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Donor Beard Hair for Scalp Hair Transplant

Greetings,

Here is a patient of mine who had numerous FUT strip harvest procedures by other physicians that resulted in severe scarring in the donor area, plug grafts throughout the scalp, and an overall very unnatural appearance. The result was so unnatural that the patient would not go outside without a hat.

I extracted approximately 1500 grafts from the neck via FUE in multiple sessions and placed them throughout the scalp, especially in the “alleys” on the sides to connect the transplanted hair to the native hair on the sides, and the crown in the back.

The patient also had some SMP performed on his scalp and will have more in the future.

The result is already so much improved from prior and the patient still has some more beard donor hair and will have more SMP to improve the result even more. I will also be “de-bulking” some of the plug grafts to make them more natural  looking.

Neck and beard hair can be a very valuable source of donor hair for those that are out of scalp donor hair. Though the character of the hair is a little different, it works very well as filler and can make a nice impact in improving visual cosmetic density. Also, the neck heals so well from the small punch sites of the FUE removal that the tiny dots are barely visible on close inspection.

Choose your surgeon wisely so that you end up with an aesthetically natural result both in the short term and long term.

All the best,

Marc Dauer, MD

pre beard hair FUE repair

post FUE beard hair repair to scalp

pre beard hair FUE repair

post FUE beard hair repair to scalp

pre beard hair FUE repair

post FUE beard hair repair to scalp

/by Dr. Marc Dauer

No Shave FUE

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Greetings,

FUE has become more popular than ever given the fact that in the hands of a skilled surgeon the results can be as good as FUT (The strip harvest method) or even in some cases better (due to the fact that with FUE we can choose which follicles to harvest and therefore choose the follicles with the most amount of hairs per follicle). Up to now one of the downsides of FUE was that it required the entire back and sides (harvest zone) to be shaved in order to harvest the follicles. Now we have a new way to perform FUE cases without shaving the entire donor zone. I call it “No Shave FUE”. What we do is go through the donor zone and cut short individual follicles that we plan to harvest and leave the surrounding hairs at their normal length. This makes the donor zone appear untouched to the naked eye, and is much less visually impactful than a head shave, and gives us the same results as a traditional FUE shaved case. The no shave technique is more time consuming and thus more expensive, but for those people (like myself) who refuse to shave the back and sides of their heads but want the FUE procedure, this is a great option. Below you can see an unshaven FUE patient one day after just over 2000 grafts were extracted via FUE.

All the best,

Marc Dauer, MD

This is a patient’s donor zone one day after FUE was performed.

/by Los Angeles Hair Transplant Specialist

Long Hair FUE- The Latest and Greatest

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Greetings,

In the past we needed to shave the back and sides of the scalp to perform FUE because the follicles can only be extracted as short hairs.

Noe we have a new technique called long hair FUE. With this technique we go through the donor region and individually cut short the follicles we will extract while leaving the hair around it ling. This allows the patient to keep their hair long for the procedure and creates no significant change to the patients visual appearance.

This technique is a but more expensive than short hair FUE but for those that don’t want to shave their head it can be the difference between doing the procedure and not doing it.

The photo below shows a long hair FUE patient of mine’s donor region one week post procedure.

All the best,

Marc Dauer, MD

/by Dr. Marc Dauer

FUE Hair Transplant in Norwood 6 Patient

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Greetings,

Here is a patient of mine who had hair loss classified as norwood 6 on the norwood hair loss scale. This essentially means that most of the hair on top of his head had been lost secondary to genetic hair loss.

I performed a follicular unit extraction (FUE) hair transplant using a 0.85mm punch tip. I personally extracted each and every follicle. Many other physicians delegate the extraction component of the procedure to technicians but I prefer to perform the extractions myself.

The patient is thrilled with his results and plans to return for another procedure to create even more cosmetic density.

Marc Dauer, M.D.

FUE hair transplant patient of Dr. Marc Dauer

FUE hair transplant patient of Dr. Marc Dauer

FUE hair transplant patient of Dr. Marc Dauer

FUE hair transplant patient of Dr. Marc Dauer

FUE hair transplant patient of Dr. Marc Dauer

FUE hair transplant patient of Dr. Marc Dauer

/by Dr. Marc Dauer

New Patient Testimonial Video- FUE Hair Transplant

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Greetings,

Here is a patient of mine who received 1560 grafts via FUE to the frontal scalp and temporal peaks. He has graciously agreed to share his experience undergoing the procedure from day 1 until now, 1 year post procedure.

I hope you enjoy watching.

All the best,

Marc Dauer, M.D.

/by Los Angeles Hair Transplant Specialist

Beard FUE Grafts To Cover Strip Scar and Add Density

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Greetings,

Here is a patient who came to me after having undergone several previous procedures and scalp reductions with other hair transplant physicians.

He wanted to add hair to his mid scalp and crown (where there was virtually no hair and a scalp reduction scar) and to attempt to conceal a very wide donor scar from his previous strip hair transplant procedures.

I extracted just over 900 grafts from the neck beard and placed them into the scalp and scar. The results are shown after 9 months and they are already impressive.

The patient should see some increased density over the next 3-6 months as the hairs thicken in diameter.

