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Procedures performed fall into two basic categories each comprising nearly 50% of our work. The first is hair transplant surgery for new patients. The second is corrective surgery for patients of other physicians or those who used previous methods and were not satisfied with the results. A small amount of our work consists of reconstructive surgery of the eyebrows and face where damage may have occurred due to various reasons.

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• FDA Approved Medical Hair Loss Treatment

The Root of the Problem with Hair Loss
Like a work of art, your hair frames your face. It is unique to your individual facial structure. In fact, hair is such a vital component of your physical appearance that any premature hair loss can be extremely stressful. Your appearance shapes your social attitudes and those of others towards you. Sociological studies have demonstrated that attractive people are perceived and treated more favorably.
Negative psychological effects are caused by the unavoidable physical condition of hair loss. The hair on your scalp is genetically programmed. Hair loss genes are passed from parent to child. At puberty in males (or menopause in women), hormone levels change dramatically. This affects the genetically non-permanent hair making hair loss inevitable.
Hair loss is caused by genetic and hormonal factors, not by hats, shampoos, hair coloring, overuse of blow dryers, etc. It is a wholly natural process.

What You Can Expect From Your First Visit To Our Center
Our goal in your first transplantation procedures is to restore symmetry, harmony and proportion to your face. One of I.L.H.T.'s guiding principles is that the first surgery should never leave a patient in need of additional surgeries.
In other words, if you never received another hair transplant you should still look great for life. Upon arrival you will be given a consultation with Dr. Khan personally. During that time the doctor will answer any of your questions regarding hair surgery. We will discuss your expectations and show you "before" and "after" photos of actual patients. One great source of pride to I.L.H.T. is the number of patients who are willing to allow us to use their names and likenesses to promote further surgeries. Our work is so outstanding that we have many, many success stories of people's lives that have been completely changed for the better.
Once we have discussed the generalities of hair surgery we begin to focus on your unique situation. Using printed illustrations we will design a new hairline specifically for your face. Using three-dimensional mirrors, video imaging and computerized analysis we can show you the transformation you will undergo. Once you are completely satisfied, we can schedule the earliest, most convenient time for your surgery.

The Importance Of Artistically Designing Your Hairline
A made-to-measure, custom-tailored suit is destined to fit you better than any mass-produced clothing. At I.L.H.T., we take the same approach with your hair transplant as a custom tailor would in producing elegant dinner attire. Nothing can surpass the subtle refinements of a hair replacement contoured just for you.
To bring out the best features of your face, we combine precision technology with art, skill and a sense of style. Our goal is to replenish your spirit along with your hair - to restore more than a youthful appearance - to restore your self-confidence, security and peace of mind. All in tune with your active lifestyle. With past methods one might have been self conscious about participating in athletics or vigorous activities. Because our hair transplantation method restores your own natural, growing hair, no one will ever notice anything unusual about your hair.

Our Investment In Research
One might assume that the natural-looking, virtually undetectable hair transplants I.L.H.T. performs would require an extended series of time-consuming visits. Quite often, only one brief surgical procedure may be required in order to please even the most demanding, the most discerning and the most discriminating eyes of all, yours.
We have the power to turn back the hands of time to restore a more youthful appearance and rebuild lost confidence. This combination of technical expertise and artistic realization was not born overnight. Painstakingly cultivated over years of research, we invested the time to develop our precision methods. You benefit from our passion and drive. You could look in the mirror and feel proud, vigorous, more handsome and better about yourself in general because we have met the challenge. Read about the HISTORY of hair transplantation to understand the contrast with our methods.

A Word About Competitors
Without taking anything away from the expertise of other doctors, we must say that while a patient can certainly use whoever they desire for their hair transplantation surgery they should note that Dr. Khan and the I.L.H.T. Centers are the inventors of both the equipment and methods in use worldwide by many of those same physicians. You should ask yourself that given the choice would you rather have a surgery performed by someone who studied a method second hand or would you get the same procedure performed by the inventor of the tools? We are very proud of the refinements of technique we have brought to the field of transplantation over the past decade and look forward to continually pushing back the barriers. We currently have research projects underway to improve the advanced procedures we perform daily.

