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Hi Everyone,
we would like to present below a case of a patient with diffuse thinning across the entire scalp with a Norwood VI progression. You can find below the details of the surgery. Patient Details
Surgical Plan: Hairline reconstruction, density increase in the frontal, fronto-temporal area, mid scalp and crown. The surgery was performed in two consecutive days with 5 sessions of extraction and implantation (2 sessions on the first day and 3 sessions on the 2nd day). 4174 grafts were implanted in the frontal, mid scalp and upper vertex and 962 in the m crown.
Patient´s age: 41 years old.
The patient was using Finasteride 10 years before the surgery and minoxidil 5% 3 years before the surgery-
Hair Thickness: 56 microns in the parietal areas and 66 microns in the occipital area.
Hair Type: caucasian, dark hair, average thickness
Number of Grafts Implanted: 5136.
0.85mm manual and micromotor punch were used for the extraction. Grafts Breakdown
1s: 852
2s: 2386
3s: 1646
4s: 510
Overall hair/graft ratio: 2,42