You Can Repair a Bad Hair Transplant Procedure!

Plug Repair, Touch-ups and Hairline Refinement
Say No To Plugs
   
Not that long ago, the only method known to restore lost hair was to employ a technique that transplanted large punches or “plugs” of hair from the rear of the head to the front.  Some of these plugs contained tufts of 30 or more hairs. The grafts were difficult to angle and orient properly and produced noticeably unnatural results.

Today there are thousands of men and women who would like nothing more than to reverse this outdated “pluggy” look. One of Dr. Pistone’s fortes is reversing the effects of bad hair transplants. Using the method of Follicular Unit Transplantation, working in parallel with an artistic approach and some creative recycling of hair, Dr. Pistone helps these patients dramatically improve the look of their previously transplanted hair. Utilizing the spaces in and around the previously transplanted hair, tiny follicular-unit grafts are used by Dr. Pistone to camouflage the older work and soften the existing hairline. 

Beyond transplanting new, tinier grafts in and around the older transplants, sometimes removal and recycling of the previous plugs is necessary.   The older, large plugs are partially or entirely removed by Dr. Pistone. They are then sometimes divided and recycled creating much smaller follicular-unit grafts. These grafts are then re-implanted into the scalp with special care to create natural angles, orientation and position of the transplanted hair.

Working with recycled hair in conjunction with newly harvested hair, Dr. Pistone reverses the unnatural results produced by a bad  hair transplant rendering a new, natural, soft-feathered hairline.

Common Cosmetic Problems Associated with Bad Hair Transplants:

• Plug Grafts
• Hair placed in the wrong direction
• Unrealistic area of attempted coverage
• Scarring in the recipient area
• Hairline too far forward
• Hairline too broad
• Hair wastage
• Donor area scarring