New hair transplant process eliminates scars; doctors among the first patients

Dr. Ken Williams of O.C. NeoGraft says he was so impressed with his own hair transplant that he decided to provide the NeoGraft automated procedure to his patients.

Feb 2011

A new device for transplanting hair eliminates the huge scar left in the back of the head in the conventional "STRIP" method of hair restoration.

The NeoGraft is effective for nearly all degrees of hair loss in a fast and minimally invasive procedure.

The results are a natural looking head of hair, which can be worn short if desired as there is no need to cut out a huge strip of scalp from the back of the person’s head in order to harvest hairs.

Dr. Ken Williams is one of the first physicians to be trained in hair restoration using the NeoGraft automated procedure. He was so confident with the technology that he had his surgical team transplant 4,500 grafts into his own scalp to restore his thinning hair.

Dr. Williams says his results are dramatic. "Up close with my hair worn shot, the look is very natural,” says Dr. Williams.

As an actual patient who underwent this procedure, Dr. Williams is committed to hair restoration surgery with NeoGraft.

Although “follicular unit” implants have been available for a number of years, before the NeoGraft device gained FDA clearance in 2009 the procedure had to be performed “by hand”.

This is a tedious process for both the patient and the doctor, which allows only a limited number of hair follicles to be harvested and transplanted in a single day. Patients often have to return for multiple sessions, making the procedure more expensive and more difficult.

“The efficiency and speed of the NeoGraft process combined with natural looking results and quick recovery make the procedure attractive to executives, business owners and anyone with a busy schedule,” says Dr. Williams.

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