Hair Transplant San Diego

At Kolstad Facial Plastic Surgery in La Jolla, CA, our team of providers are pleased to offer the latest methodologies of improving the face, hair and body. When men and women in the community are interested in restoring the hair or addressing thinning, they will want to take the time to speak to Dr. Christopher Kolstad about follicular unit transplantation services. What is follicular unit transplantation, or FUT? Follicular unit transplantation is the best way to achieve phenomenal, natural-looking permanent hair restoration. With this particular treatment for hair thinning and loss, follicular units are harvested individually from the back of the scalp […]

On the day of your hair restoration you should plan for six to eight hours to complete the surgery, typically from 7:30 AM to 5 PM. You will be awake throughout the procedure and Dr. Kolstad will prescribe Valium and oral pain medicines for comfort. The day begins by marking the areas where the grafts are placed and trimming the donor scalp.  Dr. Kolstad will numb the back of your head using injectable medicines. Using the Neograft FUE technology the hair follicles will be removed one-at-a-time. The graft extraction process can take 3-4 hours, typically from 8 AM to 12 PM.  […]

One of the most important aspects of hair transplant surgery is the technique used to obtain the donor grafts.   Hair follicles are typically obtained from the back of the scalp using either a strip harvest technique (FUT) or as individual hair grafts (FUE). Strip harvesting is the process of removing a 2” x 12” section of scalp from the back of the head.  After removal the strip is sectioned into individual hair follicular units by Dr. Kolstad’s hair transplant team.  FUT hair transplants have been performed for over 30 years with good reliability and success. A newer technique for obtaining donor grafts […]

One of the first questions we get asked at Kolstad Hair Restoration is about the cost of a hair transplant.   The procedure fees are calculated based on the type of transplant, the length of time required and complexity of the procedure. For men and women looking to treat androgenic alopecia our most common hair transplant session is around 2,000 grafts.  A large session like this requires a full day to extract and place two thousand hair grafts.  Dr. Kolstad and his hair team will typically be involved in the procedure from 7 AM to 5 PM.  A large volume session requiring […]

One of the most important aspects of hair restoration is choosing the right surgeon. With the greater acceptance of hair transplant surgery, finding a qualified provider is easier then ever. It is important to do your homework as choosing right surgeon can be as rewarding as choosing the wrong surgeon can be disastrous. An important factor to consider when selecting among the various hair restoration surgeons is the interaction and relationship between yourself and the doctor. Your doctor should listen to you, never hurry you along, and speak with you in language that you can understand. Becoming educated about the desired procedure(s) […]

The first procedures used to create a hairline were large rotational flaps.  Lamont’s double temporoparietal flap, the occipital flap and the Juri flap represent historical attempts to cover areas of baldness using hair bearing scalp. Hair flaps created a very unnatural hairline and have little value when compared to state-of-the-art micrografting techniques.  Hair flaps can lead to disastrous outcomes when performed on the wrong candidate.  Imagine have a fully bald mid to posterior scalp with an incredibly dense pattern of hair in the front.  This unnatural appearance gave way to hair graft techniques where hairs were placed directly into the scalp.  Round […]

Hair restoration has evolved significantly from it’s earliest attempts to treat male pattern baldness.  Round grafts represent the earliest form of hair transplants using grafting techniques.  Round grafts are groupings of 10-30 hairs placed using punch biopsies in the scalp.  Multiple hair punches created the characteristic “pluggy” pattern of thick hair groups surrounding by areas of bald scalp.  Round grafts were eloquently termed hair plugs and appear similar to dolls hair.  Hair plugs were popular in the 1970s and 1980s when hair restoration was in it’s infancy.  Round grafts and hair plugs have no place in contemporary hair restoration medicine. Many […]