Dr Ray Woods

Dr. Ray Woods is Internationally recognized and acclaimed as the Inventor of Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) and Boby Hair to Scalp Transplantation (BHT) since 1989.

Dr. Ray Woods graduated from Sydney University Medical School in 1982. He had wide experience in many areas of medicine including Neurosurgery, Obstetrics, and Internal Medicine, trauma, skin cancer surgery and cosmetic Dermatological surgery. However, he maintained a fascination with the concept of Hair Transplantation since he was 17 years old, and in 1989 decided to investigate the process.

Dr. Woods had envisaged the discipline to be a process of microsurgical follicular extraction, but found that worldwide best practice was extremely different and far removed from his vision. After witnessing close friends suffer the physical and psychological trauma of disfiguring hair transplant surgery, he began research and experimentation to create a new minimally invasive microsurgical follicular single unit extraction process, which did not exist anywhere in the world. As his work progressed, many thought his concept was impossible and impractical. Along with creating this new discipline, it was paramount to Dr. Woods to set new standards in ethics and accountability. Every aspect of this discipline was explored, developed and perfected, including intricate and complicated scar repair previously thought to be untreatable.

Dr. Ray Woods created an irreversible world wide trend toward minimally invasive microsurgical hair transplant surgery, and is recognized internationally as the innovator and world’s most experienced and leading expert in the field of Follicular Single Unit Extraction hair transplantation and related scar repair and body hair to scalp transplants.

Invention of FUE Hair Transplant

In 1995 the procedure was already achieving nationwide recognition in Australia, and in 1996 he presented to the Australian Association of Trichologists annual meeting, held at “The Rocks”, Sydney. The procedure became known as “The Woods Technique” and was shown on an Australian national television medical program in April 1997 ( filmed in November 1996). Many international publications and websites reported on the extraordinary breakthroughs on the revolutionary FUE Hair Transplant technique created by Dr Woods. A second national television documentary was shown in March 2000 ( filmed August 1999) and demonstrated the cure of a female cancer patients large radiation scar to the central scalp. Specialists at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney told her it was “impossible” to grow hair in such a large broad deep scar caused by cancer surgery and subsequent intensive radiation therapy. Dr Woods relished the opportunity to prove the experts wrong and help this lovely lady. Her name is “Rosalie” and parts of that footage will be presented.

Services

FUE Hair Transplant
Scar Repair using Donor Hair and Body Hair
Body Hair Transplant or BHT
Repair of Misplaced Plugs and Hairlines
Multiple Procedures on Consecutive Days
Consultation with Dr Ray Woods
Repair of Destructive FUE ie “Production Line FUE”
Micro-surgical skin grafting to damaged & misplaced hairlines
Repair of a female baldness and scarring

Before/After