Was I overharvested? It is now 9 months after my hair transplant. I don’t know if you were over-harvested. How many grafts did you get? These scars are not atypical for FUE if the back of the head is shaved. Most men don’t see them because they let their hair grow out, often covering these […]
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This man’s balding pattern was probably a Norwood Class 4A pattern. He had hair in the back of his head prior to the transplant. The technicians who transplanted him, clearly over-harvested his donor area. They shaved his head, place 7000 grafts. I suspect that they used up close to all of his donor supply and […]
Another set of photos with at least three problems: The donor area was over-harvested, (2) the hair was placed in the wrong direction, and (3) the hair was distributed abnormally. This surgery was done by someone who didn’t know what they were doing. You judge for yourself. What would you do if this was your […]
More and more patients are getting FUE by doctors or non-physicians that just don’t understand how to manage the donor area (photos). These photos keep coming to my inbox from all over the world. Who is to blame? Well the patient must take part of the blame for not doing their proper research and the doctors […]
This man had his surgery done by Dr. Zarev (Sofia, Bulgaria) who put together an outstanding team to be able to perform up to 6,000 grafts in a single day. I have seen him working at various hair conferences with video access and therefore understand the way he organized his team. Dr. Zarev is unusual […]
I want to keep my hair short right now from side and back but the scarring from the first fue is still noticeable. Do you think scalp micropigmentation will help with this? Second FUE would make this even worse potentially. This is what it looks like right now. First FUE was years ago. It looks […]
This man’s hair is over-harvested and the hair taken from the neck hair will not last. This surgery, which saved him a lot of money, was no bargain
My question is: What is the future plan for hair graft need? Was all of the donor hair used up? What will the donor area look like (i.e. will it be over-harvested?). These grafts are sticking out which means that it will be visible for quite a while. This doesn’t either look good or feel […]
I have an appointment at Dr XXX’s office today, and I’m wondering why people always recommend FUE? His office tells me than FUE has a lower graft survival rate and leaves the back of the head looking thin. I think I’d rather have a tiny linear scar on the back than a less dense donor […]
You have been over-harvested with FUE, something I have been discussing here on my site with too much frequency. By too much, I mean that too many doctors don’t understand the limits of FUE as I defined in a published article here: https://baldingblog.com/2017/07/21/many-fue-grafts-many-fues-grafts-one-know-safe-limits/ The best treatment for this is Scalp MicroPigmentation which, although it is not […]
a little more info about the doctor, he’s from Istanbul/Turkey. even though he has license, his assistants will do the actual operation while he supervises. do you think this is a huge red flag? most hair clinics in Turkey operate in the same way and there are so many of them to choose from. The […]
An FUE (Follicular Unit Excision) is a surgical procedure and as such it should always be looked at it that way. Fortunately, when I initially described and published this technique in 2002, I called it a ‘minimally invasive hair transplant’ because it did not take on the risks of the then standard Strip Surgery (FUT) […]
If you have completely healed, you can have Scalp Micropigmentation to address this problem, see here: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/scar-covering/. Your problem should be a warning to many men to have their FUE pushed high especially when non-trained people are doing it and don’t understand the math of supply and demand for donor hair nor the necessity to […]
The donor area in the average Caucasian male has ~12,500 Follicular Units of which possibly up to 60% can be taken for hair transplants. For FUE without becoming over-harvested, about half of this amount (30% or 3,750 grafts) can be taken with FUE to be safe. The thickness of the hair shaft (fine, medium or […]
Once the hair has been removed with FUE, the hair never grows back. Your donor area looks over-harvested