High tech hair transplant

Feb 2012

You've seen the commercials for traditional hair transplants and the results look impressive. But the reality?

“They call it the strip method where they actually cut a chunk of your scalp up and then they got to sew it together which leaves you with a big nasty scar,” explains Roger Bassin, M.D., cosmetic surgeon at The Bassin Center for Plastic Surgery .

But now there's a much easier, less painful option. It's called the NeoGraft. First, a tiny tool is used to individually remove hairs and follicles.

“That is one millimeter that little punch and that heals overnight, so you're left with no scarring,” Dr. Bassin says.

Those hairs are prepped and then transplanted back into a patient's problem areas.

“It'll grow just like a natural hair,” Dr. Bassin says.

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Close to 100 percent of the transplanted hairs survive, compared to just 70 percent with the traditional method.

Today Dave is hoping the NeoGraft will transform his hairline.

“It's been thinning on the top area which it never had before,” Dave says. “I felt it was time to do something before it got worse.”

Dr. Bassin says the results look more natural.

“It makes them feel better about themselves and if you feel better about yourself, really what better reward can you have than that?” Dr. Bassin says.

It’s a procedure that’s helping turn back the clock one hair at time.

The NeoGraft takes several hours to do, depending on how many hairs have to be harvested. It costs around $7 per hair graft. That's a little more expensive than the traditional technique, but patients say the lack of scarring and more natural results are worth the extra cost.

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