Delcolorado

Thanks for the encouragement! I am pleased with the results! If I had more donor hair, of course, it could have been thicker. Given the fact that I'm a Norwood 7, I think Dr. Wong made good use of the 5200 grafts that he was able to harvest.

I thought it would be helpful to post another 14 month post-op pic showing my entire head including the crown along side my pre-op pic again.

I'm a norwood 7 so I didn't have a lot of donor hair to work with. It was said that I would be lucky to get 3000 grafts. The day of surgery Dr. Wong said that I had good skin laxity and he could get around 5000 grafts. The total grafts were 5200.

I was more concerned with my front and sides of my head. I knew I wouldn't have enough hair to cover the crown.

Thanks again to Dr. Jerry Wong.

Del

Denver, Colorado

I did the scalp excercises for one hour per day three months before surgery.

Thanks. I'm a Norwood 7. At this time, I'm not planning on addressing the crown. Dr. Wong did such a great job grafting around the crown and making it look very natural and tapered. Most doctors and even the consultant for Dr. Wong when looking at my pictures said that I would be lucky if i got 3000 grafts. The day of my surgery, Dr. Wong said that my scalp had good elasticity and he'd be able to get around 5000 grafts. I did the scalp excercises faithfully because I knew that I a very little donor hair in the back and sides of my head.

I didn't receive any grafts on the crown. The grafts were done in one pass or in one day.

Sorry, i just took this with my camera phone so it's not a clear as I would like. I could possibly email them to you if you want.

Here are the before surgery and 14 months after surgery pictures.

5200 grafts.

I'm quite pleased with the results. Thanks to Dr. Jerry Wong.

Del

Denver, Colorado

Most doctors that viewed my pre-op pics were not very encouraging regarding the number of grafts they thought were possible. I was classified as Norwood 7 (very little doner hair available). Most docs would be surprised to get 3000 grafts. After viewing my pictures Dr. Wong quoted me 3000 grafts. When I saw him on the day of surgery he said that he could get more grafts because of my skin laxity and my dense doner hair. The final count: 5,172 grafts!! See my pics in the photo gallery.

Before and after pics. 5,172 grafts