Procedure detail
PATIENT'S DETAILS
✓ 60 years old, NW V, losing hair since the age of 25, with a hair loss history in his family (two brothers, NW VI).
✓ Taking Minoxidil 5% since 10 years.
✓ Medium hair.
✓ Normal follicular units.
✓ Normal % of hair in telogen phase.
RECOMMENDED TREATMENT
This 60-year-old gentlemen presented an advanced level of baldness, categorizable as V in the Norwood scale.
Given the extended hair loss he suffered, I proposed him a plan consisting in two separated sessions.
The first one, consisting in approximately 3000-3500 grafts, with the aim of restoring his hairline, frontal and low midscalp areas - following a conservative approach.
The second session, around 2000-2500 grafts, in order to restore the upper mid-scalp and vertex.
The patient underwent both procedures via FUT technique (January '15 and January '16), for a total of 5896 grafts.
The post-operative pictures presented below show his final results (1 year and 2 years after the second procedure).
Please note that the 2 years post-op images were sent in by the patient himself.
SURGERIES DETAILS
1st Surgery - January 2015
✓ 3618 grafts
✓ Technique: FUT
✓ Incisions: 40-45/cm2
✓ Grafts Breakdown:
- 1131 Single FUT grafts
- 1967 Double FUT grafts
- 486 Triple FUT grafts
- 34 Quadruple FUT grafts
✓ Total number of Hair: 6659
✓ Average Hair/Graft: 1.84
2nd Surgery - January 2016
✓ 2278 grafts
✓ Technique: FUT
✓ Incisions: 40-45/cm2
✓ Grafts Breakdown:
- 634 Single FUT grafts
- 1378 Double FUT grafts
- 256 Triple FUT grafts
- 10 Quadruple FUT grafts
✓ Total number of Hair: 4198
✓ Average Hair/Graft: 1.84
Dr. Jean Devroye
Hair Restoration Forum
Bald class
Norwood stage 5
Occurs when the connecting bridge of hair disappears leaving a single large bald area on the front and top of the scalp. The hair on the sides of the scalp remains relatively high.
