Hair Restoration For Men
Surgical Hair Restoration — As Performed By A True Expert
In the field of hair restoration, Dr. Epstein is at the forefront incorporating his aesthetic surgery background with his hair transplantation techniques to create natural-appearing hairlines, restore eyebrows and beards, and repair the results from prior hair procedures. Dr. Epstein personally performs all aesthetic steps of the procedure, including the designing of the restoration and the making of the recipient sites. All procedures take place in his fully-accredited Miami facility, supported by a team of compassionate and qualified team of full-time assistants that include Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses.
A True Expert in the Hair Field
For over three decades, Dr. Epstein has been developing his reputation as one of the most respected leaders in the hair restoration surgery field, attracting patients from all 50 United States and over 80 countries. He is board-certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery. He is also the former Editor of the Hair Transplant Forum, the journal of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery.
Dr. Epstein’s Key Accomplishments:
- Over 25,000 hair procedures, 25% of them reparative
- Expert in FUE, using the most advanced harvesting systems
- Featuring no-shave FUE, allowing patients to be presentable the next day
- Expert in hairline lowering/forehead reduction surgery
- Expert in the use of BHT (body hair transplants) for scalp restoration
- One of the world’s most experienced surgeons in eyebrow and beard restoration
- Frequent lecturer at scientific conferences
- Author of numerous textbook chapters and journal articles
- Voluntary Assistant Professor, University of Miami, Department of Otolaryngology and Philip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
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Hair Transplants
Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE)
FUE is the preferred technique used most often by Dr. Epstein, where he utilizes the WAW system from Europe to optimize hair growth while minimizing scarring. With FUE, patients are able to shave the head in the future without worrying about any linear donor site scar nor in most cases and visualization of the tiny “dot” scars. A no-shave FUE approach that he offers allows most patients to be fully presentable the very first day after the procedure. The transplanted hairs are placed into aesthetically made recipient sites in the scalp (or beard or eyebrows) for optimal hair growth direction, pattern, and angulation. This is an essentially painless procedure, usually performed under oral sedation and local anesthesia but, if desired, twilight sedation is available.
Reparative Procedures
Some patients seek Dr. Epstein for revision work to correct a prior hair transplant that left scarring or an unnatural appearance. Most commonly this work involves the removal with re-transplanting of unaesthetic transplanted hairs using the FUE removal technique perfected by Dr. Epstein, along with additional hair grafting, usually by the FUE technique. In cases where there is a low supply of scalp donor hairs due to scarring and/or over-harvesting, hairs from the beard or other body areas can be utilized. In cases of extensive scarring, Dr. Epstein may opt to employ other techniques such as hairline excision, scalp micropigmentation, and endoscopic ridge reduction.
No-shave FUE
With this modification on FUE, rather than shaving all the hairs in the donor area as with conventional FUE techniques, only the hairs that are to be harvested for transplanting are trimmed one at a time, leaving all the other surrounding hairs in the donor area their original length. While it takes somewhat more time to perform, this allows the patient to be fully presentable the very next day without any sign of having had a procedure performed. Also note that no matter how the donor area is managed, the hairs in the recipient area are not trimmed, permitting them to help conceal the healing transplants that first week.
Aesthetic results
Body Hair Transplants (BHT)
Learn more about beard and eyebrow transplantation as performed Dr. Epstein.
Body to Scalp
Dr. Epstein is one of a handful of surgeons who routinely harvest hairs from primarily the beard for use on the scalp. Once transplanted, these hairs then grow similarly to scalp hairs in most cases, typically retaining their thickness but losing their coarseness. In our experienced hands, the beard donor area heals in 24 hours, and regrowth rates tend to approach those of scalp donor hairs. In our practice, we typically will perform 3 to 4 beard to scalp graft cases weekly.
Scalp to Body
When more hair is desired in other parts of the face or body, such as the beard, eyebrows, chest, even pubic region, hair can be transplanted from the scalp into these areas. There is likely no doctor who has performed more of these face and body hair transplant procedures worldwide.
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Non-scalp Hair Transplants
Beard Transplants
When more facial hair is desired, Dr. Epstein can create the desired look, whether to the entire beard or specific areas such as the goatee or sideburns, using techniques he has largely developed through the performing of more than 1,000 of these procedures. Facial hair transplants can also be used to conceal acne and other types of scars, as well as restore hair lost as a result of prior laser hair removal. The donor hairs most commonly come from the scalp, which typically grow like normal facial hair in their texture and other characteristics, and can be shaved or trimmed as desired, however in select cases hair from other areas of the beard can be used.
The procedure is usually performed under local anesthesia with oral sedation, although twilight sedation is offered. Taking four to eight hours to perform, each graft is individually harvested by FUE techniques, then dissected down to contain just the hairs that are then placed into thousands of recipient sites, each made one at a time by Dr. Epstein, with attention to the angle, direction, and position.
Eyebrow Transplants
This is a procedure for men and women who desire fuller, more aesthetic appearing eyebrows. Whether the eyebrows are overly thin or flat or too arched from over plucking or genetics or aging, or missing hairs in a scar that is the result of trauma, they can be restored using techniques largely developed by Dr. Epstein himself, including the use of tiny blades half a millimeter in thickness into which the hairs get placed.
The procedure takes three to five hours to perform, most commonly with an oral sedative (although twilight anesthesia is offered) and local anesthesia. It is meticulous work, done with strict attention to detail and aesthetics, and the harvesting of donor grafts using the FUE technique. With his having performed more than 2,000 eyebrow transplants, there is likely no other surgeon with the same experience as Dr. Epstein and his special eyebrow team.
Is Dr. Epstein for You?
To learn more or schedule a consultation—either in Miami or virtually—call 786.401.5805 or email info@drjeffreyepstein.com.
You can also fill out the form below to reach Dr. Epstein’s assistant, Roxy, who has helped thousands of patients over the past 24 years achieve hair restoration with Dr. Epstein.
Sunset Professional Building
6280 Sunset Dr #504, Miami FL 33143
786.401.5805
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