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THE VIDEO


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The surgery:

He received for his repair ~2000 beard hair and ~8,000 from other parts of the body.







Before the surgery, here is his presenting history:

The patient had a past history of multiple past hair restoration procedures using antiquated methods dating back to over 2 decades ago. Past surgeries included;
Scalp reduction,
F-M Flaps,
Old styled large punch transplants,
Strip surgeries.He began his repair journey with another esteemed hair restoration surgeon and was referred to me for BHT after running out of head donor hair and options. Before the he had a strip excision of his hairline.

The picture before BHT was:
1. An exposed strip scar in front of the hairline that ran from one temporal recess to the other
2. Exposed linear F-M scars that extend from behind the hairline to both sides of the head in the parietal areas.
3. Strip scars in the back of the head.
4. A scalp reduction scar that ran from the crown to the mid scalp
5. Multiple 4mm punch excision scars distributed along the back sides and top of the head
6. Diffused hair loss exposing the aforementioned scars.
7. Unaturally angle hairline and frontal hair courtesy of FM flaps


The following photos illustrate these finding rather well:







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PATIENT STATEMENT

"I am a 54-year old physician who, similar to many young individuals, began to experience crown and frontal hair loss in my 20's (1981). At that time, I underwent the generic 2 scalp reductions and HT to the frontal area from the well-known Los Angeles "mill", without regard to future balding. As with most poorly planned hair transplants, my baldness progressed shortly thereafter and I had frontal grafts that were too "pluggy", an unnatural frontal hairline, hair placed in the wrong direction, scarring in the recipient area, donor scarring, and a depleted donor supply.

Because my hair was long and curly, I was able to somewhat minimize the oddness of these results. However with further balding, things looked weird.

As a result, during some free time, I underwent a flap procedure from a well-established Los Angeles surgeon in 1995. This procedure should never have been done given my low donor hair supply and compromised donor circulation, and I had necrosis (death of the tissue) at the distal ends of both flaps. I did not pursue legal action (which I cold have) but focused my efforts on taking time away from work and undergoing significant repair (scalp expansion) with a highly reputable and kind surgeon in the Bay Area.

Fast forward to this year. Because of free time between career changes and financial security, I was intrigued by the possibility of body hair transplants, although initially a little hesitant and unsure of what the probability of "technical success" would be for me. I spoke with several patients who had successful outcomes with Dr. Umar and decided to "go for it" with the proviso that I was truly seeking improvement and not perfection (and with the view that things could not be made worse).

My results, as you can see, could not have been more spectacular. I had no shedding, almost immediate 100% growth in the frontal and mid-scalp areas, and current growth now occurring in the crown. Although my prior odd appearance was not career-limiting, I feel like a new person. I can not say how this procedure would work on others, as it is in its infancy and data on many individuals have not yet been published. But, as a patient and a physician, I felt like I did my due diligence by approaching a terrific and committed physician (Dr. Umar).

Because of time constraints, I also chose not to undergo a "test area" (which Dr. Umar recommended) but to have it all done at the same time. For people with need of extensive work from bad hair procedures and no scalp donor supply(and the time and financial resources to do so), body hair transplant offers great hope in the hands of skilled, ethical, and committed physicians like Dr. Umar.

I am also hopeful that physicians who have not had success with this procedure (and readily announce their dissatisfaction with BHT on the web) can collaborate to quantify their experiences and better understand why results may vary with different physicians. "

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Dr. Umar,

Considering where this guy started up when he came to you and for only being at 6 months, he looks 110% better.

Please keep us posted on his progress.

Best wishes,

Bill

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I am not a medical professional and my words should not be taken as medical advice. All opinions and views shared are my own.

I'm not a big proponent for BHT but considering this patients circumstances and available options I would consider this a success story.

Seeing this patients before pictures and video was heart wrenching to say the least. I really feel for this guy.

I have never been a big fan of BHT, but these results have improved this patients look tremendously. I have seen a couple of other patients online who have similarly successful procedures with Dr. Umar and I must admit that I am impressed.

Is this patient planning on additional sessions? Maybe to soften the hairline a bit and maybe add more density as it seems like he has plenty of chest hair.

I think most docs don't feel good results can be obtained using body hair and was curious how Dr. U is able to obtain these results. Are these types of results consistent with most or all patients?

Anyway, I am happy that this patient at six months looks so much better.

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excellent....i have to give it up to Dr Umar...I dont think anyone else would have touched this guy.

Dr. Umar,

Thanks for sharing this impressive case with our community and with me when I visited your clinic in Redondo Beach California recently.

Like many members of this community, I have also been a BHT (Body Hair Transplant) skeptic, largely due to this procedure being over sold and over priced by clinics other than yours.

However, having learned more about you and your dedication to personally doing such tedious FUE/BHT work at very modest prices, I think you provide a very valuable service in particular to patients like the one in this video who have no other options.

I was also impressed by the BHT/FUE presentation you gave to your colleagues at the last ISHRS annual scientific meeting. You presented BHT results without over selling their benefits, while pointing out the limitations.

Kudos to you for doing this extremely tedious work from A to Z personally and at very modest prices, while suffering unfair criticism from some of your BHT competitors. Congratulations to this patient who no doubt experienced a personal Hell prior to you.

I look forward to sharing more information about you in my upcoming "Visits to Leading Clinics in Southern California".

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Hello Pat,

My staff and I as well as the patient of the day enjoyed your visit. It was nice sharing ideas and experiences.

You have done a great job putting together this community. I look forward to contributing to the community (as well as learn from it) as much as possible.

Hopefully, with a more pragmatic and objective approach, the role of BHT in addressing situations of relative or absolute lack of head donor in suitably qualified candidates especially in repair situations would become apparent as more cases manifest and honest dialogue is allowed to flourish.



Best wishes.

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I posted an unkind post about the patient in this video, which I have since deleted. I actually watched the video but didn't see the statment from the patient. I guess it sort of 'humanized' the whole procedure.

Good for him, and it looks much improved. I imagine if you all saw me sitting in a lighted room in my underwear you'd have plenty to joke about as well.

I also think a balding head contributes to some of our weaknesses and causes us to let ourselves go, as far as the exercising goes.

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