Adrian, do you mean 24.3 cm2 (cm squared)? Area is measured in cm^2 and not cm.

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Adrian,

You confused me because you didn't say 24.3cm2. I assumed therefore that you were referring to only the length - since clearly it couldn't pertain to the width.

Thanks for the clarification - that makes more sense.

Bill

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Looking forward to see the end results, with that many grafts it is bound to be spectacular.

Congratulations. Look forward to seeing your updates. Dr. Rahal does great work.

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why are we all so obsessed with graft counts and number of fu/cm2? wouldn't it be better and easier to simply compare the area of the removed strip - i.e. 24.3 cm2, with the area that needed to be covered as discussed/drawn in pre-op consultation? not sure what that is in this case, but Shamrock you must have it, or ask Adrian to give it to you... let's say it's 40 cm2 or 45 cm2 (similar to Predator)... so, grafts/donor density aside, you had 24.3 cm2 worth of donor hair spread over 40 cm2, which gives you 61% coverage overall at your normal/donor density, whatever that may be... you probably got more than that in the hairline and a little less in the back, but overall it sounds very good to me, your result should be great...

isn't that a better way of looking at things? i wish more people, when posting results, would include the measurements of the strip removed and the area that needs to be covered, especially since you get those things from your doctor anyway... and not focus obsessively on grafts received and fu/cm2 in donor/recepient...

however, as for grafts received and fu/cm2 in donor/recepient in Shamrock's case... 3888 grafts in an area of about 40 cm2 - that's over 97 fu/cm2!!! surely, that cannot be, can it??? or is Shamrock's recepient area much larger than it seems?

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also, i forgot - i guess one can get an estimate of donor density, no? aren't there places out there that can do that for you? then you have all the numbers you need - strip surface in cm2 x donor density in fu/cm2 = total number of grafts... total number of grafts / recipient area in cm2 = average number of fu/cm2 received... simple...

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Did we ever get a response to this or this cleared up? Shamrock is there a link to you profile where I can see how you are progressing buddy?