Gary Petrus
Double board-certified facial plastic surgeon and hair restoration specialist, medical director of the Hair Restoration Institute of Minnesota and owner of The Petrus Center in Arkansas.
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Oct 7, 2026
Gary PetrusGUEST
It's like, uh, you know, there's a lot of subtle differences to think about when you're doing the body hair implantation.
Gary PetrusGUEST
So we do u- still use the scalp if that's available and, uh, you know, as long as the patient isn't anticipating needing that donor down the road.
Nate BruschiHOST
Can you talk a little bit about how that impacts whether hair loss accelerates, whether it decelerates and how that really changes the work that you do as the hair transplant surgeon?
Gary PetrusGUEST
Of course, the androgens, the testosterone, and it's important to remember that both men and women have both testosterone and estrogen in their system.
Gary PetrusGUEST
So female to male transitioning patients who are on testosterone will notice increased male pattern baldness oftentimes.
Gary PetrusGUEST
And sometimes that's cool with the patient because they don't mind the more male look to that.
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Nate BruschiHOST
Like when you're seeing transitioning patients, what would you look for that would tell you that transplants are not what we should do?