Case Study

This 27-year-old male had a FUE procedure with 1502 hair grafts. Dr. Rogers prescribed oral finasteride 1mg daily and oral minoxidil 2.5mg daily to help maintain his existing hair. This close-up comb-through of his results and donor was at 1 year post-op.

This patient selected FUE hair transplant surgery to avoid a linear scar and trim his hair short on the sides and back. Dr. Rogers also prescribed oral minoxidil 1.25mg daily and a topical version of Dutasteride to maintain his existing hair. He had 1 procedure and will probably have a second procedure to add density…

This is a 55-year-old female who was bothered by her high hairline. Dr. Rogers started her on oral finasteride, but the patient wanted to lower her hairline more aggressively and create a more feminized, rounded hairline. The patient decided on hair surgery and underwent linear strip excision (LSE, or FUT). Dr. Rogers transplant a total…

Minoxidil, brand name Rogaine, received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1988 as the first drug proven to promote hair regrowth. It is a vasodilator, and it is speculated that, by widening blood vessels and opening potassium channels, it allows more oxygen, blood and nutrients to the hair follicle. This can…

This 66-year-old gentleman had already been on finasteride for 30 years but was bothered by his high hairline. He elected to undergo FUT (linear strip harvesting) hair surgery with Dr. Rogers and received a total of 2000 grafts. He was thrilled with his results 1 year out and even said he was now ready to…

This 64-year-old local TV celebrity always felt self-conscious about the thinning area over the back of his head and the ’ see-through’ aspect of his frontal scalp. He was started on oral minoxidil, increasing from 2.5mg/day to 5mg daily, and we restarted his finasteride, 1mg daily. At his 4-year follow-up visit, you can see what…

This 63-year-old musician always wanted to wear his hair long but could not because it was thinning at the front. He had tried Rogaine intermittently, but it seemed to make his hair shed more. Dr. Rogers saw him and discussed various options, including hair surgery. He preferred to start by adding 1mg of oral finasteride…

This 54-year-old male patient was eager to restart his traveling after COVID and wanted a fuller head of hair to go along with him! He did not want to shave his head, so he chose to undergo linear strip excision (LSE, aka FUT) with us. He had taken finasteride in the past and restarted that…

This 54-year-old gentleman came to see us because he missed his “roller coaster bangs” from his 20s. He wanted to add more volume over the frontal scalp and have the fun of styling his hair again.   He had no plans to shave his head and we proceeded with a linear strip excision (LSE, also…

This very sweet 31-year-old female has been bothered by thinning over her frontal scalp since she was in her 20’s. She had been on topical minoxidil and oral spironolactone which maintained her hair but she was interested in achieving a more dramatic, permanent result. She underwent linear strip excision (LSE, aka FUT) with us and…