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Hey Dr. Lindsey, I have a question that I don't really know who to ask so I figured I'd make an account here and post it. I am a young male 22 years old who is seeing the effects of balding. I am curious, since FUE relocates hair to a bald spot, what would happen if you wax your head? If you wax the part of the head you expect balding to occur (obviously the risk here is you have to guess), doesn't that technically simulate "baldness" since the follicles are removed? As a result, you could then get the FUE immediately after. Just curious, I doubt this has ever been used in practice.
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Eagles...with all due respect...that sounds crazy. Wait til you need a transplant...then go to a reputable surgeon and if you are young...take your parents. You're less likely to do something foolish. That patch of hair in your donor region has to last a lifetime. Don't waste it in a 22year old crown prematurely.
Dr. Lindsey
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Hi Dr. Lindsey
Would like to know if you are planning to bring in Robotic FUE such as ARTAS to your Clinic ? pls suggest
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Sowrad,
My colleague Dr. Feller and I disagree a little on the future of robotics..I think that currently we're at the "dumb phone" stage and in 10 years...robot FUE contraptions may well do everything better than the human hand and eye. He doesn't think it'll ever equal the human.
BUT we both certainly agree that current robotic devices...on average...don't equal a skilled human. AND FUE is a challenge for skilled humans. Its simply unpredictable in that the stress applied to hair roots is tolerated variably by different hairs and different patients. I say that having done an FUE of limited size on my own son....but in general strip works better.
Look at these 2 videos. I completely get that a lot of people want to avoid a linear scar. The fact is that most guys doing HT can't sew their way out of a dark closet...At a competent office though, a strip probably will yield a decent scar and excellent hair. Your problem will be finding those 50 offices out of the 2000 or so offices offering HT. And if you go to a really good office, statistically your scar will be 1-1.5mm wide and concealable with a half inch long haircut...and you'll get a better result at about half the cost of FUE. Do your research and make the decision that is right for you.
THanks
Dr. Lindsey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw5byxdkxcQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lePJaBJ7uiU
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As someone who has a lovely smiley face on the back of my head thanks to a Fut procedure from one of the recommended docs I would have to disagree. My scar although only 2-3mm which isnt so bad and is flat. The colateral damage to the hair below the scar line where the skin has been pulled has left lower density which when my hair is cut to less then a number 5 you can see a low density patch 15mm below the length of the scarline.
This procedure should be left in the history books as far as im concerned. Go have a look at 'northeastguys' repair thread and want he went through to try improve his scar.
The problem is as you loose more hair on the top of your head most people look better with short sides which make the hair on top look thicker then it actually is.Apart from the scar and the collateral damage caused to the hairs along the incision, as the incision is closed the hairs are pulled in different direction which even at a number 4 can be noticeable, and the more poceedures you get the worse the direction in the hairs becomes. So if you really must get a transplant, FUE should be the only option currently.
Hopefully something better comes up soon from the treatments that are curently in trials.
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scar d... I feel for you. I see that crap every week...where either the first doctor didn't plan for the future AND/OR executed poorly, the patient refused to plan for the future...worst case scenarios as far as hair goes (A LOT of young guys say they just want hair now...and when they are old..and they say 35-40..they don't care what repercussions there are), or BOTH doctor and patient plan poorly.
There are often options for improving a scar, I have several videos showing exactly what we do. But you are far more likely to cause "collateral" damage with big FUE than a well done strip.
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Originally Posted by scar d
As someone who has a lovely smiley face on the back of my head thanks to a Fut procedure from one of the recommended docs I would have to disagree. My scar although only 2-3mm which isnt so bad and is flat. The colateral damage to the hair below the scar line where the skin has been pulled has left lower density which when my hair is cut to less then a number 5 you can see a low density patch 15mm below the length of the scarline.
This procedure should be left in the history books as far as im concerned. Go have a look at 'northeastguys' repair thread and want he went through to try improve his scar.
The problem is as you loose more hair on the top of your head most people look better with short sides which make the hair on top look thicker then it actually is.Apart from the scar and the collateral damage caused to the hairs along the incision, as the incision is closed the hairs are pulled in different direction which even at a number 4 can be noticeable, and the more poceedures you get the worse the direction in the hairs becomes. So if you really must get a transplant, FUE should be the only option currently.
Hopefully something better comes up soon from the treatments that are curently in trials.
I have to disagree. My scar was done on the side and I have no problem with it. Icut my hair at number 3 and nobody sees it
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