I had the old style plugs back in the 90's, had some cover up graphs years after(2 sessions) but the hairline was not natural.
Had a plug reduction in 2007 by a well known doctor. I still have some plugs on each side that are noticable that i would like reduced as well to add some fues.
Here is the issue, all the grafts that were taken from the reduced plugs did not grow in all the area where the plugs were broken down, the general hairline area on the sides. I did notice some grew in the virgin parts of the scalp. Also, when looking at some old pics, i could swear that i lost some of the other single double hair transplants in the area.
So i am wondering if the trauma to the scalp caused the old transplants to fall out as well as the new ones not to grow. Lack of blood flow???
I have maybe 4 plugs to reduce on the left and maybe 5 on the right to reduce still. I am scared to have them reduced while adding new FUEs in the same session. I maybe need 500 new grafts. This reduction will be small compared to the prior, but am scared of wasting the new FUES.
any thoughts would greatly be appreciated
currently on avodart since 2003 that has stabalized hairloos