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Hi Everyone,
we would like to present below a case of a patient with a Norwood III stage. You can find below the details of the surgery. Patient Details
Surgical Plan: Hairline reconstruction, density increase in the frontal and fronto-temporal area. The surgery was performed in one day with 2 sessions of extraction and implantation
Patient´s age: 26 years old. The patient was using finasteride and minoxidil prior to the surgery and he continued using it afterwards.
Hair Thickness: 49 microns in the parietal areas and 51 microns in the occipital area.
Hair Type: caucasian, dark and thin hair
Number of Grafts Implanted: 2091 grafts, all of them were implanted in the hairline. However, it is important to note that only 1805 grafts were extracted, but 220 of the multiple grafts had to be dissected as the patient did not have enough singles for his hairline.
0.85mm manual punch was used for the extraction. Grafts Breakdown
1s: 368
2s: 376
3s: 796
4s: 515
5s: 36
Overall hair/graft ratio: 2.75