Lht

[moosehead]

What are peoples thoughts on Long Hair Transplantation aka LHT? What is the cost for this relative to FUT and FUE? Are there and good docs in north america that do this?

Edited February 17, 2013 by moosehead

[greatjob]

I don't know of any doctor in North America that perform this type of transplant, but I really don't see the point. The grafts are going to shed anyway so you're really not going to avoid much of the "ugly duckling phase" the only thing I see this doing is making things more difficult for the surgeon and techs.

 

There is some good discussion regarding this topic in this thread:

 

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/158439-first-long-hair-hair-transplant-performed-dr-pathuri-madhu-india-2.html

[moosehead]

Thanks greatjob. That link provides some great context...

[Dr. Glenn Charles]

This is a very difficult procedure. One benefit would be it gives the patient a preview of what the results might look like if all the grafts grow. On the downside if there is some permanant shock loss of original hair or if the regrowth rates of the tranplanted hairs is not good then the patient might actually be dissappointed.