Using FUE to Touch-Up Straight Hairline
Hi Dr. Rassman…
First of all, I want to thank you so much for creating balding blog, it gives us very valuable information from one of the top and best surgeon in the world. About five months ago, I had a 3000 graft transplant with Dr. XXXX in toronto to restore my hairline and part of my midscalp. growth is coming in good so far but I really dont like the hairline design. it is densly packed however the grafts follow and curve almost on a straight line letting everyone know its a transplant. I like the more jagged style where the hairline is kind distruped to give a more natural look like I have seen in some of NHI pictures. so I was wondering if you can probably FUE some areas on my hairline to give a more natural look, maybe 50-100 grafts depending on what you think is best just enough to distrupt the line pattern. Is there a minumum number of grafts needed for FUE procedures?? also is it okay to perform this procedure after six months of my initial transplant as I want to get this done ASAP. Thanks again Dr. Rassman
The problem with straight lines is that they are too orderly, like Count Dracula’s appearance in the movies of the 1930’s. They accentuate a hairline when the hairline should be a zone of transition from a bald forehead to a thick head of hair. I fix these types of hairlines all of the time. Depending upon the color of your hair, it usually takes between 200-600 grafts in the frontal hairline to build a good transition zone. I wasn’t 100% sure by your email if you’d already had an FUE procedure or just wanted to use FUE for some “touch-up” work. If you have already had a strip procedure, it would be less expensive to do it with another strip procedure. An FUE procedure will work as well, but at twice the cost.
You mentioned, “If you have already had a strip procedure, it would be less expensive to do it with another strip procedure. An FUE procedure will work as well, but at twice the cost.”
Does this mean that once you’ve already had one strip procedure there’s no compelling logical reason to move to FUE since you’ve already got a scar from the first procedure? Or is there a chance that having a second strip procedure could make the first scar more noticeable or do more damage to the donor area?
Thanks