The foregoing is a video link detailing the case from before the surgery to the result at the 9 month mark.




For the video click the following link:

Video of case










SURGERY DETAILS:

BHT (Using beard and body hair) + FUE (Using head hair) Hybrid

Completed in one surgery session over 9 contiguos weekdays.

Graft Break down:
Beard: 6250
Head donor: 3617
Legs/thighs: 2528
Chest: 1647
Abdominal Areas: 900
Arms: 531


Goal:
1. Coverage of the entire NW6 area (crown included) to a NW 0-1 hairline.
2. The ability to maintain a shorter hair cut without worrying about visible scars (seen in strip HT).
3. Donor preservation: The ability to harvest donor areas in the future should the need arises, in event of progression to NW 7 and beyond. Over harvesting of head donors is to be avoided.
4. The absence of cosmetically significant body scarring.

















Sanusi Umar, MD, FAAD

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The foregoing is a video link detailing the case from before the surgery to the result at the 9 month mark.




For the video click the following link:

Video of case










SURGERY DETAILS:

BHT (Using beard and body hair) + FUE (Using head hair) Hybrid

Completed in one surgery session over 9 contiguos weekdays.

Graft Break down:
Beard: 6250
Head donor: 3617
Legs/thighs: 2528
Chest: 1647
Abdominal Areas: 900
Arms: 531


Goal:
1. Coverage of the entire NW6 area (crown included) to a NW 0-1 hairline.
2. The ability to maintain a shorter hair cut without worrying about visible scars (seen in strip HT).
3. Donor preservation: The ability to harvest donor areas in the future should the need arises, in event of progression to NW 7 and beyond. Over harvesting of head donors is to be avoided.
4. The absence of cosmetically significant body scarring.

















Sanusi Umar, MD, FAAD

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Dr. Umar,

Body hair transplantation has always intrigued me, but to date, I haven't seen a lot of consistency in producing high hair growth yields.

Given that this patient seems to have had a good bit of native hair before surgery and almost 15,000 grafts, how would you describe this patient's current growth yield and yield to come? Approximately how much did this patient pay for surgery?

Thanks for participating,

Bill

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Bill,

The posted photos could be deceptive given that the combover is not adequately revealed. I think watching the video in its entirety would reveal the pre-op state and the result at 9 months better:

The following photo for instance reveals the true extent of the baldness and the attempt to conceal same with a combover:




Considering that that much ground is covered with a NW 0-1 hairline, and the fact that on the average 2-3 body hair follicles (they are thinner and mostly singles) are equivalent to one head hair follicle(thicker and mostly doubles and triples) I would think the yield is excellent at this stage. The Video again reflects this well.


The video illustrates further the advantage of this hybrid approach in extensively bald individuals. It affords us the liberty of going for a NW 0-1 hairline in extensively bald individuals such as the one shown on the video without having to sacrifice the crown and density in the background of a pristine head donor area that is not overharvested. I think that is what this patient is on the verge of achieving. That would be impossible to achieve with a head hair only approach.

My fees are very competitive for FUE and BHT.

Regards,

Sanusi Umar, MD, FAAD

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Dr. Umar,

Thanks for posting a top/down before picture. It is clear that this patient has a lot more loss than the angled picture reveals.

Do you also have a top/down after picture you can post? This would be quite helpful.

I admit that I haven't seen the video yet (though I plan to), but I'd still like to know how you feel about his hair growth yield. If you could put a percentage on it - what do you think it would be?

Thanks,

Bill

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I've been interested in transplanting underarm hair to my head. Wouldn't hair from that area be better than taking hair from an arm or leg? Underarm hair grows longer and thicker than other hair on a persons body. It's much more like head hair than arm or leg hair is. You also don't have to worry about scars in the donor area because who will ever see my underarms anyway? On top of that I think you can take it out by strip method rather than FUE.

Not to sound negative but to me the pictures of the patient don't look natural. The characteristics of his hair now look kind of like hairs from a SCRUBING BRUSH. Very harsh hairs sticking out. Sorry

Dr. Umar,

The video is much more impressive than the photos in my opinion.

Do you have a higher resolution version of this video on your website? The one on youtube is quite small. High resolution top of the head "after" photos will also be helpful.

I'm still interested what you feel about the percentage of transplanted hair that grew.

Also, what would you say his hair density is now in the varying areas of his scalp?

It is clear however, that his hair is much improved from before any surgery.

Best wishes,

Bill

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Im not sure im crazy about these results! Is this 15,000 grafts or hairs? If 15000 grafts it seems that this patient should have a fuller look. I agree that the hair doesnt look natural, and why is the doctor being so gentle when brushing this guys hair?

You have to understand that most of it is body hair which grows slower and shorter than head hair. I'd like to see the results in another 3 to 6 months. The big thing in this case is he covered a large area without getting a strip scar. I do think it would look better if he dyed his hair all one color instead of having the different shades from transplanting from different body areas.