Procedure detail
A 52-year-old Caucasian male hair restoration patient with Norwood IV pattern shows hair loss from the front, thinning hair at crown, and miniaturized hairs at the forelock and top. He wanted a hair transplant at his frontal and crown regions. He didn't want to take finasteride or minoxidil and post-op. The total bald area measured 67cm2 at front and 31 cm2 at crown. The ultra refined follicular unit grafting was done with strip technique and trichophytic closure.
The detail of the hair transplantation is as follows:
Frontal area: 1 hair: 329 FU grafts, 2 hair: 2030 FU grafts, 3 hair: 664 FU grafts and 4-5 hairs: 91 FU grafts.
Crown area: 2 hair: 450 FU grafts, 3 hair: 150 FU grafts. A total of 600 follicular unit grafts.
A total of 3,514 follicular unit grafts consisting of 7,590 hairs.
The patient was followed at 1year post operative with good growth and significant cosmetic improvement. His donor area has minimal scar as shown in the photographs.
Bald class
Norwood class 4
Characterized by further frontal hair loss and enlargement of vertex, but there is still a solid band of hair across the top (mid-scalp) separating front and vertex.
