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Hi everyone,
This is a recent patient of ours. He is late 30's and is tall (6'7). He has large head circumference and advanced hair loss. But his donor area is very dense and thick hair calibre. We performed 5122 grafts over 2 sittings.
Surgical details:
Singles - 738
Doubles - 1351
Triples - 2439
Fours - 594
He is very happy with progress and we are planning a third surgery to add more to the crown. We have a comb through of his hair also which I will upload onto youtube and link here.
Dr Arshad wanted to relay some important information via this case:
- the surface area/head circumference has an impact on the amount of grafts required to create density
- the type of hair (thickness/tone) has an impact on the perceived density
- the amount of intra-operative bleeding/popping can influence how close the grafts are implanted
- it is much safer to build up density over several sittings rather than try and overpack in one go
- there are no strict hard and fast rules about the number of grafts that are required to create a density the patient is happy with. For this patient and many others we will likely end up doing 8000 grafts (his donor availability allows this). Most patients with advanced hair loss end up having multiple sittings depending on what their expectations are.
Hope you enjoy!
Regards
Adam, The Hair Dr Clinic (Leeds Private Hospital, Red Hall Manor, Red Hall Lane, Shadwell, Leeds, LS17 8NB)
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After:
Hair wet and hairline combed up: