Dr. Carlos Wesley is a board certified diplomat of the ABHRS and performs high quality follicular unit hair transplants with excellent results.
Why Dr. Wesley is recommended.
Dr. Carlos Wesley has been performing quality follicular unit hair transplantation exclusively for over 4 years at his clinic in New York and operates on only one patient per day. Having trained under Dr. Walter Unger, a pioneer in modern hair transplantation, Dr. Wesley and his full time staff of 6 have the skill and ability to perform up to 2500 follicular unit grafts in a single session when appropriate for the patient.
Dr. Wesley is an avid believer in providing patients with what they need and not necessarily with what they want. Dr. Wesley stresses the importance of establishing clear communication and realistic expectations for each patient. Coupled with his state of the art technique, Dr. Wesley believes that a thorough analysis of the patient’s hair characteristics and an accurate understanding of their objectives promote healthy and realistic expectations and a satisfying end result for his patients.
Dr. Wesley stays away from “cookie cutter” hair transplants and customizes his procedure for each patient. Using tiny, sterile, hypodermic needles as small 20 gauge (approximately .88mm), Dr. Wesley creates parallel (sagital) incisions to minimize trauma to pre-existing hairs and out-of-body time for the grafts. Dr. Wesley uses single hairs exclusively to re-create the critical hairline to produce natural looking and undetectable results.
Dr. Wesley personally designs the entire recipient area and clearly communicates the placement pattern to the planting staff specifying where each type of graft should be placed. All follicular units are dissected and trimmed under microscopes and then carefully placed into tiny recipient sites by his experienced staff.
Dr. Wesley uses a single blade to harvest the donor strip to maximize control and minimize follicular transection and damage. Dr. Wesley typically uses the revolutionary trichophytic closure technique using a continuous single-layer suture with sterile, 3-0 nylon sutures with only a few exceptions. He believes coupling this technique with minimal tension on the wound produces virtually undetectable scarring. Dr. Wesley prefers a standard closure to the trichophytic closure on patients with white hair, poor scalp elasticity and on lighter haired female patients. In instances of donor closure under higher tension, Dr. Wesley uses absorbable vicryl interrupted deep sutures in and around the areas of increased tension after undermining along both edges of the wound. Dr. Wesley uses the undermining technique to reduce tension on the wound while the extra sutures help promote optimal healing and minimal scarring.
Dr. Wesley places grafts up to 35 FU/cm2 in order to maximize growth yield and provide patients with a totally natural looking result. While higher densities typically sound impressive to patients, Dr. Wesley feels that the vast majority of patients don’t require more than 35 FU/cm2 to promote the appearance of fullness. Additionally, Coalition member Dr. Limmer’s hair survival study revealed that this may be the maximum density that will yield the highest percentage of viable transplanted growth. However, patients who require or want additional density in an area can achieve this by returning for a second procedure.
Dr. Wesley is a member of the following organizations
- American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS)
- International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)
- American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS)
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- American Burn Association (ABA)
Dr. Carlos Wesley, his surgical technique, and patient results were carefully reviewed by our patient based online hair loss community. To view the highlights of this review, visit the discussion topic “Potential Recommendation of Dr. Carlos Wesley of New York, New York”.
To learn more about Dr. Carlos Wesley, visit their
hair transplant website at www.drcarloswesley.com.
Hair Transplant Patient Experiences Posted on our Hair Restoration Forum
My review of Dr. Carlos Wesley, NYC - 5/11/2013.
Forum member "Agamemnon" describes his excellent hair restoration experience at the hands of Dr. Carlos Wesley and staff.
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May 2012 Hair Transplant with Dr. Carlos Wesley - 4/1/2013.
New member "KMarks" presents his impressive before and after hair transplant photos with Dr. Carlos Wesley of New York.
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Dr. Carlos Wesley - 7/19/2012.
"sippawissett" posts of glowing review of his hair transplant experience with Dr. Carlos Wesley.
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Thank you Dr. Wesley and everyone here at HRN! - 4/20/2012.
Forum member "somedaycame" recently underwent a successful hair transplant with Dr. Carlos Wesley of New York. Read about his excellent experience here.
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I cancelled my second procedure with my initial doctor, and chose Dr. Carlos Wesley - 1/21/2012.
Forum member "fakeplastictrees" explains why he chose recommended physician Dr. Carlos Wesley for his hair transplant surgery.
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Articles Published on our Hair Loss Q&A website.
Is Propecia (Finasteride) More Effective for Younger Hair Loss Sufferers? - 5/16/2013
According to a study of 118 men (range 20 – 61 years old) with androgenic alopecia (AGA) from 2011, patients over 30 years old with higher AGA grades demonstrated more improvement than their younger counterparts with a smaller degree of hair loss.
