What does unlimited grafts mean in FUE hair transplants? How can you have unlimited grafts?
Essentially, this statement in a Facebook page advert is at best misleading but at worst, it’s a downright lie. No hair transplant patient can have unlimited grafts because quite simply, most patients have only 5000-7000 grafts in total that can be transplanted. Remove any more than that and the patient donor area will start looking sparse, depleted, moth eaten etc. This sort of donor damage cannot be repaired. Once it’s been done, there is only camouflage that will help i.e. SMP, Dermatch, sprays or hairpieces.
It isn’t just hair clinics in Turkey that are guilty of this, Dr Rogers has seen for medic-legal purposes, patients who have been damaged by FUE over harvesting in the UK. Whatever you might see on the internet, it isn’t just FUT (strip) that can cause visible scarring.
What is important is that either FUE or FUE is performed by an ethical clinic, by a doctor who has been trained and experienced in hair transplants, who has the long term care for their patients in mind.
That means patients should be wary of going to clinics who are advertising “unlimited grafts” at unbelievably low prices. Something has to “give.” Modern high quality hair transplantation is a labour intensive, highly skilled procedure which cannot be performed on the cheap. It takes time and time is money.
Putting something right usually costs a lot more than getting it right the first time, even if it does cost a little more. You shouldn’t take a chance with your hair, the risk is far more than just wasting your money.
Dr Rogers is one of the few UK based doctors who trains other doctors in hair transplantation and hair loss. It is a thorough hands on course of approximately 3 months, as this sort of learning must not be rushed. It is definitely not “see one, do one, teach one!” For those unsure whether hair transplant surgery is for them, a taster day can be arranged or a weekend course for something more in depth, can be arranged.
As a hair transplant doctor of great experience – now 24 years, he has seen it all. And this experience he is happy to pass on. See Dr Rogers bio here:
Dr Clarke observing the Westminster Clinic hair technicians at work on a crown transplant:
FUE Quality control
Dr Clarke inspecting the hair technicians implanting the FUE grafts in the crown
The truth about Dr Rogers is that he’s a thoroughly nice guy, a very caring and empathic doctor and a very skilled and experienced hair transplant surgeon too. Many happy patients can confirm this with glowing testimonials and impressive photos.
But the truth about the various negative marketing campaigns that seem to be infesting Facebook, is that they are misleading the public in a serious and defamatory way. Fake news, as Donald Trump would say.
Their aim is to push people towards Turkey where there are many cut throat clinics who perform poor hair transplant surgery. They use inadequately sterilised equipment, putting patients at risk of infections like HIV and hepatitis B. As well as badly scarred, over extracted donor areas which cannot be repaired.
They make completely false accusations about many clinics who “flock together” just because they are in Harley St or in London in general. So we say, be careful about the truth of what you read on the internet. With Dr Rogers, you can come and meet him personally for a consultation in London and you know where to find him if you have any concerns. In this country, we are regulated by the CQC and you have peace of mind.
Far better than flying away to a foreign country and a clinic run by sales people and poorly trained staff. That is highly risky and absolutely not worth trying to save money.
My hair transplant with Dr Rogers was on 14th March 2019 at 9am at the Harley Street clinic. I have waited this long to do a review because I wanted it to be a reflection not only of my experience on the day but my experience 9 months hence.
So, back to the day of the procedure…. I had been advised by Mark to have a very big breakfast (and later understood why!). A short time after my arrival I was taken upstairs and sat in a waiting room. I had already paid a deposit so the rest of the money was due but my card played up and the money wasn’t released! I was devastated, expecting the procedure to be cancelled but to my amazement and absolute gratitude, they decided I was trustworthy and the procedure went ahead anyway.
I was taken into another room where the procedure was to take place and as well as Dr Rogers, a Doctor in training was also present. This in addition to 4 Technicians who I was told were responsible for handling/inserting the grafts. Everyone was warm and welcoming and the room was clean and clinical.
Just to give you a clearer picture – I suffer with panic attacks and, as you can perhaps imagine, my anxiety was at an all-time high. As a consequence, I ask a lot of questions and Dr Rogers answered them all patiently and professionally.
