How to avoid pluggy look from hair transplant?

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A: Avoiding the pluggy look in hair transplants

By Sheldon S. Kabaker, MD - Oakland Facial Plastic Surgeon

It is hard to find a hair surgeon these days who performs plug grafts which give the "pluggy look". Properly done follicular unit grafts cannot give the "pluggy look." The look you describe comes from more than one follicular unit in a plug placed in a recipient hole that is smaller than... more

A: With the use of micrografts at the hairline, this is minimized.

By Toby G. Mayer, MD - Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Make sure you see patients with your hair type, density, texture and similar ULTIMATE balding. What looks good today with mild hair loss can look poor in 20 years. In more than 30 years of doing both grafting and flaps, we find many patients prefer the advantages of the Fleming-Mayer flap. Since we do... more

A: Plugs are an old hair transplant technique

By Kevin Ende, MD - Philadelphia Facial Plastic Surgeon

Most hair transplant surgeons perform follicular unit hair transplant by either a strip technique or follicular unit extraction. Hair plugs have not been performed for quite some time. Many factors determine what will lead to a natural result such as hair direction, angulation, density, hairline... more

How to avoid pluggy look from hair transplant?

A: Avoiding the pluggy look in hair transplants

A: With the use of micrografts at the hairline, this is minimized.

A: Plugs are an old hair transplant technique

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