Although the beard hair is a different consistency than scalp hair it works well in cases like this where there is no more scalp hair to donate and when “filler” hair is needed for increased cosmetic density.

The patient is looking forward to another procedure to add more density in the scalp from the beard hair.

A patient with a relatively thick beard can have up to 2000 grafts to donate from the area below the jaw line.

All the best,

Marc Dauer, M.D.

beard hair extracted via FUE transplanted to the scalp

beard hair extracted via FUE transplanted to the scalp

beard hair follicles extracted via FUE and transplanted into strip scar

beard hair follicles extracted via FUE and transplanted into strip scar

beard hairs extracted via FUE

beard hairs extracted via FUE

/by Los Angeles Hair Transplant Specialist

FUE Hair Transplant After 1 Week

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Greetings,

I am often asked what you look like 7 days after an FUE hair transplant so here are the images.

This patient received just over 1500 grafts to the frontal and mid scalp via FUE using a 0.85mm extraction tip.

As you can see with this small extraction tip the donor zone heals very well and there is basically no sign of any harvest after 7 days.

All the best,

Marc Dauer, M.D.

 

Immediately post FUE hair transplant

Immediately post FUE hair transplant

 

This is the donor region one week after extracting just over 1500 grafts via FUE

This is the donor region one week after extracting just over 1500 grafts via FUE

 

recipient region 1 week post FUE after just over 1500 grafts

recipient region 1 week post FUE after just over 1500 grafts

 

 

 

/by Los Angeles Hair Transplant Specialist

Beard Hair FUE Extraction Transplanted to Scalp

Greetings,

Here is a patient of mine who received old hair transplants with larger grafts from another physician many years ago. He came to me requesting greater density and more irregularity in the hairline to create more naturalness. He was not a candidate for another strip procedure and he had very limited donor reserves on his scalp.

I extracted approximately 600 grafts from the sides of his scalp via FUE and just over 600 grafts from his neck via FUE as well. I used a 0.8mm punch tip for my extractions so that the extraction sites would not be visible. The neck grafts were placed in the frontal and mid scalp for greater density and the scalp grafts were placed in the hairline to create a more natural look overall.

The results are shown after 12 months.

Beard hair FUE is an excellent option for patients who do not have any scalp hair available and this case demonstrates that very well.

All the best,

Marc Dauer, M.D.

This is a patient who had beard hair harvested via FUE for placement in the scalp.

This is a patient who had beard hair harvested via FUE for placement in the scalp.

This is a patient who had beard hair harvested via FUE for placement in the scalp.

This is a patient who had beard hair harvested via FUE for placement in the scalp.

This is a patient who had beard hair harvested via FUE for placement in the scalp.

This is a patient who had beard hair harvested via FUE for placement in the scalp.

This is a patient who had beard hair harvested via FUE for placement in the scalp.

This is a patient who had beard hair harvested via FUE for placement in the scalp.

This is a patient who had beard hair harvested via FUE for placement in the scalp.

This is a patient who had beard hair harvested via FUE for placement in the scalp.

/by Los Angeles Hair Transplant Specialist

FUE Into Previous Hair Transplant Strip Scars

Greetings,

Here is a patient of mine who had 2 strip scars from another physician. This in itself is wrong as whenever possible I always include the old strip scar in the new strip in order to only leave the patient with a single strip scar even after multiple procedures. The patient wished to conceal these strip scars so that he could cut his hair much shorter. The after photo is 1 year after I placed approximately 500 FUE grafts into the strip scars. Though they are not completely invisible they are much improved and the after photo is at a #0 hair cut so that at a #1 or #2 you should not be able to see the scars. We will place a few more FUE grafts in the future to conceal even more, but the patient is already thrilled with his results.

All the best,

Marc Dauer, M.D.

This is a patient with hair transplant strip scars who had FUE grafts placed into the scars.

This is a patient with hair transplant strip scars who had FUE grafts placed into the scars.

/by Los Angeles Hair Transplant Specialist

FUE In A Norwood 6 Patient

Greetings,

Here is a patient of mine who is a norwood 6 (severe for of hair loss) with very fine straight hair. As I have previously discussed fine straight hair will give a completely different amount of cosmetic density in comparison to coarse curly hair (which is the best and most ideal for greatest cosmetic density).

The patient was looking to frame his hairline with hair and create as much density as possible over the frontal and mid scalp, while having FUE to preserve the option to cut the hair on the sides and back very short and avoid a linear scar.

His results are shown below after 2 procedures and a total of 2663 grafts. We are going to do an additional procedure to increase the density, but there is already a huge difference between the pre op photos and the current photos.

It can be described as turning him from someone who is perceived as bald, to someone who is perceived as having a thinning receding hairline, which is a big difference in look and perception.

All the best,

Marc Dauer, M.D.

FUE hair transplant photo in a norwood 6 patient

FUE hair transplant photo in a norwood 6 patient

FUE hair transplant photo in a norwood 6 patient

FUE hair transplant photo in a norwood 6 patient

FUE hair transplant photo in a norwood 6 patient

FUE hair transplant photo in a norwood 6 patient

FUE hair transplant photo in a norwood 6 patient

FUE hair transplant photo in a norwood 6 patient

/by Los Angeles Hair Transplant Specialist