He explained the first step – anaesthetic to the donor area. This wasn’t pleasant but I can honestly say it was more than bearable – I think it’s the idea of injections in the head that’s a little disturbing but really, it’s fine. The worst part for me came after the strip had been removed and I was having stitches to close the wound. My heart suddenly started racing and I felt a surge of panic. I told Dr Rogers and his reaction brought some comfort. He explained that the anaesthetic contains adrenalin and because of my anxiety, my body was creating even more, hence the reaction. He reassured that it would pass and you know what – it did! After that, I had untold faith in him and relaxed. By the way, this ‘adrenalin reaction’ can happen anyway, so be warned!
Once the wound was closed I was asked if wanted to break for lunch. I chose to do so. Mark was so right – food was absolutely critical. Thank goodness I had listened and had the biggest breakfast – the reaction to the anaesthetic is likely to have been a lot worse had I not and for that reason I opted for lunch. They provided a sandwich and a drink of choice – it was sufficient.
The next step was the insertion of the grafts which Dr Rogers explained would be undertaken by the Technicians – with his oversight. At first I was a little uncertain, the Captain was leaving the ship (!!) but once again there was no need for concern – the Technicians are also highly skilled in their field and anyway Dr Rogers kept popping in to ensure all was as it should be. I liked that!
A little more about the Technicians now – they were warm and friendly and spoke to me throughout. By the time it was all over I was more relaxed than I could have ever dreamed possible! Many, many thanks to them!
I chose to take 2 weeks off work and for a whole week thereafter Mark called me every morning. In my opinion he’s an asset to the team. It was largely because of him that I made the final decision to go ahead – forever patient and on hand to reassure and answer my many, many queries and …. what can I say about the after-care? My advice to you is – follow his instructions and all will be well. This team really do have customer care down to a T because after the procedure you would otherwise feel alone and uncertain but Mark leads you, directs you, reassures you and is just what you need to get over that final hurdle! Many, many thanks to him too!
And so fast forward 9 months. My bald patches are now replaced with hair which is slowly growing. I am more than made-up! The results are fantastic and I couldn’t be happier. I have faced the fact that I need one last procedure but this isn’t new to me and I will go ahead confident of the competence of Dr Rogers and his team. They have my vote every time J D.M
FUE machines are devices to make FUE easier, faster and more accurate essentially.
Follicular unit extraction has come a long way since we introduced it into the UK back in 2003. At that time, the concept was simple – take a hollow 0.9mm sharp dermatology punch, place it over the shaven hair, give a twist and some pressure to penetrate the skin to about 2-3mm and withdraw. Hopefully, with practice, the angulation and depth chosen by the operator, would allow them to pull out a perfect hair graft. Unfortunately, it’s not so easy!
Even the name FUE has changed into a variety of descriptive or branded terminologies:
Follicular unit excision, DHI Direct Hair Implantation, FIT Follicular Isolation Technique, Woods technique. But at Westminster Clinic, we prefer calling it the Follicular Unit Extraction technique.
From those heady days, when we were advancing FUE hair transplantation, we performed 250-500 grafts as standard and took nearly all day doing it. This was a problem because the graft numbers were lagging far behind the more routine 1500 strip grafts we were doing at the time. And more hair, extracted and placed correctly, usually means more dramatic results.
Evolution
A big improvement over hand punches was the simple variable speed drill. This removed a lot of the literal finger ache from performing highly repetitive and skilful, micro manoeuvres of the hand, pushing and twisting the punch. This allowed the operator to concentrate on efficient focussing on the next hair graft, removed the variability of micro movements and doubled or trebled our speed. The quality also improved.
Others experimented with different punches – sharp, dull, two stage, suction assisted – all looking for the holy grail of 100% perfect, high speed extractions. Sadly, some clinics became fixated on selling the highest numbers but worried less about the quality.
Advances
In the past decade though, many new FUE devices have become controlled by electronics, as well as incorporating the new punch designs.
Punches can now be blunt or sharp, two stages, trumpet shaped, bell shaped, combined sharp and dull edges, serrated, slotted, full suction or just suction assisted.
Controlling these punches, the electronic handpieces now offer automatic variable speed, hydration, oscillation, vibration, you name it. There even is a fully robotic device which as yet doesn’t work as reliably as a human.
