Whoops! Good catch Joe. Yes, I meant 2 cm Shew...2 inches would be a WIDE strip!

Bill

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If the strip is 30 cms wide that means it can go up on the sides right? unless you have a pretty big/weird shaped head :P

Bill, your scar goes pretty high up on the sides. This is the 1st time I have actually seen a scar pic, so maybe I am over reacting. But, is that safe? Doesn't that look weird? can you hide it?

whyme,

That's correct. A typical strip length is ear to ear in length...some go longer depending on the patient's need for more grafts and personal "safe zone".

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I find that odd, but perhaps it is the case. You got some nice hair though I am sure you have seen those charts from Shapiro's office (posted by Janna) were the doc writes in the patient's donor density. Also you may have read accounts from some of Dr. Rose's patients were they refer to specific donor densities. You can cut/clip very small portions of hair (in consults or pre-surgery) and use magnification (like a densitometer) to count hair and follicular units per unit area. If you do it in multiple areas over the donor zone you will get a good picture of the patient's average hair and donor density. From there you can calculate the dimensions of the strip.

Now, on the other hand, if you wanted as many grafts as possible in a session, measuring density is not that important. If you pull more tissue you will get more grafts and that is the goal. Just remember, some guys are not going in for as many as possible.

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