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It's a painful irony: The less hair you tend to have, the more time and money you have to spend making it look presentable. "My husband would make fun of all my products - the volumizing mousse, the thickening shampoos, the powders that promised to cover sparse hairlines," says Samantha of Stevenson Ranch. "But I wasn't laughing; I was miserable!"

"Hormones, stress, genetics, illness, age - they can all take a major toll on your hair, which in our culture is a symbol of youth and health," says Dr. Justin Heller of Heller Plastic Surgery. "We had so many patients talking about how self conscious they were about their hair - we knew we had to create a treatment plan to make an incredible difference."

That meant upending the status quo. "Old methods used to improve hair loss required an incision on the back of the head. Small grafts would be made and then implanted. It was painful, the results weren't very natural looking and recovery was much more difficult," says Dr. Heller. "Today, this process can be done without a single incision," says the board-certified specialist. "There's no major healing needed at the point of extraction and the look is flawlessly natural. Individual hairs are implanted, one by one, with a graft vacuum system that removes, then deposits, the follicles beautifully. Healing is done in only two or three days. That's all it takes for grafts to 'take!' The best part though: It's painless!"

"There's real excitement out there," shares the owner of Heller Plastic Surgery. "People who've suffered from embarrassment or frustration because of hair loss can now implant real hair-bearing tissue into eyebrows, scar lines, the beard area and more. Male-pattern baldness issues can be alleviated without the harsh look of hair plugs. Hair lines can now look lush and natural!"
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Four-pronged Treatment Plan
Makes for Dramatic New Hair Growth Medication & Vitamins
Topical and oral medications and supplements proven to regrow and strengthen hair are used in conjunction with specialized modalities to improve outcomes for the thickest, most luxurious hair possible.

Laser Treatment
"Our patients' own hair grows back stronger and up to 50-percent thicker with our specialized lasers," says Dr. Heller.

Platelet Rich Plasma Injections
PRP injections use your own stem cells to encourage regeneration at the root, nourishing your scalp with what it needs to regrow your own hair.

Follicular Unit Extraction
This brand-new treatment is only available locally at Heller Plastic Surgery and provides patients with an incision- and pain-free way to harvest and implant up to 3,000 individual hairs per session.

Forget Microblading! Grow your own Eyebrows!
Until recently, microblading - a technique for tattooing eyebrows to make them look more prominent - was the only way to permanently mask the appearance of sparse brow hair. "While microblading, also known as permanent makeup, has its place, our clients are looking for the younger, more-natural look that can only be achieved with real hair," says Dr. Heller. "Patients have been thrilled with the way their own hair has totally changed the shape, length and fullness of their brows." Using the newest FUE methods, Heller Plastic Surgery patients leave the office with better brows - and very little recovery time.