Procedure detail
This pleasant 45 year old businesswoman presented to our office with classic female
pattern hair loss. Typically, these cases can be a challenge for two reasons;
1.) In FPHL the donor area commonly has the same low density as the area which
is to be transplanted. For this reason, the area to be transplanted is
"targeted" to where the thinning shows the most- usually along the partline.
2.)The native hair in which the transplant will occur can be quite miniaturized,
therefore rendering it more susceptible to permanent "shock" loss, which can
work against our overall goal of increasing local hair mass. This patient had
the benefit of a very lax donor which yielded more grafts than is usually the
case. As you can see, the outcome is not a dramatic one, though there is an
improvement from baseline. Total FU Grafts: 2098; 414 = 1's; 1639 = 2's; 45 =
3's. Our donor strip had a native density of about 60 FU/cm2, and measured 24 cm
x 1.4 cm.
Bald class
Female hair loss stage II
Around 40% of women by age 50 show signs of hair loss and less than 45% of women reach the age of 80 with a full head of hair.
