This asian patient had multiple sessions of plugs and minigrafts before visiting us. Unfortunately his donor area was quite depleted, but luckily his last surgeons neglected to harvest from the left occipital and temporal areas.

We were able to excise 2,100 grafts using strip technique and implanted them in such a way as to favor his left side as this is the side from which he combs his hair.

Here are his preoperative picutres, intra-operative pictures, and 10 days post op. We will be updating his photos as he visits us here in Reston, Virginia.

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Work looks very refined to me. I also like the hairline design, and the "weighting" of the grafts to work in tandem with how he will be styling his hair -- I think he is going to be very pleased.

Looking forward to seeing the end-result, as I think it is going to be particularly impressive given his (prior) level of balding and the amount of grafts (strategically) used.

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i am in agreement with thana,work looks good.he should be happy 12 months in.(much better pics this time doc)

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Yeah have to agree this looks nice and refined and should produce a good frontal appearance.

Has he got any donor left now incase he needs a touch up as his donor in scar picture no 7 looks very depleted now due to his previous surgeries.

Dr. Lindsey,

I agree that the work looks nice and ultra refined.

I'm not sure however, that I understand the strategy.

Can you explain why you and/or this patient with very limited donor supply chose to densely back the hairline (and only one side) when is has very little native hair behind it?

It seems to me that this will produce an unnatural look.

I know that I have seen a strategy similar to this before, limiting the patient to a particular hair style simply because he doesn't have the donor supply for anything more.

Bill

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that does look like very nice work dr lindsey:-) thank you for sharing them here and i am sure the patient who is a repair one will be very happy. it seems you have placed the hairs that way to copy his existing style ie the left to right comb across. i pressume you did it this way to concentrate on the problem areas where the old work was in order to hide it ... i am sure it will work well. was this the patients goal with his limited donor hairs left?

Bill, if only you gave other doctors such a grilling and made them answer questions that they leave and hope go away..

dr lindsay, you perfom fue i believe, how much do you charge per graft?

Frog,

First, I can't make a physician answer a question, I can only pose the questions just as other members can and do.

Secondly, if you have actually been around longer, you would know that this is common practice for me. Evidence can be found all over.

Please remember that I am a patient first above all else and have the patient's best interest at heart.

Cheers,

Bill

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I have no problem answering as many questions as possible. I was told that when I started to post my patients online that I would be closely scrutinized and asked very detailed questions and I don't blame anyone for doing so.

I myself have seen such poor work from so many clinics in the past that it is reasonable to be suspicious of many HT doctors work. I believe the best policy is to be as transparent as possible.

As for this patient, we packed well more than the hairline. We ran well up his left side where his part will be.

The reason we wieghted the transplants heavily to one side was to maximize what he had to use. Since he has always combed his hair from left to right it just made sense to pack it more heavily on his left side. This way when he grows out he will have an appreciable mass of hair over his "part" area giving him a better illusion of hair and coverage. It will also best cover his old grafts and scarring this way.

You will notice that we went just past the midline of the scalp so that the final product won't look like a "combover". This is a very effective strategy for getting maximal results from minimal grafts. Lucky for him he has fairly thick caliber hair.

He still has some donor area left, but probably under a thousand, but I suspect he may not need any more work after this procedure.

Frog:
Yes, this style is exactly what he wanted as he he told us he always parted his hair from right to left. Also, his heaviest scarring was on his left side from the old transplants.

Yes, I perform FUE and charge $8 per graft.

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thanks for answering dr lindsay, have you had much success with fue into scaring? i am very interested in getting as much fue into my large scar as possible.

Bill, you are a moderator first, not a patient first, in my opinion and are far too quick to jump to particular doc's defense over others especially when its nothing to do with you.Let doctors answer for themselves then you will be a patient first ..moderator second ;-)

I have defended physicians that YOU have unfairly maligned. I have told you on numerous posts that you are free to ask any questions you would like but you often jump too quickly to conclusions based on your experience.

You have stated loud and clear that your trust issues are because

I can understand why you have a hard time trusting this industry and I encourage a certain amount of skepticsm. This is the reason for asking questions and expressing opinions. But you often make absolute conclusions and condemn. This isn't fair.

After my response to you, you posed questions and I commended you for it. All of this information can be found on this thread.

Anyway, I believe you have a heart for patients. So do I. Despite what you think, that makes us on the same team.

Dr. Lindsey,

Thank you for your explanation. I look forward to seeing more of your work and these results when they grow in.

Bill

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