Dr. William Lindsey

In this brief video we show a high testosterone female motocross racer who had a few scars on her scalp. We put a few hundred grafts in there last October, she sent pics at 5 and 11 months and has complete coverage of her scars. Probably even more by now as hair takes a bit longer in scar tissue. I think we did a video on her right after the case that has an interview, but the results are what folks are interested in. If she'll just keep that helmet strap on, she will be fine. The video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZd3xAaPUI&feature=youtu.be Dr Lindsey McLean VA

In this short video, Wendy and I review a UK guy from back in 2012. He just sent an updated pic from this fall and still looks terrific. We get asked all the time if hair restoration is permanent....well, for MOST patients, hair restoration done correctly will last decades. There are always exceptions to the rule but for the vast majority of patients a well done hair restoration lasts and lasts and lasts. EVERYTHING..skin, hair, muscles...you name it...starts to get thin in the 70s. So thicker hairs, transplanted or not....do get thinner with age. That said, in the last 30 days, we've worked with 5 guys in their mid 60s and one guy in his early 70s. All are planning on looking as good as they feel for the foreseable future. The video is: Dr. Lindsey

Here's another quick video in which we discuss younger guys should: 1. not rush into hair restoration 2. get the opinion of their parents or other older people they may trust...so they don't get "sold" an emergency hair restoration.... and 3. how we design a hairline that will look UNREMARKABLE as the patient ages..... I've posted at least 50 of these types of younger guy case/videos, but this might help some newbies not make poor decisions. NEVER rush into a hair transplant...particularly you younger guys. Think it through and do it correctly when you are ready. The video is: Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

Here's a nice school teacher from the east coast of Italy who came over last August and we addressed her right side.... We're planning a second case whenever Covid goes away.... In the brief video, we go into why we do one side.... mainly so we can really pack it, and then the patient can comb over the area til the shock loss resolves and early growth starts. The video is: Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

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This high testosterone entertaining fellow had a few cases elsewhere. We had worked on him a few years back and he showed up in covid mask and did a short video. Bottom line...you are only as old as you feel; and hair transplants WORK at virtually any age if done correctly and keeping an age appropriate hairline design in mind. Dr Lindsey McLean VA

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In this brief interview we show and discuss 700 or so FUE grafts in a finer hair asian hairline restoration, very similar to video I put up in January. He's local and hopefully we'll get a final film in January or February, but he already looks great. The video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMOQEWlP5qE&feature=youtu.be Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

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All you guys know it takes 13 or more months to get final results. SOMETIMES people grow fast and particularly curly hair with no skin/hair color contrast...early growth really looks more than it actually is. In this short video, not only does our patient have great hair, no color contrast, and a good scar...but he's growing fast. We'll catch up with him around a year for another video. The video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3XmIrxu37E Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

We get lots of questions on hair restoration... here are probably the 4 most common phone call questions that Wendy fields on a weekly basis. All you old veterans of the forums will find this boring but it may just help some of the newer guys know what questions to ask THEIR doctor candidates before they go to the appointment and to ask themselves before they hand over hard earned cash or scarce donor hair.The videos are:1. How do hair transplants work?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NCOODzg-IU2. How to improve a hair transplant scar?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAiv...ature=youtu.be3. Does your doctor do both FUE and FUT or only one type?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBg5u0edMzE4. Are you a good candidate for a hair transplant? Don't believe a commission based sales person "consultant"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur57Nm6KhMADr. Lindsey McLean VA

Here's a younger guy, on his way to class 5 hairloss...well, almost there already. He sent pics in at a year and even with his fine hair, significant color contrast, and indirect selfie lighting....he looks great. Wendy and I discuss the usual younger guy advice we give. 1. Never rush into a hair transplant 2. I think parents ought to help the younger patient from being "sold" a case by a salesman 3. Get a hairline that will age appropriately 4. Plan for future work. The video is: There are 2 or 3 more like this in the production line, I guess we did a bunch of younger patients last fall. Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

Ok guys, here's a nice fellow who had a failed strip case by a well known and respected doctor, who came in for FUE. Despite his finer hairs, we got a nice result at 1 year and it should look even better in a few more months..remember he is a repair case. In the video, he discusses the procedure and recovery and as he and I were looking at his pics...and discussing his family history...we both know he'll need a future HT. And what does he say...he wants to go back to strip. First time I've had a guy who failed a strip, that we fixed with FUE, want to go back to a strip. The video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5dUZTPILQE And just after I posted this...I realize I forgot to put the before and after pic in the title page of the video. We shot 9 videos last weekend and I just missed putting the pic there, but there are plenty of pics in the video itself. Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

Some of you all will remember this guy. He is the fellow that put a towel on his head postop and pulled out my hairs the first night. Well we touched him up a year or so later and here he is at 4 years. He looks UNREMARKABLE, which is a good hair transplant. And watch his interview where he tells you the patient's perspective. The video is: Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

Some of you may remember from way back...this fellow. One of the first scar revision cases on a black man that I posted on the forums maybe in 2008. We have done a couple of little cases on him including putting FUE into his scar now 10 years ago...and out of the blue he called on the phone and stopped by. First off...he has fantastic hair to work with and it covers perfectly...and second, if you part his hair and look for that scar...you'll see our FUE's growing fine at 10 years. So, FUE into scar does work, but works most successfully in guys with big hair roots and fairly soft scar tissue. I suspect we'll see this guy again as I think he wants a few more hairs somewhere. The video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtnKYE_oVJg Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

