Here are some of Dr. Umar’s scientific publications, articles and mentions on Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE), FUE Techniques, and other hair restoration topics. All PDF File requires Adobe Acrobat Reader installed.

Medical Journals

JAMA Dermatology

Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of NA

JPRAS International Journal of Surgical Reconstruction

Dr. Umar’s Medical Journal Publications

Below are collections of Dr. Umar’s Follicular Unit Extration (FUE), Body Hair Transplant (BHT) and additional hair restoration medical publications.


PDF File > Dr. Sanusi Umar. Facial Surgery: Use of Nape and Peri-Auricular Hair by Follicular Unit Extraction to Create Soft Hairlines and Temples: My Experience With 128 Patients. Aesthetic Surgery Journal Advance Access published September 22, 2015.


PDF File | Full Article > Dr. Sanusi Umar. Eyelash Transplantation Using Leg Hair by Follicular Unit Extraction. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000000292


PDF File | Full Article > Dr. Sanusi Umar. Eyebrow Transplants: The Use of Nape and Periauricular Hair in 6 Patients. Dermatol. Surgery Volume 40 – Issue 12 – p 1416–1418


PDF File | Full Article > Dr. Sanusi Umar. Eyebrow transplantation: Alternative body sites as a donor source. JAAD 2014;71(4):e140-1.


PDF File > Dr. Sanusi Umar. The transplanted hairline: leg room for improvement. Arch Dermatol (JAMA Dermatology) 2012; 148(2):239–42.


PDF File > Dr. Sanusi Umar. Use of body hair and beard hair in hair restoration. Facial Plast Surg Clin N Am 2013;21(3):469–77


PDF File > Dr. Sanusi Umar. Hair transplantation in patients with inadequate head donor supply using nonhead hair: report of 3 cases. Ann Plast Surg 2011; 67(4):322–5.


PDF File > Dr. Sanusi Umar. Use of beard hair as a donor source to camouflage the linear scars of follicular unit hair transplant. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2012;65:1279–80.