This fellow has had a few hair procedures elsewhere in our area. He presented seeking improvement in his right lateral scarline which was fairly wide. I expect to get a 50% improvement with today’s procedure and he may want to return at a year and have a few grafts FUE’d into the scar. Given his curly hair, and skin color, even a few of his hairs give pretty decent coverage.
We excised his old scar, and although he’d been doing scalp exercises, he was quite tight. Shown in the intraop pics is my assistant’s finger for size reference. Note how wide the wound retracts. Then note the improvement with a very deep layer closure. Next a subcutaneous closure takes the tension off of the skin edges, and the skin sutures simply align the skin level. Sutures are out at day 7 and he’s to followup in 30 days and use vitamin E twice a day, and to refrain from any activity which stretches my scar. While there is never a guarantee with these cases, I’m hopeful that after a year, we’ll show significant progress. We got about 40 grafts out of his scar and these were placed up front at no charge.

Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

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William H. Lindsey, MD, FACS
McLean, VA

Dr. William Lindsey is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians

Dr LIndsey..how long are you having the patient refrain from exercise??? Also, in general, when can a patient start doing light weights and cardio after surgery...Also, how is your daughter doing??

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Dr Rahal in January 19, 2012
4808 FUT grafts- 941 singles, 2809 doubles, 1031 triples, 27 quads

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For my patients. 7 days. That is it.

Julia is doing well thanks. Gets her central line out thursday. Now its just hoping and praying nothing comes back.

Dr. L

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McLean, VA

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Great news!!!

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Dr Rahal in January 19, 2012
4808 FUT grafts- 941 singles, 2809 doubles, 1031 triples, 27 quads

My Hairloss Website

Here are 1 month scar check pics. Looks fantastic. While not a guarantee he won't have a noticable scar, if it looks this good today, its likely to turn out ok.

Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

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William H. Lindsey, MD, FACS
McLean, VA

Dr. William Lindsey is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians

That is a fantastic result and to think the scar is only one month old.

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Dr. Lindsey thank you for presenting these cases as they actually are intraoperatively. It is an excellent reminder that hair transplantation is indeed a true surgically procedure that should not be taken lightly and should not be intrusted to just anyone without serious credentials, experience, and proven consistent results.

What a terrible scar this poor bloke had, it looks as if this revision will make a huge difference for him. Excellent documentation.

Spex

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Dr. Alan Feller, Coalition Member , Dr. William Lindsey, Coalition Member and Dr. Bijan Feriduni, Coalition Member

I am also the UK representative for Milena Lardi, Beauty Medical in Milan for their SMP technique.

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Wow, that was a big scar. Looks good Dr. Lindsey.

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HT #1: Karamikian Unknown # of grafts Sept.2006

HT#2 Nov.23rd, 2007
Dr.Feller
Almost 3200 grafts via strip

HT#3 April 2010
Fue 200/side into temple points

HT#4 February 2011

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Thanks for the comments, but its still early. He may yet widen out a bunch, but I think the chances of that happening are pretty small. Only time will tell and hopefully he'll be back in a few months for a check.

Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

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McLean, VA

Dr. William Lindsey is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians