HAIR TRANSPLANT FORUM

The patient in the photo is a Norwood class 4 pushing into a class 5. He was looking into hair restoration surgery in order to reestablish his frontal zone and “beef up” his crown area. The frontal third was denuded of hair so a surgical solution was needed in this area. Given his excellent hair...

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In addition to the transplant to the scalp, Dr. Cole did 1,369 BHT into the Italian patient's donor area.

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I am adding up the numbers on the surgical sheet now. I think he had 7,354 total grafts moved to his recipient over 2 surgeries. Looks like 4,802 were scalp FIT and 2,552 were BHT/FIT.

This patient felt that his hairline rested just a bit too high on this forehead. Dr. Cole used 500 grafts to strengthen and slightly lower the frontal hairline. Sometimes a little “top-up” is all you need

Dr. Cole and the team performed over 5,000 grafts during this FIT/BHT mega-session. The patient was in his late seventies and had a high degree of hair loss, particularly in his crown area. Early on in the consult process the patient indicated that he would not be able to shave his head. This was a ...

Sexual side effects will happen with Propecia in less than 1% of cases. The side effects will go away once you discontinue using the medication. Holding onto your hair is not worth losing your sex drive. There are a few ways you can handle this. You can continue using the drug to see if the side eff...

When we treat patients we must analyze their hair loss but also project future loss and design the recipient area accordingly. The patient in the photos is a younger gentleman. He has a Norwood 3 pattern but we expect him to lose more hair, particularly in the frontal area. Some of the miniaturizati...

This patient visited Dr. Cole for hair transplant repair surgery. Like many repair cases, this individual had very large and pluggy grafts placed by his prior physician. Scalp reduction surgery in combination with progressive hair loss after the surgeries created an additional problem; not only were...

“Will I be able to shave my head after FIT?” That is a question that we often hear from patients. Some patients are able to completely shave down after FIT while others are only able to wear there hair very short. It very much depends on the individual, their characteristics, and their ability t...