all the hair in the frontal and mid scalp had fallen out. He was seeking a hair transplant.
Most of the cases of male hair loss I see in my practice are typical genetic hair loss which responds amazingly well to the hair transplant procedure. In this case, a close examination of the scalp revealed that the skin in the frontal and mid scalp was completely smooth and devoid of sweat glands that you normally see in healthy skin, including balding regions of the scalp. In addition the hair follicles on the periphery of the balding regions showed tiny red dots of inflammation surrounding them and they were easy to pull out. The patient also showed hair loss on his sideburns and eyebrows. I suspected a scarring form of alopecia and referred the patient to a dermatologist for a scalp biopsy and confirmation of my diagnosis.
On biopsy the diagnosis of Lichen Ploanopilaris was confirmed. This is an inflammatory scarring alopecia of the scalp that presents clinically in this exact manner. The biopsy also showed that the LPP appeared to be inactive. The patient came back to me and I explained that we could do a very small hair transplant procedure of test grafts in 3-4 different locations of the scalp to see if the transplanted grafts grew well. If they grew well, we could then proceed to a larger procedure to create some degree of cosmetic density in the areas of hair loss. I also explained to the patient that even if the transplanted hair grew well, there was still a chance that the LPP could reactivate in the future and destroy the transplanted grafts.
The patient decided to move forward with the hair transplant test grafts and we should know in 3-4 months if the growth is successful. I will continue to update you on the progress of this interesting case.
All the best,
Marc Dauer, M.D.
Lichen Planopilaris of the scalp.
What Is The Best Age For A Hair Transplant?
Eyebrow TransplantGreetings,
I am often asked what is the best age for a hair transplant? The answer is that this is different for everyone.
In the past 2 days my patient’s ages were 28 and 83. Mt 28 year old patient was just beginning to thin in his hairline region and was requesting increased density to keep up with his recent hair loss.
My 83 year old patient had undergone multiple hair transplant procedures in the past and was requesting additional density in his frontal and mid scalp. He is a very healthy 83 year old taking no medications and with no major medical conditions. He still had good donor supply and was deemed an excellent candidate for an additional hair transplant procedure. I harvested 1000 grafts via the strip method and the hair transplant procedure went very smoothly.
My 28 year old patient had undergone a small hair transplant procedure with another doctor a few years ago and was requesting additional density in the hairline and frontal scalp. He had robust donor supply and his previous hair transplant procedure was performed using the strip harvest procedure. I harvested a new strip, including the old scar (so the patient still has only one scar), and transplanted just over 1500 grafts into the frontal and mid scalp.
So to answer the original question, the best age for a hair transplant can be anywhere from 25-85. It is the time when there is enough thinning in any particular region of the scalp that transplanting hair in between the native hair will lead to an increase in hair density. This is something that must be evaluated by an experienced hair transplant surgeon, but when done properly in the “right” time, this procedure can lead to excellent results.
All the best,
Marc Dauer, M.D.
Hair Cloning- Are We There Yet?
Hair Loss, Hair Transplantation, Hair RestorationGreetings,
Today I will discuss hair cloning as it seems everyone is talking about it these days. It is one of the most common questions that I receive on a daily basis as a hair transplant surgeon.
There is no question that hair cloning will forever change the course of hair transplant procedures and hair loss in general. The obvious questions is, we can clone a sheep? Why can’t we clone a single hair follicle?
The answer unfortunately is much more complicated. The ability to clone individual hair follicles at all is a very challenging prospect, and then try to create the ability to clone numbers of follicles that would be needed in practical use with economics that would make it cost effective, and we’re a long way away. Whether that means 10 years, 15 years or even 20 years, who knows. What is does mean is that we as hair transplant surgeons need to plan our patients treatment plans based on the fact that we will not have hair cloning for the foreseeable future.
There are certainly many entities working on hair cloning. The entity to figure it out first will make billions from it. It will allow us to create skin so we will no longer need to harvest skin grafts from the body. It will completely change the course of medicine and will probably lead to other organ cloning abilities.
What I find interesting is the question of will we be injecting cloned stem cells from other hair follicles that just grow into new permanent hair? Or will be still place individual hair follicles like we do now that are just created via genetic engineering in the lab? Either way, the closer we get to hair cloning the more exciting things will become in the field of hair transplant surgery.
All the best,
Marc Dauer, M.D.
Propecia and Hair Loss
Eyebrow TransplantGreetings,
Today I will discuss Propecia otherwise known as Finasteride and it’s role in preventing hair loss. Propecia works by inhibiting type 2 5- alpha reductase which converts testosterone to DHT. DHT is what binds to the receptors in susceptible hair follicles and causes them to fall out. By inhibiting the formation of DHT we are decreasing the amount of hair loss. Propecia works especially well in the crown and mid scalp and not as well in the hairline.
Unfortunately many people have reported sexual side effects from the use of propecia. Numerous blind studies seem to show not much difference between the sexual side effects caused by placebo versus the actual medication but despite this the complaints persist.
In my practice I give all my patients a detailed information packet that describes all the benefits of Propecia and the possible disadvantages of using it. I recommend it to my patients but ask them to clear it with their personal physician prior to starting.
I also tell my patients that propecia will not affect the transplanted hair, as this hair is immune to genetic hair loss, but it will allow you to keep the native hair longer, and in some cases bring miniaturized hair that is on its way out, back to life. This will extend the time between procedures and make the overall hair appear denser for a longer period of time.
If you decide to stop propecia after taking it, you will lose any benefit that the medication afforded to you.
All the best,
Marc Dauer, MD
Hair Transplant Testimonial
Hair TransplantationGreetings,
Below please find a new patient’s Hair Transplant testimonials of a patient of mine. The video of hair transplant was taken 9 months after the hair transplant patient’s first procedure. The patient describes his thought process in choosing his doctor, and then his subsequent procedure experience and the recovery afterward.
I hope you enjoy watching.
All the best,
Marc Dauer, MD
Eyebrow Transplant Procedure Video
Eyebrow TransplantGreetings,
Here is a new video I just edited that demonstrates my approach to eyebrow transplants and eyebrow restoration. In the video I demonstrate the shape and angulation of the hairs in the eyebrow which are all crucial to the most natural final result.
I hope you enjoy.
All the best,
Marc Dauer, MD
Eyebrow Transplant Information Video
Eyebrow TransplantGreetings,
Here is a new video of Eyebrow Transplant I just edited that demonstrates my approach to eyebrow transplants and eyebrow restoration. In the video I demonstrate the shape and angulation of the hairs in the eyebrow which are all crucial to the most natural final result.
I hope you enjoy.
All the best,
Marc Dauer, MD