Some of you all may remember one of my favorite patients with the really attractive girlfriend. Well, he's the fellow that runs a gym and we had some real donor scar issues first time as he kept bench pressing and getting my scar in dirty sweat on the bench....this time he avoided that by simply putting a t shirt down to bench against. Here he is at 8 months...we lowered his hairline a little and inside and outside pics show he's coming along nicely. We'll get updates in a few more months and maybe, just maybe, he'll have proposed to that nurse by then. The video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBCrOuswmZ0 Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

Here's a 50 year old surfer who needed a little frontal triangle case. In this short video we discuss age appropriate and non pluggy/non straight line...hairlines and show his result at 11 months. That wavy salt and pepper hair matches his skin perfectly and he looks great. The video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV5Ba5r4Nyw Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

Now that is a good question. Cobble-stoning that we see in our repair cases are usually from pushing grafts too deep...skin doesn't fill in holes or divots.... Now old style plugs that were put in high...yes that can cause cobble-stoning. But with follicular units, just like trees you'd plant in your yard...the instruction on the plant will say to dig a hole a little shallower than the root ball and a little wider. Put the tree in the hole and leave it up an inch or 2.... That keeps rain from soaking and rotting the trunk. And rains will wash off that higher dirt over a month or so. (assuming you don't pile mulch up around it like people in our area seem to like) Same with hair....we put the grafts in a slightly wider slit and leave them up just a bit. They sink down as soon as the edema and numbing medicine leaves the surgical field. And cleaning "washes" off that little bit of remaining dermis. And in 2700 cases we have had ONE and only one skin cyst from likely trapped epithelium from pushing the hair too deep. Everything is a tradeoff...we choose to leave them just a little high and focus on postop cleaning and it seems to work well for us both in terms of growth, consistency and lack of problems. I grew up farming...all hair restoration is is fancy farming. And to that end, if you go back in my youtube video channel a few years, there is a 20 minute video of Wendy and me planting a bunch of real trees discussing this issue among other things like hair direction etc. Good question. Dr. L

Ok this is a long video. TOO long but I needed to discuss a bunch of fue issues on this repair fue and show intraop video. Don't watch if you get squeemish. Here's a guy that had a low yield fue and indeed...his donor hair was hard to find the angle initially...but once I found it, we got good beefy hair follicles that OUGHT to grow. This is probably a video for newbies...not old hats, so to speak, so that folks see some of the challenges with FUE. 3 more short FUE videos coming in the next couple of weeks. The video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crCcT2lah2w Dr. Lindsey

This patient visited us now 6.5 months out from a frontal 40% strip case. I'd guess probably 50-60% is growing, pretty typical at this time frame. Inside and outside in the sun pics are shown in the short video. Confounding this patient's hair issues are the triad of large head, limited donor hair quantity, and FINE hairs. I expect that we'll be able to finish off most if not all of that crown with a future case if desired....and if we do that...as always, we'll put 300 or so singles to bolster that hairline. It's pretty much always necessary..no matter how tightly we pack them.. particularly in fine hair patients. The video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNjB-IWfgog Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

Excellent question. Thicker hairs/stronger roots are best for all transplants. Its the difference between moving say a pine tree from your back to front yard and a dandelion flower. Dr. L

I've posted lots of cases and videos where I preach strip over fue and particularly for repair cases. I've also posted a few cases of fue repair of fue or even strip. Well here's another FUE repair of FUE. 2 younger men each had virtually zero growth from automated fue procedures....likely because hairs were transplanted without viable roots...or no roots whatsoever. The patient never knows....and frankly, without magnifyers....the doctor (if a doctor is actually performing the surgery...or a rent a tech is in some cases around here) wouldn't know either. So we discuss these issues, show you a nice beefy FUE graft and show the before and early postop on these 2 guys...just so you newbies know what to ask at your consultation. Lastly, I repeat that FUE is ideal IF: 1 you don't need a ton of hair 2. you have to wear a short haircut 3. and you have thicker donor hairs with stronger roots. Know these issues and discuss the pros and cons with your doctor..not a salesman...before you commit to surgery. There is never a reason to rush into this for a bargain. The video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mNcyh9EQYc&feature=youtu.be Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

In this 4 minute video we discuss a series of low or no yield hair transplants that we repaired in one 30 day period from all over the US, and most were from 2 clinics. Had the patients done even a whiff of research, its likely that many of these cases would not have been needed. The video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPn1Jx4cxkI Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

I'm back in Avalon NJ next week and have a few slots open for informal consultations on the front porch of our rental unit, like every year. Give a call to the office if you'd like to set something up. And pizza night is Monday night...any of our PA, NJ or other patients who have had surgery with us and want some good greasy pizza..I'm buying but we'll have to eat social distance probably across the street from circle pizza. Dr. Lindsey

Here's a quick video showing 23 months of progress for a guy my age with a short haircut. I show several closeups of the strip scar and his progress over the nearly 2 year period. He's an avid skier and wore his helmet at about 14 days out from his procedure with no trouble to my grafts. The video is: Dr. Lindsey McLean VA