Marc Dauer, MD

Our world is constantly evolving, and so is everything around us. This hair transplant clinic has evolved along with the trend. It is now using the leading techs and most refined approaches to help their patients through their hair transplantation. There is nothing as being honest with the pros and cons of every hair treatment procedure. The professionals in charge here like to tell you what to expect.       Every hair restoration consultation and hair transplant procedure is performed personally by Dr. Marc Dauer and his highly trained medical staff. Marc Dauer, MD, located in Los Angeles, is a leader in permanent hair restoration and hair transplant utilizing Follicular Unit Transplantation to achieve the most natural results possible. Dr. Dauer graduated with honors from New York Medical College and trained in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at UCLA Medical Center. He subsequently received special training in Hair Restoration and Hair Transplant and has been a published author in numerous medical publications. Dr. Dauer is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery and a member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery. Dr. Dauer is a teaching faculty member of the American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine, and routinely conducts teaching conferences around the world instructing physicians in the art of Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation. Each and every hair restoration consultation and hair transplant procedure is performed personally by Dr. Marc Dauer and his highly trained medical staff. OUR HAIR RESTORATION PRACTICE In our hair restoration practice we deal exclusively with Hair and Eyebrow Transplants. For each patient that presents to us for hair transplants, our goal is to achieve complete naturalness with as much density as possible. We feel these two goals are best achieved when the treatment plan is individualized for each hair loss patient. There are a host of factors that must be taken into account with each hair restoration patient before formulating the best treatment plan. Some of the more important factors are: the patient’s age, the hair-to-skin color contrast, the caliber of the hair, the character of the hair, the patient’s goals for styling, and, perhaps most important, the ratio of available donor hair in relation to the transplant recipient area in need of coverage. The most important thing is to always do what’s best for the patient. HOW MANY HAIR TRANSPLANT SESSIONS ARE NEEDED? With rare exceptions, the hair transplant process usually takes 1-3 sessions to achieve excellent results. There are some who are very pleased with fewer sessions, especially those who have some pre-existing hair on top to go with the transplanted hair. We believe there are several good reasons to accomplish a patient’s transplant over time in 1-3 sessions: Such an approach respects the blood supply of the scalp, leaving some space for blood to reach all the grafts planted, with a resultant high-percentage yield of survival for those hairs. The hair transplant surgeon can be more artistic, similar to a painter, who goes back to his easel repeatedly, making artistic “touches” to his work as he views it unfolding. Gradients of density can more easily be created. In our transplanting, we try to reproduce a pattern of hair that could be naturally seen on someone’s head, such as in a man who is only starting to thin in the crown or the crease areas. Hair survival percentages are very high. Most studies suggest that the Follicular Unit type of graft more consistently survives in the 90% range, and can be an important contributor for later density. There is less risk for a wide donor scar. By limiting the width of the donor strip, and then going to whatever length is necessary for that session, and spacing the sessions at least several months apart, the scalp in the donor area once again becomes lax. In this way, the hair in the next procedure is obtained from around the old scar, with a single thin scar resulting at the end of the 1-3 procedures. We feel that trying to obtain more than 3000 FU’s at a single session requires a much wider strip and carries with it the risk for a wide scar later on. IMPORTANCE OF HAIRLINE IN HAIR TRANSPLANTS From the beginning, we focus on creating a completely natural hairline for the hair loss patient. At eac