HAIR TRANSPLANT FORUM

Hi, Attached are photos of a patient who had three prior procedures at a hair transplant clinic in ‘05. Each procedure added more density but were failures due to the unnatural appearance of the final result. All patients’ goals should be to have a procedure that will produce natural looking res...

Sure. Attached are photos of a patient who had three prior procedures at a hair transplant clinic in ‘05. Each procedure added more density but were failures due to the unnatural appearance of the final result. All patients’ goals should be to have a procedure that will produce natural looking r...

This class 3 patient came to our clinic with a simple goal in mind to restore the natural density on the frontal hair line that once existed. This patient has well above average donor density and a medium caliber of hair. At just 9 months post-op, this patient has regained confidence to go out in pu...

Hi Majmx, Your hair can be any length for completion of a virtual consultation. We only need for you to tell us your specific short-term and long-term goals. When we present your information to Dr. Cole, we provide him with all of your information to make an appropriate recommendation. We don't mind...

Hi Tincup911, I am sorry to hear that you are not satisfied with the outcome thus far. I can understand your frustration but you should count yourself as "lucky" as long as your growth looks natural. At 6 months, about 40% to 50% of the growth should be achieved. The newly transplanted follicles wil...

Hi Yann, In which country do you live? We can give you a better idea of which body hair source would be better to use if you could send in a few photos. After you send the photos, Dr. Cole will recommend a test session or a small BHT procedure to study what body hair source will be best for you. The...

I really would contact the clinic and ask them if they have similar cases that you could see. You should highly consider using some topicals to maintain what hair you currently have. At 23 years of age, you should not have any aggressive hair transplant procedure. It is in your best interests not to...

What do we do with it once it's done? Attached below are images taken of several donor areas of patients who had strip (FUT) harvesting performed prior to coming to our clinic. You may observe that each patient has moderately long hair in the donor area and that a considerable amount of thinning in ...

This patient’s goal was to maintain density in the frontal third and obtain a natural looking hair transplant result. Dr. Cole treated this class 3 patient by transferring a mere 700 CIT grafts to the frontal scalp. At this point, we have considered that additional hair loss may occur and have tak...

A natural looking result was what this patient had in mind before coming to our clinic in the winter of ‘07. The patient has medium fine hair and above average donor density. The patient is a class 3V potential class 5. Dr. Cole’s treatment plan was to conservatively add 1100 CIT grafts to the t...

The Cole Hair Transplant Group brings CIT to China In the last few months, Dr. John Cole has completed numerous visits to China as he looks to establish a low-cost hair transplant center in China. The center will be operated by a team of Korean hair transplant surgeons led and trained by Dr. Cole. ...

Hi RIVA, You are correct, 3-hair follicular units do not belong on the hair line. They only make it difficult for patients to wear their hair as they desire. There is always a possibility of the repaired area to change in pigment so it is advantageous to carefully approach the removal of larger graf...

Hi Contactnipun,

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Sincerely,

CITness

The most important consideration to keep in mind is that hair loss can be a progressive condition. That said, patients should realize that efficient donor harvesting is imperative in every case. Typically, a strip surgeon will destroy at least 5% of the follicles surrounding the strip incision. Once...

Here is a patient who received a session of approximately 600 CIT grafts to camouflage the large plug grafts from several years ago. The treatment plan was to add density to the frontal hair line with single hair follicular units. When hair line restoration is performed, the surgeon attempts to recr...

Gamecock,

We average about 2.9 hairs per transplanted follicular unit. The grafts that we transplant are not fractionated and are placed intact. Our goal is to transplant as few grafts as possible because it is in patients' best interests in consideration of further hair loss.

Groulou85, Your actual case may require that a physician physically examine your donor area. At least clear photos of your donor area are needed to approximate your donor resources. Depending on your classification of hair loss, you may need to change your goals or expectations. Advanced cases of ha...

Hi Scarline, The average strip scar is about 3 to 4 millimeters in width. Usually Dr. Cole will evaluate the scar and recommend that injections of kenalog may be necessary. It is normal for strip patient's not to have the ability to wear shorter hairstyles. Scar grafting is probably better for impro...

I concur. Not a good decision, but at least this patient didn't go to some other known clinics for aggressive hair line work. The unnatural look of having great density in the front with no gradual transition from the hair line to the crown. It would look like a dense hair line starting then suddenl...

Here is a two dimensional presentation (figure 1.) of an actual patient's entire donor area. Each of the 14 boxes represents a region of the donor area and have all been magnified for easier viewing. You may notice that some follicles have been circled in a few of the boxes to simplify the task of c...