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Dr. Carlos Wesley to Discuss the Preservation of Extracted Follicular Unit Grafts in Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) at Upcoming Hair Restoration Conference - 4/26/2013
In order to increase the ultimate survival, caliber, and even the rate at which hair follicles grow after transplantation, patients and hair restoration physicians alike are looking for methods to best care for them when they are in the precarious state out of the body (after extraction, but before implantation).
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Hair Transplants: Is Trichophytic Closure Always the Best Option? - 3/20/2013
Patients so often, when electing for follicular unit hair transplantation (FUT) or the classic strip harvest, inquire about whether or not they should have a trichophytic closure.
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Applying Rogaine (Minoxidil) to Recent Hair Transplant Speeds Hair Growth? - 1/10/2013
Many practices like hair transplant patients to use minoxidil around their surgery because it shifts a higher percentage of hairs (pre-existing and transplanted) into the anagen (growth) phase.
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Dr. Carlos Wesley Published in the “Journal of Dermatological Treatment”: Do steroid Injections Help or Hurt the Hair Transplant Wound Healing Process? - 12/4/2012
Recommended hair transplant surgeon Dr. Carlos Wesley of New York recently authored a manuscript to be published by the “Journal of Dermatological Treatment”.
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Hair Transplant Surgery: Does Post-Op Appearance Predict Final Hair Growth? - 11/27/2012
I didn’t see if you had follicular unit transplantation (FUT) or follicular unit extraction (FUE). This can also determine the length of the follicles when transplanted.
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Do I Have to Shave My Head for a Hair Transplant? - 11/9/2012
In Dr. Wesley’s practice, patients are not required to shave their heads for a traditional follicular unit hair transplant (strip harvest) approach.
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Hair Transplant Repair: Revising Old Hair Plugs through State of the Art Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation - 10/10/2012
This patient had undergone multiple hair transplants (including an unsuccessful repair attempt) prior to consulting with recommended hair transplant surgeon, Dr. Carlos K. Wesley.
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Renowned Hair Transplant Surgeon Dr. Carlos Wesley to Deliver Hair Restoration Lecture at University of Colorado - 9/15/2012
With a unique emphasis on the ways in which hair restoration surgery can serve as a useful adjunct to their practice, Dr. Carlos K. Wesley has been invited to deliver a Grand Rounds lecture to the University of Colorado Department of Dermatology.
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Hair Transplant Surgery Cost: Verifying the Graft Count is Accurate - 8/23/2012
As a hair transplant patient, it’s important to know what to look for when viewing your very own follicular unit grafts. There’s a big difference between “healthy” versus “denuded grafts”.
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Hair Transplant Surgery: Avoiding Shock Loss of Existing Hair - 7/11/2012
Shock loss (postoperative effluvium) is a phenomenon that really varies from practice to practice as well as from patient to patient and tends to affect women more than men.
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Hair Transplants: Restorimg a Youthful Hairline in Young Balding Men - 5/18/2012
In this manuscript, Dr. Wesley addresses the controversial trend of restoring juvenile hairlines in young men who are likely to experience further hair loss as they age.
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Dr. Wesley Investigates Trends in Post Hair Transplant Patient Comfort - 1/27/2012
While esthetic outcomes in hair restoration surgery (HRS) have improved markedly since the advent of follicular unit transplantation (FUT), various undesirable sequelae persist. We investigated the technical and demographic variables that may contribute to the frequency of postoperative hyperesthesia.
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How Today’s Hair Transplant Surgeons Achieve Natural Results - 1/19/2012
Hair transplantation procedures are used to treat various forms and degrees of permanent alopecia in both men and women. Intact hair follicles may be harvested from within the safe donor area of a patient’s scalp by either strip method or follicular unit extraction (FUE); each harvesting method has unique advantages and disadvantages.
