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Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration Patient ODQ has brown hair and a donor density of 2.3 hairs/mm2. He had an advanced Norwood Class 3 pattern of hair loss. The patient wanted to lower his hairline and thicken the forelock area. Results after one hair transplant session of 1,950 follicular unit grafts. Click thumbnails a larger view: Overview: Before / After: Left: Before Hair Transplant Right: After One Session Detail of Hairline Left: Before Hair Transplant Right: After Hair Transplant Top View View showing distribution of grafts. Left: Before Hair Transplant Center-Left: Position of Hairline Center-Right: Distribution of 1,950 Grafts Right: 1 Year Post-op See patients with similar characteristics in the Bernstein Medical photo galleries: Norwood Class 3 1 Session Hair Character: Brown Additional Resources: View Patient ODQ's photo profile at Bernstein Medical Visit our Hair Transplant Photos galleries or browse our patients by their Norwood Class Interested in a consultation? Click here to schedule a consult or here to read about our consultations New to hair restoration? Read our comprehensive guide to Hair Transplant surgery or our Hair Transplant FAQ Visit the Bernstein Medical YouTube channel

Hi David, Good question. He has been on finasteride and got good regrowth on the back part of his scalp, so it was not necessary to transplant there. All the grafts were placed in the front/mid-scalp so, in a sense, even though he is a Class 6 technically, he was transplanted as if he were a NW 4A. He plans to remain on finasteride. Best, Dr. Bernstein

Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration Patient ACB was a Norwood Class 6 with straight brown hair. He had a hair transplant consisting of 1,788 follicular unit grafts. Results photos were taken 10 months following his hair transplant. Click thumbnails a larger view: Before / After: Left: Before Hair Transplant Right: After One Session Detail of Hairline Left: Before Center-Right: Position of Hairline Center-Left: Placement of 1,788 Grafts Right: After One Session See patients with similar characteristics in the Bernstein Medical photo galleries: Norwood Class 6 1 Session Hair Character: Brown, Straight Additional Resources: View Patient ACB's photo profile at Bernstein Medical Visit our Hair Transplant Photos galleries or browse our patients by their Norwood Class Interested in a consultation? Click here to schedule a consult or here to read about our consultations New to hair restoration? Read our comprehensive guide to Hair Transplant surgery or our Hair Transplant FAQ Visit the Bernstein Medical YouTube channel

Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration Patient RYL was a Norwood Class 6 before surgery, with red hair and a donor density of 2.2 hairs/mm2. The patient had a hair transplant consisting of 2,496 follicular unit grafts. The results photos were taken one year after his surgical hair restoration procedure. Click thumbnails a larger view: Before / After: Left: Before Hair Transplant Right: After One Session Detail of Hairline Left: Before Hair Restoration Center-Left: Position of Hairline Center-Right: Recipient Sites Right: After Transplant See patients with similar characteristics in the Bernstein Medical photo galleries: Norwood Class 6 1 Session Hair Character: Red Additional Resources: View Patient RLY's photo profile at Bernstein Medical View our Hair Transplant Photos galleries at Bernstein Medical Browse our patient photo sets by Norwood Class Visit the Bernstein Medical Website for information about our consultations and services, plus a wealth of resources on hair restoration. Visit the Bernstein Medical YouTube channel New to hair restoration? Read our comprehensive overview of Hair Transplant surgery and our Hair Transplant FAQ

Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration Patient RFR is a Norwood Class 5A with blond hair and a donor density of 2.1 hairs/mm2. He had one hair transplant session of 2,144 follicular unit grafts. The results photos were taken one year after his surgical hair restoration procedure. Click thumbnails a larger view: Before / After: Left: Before Hair Transplant Right: After One Session Detail of Hairline Left: Before Hair Restoration Center: Position of Hairline Right: After Surgery Top View Left: Before Hair Transplant Center-Left: Position of Hairline Center-Right: Placement of 2,144 Follicular Unit Grafts Right: After Hair Transplant See patients with similar characteristics in the Bernstein Medical photo galleries: Norwood Class 5A 1 Session Hair Character: Blond, Straight Additional Resources: View Patient RFR's photo profile at Bernstein Medical View our Hair Transplant Photos galleries at Bernstein Medical Browse our patient photo sets by Norwood Class Visit the Bernstein Medical Website for information about our consultations and services, plus a wealth of resources on hair restoration. Visit the Bernstein Medical YouTube channel

