Dr. Carman was honored to serve as Co-Chairman for the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) Live Surgery Workshop held in Bangkok in conjunction with the annual ISHRS meeting. As part of the teaching faculty, Dr. Carman demonstrated the latest surgical techniques for aspiring surgeons in the field. Dr. Carman has been […]

History: This 23-year-old male presents with complaints of hair loss involving the frontal hairline. He has become particularly concerned about the recession that has occurred bilaterally. His family history is unhelpful for predicting future loss, as he is adopted. He is concerned about future losses as well as improving his current appearance. Physical Examination:  This […]

History: This patient is a pleasant 29 year old male who experienced thinning of his fronto-temporal hairline since the age of 20. He is generally very healthy, with no medical history or previous surgeries. He has become progressively more and more pre-occupied with his hair loss as it has affected his self-esteem, limiting his social […]

This patient is a 36 year old male with loss of definition of the frontal hairline as well as frontal forelock density. Our plan was to recreate a delicate, healthy appearing hairline that will stand the test of time as he continues to lose subsequent hair due to MPHL. His FU grafts were harvested by […]

Dr Carman was recognized by The American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS) for his ongoing role as an examiner for the board. The American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery is internationally recognized as the only board certification focusing on hair restoration surgery for physicians worldwide. Every surgeon that is recognized as a Diplomate has […]

The patient above had two FUT strip harvest hair transplant sessions totaling 3511 grafts. He had 1437 follicular unit grafts and 2074 double follicular unit grafts. Results such as this can occur only with multiple sessions. The major reason for this is that grafts can only be placed within a certain proximity to the adjacent grafts […]

La Jolla Hair Restoration is proud to announce that Dr Timothy Carman has been elected to serve on The Board of Directors of The American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS) for a three year term beginning January 2016. Dr Carman  accepts the offer with great humility, and looks forward to the opportunity to support […]

This patient presented with loss of his frontal hair line and bilateral recessions (Norwood Class III Hair Loss). We transplanted 1477 total FU grafts, which is shown here in the last photos in this series at 18 months following his procedure. Post operative photos from post op day 1 are shown as well. As can […]

At their annual meeting held this year in Chicago, Illinois the ISHRS continued their mission to improve the quality and consistency of Practice Standards and Techniques used by hair restoration surgeons who are members of this Society which sets the standard of care for Academics and Professionalism in the field of hair transplant surgery. Dr […]

In today’s world it has become increasingly difficult for hair loss sufferers to sort through the large amount of information they are presented with regarding both medical and surgical management of both male and female pattern hair loss. These days, buzz words such as “minimally invasive”, “scarless”, often associated with claims of “no down time”, […]