What FUE machine?
At Westminster Clinic, we’re going to review a number of machines and then decide where to put our money. The various devices are:
There are many ways to perform what is commonly called non shaven FUE or U-FUE for short.
Probably the most effective is the simplest – combing and separating the hair into partings and then trimming the hair into very narrow “stripes” then performing standard FUE. Because it is the normal way of doing it, then the extraction quality and regrowth is high.
Another is to use a special slotted punch to pass the hair through and then performing FUE. But this is a slow technique.
Lastly, you can just ignore the hair and assume the sharp punch will just cut through the hair and just extract FUE as normal. But the long hair will alter the angulation and also blunt the punch quickly.
At Westminster Clinic, we are introducing the first option for small sessions only of non shaven U FUE of approximately 600 grafts for £3000 i.e. Non shaven U FUE grafts at £5 per graft
Or FUE vs strip hair transplant (the FUT stands for follicular unit transplantation).
FUE is also known as Follicular Unit Extraction or excision, variously Woods, FIT, DHI etc but so many names are confusing and unhelpful and not entirely accurate in their descriptions. It certainly doesn’t help guide the patient in making an informed choice about their hair transplant.
Let’s explore further in our FUE vs FUE disussion page below:
Hair transplant training at Westminster Clinic courses involve the “tester” and advanced days.
These include meet and greet, small class lectures, videos, one to one dicussions and hands on with our realistic hair transplant heads. Training is for both FUE and FUT (strip) basics and a good grounding for later live patient training.
Dependent on a minimum of five but a maximum of 10 students per weekend course, lunch and refreshments will be provided.
This training is principally aimed at new entrant doctors to the speciality of hair transplantation (or are thinking about it) but may be of use to hair technicians who want to know a greater depth. The course is located at Westminster Clinic in Harley St and nearby offices.
For further information, please email [email protected] or phone 01789 414203
Many artistic and technique related factors come together to make a natural hair transplant.
But firstly, you have to know what a natural hairline actually looks like and it’s a source of frequent surprise to Doctor Rogers, that so few people (both patients and doctors alike) recognise the correct characteristics. In synopsis:
Hairline shape
Natural hair line shapes vary a lot, not just stereotypical male and female but also the actual line can have dips and projections, cow licks and widows peak irregularities. Helpful ideas include the snail track design which is a random line weaving in and out of the basic hair line design.
What isn’t natural includes very acute angles, temple lines that curve down in a simian way and the most obvious – just following a straight line without stepping the grafts forward and backwards at all. What Dr Rogers call the Action Man (GI Joe) look.
Hairline density
Along with variation of the actual line, the density needs to change – a natural hair line has fine wispy single hairs grading into stronger hairs and this can be mimicked by using single hair grafts in the first few rows then using2/3 hair grafts behind them.
But even then, the distance between each graft can be varied so that they don’t look like uniform “teeth in a comb” of perfect spacing. Two single hairs could be close together and a deliberate space left to break up the appearance of uniformity.
Density Variation
Natural hairlines are not evenly dense and in particular, the centre is normally thicker looking (due to angulation of the hair further back producing a shingling effect). This means that temples (even without hair loss) tend to be less dense than the centre.
Interestingly, studies have shown that when looking at a face, people look first at the nose, the eyes, flick up to the central forehead and then back down. Temple thinning/recession is barely registered – what matters most is whether someone has hair centrally, not temple receding.
Patterning
This goes with the cornrow transplant that looks so awful but is so prevalent.
Highest densities can only be achieved by regular patterning that is close together but this can appear unnatural so has to be placed behind the irregular hairline (as above).
Additionally though, the highest density is by interdigitation of the slits (like pushing two combs together), not by two lines spaced apart – corn rows or plowed field furrows.
Dr Rogers has seen a lot of this recently – technically very competent mega sessions completely let down by the corn row spacing of the grafts.
Like many things on the internet, there is a lot of useful information mixed in with a lot of misleading statements and discussions for personal agendas.
Review sites inevitably contain postings from either the site itself, the clinic (or restaurant, hotel etc) and some genuine customers. There’s probably also reviews from rivals too. So all must be taken with a pinch of salt. Having said that, they may help make a choice.
