Transplanting Conservative Hairlines

On the NHI patient photos site, patient DTA has had a significantly improved hairline from his previous norwood 3 hairline. I was under the impression (from reading this blog) that your clinic took a more conservative approach to hairlines than other clinics but from the results it appears the hairline was significantly improved.

Could you please inform me on what type of method was used (FUE, strip or both), how many sessions such a hairline took to complete and how many grafts?

Thanks

Before

After

This patient had 4 procedures totaling 7390 grafts, all using the strip technique. The lack of graft and procedure count was an error on the NHI site that has since been corrected. He started getting transplanted before the FUE technique was available. Many times the patient just wants more fullness, so the graft count goes up.

As for the conservative hairlines, we create hairlines for men that frame the face and look masculine, like the patient above. I don’t understand why some doctors will transplant a straight line of hair for a 40 year old man (for example), when that type of hairline is usually seen only in children and women. See also: If I Get Transplants, I Want a Perfectly Straight Hairline.