Hair Transplants

Hair Restoration Surgery is performed safeley and comfortably at Dr. Porcaro's state of the art Level 2 Office Based Surgery Facility, registered with the Florida Board of Medicine located in Port St. Lucie, FL.

Local anesthesia, together with oral or intravenous sedation (both are optional) make the procedure very well tolerated. Patients describe having Hair Restoration as being easier than a visit to their dentist. Although some patients experience discomfort, there is rarely serious pain involved.

(Patient relaxing while assistants place grafts)

The procedure has become quite sophisticated and refined since first described by the Japanese in the 1930's.

Hair Restoration is very easy to undergo at Porcaro Hair Restoration. Patients are awake during the procedure and can spend their time listening to music, watching DVD'S, reading or talking with John Porcaro, MDand his staff. Patients are treated to lunch, which they can enjoy with a spouse or partner during a break in the procedure.

(Patient watching TV during procedure)

Hair Restoration involves surgically removing hair form the back of the head (donor area) and then relocating the individual follicular units to the front or top of the head (recipient area).

The donor area is sutured back together, leaving a very thin, almost undetectable scar blending into the hair in the back of the head; there is no thinning or baldness at this location.

John Porcaro, MD cautions patients not to be swayed by the internet hype concerning Follicular extraction procedures.

With rare exception such as very small transplant procedures-eyebrows, eyelashes, mustache, beard, small corrective procedures, or when donor supply is insufficient, follicular unit extraction is more time consuming, more expensive, result in more damage to follicles and is not nearly as efficient as the strip method.

After application of a local anesthetic, Dr. Porcaro will remove the donor strip and suture the incision by the Trichophytic closure method, making it unnoticeable on the day of the procedure.

The incision will quickly heal with little or no scar and will always be hidden by hair that covers it.

John Porcaro, MD will instruct his surgical team on precisely how to divide up the strip, which typically contain follicles with 1-4 hairs. Microscopes are routinely used to dissect each follicle from the strip.

Dr. Porcaro will personally create all the micro incisions in the area to be transplanted, taking into consideration the angle, direction and spacing he plans to have the new hairs grow.

This step requires experience,artistry and skill and is made in such a way so as to recreate the original hair pattern.

The specific depth, angle, direction, size and width are crucial to proper placement and growth of the transplanted hair. This is by far the most critical phase of the procedure. Depending on the circumstances, John Porcaro, MD will place grafts laterally (coronally), sagitally, densely pack grafts or perform mega sessions. (John Porcaro, MD will review these terms and others at the time of your consultation.)

Following this, Dr. Porcaro will supervise the actual placement of the grafts, which is performed by his experienced hair technicians under optical magnification. It is important to note that the grafts can only be placed into the recipient sites one way, similar to placing a square peg in a square hole.

John Porcaro, MD will inspect every graft and the donor incision at the end of the procedure and personally reviews the printed post op instructions with every patient. Dr Porcaro typically calls each patient the evening of surgery.

Dr. Porcaro encourages patients to call him and provides his personal phone number for any questions they may have during their recovery.