-Something that I'm nervous about
is probably maybe the bruising part,
but everything was pretty self-explanatory.
So I'm just more excited, I think,
for the procedure and the results.
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My name is Sivenn,
and I am getting eyebrow hair transplant today.
Growing up, I've always had very sparse eyebrows,
and my whole family has had
dark, bushy eyebrow except myself,
so I'm just really excited to have it.
I'm just tired of the baldness, appearance wise,
so I would like it more of the the genuine look.
So, with the alopecia,
I've experienced it for about a few years.
It's just due to stress. It's an autoimmune disease.
And it did kill my self-esteem.
I was very depressed for a little bit.
-I'm Dr. Marc Dauer,
and I specialize in hair and eyebrow restoration.
Our patient today is Sivenn, and she has genetic weak eyebrows,
meaning she's never really had much eyebrow hair
her entire life.
So, she tried microblading and tattooing her eyebrows
three or four times,
but it never really got her the desired effect.
She reached out to me, and today,
we're going to do an eyebrow transplant,
harvesting the donor hair via FUE from the donor area
and the back of the scalp,
and we're gonna move the hairs one by one to the eyebrows.
Our objective is to find the hairs in the scalp
that most closely resemble natural eyebrow hairs
to create the most natural, ultimate appearance
with the eyebrow transplant.
But what we have to make sure the patient understands
is that we are moving scalp hair to the eyebrows.
So what that means is the scalp hair
maintains its characteristics as scalp hair,
meaning you have to trim them periodically,
and whatever the character is
of the hair we're taking from the back of the scalp,
that's what's going to live on the eyebrows.
Good morning, Sivenn. -Good morning.
-I'm really excited to do
the eyebrow transplant procedure on you.
-I am, too. Thank you. -Oh, are you excited?
-Yes, very. [ Chuckles ] -Great.
It's gonna be great. -Yes.
So, before we start with the anesthesia
or the harvesting in the donor area,
we need to really clean the area very well.
And then, after that, we do our anesthesia
and then start the harvest,
which means I take the donor hair follicles.
So, while the grafts are waiting for implantation,
they're preserved in plasma light,
which is a storage solution.
We want to make sure the grafts need to be wet all the time.
If they dry out, they won't be viable.
So the entire time, we keep spraying and keeping them moist,
and we keep them preserved in the plasma-light solution
so that the grafts are always immersed in plasma light
the entire time,
from the moment they're taken out of the body
until they're put back in the body.
Sivenn has less donor density than a typical patient.
Her donor area in the back
was not as dense as a typical patient.
So what that meant is that I needed to be really careful
in terms of extracting the follicles
so as not to take too many follicles from one place
and to kind of move to different areas.
And then after I'm done with that,
I anesthetized the eyebrow.
So, the process when I'm transplanting into the eyebrow
is that I use a line implanter,
which is basically a little tool that has a needle on it,
and it also has a plunger.
So instead of having to make an incision
and then separately place the hair with a forceps,
this tool allows me to create the incision
and place the graft all in one motion.
So it's less trauma to the eyebrow,
which results in less post-operative swelling
and discomfort,
and I think also creates a better end result.
I place the hairs in one eyebrow.
We look at it together, we talk about it,
and then we move on to the next eyebrow and do the same thing,
and then we do a final check.
Sivenn, are you ready to see your new eyebrows?
-Yes, I am. -Open your eyes.
-Oh, my gosh. Looks really, really good.
Thank you so much. I am so happy.
-You're welcome. -Thank you.
-My pleasure.
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-I love my new eyebrows. [ Chuckles ]
The doctor did an amazing job. He's very meticulous.
He took his time, and it was very precise.
And I love that I chose him,
because there are so many other doctors,
but with the quality of the work that he did today,
I highly recommend him.
-The results for the eyebrow transplant should last forever.
We're taking scalp hair,
so unless you have an issue with your scalp hair,
the eyebrow hair should stay.
-I think when my family and friends sees it,
I think they will be very happy with the results,
because it's just so real.
It's not drawn in. It's not microblade.
It's my own hair follicle that was transplanted into it.
-The maintenance involved in an eyebrow transplant
really just involves trimming the hairs.
I'd say on average,
most people say they trim their eyebrow hairs
every week to week and a half.
But other than that, there's not really a whole lot more.
So, immediately after the procedure,
you kind of get a sneak peek of what your eyebrows look like,
and that's really neat for the patients.
And there's typically swelling and bruising around both eyes
for anywhere from 3 to 7 days.
Everybody heals a little bit differently.
-Advice for anyone that is looking to do this
would be just to go for it.
I did, and it just all went very well.
I'm very happy with the results,
and I just can't wait to see the recovery state of it.
So I really, really love it. I'm excited.