In the field of hair transplantation, we have seen a tremendous progress in both its artistry and its technology in the past ten years. People can now expect results that are so natural; they can hardly be detected - even by professionals. Unfortunately, there are those who received hair transplantation before the technology evolved to the current level. What was state of the art then is no longer the case. Most notable are the recipients of hair plugs from the past.

For those who thought they would have to live with the plugs from earlier surgery, they should know that corrective surgery (plug repair) is available, and refinements to hairlines can be attained to create a new and natural hairline.

Depending on the location of the plugs, removal and recycling of these plugs may be necessary. In these procedures, the older, large plugs are partially or entirely removed from the scalp and divided into small follicular unit grafts. These “Recycled?hair plugs, together with newly harvested hair from the back of the head, eliminate the “plugginess?and offer patients with old-style hair restorations a much more natural hairline.

Besides repairing old-fashion plugs, ‘hairline refinement?surgery can also improve upon people’s earlier hair restoration results, such as hairlines that were too straight, too high, too low, or angled inappropriately.

With today’s technology and a skilled surgeon, one should no longer have to live with any unnatural hair transplants from the past.