Hair loss forum sites can be information portals, review sites, patient self help groups and paid for advertising companies all rolled into one. This means there are many hidden agendas talking to the innocent or naïve browser of these hair loss forums.
Hair loss forums generally do contain a lot of useful information about the types of hair loss treatments, drug benefits and side effects, types of hair transplant surgery, types of hair loss, male and female pattern, alopecias etc.
They can guide you through what makes a good hair transplant candidate, pre op and post op recovery expectations and of course, reviews of hair transplant surgeons. This, of course, is where things get complicated…
Firstly, there is no good definition of what makes a great hair transplant. Patients vary in terms of hair quality, donor density, amount of hair loss, healing qualities and expectations.
Secondly, it is important to realise these sites are businesses which need to make a profit, paid for by advertising from clinics. So it’s likely there will be biases. Additionally, some of these sites are owned by clinics which will be certainly be biased.
Lastly, many of the posters are sales people masquerading as genuine patients. Especially those who are most ardent about specific doctors or indeed, most dismissive of others.
Turkish hair clinics have been featured in hair forums, in the newspapers and even on the BBC news site. Some of these have been complaints, some more positive. What is the truth?
Many hair transplant patients understandably are looking for a good deal – they have a budget for a hair transplant they feel comfortable with (preferably less!) and are shopping around.
Inevitably, they see the very cheap Turkish hair transplant clinics and think they might take a chance. After all, here in Harley Street, in London or indeed, anywhere in the UK, Europe or USA, they are unlikely to get a hair transplant cost as cheap as in Turkey. It’s just not economically feasible – staff costs, rent, transport, consumables etc, let alone marketing and making a profit above that as well, means that it’s not viable to perform a hair transplantation surgery for less than about £3500. Regardless of the number of grafts, otherwise corners will be cut.
Potential patients we have seen, have been quoted £1500 for 4000 grafts including flights and accommodation in Turkey! How can that be?
Obviously, the cost of rent and staff wages are massively less in Turkey. Also, the unseen costs of providing good quality healthcare – CQC (Care Quality Commission), medical courses, infection control etc are probably not the same in Turkey.
We hear tales of the cheapest overnight accommodation which you really don’t want to be staying in after having had a hair transplant surgery.
But it’s not as simple as that, some facts of which are particularly worrying. We will detail that below, but for the sake of balance, Dr Rogers wishes to state that he has seen personally, some good results from at least one Turkish hair transplant clinic. However, the caveat is that particular patient is a fellow doctor, who already knew the clinic/doctor and paid a comparable amount to a hair transplant clinic in the UK. That is comparing “apples with apples” in terms of results. You don’t get something for nothing.
We are now going to discuss the most worrying issue of so called Turkish “hair mills.”
The Truth about Turkish Hair Clinics
The truth about the Turkish hair mills is simple and this is not about any specific clinic but a way of working which is detrimental to patients.
Typically, the hair transplant surgery will take place in a large room, sub-divided by free standing partition screens, into six areas. Each area will have a patient couch and be attended by two technicians. These technicians will extract the grafts, make incisions and re-implant the hair grafts, according to the plan marked out by the doctor, who will in turn be guided by the salesman who has recommended the number of grafts.
This would not be acceptable in the UK, regulated by the CQC.
The doctor will simply patrol the six areas, injecting the local anaesthetic as required and leaving the rest to the technicians. All this is not necessarily detrimental to the results – a slick, well trained and skilful team producing consistent results isn’t the problem (see FUE technicians complaint review #1) below.
The following are the problems associated with Turkish hair clinics:
The salesman is incentivised to sell as many grafts as possible – more grafts equals more money. However, more grafts is not necessarily in the patient’s best interests. Everybody has a limited number of grafts that can be safely moved, which differs from person to person. All the salesmen sees is that if he can sell a larger number of grafts, he’ll get more money.
The patient might need 4000 grafts but his safe donor extraction limit might only be 2500. Nevertheless, he will be sold 4000. “Great” says the patients, more grafts for less money than Harley St.
But, the technicians will also be told, “extract 4000 grafts.” They will be paid per graft (piece work) and they WILL extract 4000 grafts, even if that involves going into non safe donor areas, extracting too close, too densely etc. There are many pictures available of “moth eaten” FUE cases available.
