New Orleans Hair Transplant doctors
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Nicole E. Rogers, MD
New Orleans Dermatologist
701 Metairie Rd Ste 2A-205, Metairie |
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William Coleman III, MD
Metairie Dermatologic Surgeon
4425 Conlin St, Metairie |
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Barbara S. Bopp, MD
New Orleans Dermatologist
3901 Houma Blvd Suite 410, Metairie |
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Felix P. Bopp, MD
New Orleans Facial Plastic Surgeon
3901 Houma Blvd Suite 410, Metairie |
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John M. Yarborough, Jr., MD
New Orleans Dermatologist
3434 Prytania St Suite 310, New Orleans |
Recent Answers
can eyebrows be restored if they were lost due to alopecia. I have unsuccessfully been receiving injections at the eyebrow site.
Alopecia areata results from a disregulation of the immune system against its own hair follicles. When it is very long-standing or advanced, biopsy may demonstrate complete dissolution of the hair follicles. This condition may benefit from hair transplantation, however there is always a chance of flaring the alopecia in unaffected areas where the hair is harvested from. Likewise, it may result in flaring of the recipicent areas as well if there is some hair still present.
To summarize, it is difficult to predict what will happen when we transplant alopecia areata. At the worst, you may lose more hair than you anticipated, and feel you wasted money in the process. At the best, you may get regrowth of hair in the affected areas and think it was totally worthwhile. So long as you and your surgeon come to this understanding you will be ok!
I Keep Seeing NeoGraft on the News. Is This Best Way to Do Hair Transplatation Now?
Neograft is a device which helps technicians remove individual follicular units from the donor area in the back of the head. It involves the use of suction to remove the grafts. That being said, it is not a substitute for training and experience on the part of the surgeon. If you go to a doctor who is advertising the Neograft device, just be sure that he or she has many years' experience in hair transplantation, regardless of incoporating this device into their practice. He or she must still be able to create incisions and place the grafts in a distribution and orientation that will look as natural for you in 20 years as it does in one year.
I had a hair transplant of about 2,600 follicular unit extraction (FUE) grafts Nov 08. New hair is now visible in the frontal area, but it is sparse and I'm unhappy with the looks. Though most of the grafts were put in the frontal area of head, I had quite a few in the vertex area too, where so far I haven't seen any growth or changes. I'm now near the 6th month after surgery. What can I expect from this point on? What are my chances of having further improvement? Thanks!
What patients don't realize about FUE (follicular unit extraction) is that although there is the promise of 'no scar' in the donor harvest area, they may suffer higher transection rates among the hairs which are harvested. Strip harvesting is still the standard of care for most hair transplant surgeons. It allows the team to surgically dissect the harvested strip of hairs from each other, delicately and using magnification. Few hairs are separated from their follicular bulb, which is important in maintaining the growth of the hair. With FUE, transection rates can run as high as 10-15%. Although six months is still too early to tell, it is wise to consider this before you proceed with your next surgery.