Computerized Analysis And Virtual Reality Preview
As discussed during your initial evaluation we use a state-of-the-art method for designing an appropriate hairline for your face. Visit our RESEARCH CENTER to learn more about our techniques. Dr. Khan has developed the arithmetic method for determining a proper hairline for each person based on their individual features.

Locating Proper Donor Hair Is Vital To Success
The location and density of your donor hair is vitally important for successful hair transplantation. We avoid using donor hair taken from the lower part of the neck. It can produce unsightly scars due to neck movement during the healing process. At I.L.H.T., donor hair is selected from the center of the back of the head. Finer hair for hairlines are present at both ends of the harvested donor strip.

Bloodless and Painless Procedures
Simple innovations are often the most powerful in life. At I.L.H.T., one simple innovation has led us to a whole new way to perform hair transplant surgeries-a far superior method than existed before. We nearly eliminate bleeding and pain by utilizing a device Dr.Khan invented for controlling the depth of the donor hair probing. Visit our HISTORY to view a description of the Depth Control Instrument Dr. Khan pioneered for the field of hair transplantation in 1992. This device allows the doctor to remove donor hair without damaging the blood vessels or nerves which lay below the hair layer of skin.

Corrective Surgery Of Other's Less Artistic Efforts
While other types of unnatural looking surgeries are outmoded by our standards, sadly they are still being performed. There are even similar methods to ours performed by less skilled or artistically challenged individuals. Fully half of all procedures we perform are corrective in nature. Unfortunately, we are often called upon to perform corrective work on hair transplants done elsewhere.
It is difficult to describe the physical and emotional pain that bad transplants can cause. Patients feel very vulnerable, even more than someone who has simply lost their hair. At I.L.H.T., we feel helping this type of patient is a sacred trust.
Thanks to I.L.H.T.'s superior technology, artful techniques and passion for perfection, we can do more than just restore hair. We can give back to them the elegance, style and self-confidence they deserve. The fact is our efforts in this area have created a whole new class of reconstructive surgery.
If you have already had a bad experience elsewhere, please allow us to view the work and consult with you on possible corrections. We are sure that you will be pleased with our insight and the results from this type of procedure.
For example, we can eliminate the scarring which resulted from poor scalp reduction methods (surgical removal of bald areas with the stretching of adjoing areas of skin). With Dr. Khan's extensive exposure to trauma and burn patients during residency, I.L.H.T. has gained a broader understanding for offering aesthethic surgical intervention to patients with such scarring.

Corrective Surgery Of Sideburns
For those who have undergone facelifts they often find their sideburns have been distorted. We offer our single hair feathering technique to create sideburns which result in a revitalized natural appearance.

Corrective Surgery Of Eyebrows and Eyelashes
We have also created a unique technique to correct the most delicate hair problems. Men and women who have lost their eyelashes can have the finest aesthetic eyelash restoration in just one hour.
Men and women who have suffered with missing eyebrows can have them restored easily using our techniques.

Surgery For Thinning Hair
Adults who become concerned about thinning now have a fine alternative. Previously, surgeons could not restore hairs in thinning areas since the area was not truly bald, and anything they did would affect the healthy, neighboring hair. Now, I.L.H.T. can use the single hair feathering method to fill in those spaces without injuring any other hair. The final results return the patient to a time when there appeared to be no hair loss at all

Fast, Easy Recovery
After your I.L.H.T. hair transplant procedure, without bleeding or bandages you can return home unassisted, or return to work immediately. Some patients do return to work the same day. The procedure is that non-invasive. Patients who arrive for surgery by air can fly home later that same day if they wish. The transplanted area heals within a few days. Transplanted hair, in most patients, goes into a resting phase for a few weeks. Once it resumes growth, hair transplanted by the I.L.H.T. method continues to grow for a lifetime.

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