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Hair Transplant Videos: Patient Results and Education
| Hair Transplant Repair of Old "Hair Plugs" by Dr. Wesley |
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In this video, Dr. Carlos Wesley presents one of his hair transplant patients after undergoing a repair procedure. Tthis hair transplant repair patient had previously undergone...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 5 |
1251 Grafts
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1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Repair
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| Hair Transplant Repair Case - 2683 Grafts with Dr. Wesley |
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In this hair transplant video, a 55-year-old gentleman who had previously undergone hair restoration surgery with a different surgeon about 8 years prior. He came to the office of...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 3 |
2683 Grafts
in
1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Repair
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| Hair Restoration Procedure - 2200 Grafts - Dr. Wesley |
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Hair transplant patients are not required to shave their heads for a traditional strip harvest approach to hair restoration surgery. Instead, they are encouraged to wear their hair...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 5A |
2200 Grafts
in
1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Transplant
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| Designing a Hairline with FUT: Carlos K. Wesley, M.D. |
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In this hair transplant video, Dr. Carlos Wesley presents a 32-year-old gentleman who treated his progressive hair thinning with hair restoration surgery at his clinic. The session...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 4 |
2565 Grafts
in
1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Transplant
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| Making a "pluggy" Hairline Appear Natural - Dr. Wesley |
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Softening a "pluggy" appearing hairline can be achieved in a single hair transplant session. In this video, Dr. Carlos Wesley features a 42-year-old male who had previously undergone...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 5 |
2079 Grafts
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1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Repair
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| Stopping A Young Man's Hair Loss |
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A 25-year-old male was frustrated by his worsening hair loss. His hairline continued to regress despite taking Propecia for over a year. A session of over 2500 hair follicle grafts...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 3A |
2620 Grafts
in
1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Transplant
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| Improving a Prior Hair Transplant by Dr. Wesley - 2600 Grafts |
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This 55 year old hair loss suffering male had previously undergone hair transplantation at a different clinic without significant improvement in his hair density. After a session...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 3 |
2600 Grafts
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1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Repair
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| Increasing Density with Hair Transplantation - Dr. Wesley |
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A 37-year-old male swimmer was frustrated by the progressive thinning of his hair each time he exited the pool. He underwent a hair restoration surgery session to the frontal third...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 3 |
4020 Grafts
in
2
Sessions |
FUT/Strip | Transplant
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| Female Hairline Hair Restoration (African American) |
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In this hair transplant video, A woman, age 53, wished to reverse the gradual recession of her hairline. A session of just over 1000 follicular units providing a natural-appearing...
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Female | Non-Caucasion | 1073 Grafts
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1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Transplant
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| Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Treatment of Scalp |
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This 30 year old male hair loss sufferer underwent a direct injection of PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) into his mid scalp region. Platelet Rich Plasma as a hair loss treatment has...
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Class: 5 |
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| Fixing Old Hair Plugs in the Balding Crown (Vertex) - Dr. Wesley |
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In this video, this 45 year old male hair transplant repair patient had two procedures 20 years ago by another doctor. They left him with an unnatural zone of "hair plugs" in the...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 7 |
1938 Grafts
in
1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Repair
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| Donor Scar After Hair Transplant Megasession |
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This hair transplant patient had over 2600 follicular units transplanted with Dr. Carlos Wesley of New York, NY. This video shows his resultant donor scar after the procedure has...
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Male | Caucasion | 2289 Grafts
in
1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Transplant
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| The Importance of Minimal Color Contrast |
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Minimal color contrast between the hair and scalp can certainly enhance the results of hair restoration surgery. This 35-year-old gentleman had a minimal color contrast between his...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 3 |
2500 Grafts
in
1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Transplant
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| Wearing a Very Short Haircut (FUE) |
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This 34-year-old hair transplant patient had 1542 grafts transplanted using a 0.75mm FUE (follicular unit extraction) punch harvest. Not only was his hairline improved in a way that...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 2 |
1542 Grafts
in
1 Session |
FUE | Transplant
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| Chest to Scalp Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) |
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Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) approach to hair restoration surgery: Transplantation from chest to scalp. This hair transplant video highlights statistics related to transplanted...
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FUE | Transplant
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| Beard to Scalp FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) |
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In this hair transplant video, Dr. Carlos Wesley provides an overview of published information regarding transplantation of beard hair to scalp. Highlights include: the survival...
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Male | Caucasion | FUE | Transplant
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| Treatment of the Entire Scalp: Vertex (Crown) and Frontal Scalp |
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A 34-week-old male hair transplant patient wanted to address all thinning areas of his scalp that concerned him. Therefore, he underwent hair restoration surgery to treat both the...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 5A |
4176 Grafts
in
2
Sessions |
FUT/Strip | Transplant
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| Scalp FUE and Beard to Scalp FUE |
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This patient had previously undergone hair transplantation at a different clinic and came to Dr. Carlos Wesley to refine his hairline and camouflage his donor scar. A combination...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 4 |
1200 Grafts
in
1 Session |
FUE | Repair
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| Treating Type II Male Pattern Baldness in a 30-year-old Male |
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At age 30, this hair loss patient gentleman was concerned with his progressive hairline thinning. A session of 2566 follicular units was used to effectively frame his face while...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 2 |
2566 Grafts
in
1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Transplant
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| A Patient with Limited Donor Hair |
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A 35-year-old male hair transplant patient wanted to slow down his hair loss. However, he did not have an ideal donor area. When wetting his hair, it was clear that what looked like...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 5A |
1897 Grafts
in
1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Transplant
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| Hair Transplant - Dr. Wesley - 3889 Grafts |
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A 57-year-old man wished to increased the fullness of his hairline and reverse the progression of his receding hairline. It resulted in a natural-appearing hairline that effectively...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 4 |
3889 Grafts
in
1 Session |
FUT/Strip | Transplant
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| Progression of Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) |
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This video demonstrates the natural progression of a patient undergoing FUE with Dr. Carlos K. Wesley. After a 2700+ graft session, this patient can be viewed both during his recovery...
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Male | Caucasion |
Class: 5V |
2700 Grafts
in
1 Session |
FUE | Transplant
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