It’s the patient that loses out, too late, when they realise their donor has been over harvested. It might have been cheaper at the time but the cost of extra surgeries to try and put things right plus the emotional distress is harder to count.
On the side of balance, it can still happen in any country but Turkey is one of a number of countries which encourages a “perfect storm” of problems. It’s cheap and therefore attractive. But the laws don’t work the same as many Western countries, which is a deterrent in itself. And the rules regarding medical liability are also more difficult to enforce. So the owners of these clinics are fairly well protected against legal action by a disappointed foreign patient. So when hair transplants go wrong…
Traction alopecia is a common problem with Afro hair styling although it can occur with any type of hair. Essentially, traction in braiding, tight pony tails or even overly tight hair curlers cause damage to the hair follicle. It is like slowly plucking out the hair bulb and even just once in this type of hairstyle, can be enough to permanently stop the hair growing.
Hair loss drugs improvement can be quite dramatic. In these photos, you can see how over two years, this male patient improved after adding a second 5 alpha reductase drug once a week
Lately, there seems to be a fight going on, between those who oppose hair transplant technicians performing the extraction of FUE grafts and those who don’t. Let’s examine the pros and cons of each side, hopefully in a neutral and logical way.
Those who are against FUE hair transplant technicians, suggest that those technicians are inferior to a qualified doctor at performing the task. Many of the same people also suggest that using the FUE robot is acceptable however.
But this seems to be a flawed argument. There is no evidence to suggest that a medical qualification enables you to have better hand/eye coordination than someone not medical. And if so, then the robot must also be banned, since it isn’t qualified either.
Hair transplant goals
The goal is 100% perfectly intact grafts first and foremost. Because they’ll grow.
A second priority is having a very low transection rate i.e. damaging very few hairs that are left in the donor area, so that the remaining donor hair can still be used in the future.
Neither of these requirements depend on a medical degree but needs great skill and technique.
Lastly, over extraction must be avoided (see complaints made about many Turkish “Hair Mills” – later in the Dr Rogers complaints series). But even this can be taught and fundamentally, is down to the overseeing doctor to prevent this from happening. Indeed, if a doctor is happy to see this happening on their patient, he/she would be equally happy to cause it themselves if they are holding the punch. So blaming the technician is like shooting the messenger.
The additional theory is that using an FUE technician “allows” a doctor who is not educated and competent in hair transplantation, to perform hair transplant surgery. The so called “weekend hair transplanter.” But an intelligent, experienced and skilful FUE tech might help make the result better than if the unskilled doctor blunders about doing it themselves, unassisted. Modern hair transplantation is, after all, very much teamwork now.
The robot currently is not as good as a competent human at FUE, medically qualified or not. It doesn’t pass the three tests above but undoubtedly, the technology will improve and will become better than a human. As of now though, it isn’t and yet it still encourages those doctors with little experience or interest in hair transplantation, to add it to “their practice.”
So the logic of those against human FUE technicians but for the FUE robot seems perverse, yet this seems to be the position of the ISHRS even though many members don’t practice what they preach.
Using a competent FUE tech is no different from using an improved FUE robot – a tool to be used by the experienced hair transplant doctor to successfully transplant FUE hair grafts.
These opinions are based on discussions with doctors, hair techs and lay people. Undoubtedly, there are other viewpoints but what matters is a successful hair transplant.
Dr Rogers has started producing short videos to give patients basic information on a variety of subjects. Here is a taster:
“Today I’m going to talk to you about female hair loss
Female hair loss is a more complicated subject than male hair loss, which is generally straightforward genetic male pattern hair loss.
Female hair loss is most commonly genetic but there are quite a number of other conditions in women that can affect the hair quality
Classic genetic female pattern hair loss gives thinning of the hair in an oval pattern, on the front third of the scalp but retaining a strong hairline without recession.
However, some women are susceptible to thinning and receding of the temples, which makes it look like male pattern hair loss. And this is also genetic.
But it’s important to bear in mind that some hormonal conditions will produce a similar appearance too. And to add to confusion, there is some overlap between the causes.
So let’s talk about the other conditions causing female hair loss.
Hormonal
Hormones have powerful effects in the body, so it’s no surprise that they can affect hair quality.
