Hair Transplant 10 Months After One Procedure (with Photos)
This patient is the 3rd member of his family to receive a hair transplant from us. His older brother received approximately 9000 grafts in the early 90’s, and his father (a full Norwood Class 7) has had close to 10,000 grafts transplanted with one of the most remarkable results I’ve ever seen as he almost had a full head of hair. He still has reserves of hair for more transplants, which I do not believe he needs.
Of particular interest, all 3 family members had very high densities. In fact, the father and the older brother had the highest densities that I have ever recorded in the donor area: around 4 hairs per square mm. This sort of high density reflects a hair population on the head of approximately 200,000 hairs, when normal for a Caucasian is around 100,000. Along with the artistic skill of the surgeon, this is what enabled us to transplant so many grafts in a single session.
So now the youngest son has followed in his family’s footsteps with 3188 grafts — approximately 1400 grafts in and behind the frontal hairline, with the rest of the grafts transplanted into the crown. Despite being only 10 months out from his first and only hair transplant, this patient is already extremely pleased with the results he’s seeing. Click the photos to enlarge!
After one procedure of 3188 grafts:
Before:
Transplant area immediately after the procedure:
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Update: More info can be found here!
The results look great.
I do have a question though. I’ve often read that it’s frowned upon to transplant to the crown at a younger age because you might not have the hair to cover the front as you get balder (and who wants to be bald in the front and have hair in the crown?)
Was the crown covered because he has hair density similar to his father, or maybe he’s older than I think and not on pace for a Norwood VII?
what norwood number do you assign to the finished results?
WOW! That’s amazing! How old was the patient? Was Dr.Rassman the physician? How typical are these results?
What I am always impressed with is how “clean” the patients look after the procedure…I find with many other doctors after-photos the patients look red/bloody, and their heads shaved on top and hair much longer on the sides and back – how do these patients go about their lives looking like this after the trasnsplant?…