Transplanting Grafts In Front of An Already Strong Forelock

Hello Dr Rassman. My question is regarding hair transplants on NW2 patients with stablized hairloss. I have been researching many photos of patients in the NW2 region with strong forelocks who recieve around 500-1500 grafts max to their temples to straighten their hairline making it appear more youthful. This kind of surgery seems rare and not many photos seem to exist of this kind of surgery as it does not seem to bother most men. However for the men that do recieve this kind of surgery, ive noticed that despite having a strong forelock and no recession in the middle of the forelock at the very front of the hairline, the surgeon always places a small region of grafts in front of the hairline right in the middle, in front of the forelock, sweeping around to the primary graft region, “the temples”.

Why do surgeons do this? Wouldnt it be easier to just place the grafts in the temples? Why mess with a good centre hairline forelock that has not receded and looks 100% natural?

I do hope you know what im talking about…

I don’t like ‘messing’ with a good forelock. I am also generally against returning the juvenile hairline (see Maturation of a Hairline — Moving From Juvenile to Mature), because most people do not know where their hair loss will end up. If the surgeon brings the hairline too low, you can have a problem of running out of hair for transplantation as you continue balding. That does not make sense on a good Master Plan.

As for why a surgeon might do this — I couldn’t tell you what goes through another person’s head. Carelessness? Greed? I don’t know.