This 27 year-old man had Norwood 3 recession. His father apparently now has a Norwood 6 pattern but had similar hair loss when he was in his late 20s. My patient was already taking Proscar and using Minoxidil before he met me.

He had black, coarse, curly hair with average donor density and scalp flexibility. We transplanted 2539 FUG to his hairline and recessions. At that time, I only undermined the bottom edge and performed a trichophytic closure. (These days, I either do a 2-layer trichophytic closure or undermine both edges and do a 1-layer trichophytic closure.)

Although it may not be easy to tell in these cropped photos, his transplanted hairline is at a mature level so that it won't be too low or full after he ages or if loses more hair.

The photos were taken 9 months after his hair transplant.

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Cam Simmons MD ABHRS
Canadian Hair Transplant Centre,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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with all that hair already i dont think he needed a HT at this stage, but after seeing the result u can see the look he was trying to achieve, and is worked out great.

Very nice result indeed! Was wondering if 2539 graphs is to aggressive considering his age and family history. Is there enough donor left to properly cover the rest of his scalp if he follows his father and ends up norwood 6? I know he is using meds but what if they lose efficiency....that is my biggest fear! I hope for both of us the meds keep working! He does seem to have good characteristics.

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Thanks BHD and ..

The 2539 grafts go further back than you can see in the photos and he has a good donor supply.

It is good that he is using meds but I don't design hair transplants based on the assumption that he will take them forever. If he goes on to develop a Norwood 6 pattern, he would need 2 more sessions for coverage and he will have the donor hair and the scalp flexibility to do this.

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Cam Simmons MD ABHRS
Canadian Hair Transplant Centre,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Cam Simmons is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians

Dr. Simmons,

Wow! I have narrowed down my docs to Rahal and Feller, but you my friend, may have changed my mind! Great result!

I agree that it doesnt seem that as if this gentleman needed a HT, but a pictures ONLY worth a thousand words and doesnt always describe the amount of loss a patient has. Sometimes it takes 2 thousand words. Good job and Im jealous. LOL!

Dr. Simmons,

Your results (and presentation skills I must add) are among the best I've ever seen.

Well done as usual!

Bill

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I have to agree with Bill here. I'm a little late to jump on the Dr. Simmons bandwagon, but better late than never! Wonderful result Dr. Simmons, but how far back did the grafts go? Is there anyway you can draw a line on one of the photos to show where they were placed since we can't see from the photos presented?

Long, curly hair covers well! If I had been smart enought to have clipped his hair back in the before photos it would have been easier to see how receded his hairline was.

I can't see how far back I went either but this is my best guess according to my notes and what I can see.

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Cam Simmons MD ABHRS
Canadian Hair Transplant Centre,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Cam Simmons is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians