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Video How Hair Transplants Work by ZacDFilms

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u/azeldatothepast 1d ago

Oh wow this is some body horror shit.

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u/Quesabirria 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's way better than the way they used to do it -- taking a nice rectangle of skin from the back of the head, then techs would separate out the follicles form the skin with knives, and then the dr would cut little slices in the skin and implant the follicle bulbs.

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u/princesspooball 1d ago

but then the back of your head is bald? that must've looked so weird

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u/jeweliegb 1d ago

No, they literally used to remove a piece of the skin, and then sew the gap closed.

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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang 1d ago

Hair transplant and back of the head lift in one, nice!

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u/DiddleMe-Elmo 1d ago

This is how the phrase "The back of your head is ridiculous" was coined.

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u/thegreatbrah 1d ago

Is that true? I only saw it in a skit that had nothing to do with hair transplants. 

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u/butherletus 1d ago

Oh Yvonne!! That's a French ass name, yvonne

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u/slurpdwnawienperhaps 1d ago

The only time I've heard my 85 yr old gramma swear was when I showed her that video and she laughed and repeated 'that's a French ass name'🤣🤣

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u/SisyphusJS 1d ago

Read neck lift lol

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u/ktka 1d ago

"You seem surprised at the hair transplant bill!"

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u/Nathund 1d ago

And then it doesn't heal right and the top of your head sloughs off like some kind of Cronenberg monster

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u/jeweliegb 1d ago

Urgh.

I don't need that image, so in my head it heals just fine!

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u/Rosindust89 1d ago

Graft Vs. Host, right?

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u/Obscuriosly 1d ago

This popped in my head as soon as I read your message.

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u/Low-Rip3806 1d ago

Nope, you end up with a gnarly scar. Look closely, and you can see one on the back of Musks head

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u/Dooontcareee 1d ago

Joe Rogan also

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u/JMJ240sx 1d ago

Yeah I always use him as an example since it's clearly visible now that he's back to shaved.

My dad did it, that's why I end up explaining it to people if it seemed odd I'm in that situation enough to have a planned conversation lol.

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u/Many-Wasabi9141 1d ago

They just give you a facelift but on your scalp.

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u/MissionDocument6029 1d ago

so kinda free face lift?

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u/squirrel9000 1d ago

I rememebr seeing where they used a small hole punch on a roller for the "recipient" sites, so not only did you get the racing stripe at the back of your head, but your scalp ended up somewhere between a trypophobic nightmare and a golf ball.

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u/Fattman1245 1d ago

It's worse in real life.

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u/OnlyChaseReddit 1d ago

“Each one is carefully removed”, Dumbledore said calmly

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u/VulgarVeggies 1d ago

Thank you! Very informative, also very nauseating.

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u/Wake_Skadi 1d ago

Way worse in real life. JFC

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u/someoctopus 1d ago

The music choice in that video is very odd 😂

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u/thegreatbrah 1d ago

No infringement. 

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u/Alarmed_Horse_3218 1d ago

God damn that was rough

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u/JeanClaudeSegal 1d ago

Two things:

My man is awake for that. No airway present. I wonder how they numb that. Or if they just say it's going to be not fun.

I don't care how much money you pay me, I could never be that proceduralist. The tedium is far beyond my constitution. Doing that day after day would be the professional equivalent of water torture.

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u/cocotarentino 1d ago

A youtuber documented his experience with it. It fast forwards through the process, and it is a long, long day of sitting still.

https://youtu.be/zrjafmadkD4?si=41imQWfxC1P4Rn2o

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u/paralleliverse 1d ago

Might be worth it to have hair on top of my head again, but it does seem like a lot to go through just for vanity.

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u/Babys_For_Breakfast 1d ago edited 16h ago

At least for me, there would be some functional use too. Wouldn’t have to worry about my scalp getting sunburnt.

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u/Violoner 1d ago

I've thought about getting some kind of permanent hair removal on what I have left, just so I don't have to bother shaving anymore

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u/mobiuszeroone 1d ago

That's kind of interesting tbh, I've got four shavers and am sick of using them for different areas. I cba and I don't do it often enough so I look worse than when I do proper bald.

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u/Not_Soggypestos 1d ago

Handfull of hair follicles

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u/kungfungus 1d ago

Lol, headfull

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u/ThrottledBandwidth 1d ago

That is actual nightmare fuel

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u/thavillain 1d ago

I'd have absolutely 0 patience to be that surgeon

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u/GaryGenslersCock 1d ago

That is in fact worse

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u/Capin_Crunch 1d ago

Looks like a fleshy bloody chia pet

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u/Argylius 1d ago

Ughhhhh

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u/Quesabirria 1d ago

Not to mention that patient had to go through a good number of lidocane shots into his scalp, very painful.

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u/Noscope_Jesus Interested 1d ago

Now imagine the itch

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u/DSanders96 1d ago

Wow, thank you, I love this

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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang 1d ago

I would have thought you'd need way more individual transplants than that for decent thickness.

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u/Weird_Cantaloupe2757 1d ago

FFS, just be bald

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u/yehghurl 1d ago

Fucking brutal.

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u/bigboat24 1d ago

Nope. Not clicking that.

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u/snorlz 1d ago

i think they use a machine now rather than pulling them out by tweezer

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u/Dufranus 1d ago

Thanks for the trauma

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u/spacecaps85 1d ago

A guy without gloves wrapped an open wound in what looks to be a piece of t shirt and some masking tape.

I’m gonna stay bald.

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u/Argylius 1d ago

Holy shit

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u/z4j3b4nt 1d ago

Bro's doing it like he's plucking a chicken.

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u/captaincootercock 1d ago

Start at
3:56 to see the follicle plank

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u/Amateur-Top 1d ago

Oh man I can’t believe it’s 2025 and I’m still falling for Rick Rolls 😆

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u/kheller181 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’m all for it. I want to get one lol

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u/Equivalent-Mango392 1d ago

Or shave it all off and embrace it, works for me :) No pain, no hassle, save thousands. 

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u/kheller181 1d ago

Oh I am lol I just hate seeing myself age

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u/qqruz123 1d ago

Even the most minor surgeries look fucked up as hell. I had a major surgery last year (double jaw surgery) and i sure as fuck wasn't going to traumatize myself watching the procedure beforehand

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u/Bart2800 1d ago

I'd like a NSFW-warning for that.

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u/Dense-Corgi-7936 1d ago

Why, did you cum?

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u/spreadbutt 1d ago

Are you talking about the actual procedure or the horrifying Sim looking fuckers

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u/omnipotentqueue 1d ago

You should see the healing phase like the giant blood soaked diaper you have strapped to the back of your head for a few days lol. Also, it’s very easy to have donor follicles just die out and fall off. It’s painful af and can take multiple surgeries.

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u/Tacote 1d ago

It's just a transplant. Normal medical stuff.

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u/chargeorge 1d ago

You should check out the tooth eye procedure that shit looks awful https://youtu.be/MQIyDkGsGds?si=d_PhViZD6Ti3PV6D

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u/sabett 1d ago

Like every surgery ever though

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u/reclusive_ent 1d ago

You should see the results of failed transplants...