Dr. Robert Haber

52 year old woman six months following FUT procedure to hairline and front showing excellent growth. Total of 721 1's, 934 2's, 134 3's, and 5 4's for a total of 1794 grafts and 3011 hairs.

43 year old man 12 months following strip procedure to front and midscalp showing very nice growth. Total of 540 1's, 1843 2's, 123 3's, and 2 4's for a total of 2508 grafts and 4603 hairs.

31 year old man 12 months following FUT procedure to front showing excellent growth. Total of 591 1's, 2057 2's, 125 3's, and 0 4's for a total of 2773 grafts and 5080 hairs.

25 year old man 12 months following FUT procedure to front showing very nice results. Total of 438 1's, 1700 2's, 442 3's, and 15 4's for a total of 2595 grafts and 5224 hairs.

Rafael, I am seeing the same problem. I don't know why the text is not automatically rolling over to the next line. I will ask Melvin about this.

The groupings are listed above the first photo. Hair caliber was not directly measured, but was average.

About 600 grafts to the crown, as his main concern was the front. I agree that changes in hair length can affect the appearance of the results, but there is of course no way to have the patient return with the same length hair.

Well, the transection rate with FUT is close to zero with the use of the Haber Spreader and microscopic dissection. With FUT we can directly visualize the hair follicles and thus preserve them. No FUE procedure can come close to that, as FUE is essentially a blind harvest. At the start of every FUE procedure, the surgeon will experiment with harvest angle, depth, and punch rotation, oscillation and more until grafts come out intact. But still, not all follicles in all areas of the scalp have the same orientation. My transection rate with FUE is 5-8%, sometimes less, and very rarely more.

Yes I generally make recipient sites before harvesting grafts, so that my staff can implant grafts at the same time I am harvesting. 

A total of 1800 grafts to the crown to get that density. Sorry no exposed hairline photos, as the patient did not want me to wet his hair and the hairs simply did not comb back. I'll try to convince him at the 12 month visit, but I only placed about 400 grafts to the hairline, as his primary concern was the crown.

As with most things, it depends. One of the great aspects of HT surgery compared with say a busy Derm clinic is the opportunity to get to know our patients, which cannot happen in a 5 minute office visit. My techs do not talk to each other about what they're making for dinner or how their date was last night. Rather they are talking with the patient, and by the end of a long day everyone knows an awful lot about each other! I usually place about half of the grafts myself and enjoy learning about careers I never knew existed. I have become good friends with quite a few patients over the years. If a patient prefers to watch TV we offer all streaming services as well.

I think this is a great example of a case where FUT (strip surgery) would be preferable to FUE, as long as you are willing to grow your hair longer to hide the harvest scar. If you undergo 3000+ FUE grafts, you might have a see through donor area and that would not look good. With FUT however, you could easily have 4000+ grafts harvested over two sessions, achieve excellent cosmetic results up front, and easily hide your donor scar with longer hair +/- SMP.

If keeping your hair this length is a priority, I agree with a very conservative approach, and even consider a fully shaved look, again with SMP to achieve a very nice masculine look.

On 12/9/2022 at 2:39 PM, ray35 said:

I've not seen a lot of beard transplants, this is impressive. Nice work!

Thanks!

On 12/11/2022 at 10:19 AM, JohnCasper said:

Always amazed at great beard results.  Congrats.

Thank you!

On 12/9/2022 at 12:39 PM, Pbaird98 said:

Ok this is impressive, Beard transplants are difficult to pull off, yet this looks entirely natural. Kudos to the Dr 🤜🏿

Thanks!

25 year old man showing excellent early beard results at six months after single FUE session of 205 1's, 456 2's, 263 3's, and 2 4's for a total of 926 grafts and 1914 hairs.

26 year old man showing excellent growth at six months after single session of 444 1's, 1120 2's, 212 3's, and 0 4's for a total of 1776 grafts and 3320 hairs.

49 year old man showing two year follow-up after eyebrow restoration by Follicular Unit Excision. Total of 310 1's, 301 2's, 8 3's, and 0 4's for a grand total of 619 grafts and 936 hairs.

53 year old man showing excellent early growth at just six months after single session of 602 1's, 1453 2's, 725 3's, and 135 4's for a total of 2915 grafts and 6223 hairs.

42 year old man showing progression from baseline to six months and one year after single session of 968 1's, 1080 2's, 212 3's, and 1 4's for a total 2261 grafts and 3768 hairs.