Hair loss restoration surgery before and after photographs with 2375 grafts

This 33 year old gentleman came to me hopeful that I could rebuild his hairline
and add more density to the frontal 1/3 of his scalp. He wanted to be able to
comb his hair back but his thinning hair kept him from being comfortable doing
so. As with every patient, I had to determine his medical history and understand
the progression of his hair loss. I diagnosed his condition as Androgenetic
Alopecia (male pattern baldness), ruling out any other possible dermatological
or medical conditions which can cause hair loss.

It is always important
to understand the rate of a patient’s hair loss and also the pattern that their
loss has followed as it allows me to educate the patient on the options
available to them during surgery. In speaking with this patient about the levels
of density that were achievable during surgery, I determined that he preferred a
more natural result that would create more density and rebuild his hairline but
was conservative enough to keep others from detecting that he had a procedure
done. As with every surgery I perform, I planned the surgery according to the
priorities of the patient; what would make the patient happy. I used a total of
2,375 grafts during this procedure. The break down was as follows: 1,321 single
hair grafts and 1,054 two hair grafts. You’ll note that I didn’t use any three
hair grafts. Although the patient wanted more density, it was evident after
educating him about all of his options that a good result for him would be a
result that was extremely comfortable. To achieve this goal I had to give him a
natural result that had enough density to ease his concerns regarding his
thinning in the frontal region but didn’t create a new concern by focusing so
much on density that I compromised the natural presentation that would make the
patient comfortable. Concentrating on the patient’s goal I only used one and two
hair grafts. I also used significantly more single hair follicular units as this
allowed me to give the patient the fuller density that he desired but also
created a very natural hairline that will keep anyone from noticing that he has
had a hair transplant procedure. These are his results 10 months post-op and he
will continue to see more improvement over the next several months. The patient
is very happy with his results.