At 10 days, grafts are permanent, so you may scrub as much as you like. For cosmetic purposes, this is generally a good idea as any residual crusts on the scalp or transplanted hair may be noticeable. Removing the crusts will also decrease any tendency to pick and scratch. With respect to the other question, if you bang your head and it doesn't break the skin or cause a hematoma (bleeding under the skin), the grafts should be fine. With regard to getting in the ring with Tyson - I wouldn't advise it.

Hi Gillenator, What you are saying is correct. Perhaps my comment on folliculitis was too concise and thus misinterpreted. I was lumping non-infectious and infectious folliculitis together when I said that incidence of folliculitis was relatively common. The non-infectious, low-grade inflammation of at least some hair follicles is what is very common. The infectious folliculitis – one that can affect growth after a hair transplant and that requires treatment with antibiotics – I agree is relatively rare. For this reason, and to prevent antibiotic resistance, prophylactic antibiotics are now not routinely recommended for hair transplantation. In addition to the post-op suggestions that patients can use to prevent folliculitis mentioned above, the surgeon can reduce the incidence by keeping implanted grafts slightly elevated. This is a practice currently employed by most hair transplant doctors. I suspect that the recent increased incidence of folliculitis may, in part, be due to the increased % of procedures performed by FUE (rather than just the increased volume of procedures) where hair fragments may be included in the transplant, inciting inflammation and predisposing to infection. This can be mitigated by using stereo-microscopes to check and trim the extracted grafts. Unfortunately, stereo-microscopic dissection is a skill that is second nature to hair transplant teams that were trained in FUT/strip and now do FUE, but not necessarily a honed skill of practices that only have performed FUE. Thanks for asking me for this clarification.

Hi all, Wanted to let you know about the latest news from Dr. Bernstein. Here is a sample of the news release: You can read the rest on the Bernstein Medical website. Feel free to contact us with any questions.

Hi kirenkodali, Around ten years ago I did a study to specifically answer this question (Bernstein RM, Rassman WR: Graft anchoring in hair transplantation. Dermatol Surg 2006; 32: 198-204.). We found that at ten days post-op grafts were no longer at risk of being dislodged. We therefore tell patients to be very gentle when washing your recipient area within the first 10 days. After that you will be able to wash normally without losing grafts. You can read the study here and watch a video describing the study and its findings here. Folliculitis, a low-grade inflammation or infection of the hair follicle, is relatively common and may occur up to three months after your transplant. It is typically caused by picking or scratching crusts or scabs, or poor hygiene, but may occur even without any precipitating factors. The best way to prevent folliculitis is frequent postoperative showering of the recipient area and, of course, not picking or scratching your recipient area. You can visit our Post-op FUT or Post-op FUE pages for more information on post-operative care, instructions, and a timeline. You can download PDF versions of the instructions for offline use, the link for the PDF is at the top of each of the post-op pages.

Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration Patient IJC is an African-American male with Norwood Class 4A hair loss. He has dark-brown/black, textured hair with a donor density of 1.5 hairs/mm2. The "after" photo results shown were taken 4 years after one session of 2,275 follicular unit grafts. Click thumbnails a larger view: Before / After: Left: Before Hair Transplant Right: 4 Years After Transplant Detail of Hairline Photos showing the planning of the patient’s hairline. Left: Before Transplant Center: Position of Planned Hairline Right: 4 Years After Transplant Top View Patient prefers to keep his hair short. Left: Before Transplant Center: Distribution of 2,275 Grafts Right: 4 Years After Transplant See patients with similar characteristics in the Bernstein Medical photo galleries: Norwood Class 4A 1 Session Hair Character: Black, Curly Donor Density: 1.5 hairs/mm2 Additional Resources: View Patient IJC's photo profile at Bernstein Medical View our Hair Transplant Photos galleries at Bernstein Medical Browse our patient photo sets by Norwood Class Visit the Bernstein Medical Website for information about our consultations and services, plus a wealth of resources on hair restoration. Visit the Bernstein Medical YouTube channel