Quality comes first
Dr. Keene actively participates in all aspects of surgery.
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This is what we do
Hairline before hair transplant
We take your sparse, rapidly declining head of hair and restore it by using skill, experience and artistry.
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After 2004 follicular unit grafts
Dr. Keene has the exprience and skill necessary to recreate a natural looking hairline.
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Physician's Hair Institute
| Dr. Keene's clinic, Physician's Hair Institute, in Tucson, AZ, utilizes state of the art equipment and techniques in hair transplant surgery. This includes a form of magnification that offers improvements over the standard stereoscopic microscope used by most hair restoration surgery practices in graft dissection. It involves a high-resolution digital video camera, in conjunction with a backlight, projected onto an LCD screen. Dr. Keene announced this technique at the Orlando, Florida conference in 2002, and presented the technique in 2003 at the Italian Society of Hair Restoration Surgery conference in Rome, Italy. The technique was well received and is gradually being adapted by other clinics. It is an improvement over the stereoscopic microscope in that it allows the doctor more direct supervision, and offers improved ergonomics for the technicians while dissecting, while maintaining excellent magnification. Moreover, Dr. Keene designed a graft holder and dissection kit that keeps the grafts hydrated during hair transplant graft placing, an important factor in graft survival. She also created a multi-recipient site scalpel that improves the efficiency of creating incisions, but keeps this critical step in the hands of the physician, not the assistants. Other doctors have followed her lead and started to use similar devices due to their recognition of the advantages these devices offer. Dr. Keene typically limits her hair transplant surgery to one patient per day, utilizing the ultra refined follicular unit technique, and has a very hands on approach in the surgery room. (Exceptions would be if she is doing eyebrow restoration or a very small area of hair transplant). She performs every aspect of the surgery, from donor removal, to creating the recipient sites, to placing the grafts. Each patient is given not just her staff's attention, but her personal attention troughout the hair transplant surgery. You will never encounter a high pressure sales professional at Dr. Keene's office. She believes that patients should be informed and educated about their options, but never pressured. She will not recommend hair transplants for everyone, but will base her recommendations on your individual needs and circumstances. Dr. Keene limits the overhead at her clinic in order to pass that on to you. Quality and aesthetic results are her main concern, but making this procedure affordable to those who can benefit from it is important to her as well. So marketing is kept to a minimum, and Physician's Hair Institute is a clinic focused primarily on the professional, technical, and artistic aspects of hair restoration. Dr. Keene worked with the Shapiro Medical group in MN for many years. However, the demand at her Tucson clinic, along with her educational obligations, has limited her travel time. Consequently, she currently limits her hair transplant surgery to her Tucson clinic only. Dr. Keene and the other doctors in the Shapiro Medical team still maintain a friendly give and take of ideas and friendship from their many years of collaboration.  2007 ISHR Program ChairDr. Keene was the Program Chair for the September, 2007 International Society of Hair Restoration Surgeon's conference in Las Vegas. The program chair is responsible for inviting hair transplant doctors to participate in educational presentations, approving topics covered, and general organizaton of the meeting. There are over 750 hair transplant doctor members of the Internatiol Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, so being asked to chair the meeting is an honor. Only 14 doctors were given this honor before Dr. Keene, since this was the ISHRS' 15th Annual Scientific Meeting. She was awarded a plaque in recognition of educational excellence in advancing the science and art of hair transplants.  The Mouth of Truth AwardIn 2003, at the Italian Society of Hair Restoration Surgery conference in Rome, Italy, she was awarded "The Mouth of Truth Award" for ethics in Hair Restoration Surgery. The story behind The Mouth of Truth, a historical artifact in Rome, is that if you put your hand in the statue's mouth and utter a lie, your hand will be bitten off. |