Are Hair Plugs Still a Thing?
You don’t use fax machines anymore, and you don’t rent videos from Blockbuster. And if you have hair transplant surgery, you won’t receive “hair plugs” either. That is because hair plugs are similarly obsolete and relics of the past.
An Early Technique That Technology and Technique Has Passed By
Hair plugs were an early type of hair transplant technique that used plug-grafts to cover thinning and balding areas. During these procedures, surgeons would punch out “plugs” (round sections of skin and hair follicles) from the back of the head and insert them into balding parts of the scalp.
The problem was that these plugs could be so unsightly and evident that the cure was essentially as bad if not worse than the original condition. Hair plugs often produced an unnatural hairline and a doll-like appearance. For a long time, however, hair plugs were the only game in town when it came to hair transplant surgery
Today, the hair restoration techniques we use at the Miami Hair Institute bear little resemblance to what was standard 10 or 20 years ago. Our advanced hair transplant procedures leave virtually no sign that a patient has had surgery and leave our patients with full, robust, and natural-looking looking hair. In fact, a 2010 study by the International Society of Hair Restoration found that 85 percent of Americans were unable to identify a hair transplant patient who had their hair restored using these new methods.
Follicular Unit Extraction Sent Hair Plugs Packing
The Miami Hair Institute’s Dr. Bernard Nusbaum and Dr. Paul Rose have been pioneers in developing and using the precise, highly refined hair restoration technique called Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE).
Follicular Unit Extraction is a minimally invasive way of transplanting individual hair follicles for natural-looking results. FUE involves harvesting donor hairs using a circular needle called a “punch.” We remove follicular units from the donor area in a scattered pattern to eliminate the linear scar associated with traditional donor strip harvesting.
Call the Miami Hair Institute Today to Learn More About Our Groundbreaking Hair Restoration Procedures
If you have been reluctant to consider hair transplant surgery because you’re concerned about hair plugs or unnatural results, your concerns are things of the past. Today, your future with a full head of hair is within reach.
To receive a personalized evaluation and treatment plan, contact us online or call our office directly at 305-925-0222.
Hair loss is no laughing matter. In the past, however, efforts to conceal baldness or restore hair were often so transparent that they would cause chuckles to even casual observers. Bad toupees weren’t the only source of such laughter. Older hair restoration techniques – “hair plugs” – could be so unsightly and painfully obvious that the cure was pretty much as bad if not worse than the original condition.
