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History of Hair TransplantsI only added this page for those who are interested in llearning about it. I realise most won't be but there are a few out there like to know the ins and outs. The principles and techniques of modern hair transplantation were rediscovered by Dr. Norman Orentreich in New York City in the early 1950's. Unlike other doctors who performed hair transplant procedures before him, Dr. Orentreich was the first to use this technique to treat male patterned baldness.
Dr. Oreintreich's discovery was simple yet extremely important. He discovered that hair from other parts of the body will continue to grow and keep their properties even if transplanted into the bading area. Therefore, if hair taken from the back of the head was transplanted into the balding area it would continue to grow as if it was still in its original position. In the 1995 publication "Follicular Transplantation", Bernstein and Rassman said that the ideal hair restoration surgery should consist of performing the entire transplant with individual follicular units and that these units should be used in large numbers. Today, the majority of physicians use mini-micrografting techniques which, compared to Follicular Unit Transplantation, are faster and easier to perform. Some doctors still use Follicular Transplantation method as they say the results are more natural and so worth the extra effort, but with technology today, all transplants are undetectable. The use of scalp reductions, scalp lifts and flaps, as well as laser hair transplantation, are not as common but these treatments are still on the market.
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