The thyroid hormone, thyroxine, will affect hair quality, whether it’s underactive or overactive. It’s important to keep a steady thyroxine level
Oestrogens and testosterone.
Most people will be aware that women produce oestrogen which is the hormone for female characteristics. A deficiency in oestrogen will lead to poor hair quality which is in part responsible for the change in hair quality after the menopause which results in decreased oestrogen production.
Testosterone is also produced naturally in women in small quantities and that is normal. However, a high natural level in women who have the genetics for male pattern hair loss, will produce male pattern type hair loss – as in receding temples and thinning on the crow.
This overlaps with conditions such as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome where high testosterone levels will give increased body hair, acne and male pattern hair loss.
Autoimmune
Women suffer from autoimmune conditions more frequently than men and this includes, alopecia areata, frontal fibrosing alopecia, thyroiditis etc
Dietary
It’s quite common for women to be careful with their diets either for health reasons, ethical reasons like Veganism or simply to control their weight.
Hair is continuously growing, therefore requires a continuous source of high quality nutrition, particularly iron, B12, folate and fatty acids. All of these are found in the typical Western red meat and vegetables diet but extra care does need to be taken if other diets are followed.
If you are deficient in nutrition, then hair quality (and nails) will soon become poorer – finer, brittle, slower growing hair.
Treatments
If there are obvious causes, such as iron deficiency, then this first needs treating. And to restore normal levels of iron, it can take 12 months of iron supplements.
Likewise if there are hormonal disturbances, then these need to be treated first but it can take 12 months or more to show improvement in hair quality.
Various medications can help, as well as supplements. But a full range of blood tests should be taken first.
SMP (scalp micropigmentation) can help improve the apparent density of the hair and reduce the “see through” look.
Lastly, women can also have very successful hair transplants.”
Dr Rogers hair transplant complaints blog is where Dr Rogers will be writing his views and reviews about a number of his pet complaints regarding the hair transplant speciality. The complaints that will be under Dr Rogers under investigation will include:
Dr Rogers hair transplant complaints list of blogs to come:
FUE technicians performing the hair extraction process vs doctors – click here
Turkish hair transplant clinic results, including over harvesting – click here
Hair forums and secret salesmen who review their own and rival’s clinics click here
Unnatural hairlines and unnatural corn row hair graft implantation
Results, especially density and naturalness
Respecting that both FUE and FUT (strip) have their place in offering the best hair transplant results to each patient
The commercialisation and corporate mentality taking over the hair transplant speciality instead of the one to one approach favoured by Dr Rogers
All these opinions will be his own and are general, not specific to any one doctor or clinic but are his observations from his 22 years experience. First article coming soon…
Turkey Hair Transplant Clinic on BBC TV and website was something of a promotional advert for Turkish hair transplant clinics but didn’t show the reality of many of the so called “hair mills.”
They focussed on the cost and didn’t explore the fact that many patients have a poor experience there. We have personally seen patients coming back from Turkey with dreadful results and like Greg Williams, would caution those considering travelling abroad for cosmetic treatment. Hair transplant surgery is not to be undertaken lightly (Robbie Williams please note!) and patients should consider more than just cost.
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Accessing and updating your information
The law gives you certain rights in respect of the personal data that we hold about you. In addition to your right to stop marketing, detailed above, below is a short overview of the most commonly-used rights. It is not an exhaustive statement of the law.
With some exceptions designed to protect the rights of others, you have the right to a copy of the personal data that we hold about you
You have the right to have the personal data I hold about you corrected if it is factually inaccurate. If any of your personal data has changed, especially contact information such as: email address, postal address and phone number please get in touch with so we can ensure your personal data is kept up to date
If you want to exercise your rights in respect of your personal data, the best way to do so is to contact us by email or to write to us for the attention of the data protection officer at the address mentioned above.
Prince William haircut news – HRH has clearly accepted his hair loss, detailed in many photos in newspapers in the UK and around the world.
Nothing wrong with that, although he could have been more proactive about 10-15 years and benefitted from drugs such as Propecia or a hair transplantation. All eyes will now be on Prince Harry (or perhaps Meghan Markle) and whether he’ll do anything about his crown thinning…
