PATIENT OF THE MONTH

Repair Patient from Europe Shares His Story

Here’s the story of my hair loss repair program with Shapiro Medical Group.
 I’m going to go into detail to help all newbies and UK patients thinking of going to America ...  READ MORE>

SMG BUZZ 

SHAPIRO PERFORMS SURGERY AT ISRAEL WORKSHOP

Dr. Ron Shapiro was among the invited speakers who lectured and performed surgery at the first hair transplant workshop held in Israel. He lectured on hairline designing and ...  READ MORE>

TOPIC OF MONTH

WHAT IS FOLLICULAR UNIT EXTRACTION?

Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) is a method of obtaining donor hair for Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) where individual follicular units are harvested directly from the donor area, without the need for a linear incision. With the FUE technique, a .8mm to 1 mm punch is used to make a small circular incision in the skin around the upper part of the follicular unit which is then extracted directly from the scalp. Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) and Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) are sometimes mistakenly viewed as being two ... READ MORE>