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Hair Transplant Repair

What Is A Corrective Hair Transplant?

In a perfect world, everyone would be happy with their hair transplant results. Sadly, this is not the reality. With the rise of discount clinics and international medical tourism, we see more and more individuals who have experienced graft failure, excessive scarring, and other poor outcomes from these surgeries.
At La Mesa Medical Hair Restoration, we perform hair transplant correction to improve the unsatisfying results of previous procedures. Corrective hair transplants are also performed to improve results of outdated procedures, reduce visible scarring, or to address additional hair loss that has occurred since the last surgery. Corrective transplantation can also improve hairlines affected by facelift surgery, reducing visible scarring and addressing damage to the hairline or sideburns.

Can A Hair Transplant Procedure Go Wrong?

Hair transplants can go wrong for a variety of reasons: inadequate donor hair, inadequate staffing, lack of experience or participation by the doctor, scalp infection, poor aftercare, or surgical error. Signs of a failed hair transplant include excessive scabs, poor hair growth in recipient or donor areas, an uneven hairline, unnatural direction of hair growth, large grafts placed in the hairline area, or overly visible scarring.

Corrective Transplant FAQs

How Common Are Failed Hair Transplants?
Hair transplantation has a high overall success rate. Most of those who have undergone a procedure are satisfied with the results, depending on where they have their procedure performed.  At La Mesa Medical Hair Restoration, we believe in quality over quantity.  Therefore, we limit our practice to one surgery per day.
At La Mesa Medical Hair Restoration, we pride ourselves on our ability to revise and correct failed hair transplants and provide successful outcomes. Dr, Ross is an expert in this field, as much of his initial work when he began his career in 2001 was correcting the outdated transplants performed in the 1990’s or earlier.  While every hairline correction case is unique, we are often able to make significant improvements as long as the individual has adequate donor hair and their hair loss is not progressing too rapidly.
Corrective hair restoration is a highly individualized process. It begins with a consultation where we will perform a thorough assessment of your scalp and hair. We will then discuss your options and help you set goals for your upgraded hairline. A typical revision procedure usually involves removing some of the follicles from the original surgery and replacing them more artfully with new donor follicles. Softening the hairline is often a large component of a revision surgery.

Helping You Achieve the Hairline You Desire

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You do not have to live with the disappointing results of an unsatisfactory hair replacement surgery. At La Mesa Hair Restoration, we believe in creating an individualized treatment plan that best addresses every patient’s specific situation. From medications and minimally invasive procedures to surgical FUE and FUT hair restoration, we want to help you achieve the hairline you desire. To learn more or to set up a consultation, call us at (619) 832-4885 or contact us online. We look forward to hearing from you.