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April 2010
Dr. Alan Bauman First to Demonstrate NeoGraft Hair Transplant
National hair expert Dr. Alan Bauman predicts the NeoGraft hair transplant will revolutionize the industry - and he's helping to train other qualified hair restoration surgeons in how to use it.
April 2010
Noted hair transplant surgeon Alan J. Bauman, M.D. was the first physician to demonstrate NeoGraft, the minimally-invasive hair transplant device, at the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery’s (ISHRS) Annual Live Surgery Workshop in Orlando this month.
One of the most experienced NeoGraft
surgeons worldwide, Dr. Bauman lectured about the device as well as
demonstrated its use on a live patient for the over 100 physicians,
assistants and others who were in attendance.
Dr. Alan Bauman demonstrates NeoGraft FUE Hair Transplant at ISHRS
Orlando Live Surgery Workshop, April 2010The April 2010 Orlando
workshop was the first live surgery demonstration of the NeoGraft
device at an official International Society of Hair Restoration
Surgery-sponsored event since the device made its debut in North
America in 2008.
“NeoGraft has been an incredible breakthrough that benefits both
hair transplant patients and physicians,” said Dr. Bauman, who is
certified by the American and International Board of Hair
Restoration Surgery and one of the first U.S. doctors to use the
device.
“The ISHRS workshop was a great opportunity to educate more
hair transplant doctors about this important new tool in the battle
against baldness. NeoGraft delivers what savvy hair loss patients
are demanding—a less invasive hair transplant that heals quickly and
comfortably, and leaves no linear scar.”
During the live surgery teaching demonstration, Dr. Bauman and his
assistants harvested a total of 357 consecutive individual
‘follicular-unit’ grafts in just one hour using NeoGraft, with a
very low graft transection rate of 2.2-percent--illustrating the
device’s efficiency and accuracy.
“This year’s lectures and surgeries certainly did not disappoint,”
said Dr. Edwin Epstein, president of the ISHRS and workshop
attendee. “The ISHRS Annual Orlando Live Surgery Workshop is the
foremost physician training event in the field bringing together
physicians of all skill levels from novice to advanced to share the
latest information on hair loss and its treatment.”
What is Neograft/Fue
The FDA-cleared NeoGraft device helps automate the surgical removal
of individual hair follicles and follicular-units one at a time,
eliminating the need for doctors to remove a large strip from the
back of the scalp (a procedure known as a linear-harvest Follicular
Unit Hair Transplant or STRIP FUT).
The targeted removal of individual hair follicles,
known as "Follicular-Unit Extraction" or FUE, is a
minimally-invasive microsurgical procedure that has been available
for several years, but until now has been too time-consuming or too
costly for many patients.
"NeoGraft is an exciting new breakthrough because it allows for the
same artistic ‘follicle-by-follicle’ natural hair transplant
results, but now with the advantage of the no-scalpel/no-stitch FUE
harvest technique," Dr. Bauman said. “NeoGraft is a huge step
forward in FUE efficiency and accuracy.”
Better for hairline and wallet
Until now, FUE-type hair transplants performed manually were labor-intensive
and time consuming, which meant that patients had to undergo
multiple surgeries to get the desired effect. "Now that a more
efficient automated device is available, experienced FUE doctors
should be able to double the number of grafts transplanted per
session or shorten procedure times, saving some patients both time
and money," said Dr. Bauman.
The key benefits of a NeoGraft FUE surgery:
Least invasive hair transplant available
No 'tell-tale' linear scar where the donor hair is harvested
Shorter, more comfortable recovery
No stitches to be removed
Less activity restrictions after surgery and quicker return to
athletic activity
Very short haircuts are possible after surgery
Transplants more than twice as many hair-grafts in a single surgery
as the previous manually-performed FUE surgery in the same amount of
time
Cuts the cost of treatment by reducing the need for additional
surgeries
Artistry still required
During his lecture, Dr. Bauman cautioned his colleagues in the
industry that although NeoGraft makes hair transplant harvesting
more efficient, a high degree of planning, forethought and artistic
execution is still required by the physician when it comes to the
transplanted hairline to ensure it’s naturalness and placement of
the transplanted hair follicles to achieve the desired coverage.
About Dr Alan Bauman
Alan J. Bauman, M.D., founder of Bauman Medical Group in Boca Raton,
Florida, is a top U.S. medical expert on hair loss and restoration
for men and women, including eyelash, eyebrow and scalp transplants,
as well as low level laser therapy. Dr. Bauman was the first hair
transplant surgeon to demonstrate the FUE method of hair
transplantation at the International Society of Hair Restoration
Surgery's Orlando Live Surgery Workshop in 2004 and developed the
first commercially-available instrument specifically for manual
extraction of FUE grafts, called the 'Bauman MINDEX.'
Known for his expertise in female hair loss, approximately 50-percent of Dr. Bauman's patients are women. Dr. Bauman has been accepted by the International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons, recommended by the American Hair Loss Association, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery and is a featured lecturer at many major medical conferences. Websites: http://www.baumanmedical.com and http://www.youtube.com/baumanmedical.