Welcome to Transgender Hair

As part of the transgender (MTF and FTM) process, there often can be concerns with hair loss and other hair issues. These are areas in which Dr. Epstein and his FHR associates have particular expertise in addressing, with his over 18 years experience as a board certified hair restoration and facial plastic surgeon. As one of the foremost specialists in the field of hair restoration, he has successfully treated male pattern baldness in MTF transgender patients while creating a more natural, more feminine hair line, as well as in restoring male pattern beards and chest hair in FTM transgender patients. His extensive training, passion for perfection, and innate aesthetic skills are combined with the most advanced surgical techniques, enabling him to provide the finest available treatments for hair loss. He is trained in and able to offer his patients all of the different hair restoration techniques, including follicular unit micrografting, megasession transplantation, surgical hairline advancement with and without tissue expansion, and laser skin resurfacing of scalp scarring. In addition, with his reputation as perhaps the world's leader in beard, eyebrow, pubic, and chest hair restoration, he can provide specialized techniques to further help the FTM and MTF patient achieve the sexual appearance they desire.

With regards to MTF hair loss, patients who have already or plan to undergo orchiectomy surgery, the removal of the source of testosterone, and/or are taking estrogen, can help arrest the hair loss situation. They are also usually taking estrogen medication which can help in this same regard. This helps assure the longest lasting results of the hair restoration.

Given his expertise in this specialty, the majority of Dr. Epstein's patients travel to him from out of town. Most patients send some photos for him to evaluate, a process that is overseen by your personally assigned Patient Advisor, who will professionally answer many of your questions and help make your procedure a reality. The doctor and his office staff are available to answer all your questions, and to make your hair restoration experience a comfortable and safe one.

Though many procedures are performed during a gender reassignment, the addition or removal of hair on the face and body can greatly complement a transformation.  In our society we typically think of females exhibiting feminine qualities with a hairless appearance while masculinity is often associated with an appearance of hair on the face and body. A female to male (FTM) transformation typically includes a hair restoration procedure of the scalp (termed  female to male hairline advancement) and the addition of facial, chest and pubic hair, made possible through hair transplant surgeries. A male to female (MTF) course of gender reassignment will often require hair removal procedures of the body, and a hair restoration procedure to the scalp.