Procedure detail
58 year old white male, known history of toxic goiter and on Synthroid for the last decade and symptom free. He has receding fronto- temporal hair line and baldness at the crown and wanted to have his hair line restore first and crown later. His hairs are weavy, dark brown, coarse hair with good density. He underwent hair transplantation since Dec 25th,06 and just returned for follow up on Nov 20th,12 six years later and complaint of some progressive hair loss. He didn’t take Finasteride or Minoxidil due to the side effects. His balding area measured 79 cm2 included the temple. A total of 2724 grafts ( 5958 hairs) were transplanted to the front and temple. Below are pre and postoperative pictures were taken six years later. He is planning to have further session at crown and add some density at front next year due to his budget constrain.
Bald class
Norwood class 3A
The Norwood Class A patterns are characterized by a predominantly front to back progression of hair loss. These patterns lack the connecting bridge across the top of the scalp and generally have more limited hair loss in the crown, even when advanced.
