| “The Exciting Sneak- Peak Technique” By Sandy Zimmerman A revolutionary new hair transplanting technique removes all of the doubts and fears of how a patient will look afterward the transplant. He/ she see the results immediately with Dr. Craig Ziering’s Sneak- Peak Technique or Long Hair Transplant. Internationally known and a leader in the hair transplant field, Dr. Ziering is the first surgeon to use this Sneak Peak Technique in the United States. With the traditional technique, the patient usually has to wait 5-10 months for the hair to grow out. Dr Ziering described the process, “We usually shave the donor hair very, very short on the back of their head and transplant it. With this improved Sneak-Peak Technique, the hair is kept at the same length as the donor’s hair. In both types of transplants, the hairs begin to fall out in 1-4 weeks and new follicles take their place in the same position, angle, direction, and location that the graphs were transplanted.” The Sneak Peak Technique operations are more difficult. This technique requires more skill from both the physician and surgical staff. “We are dissecting these graphs under the microscope dealing with longer hair and with the tissues. When we transplant them, the longer hairs are attached and could get in the way as we are preparing the design. It requires greater skill and demands from the physician to be up on the artistry because both the patient and physician are going to see the results of the surgery immediately. The patient sees if you do really nice work as far as design, angle, direction and orientation are concerned. This Sneak Peak Technique challenges the surgeon to be better at the procedure which is better in the long run for the industry.” Dr. Ziering is like an artist. Dr. Ziering feels, “I like to think it is a combination of art and medicine. We are working on a 3- D structure. The skull has shape and the facial features are different for every individual. I like to create a hair line that matches with these facial features and gives the patient the greatest aesthetic look including not only the frontal hairline but the whorl in the back of the head as well as the temporal peaks.” The Sneak Peak Technique operation takes longer from the dissection under the microscope, the placement of the graphs, and the incision site of the donor. This technique is interactive, with both |
| Dr. Ziering’s latest hair transplant operation for “Doctor 90210” will be airing soon. Dr. Ziering is the first surgeon to perform a hair transplant on ABC’s hit show ‘Extreme Makeover” and has been featured on NBC’s Today Show, The Insider, TAhe Style Network, E!, CBS, Fox News, and KTLA as well as the LA Times, OC Register and the Daily Pilot. He has successfully performed over 12,000 hair transplant procedures. |
| For information or a free consultation, (877)-ZM4-HAIR, (964-4247). Dr. Craig Ziering, founder of Ziering Medical. No-charge consultation or virtual consultation on the internet, instant financing available; www.zieringmedical.com Dr. Craig L. Ziering, D.O., FAOCD, Dipomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery, Bord Certified in Dermatology. |
| the patient and the physician giving feedback. As Dr. Ziering places the graphs, the patient can see the balance that is necessary between the area that he is trying to cover as well as the desired density; Dr. Ziering can keep adding graphs to a zone in the frontal part of the head until he achieves the desired density the patient wants before moving further back on the head; The patient says, “I would like to get some coverage throughout and not have quit that dense.” Compared to the traditional transplant where the patient has no idea what “not quit as dense” means. The patient might want some coverage over the entire head, but with this procedure he is able to show them. The doctor can adjust again and have more density if that is what the patient desires; Patients are involved in the decision making process; Some patients may need 2,000 graphs in the front of the head; every one’s hair is different, the width of each hair shaft, the characteristics of that hair, the color that is different, color on the scalp contrast is different, the curl texture and quality of the hair is different; 2,000 graphs on one person is not like 2,000 graphs on another person. One of the exciting results of this procedure, patients do not like the crusting and scabbing that occurs the first week with the traditional method, but now the long hairs camouflage the area allowing patients to return to work the next day. There are multiple benefits with this procedure. In hair transplants, the hairs are so small with thousands to fill a small space or the whole head. Dr. Ziering performs procedures in excess of 3,000 graphs at a time. Graphs are 1-by-1- by-1 hairs divided into follicular units with state- of- the- art techniques with 3-4 hairs in them. The public is invited to watch Dr. Zierling operate during his hair transplanting procedure. I was thrilled to see him perform and take photos of the traditional operation. There are so many technicians, so many microscopes, with such intricate precision; The patient is awake for both the traditional method and Sneak Peak Technique, I saw him eating lunch, watching television, and talking to us. It was exciting taking photos during the operation, seeing Dr. Ziering’s delicate work close up. |
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