1500 - 1600 Graft Removal

[allugot20]

I had an unpleasant experience with hair transplant from NJ Plastic Surgery. I'm looking to get the grafts removed from frontal hairline with least amount of scarring as possible. Most of the doctors I inquired from want to go with FUE. After doing yelp reviews became a little nervous and wanted to try to get as much feedback as possible. The current candidates are Dr.Jeffrey Epstein , Dr. Robert M. Bernstein, Dr. Cole. If you guys know any referrals who are good with graft removal please forward. Thanks in advance.

[JohnCasper]

Without seeing pictures I'm not sure exactly what your trying to accomplish or repair. I do know that Dr. Vories has consulted with numerous patients who were unhappy with the results of prior surgeries. I'm sure he would be happy to answer any questions. You can find him at carolinahairsurgery.com I'm truly sorry for your situation, I can only imagine how frustrated you must be.

[kiranmehta123]

Its not good that you had a bad experience

[MrGio-WHTCClinic]

You have a few options with FUE repair doctors in the states. Total removal is a complicated process, but a good hairline specialist will recommend repair based on your goals.

 

I've seen total removal, and I've seen partial removal with many repair patients who came to Belgium.

 

All the best

[hairthere]

Are you looking to remove and redistribute?

[Dr. Alan Feller]

You are correct to be nervous about using FUE for removing old grafts. It is not the right procedure for your repair. It is unreliable as the grafts tend to be brittle and break during the extraction processes. But you may not have to go that route yet.

 

If you're hairline is not inappropriate in terms of shape or being too low you may just want to thicken around the old grafts. This may give you a more natural look, and a thicker result, which is no doubt why you went in the first place. Plenty of doctors on this site do this kind of work. Of course Dr. Bloxham and I do it. Here's a recent video example:

 

 

But as I wrote, there are many doctors on this site who do this routinely. Check a few out. If you are dead set against another procedure, then have the old grafts removed properly using a slightly bigger punch than would be used for FUE. This will minimize breakage and the resulting ingrown hair cysts by insuring the grafts are removed intact. Dr. Bernstein does this fairly regularly in NYC; and so does Dr. Lindsey in Virginia (Lindsey is my partner so perhaps a bit of bias there but I think he's great with these very detailed facial plastic reconstructions, but so is Bernstein). You may want to check them out.

 

Perhaps you can post some photos. That is always helpful.

Dr. Feller

Feller and Bloxham Hair Transplant

Great Neck, NY

[Michael Vories, MD]

I do not agree with Dr. Feller on many of his posts, but he is absolutely correct here. Extracting previously placed grafts with FUE is difficult because of unpredictable angle changes, with no guarantee of getting all of them intact. The idea of using a slightly larger punch increases the chance of intact extraction, but also increases the chance of scarring. This is a tough situation for both the patient and physician.