Surgical Hair Restoration / Hair Transplantation

If a surgical procedure is advised, you will be in the hands of an exceptionally caring and well-qualified surgeon. Dr. Bauman offers his patients the demonstrated skills, knowledge, experience and keen artistic eye to yield the best medical and aesthetic result—one hair follicle at a time.
In general terms, hair transplantation is the redistribution of 'permanent' follicles from the back of the scalp (donor area) into the thinning or the balding areas (recipient area).   It is a safe, effective procedure performed under comfortable, computerized local anesthesia (The Wand).  

Today, unlike old-style “hair-plug“ transplants, follicular-unit micrografting allows coverage of the scalp and the creation of a natural, living and growing hairline for every single patient.    Dr. Bauman uses a combination of microsurgical techniques and an artistic eye to carefully determine the angle, orientation and position of each invididual transplanted hair in order to achive results that truly “defy detection.“     We encourage you to browse Dr. Bauman's portfolio of “Patient Profiles” to see close-up photos of hairline results he has created.  For more detailed information regarding Dr. Bauman's hair transplant procedures, read the article about Dr. Bauman in the M.D. News.   Dr. Bauman's hair restoration procedures (and adjunctive treatments) were featured on NBC's Dateline, which independently verified and clarified the effectiveness and natrualness of the Dr. Bauman's hair transplantation techniques.   You can track the progress of the Dateline NBC's “Follicle Five” at www.folliclefive.com.   Dr. Bauman's procedures have also been featured on CNN, FOX News as well as in The New York Times, Newsweek, and Men's Health Magazine.   The latest news videos have been uploaded to www.youtube.com/baumanmedical, but they are also available at the Bauman Medical Newsroom. 

Video-Microscopic Dissection

As part of Dr. Bauman's commitment to his patients, he has developed and invested in the latest technologies required to consistently achieve the high level of surgical precision at which he and the Bauman Medical Group surgical team work each day.

In this photo, Dr. David Polo (Chief Surgical Technician at Bauman Medical Group) is dissecting individual hair follicles and follicular units under one of Bauman Medical Group's powerful new digital video microscopes. Improved visualization of the follicles in the harvested donor tissue is now possible.
A 'quantum leap' in ergonomics and magnification, the videoscopes mean a more efficient dissection process, a better quality and quantity of grafts, and therefore, better results for every patient.

New "Trichophytic" Donor Closure Technique Reduces Scar Visibility...

Boca Raton, FL--The new “Trichophytic Donor Closure” technique allows for improved camouflage of a linear donor scar.    Before the trichophytic (aka “tricho”) closures, a patient could expect their donor scar to be 0-2mm in width.   Normally, the surrounding hair would easily cover the scar.   For some patients with very short hairstyles or buzzcuts, the resulting donor scar could sometimes be visible.   The trichophytic closure is a type of 'overlapping' technique which results in hair growing directly through the donor scar.    This can dramatically improve coverage of the donor scar in those with short hair.    
Dr. Bauman uses the trichophytic donor closure technique as a routine part of all of his linear donor harvests.  For patients with short hair, this offers an acceptable alternative to FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction), which is typically a less efficient (and oftentimes more expensive) way to harvest hair from the donor.   Dr. Bauman believes that there is still a role for FUE, but that the benefits of a trichophytic closure make FUE a somewhat less attractive option for some patients.
The trichophytic donor closure can be used on patients who have had previous procedures and are looking for improvement in the camouflage of their donor scar, as well as patients who are undergoing hair transplantation for the first time.

 For more information on trichophytic or 'tricho' donor closure techniques, email doctorb@baumanmedical.com or call 1-561-394-0024

In the photo at left, Dr. Bauman is demonstrating to hair restoration surgeons from around the world how he performs the Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) procedure at the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) Live Surgery Workshop in 2003. In March of 2004, Dr. Bauman lectured on and demonstrated his FUE technique and his customized FUE instruments at the ISHRS Live Surgery Workshop. In August of 2004, lectured on FUE at the Annual Meeting of the ISHRS in Vancouver, Canada and was asked to sit on a Q&A panel of several FUE surgeons from around the world. He also lectured and sat on a similar “FUE Panel" of surgeons at the 2006 ISHRS conference in San Diego.

With the latest instrumentation, doctors performing Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE), can transplant individual hairs without harvesting hair from a “donor strip.” Since no scalpels or stitches are used, healing is quick and comfortable. The FUE procedure is ideal for patients who have short hair, an active lifestyle, and don't want to have a linear donor scar. FUE procedures are more labor intensive and typically yield fewer grafts in a single session than traditional 'linear' micrografting techniques. View a news story about FUE/Follicular Unit Extraction.
Proficient at both FUE and traditional 'linear' techniques, Dr. Bauman can guide you as to which procedure would best suit your needs. Regardless of the harvesting method, Dr. Bauman continues to use his artistic skill to recreate a natural hairline for each and every patient.