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I am surprised no one is talking Dr. Diep

I want to keep my hair shorter and I am prone to hypertrophic scarring.

because i don't want to waste donor grafts

the study posted above had regrowth of transections at around 65% or something like that of course that was with one dr and with one patient im sure the regrowth rate is dependent on the dr. and his techique btw, we are talking about transection during FUE extraction, where the top part is broken off but the bottom remains.

Thanks (Although the #s quote by Drs to me was much higher than 3-4%) My question is whether the transected follicle grows back in the donor area to produce hair again? This is what a Dr. told me. FUE2014, thanks for the study

I talked to one Dr., and he said if the transection rate during surgery is too high, he would stop the operation. This made me think that transecting a follicle during FUE kills the follicle, depleting that source of donor hair. Even before this conversation, I thought transecting a follicle also kills the follicle. But then talking to another Dr. he stated that during FUE extraction, if there is transection the lower part of the follicle stays in tact and thus will grow back fully. Is this true?

I know yield doesn't refer to the # implanted. I figured it was either transection rate or percent implanted that doesn't grow. Both have different implications

Given their relatively short experience (about 1 year) I am most concerned about their yields, especially on East Asian patients which I have read pose problems (thicker scalp, deeper follicles, higher metabolic rate on follicles leaves shorter time for survival once removed)

does the % yield refer to implanted grafts that do not grow, or the transection rate. for example, lets say yield on FUT is 100% for 4000 grafts. if FUT is 10% better, that means FUE is potentially 3636 (3636 x 110% = 4000). The difference being 334 grafts either wasted or implanted and not growing. Quite a bit! I was all for FUT with Hasson, but I realize I will probably get a hypertrophic scar to some degree. This scares me I do not want a huge scar around my head, but at the same time I do not want to waste 5% - 15% of my hair

recommend any? Does Diep work on a lot of European patients?

I dont see donor pics in the old thread did dr hasson say you have incredible laxity?

Dr. Diep says he implants FUE grafts without trimming. Does this impact his ability to dense pack? what is the greatest FU/cm^2 he has done?

Petersen is crap. I will say this until the day I die. He was in Beverly Hills in the late 90's. I was 18. He had a 500 grafts for $500 special. Not knowing better I took the leap. He had some assistant in training do my harvest and stitch me back up. Petersen did the implants. On top of a really horribly designed hairline, cobblestoning, my scar is about 1cm wide at the back due to stretching because it was taken below the occipital ridge.

Looking at the Diep video of the patient which has different lighting I see it is not as thick as I thought it was. This is consistent with Konlor's patient. Rahal's photographs are fuzzy but I can kind of tell the density is about the same.

Dr. Diep writes on his videos FUT has a 5% to 15% better yield on average for growth and survival vs FUE. So, splitting the difference at 10%, on a 4000 graft, procedure, we are looking at 400 grafts being lost? What about when taking a strip, all the follicles that are on the border that are slaughtered by the incision? Also what about the dormant follicles (10% to 15%) that are discarded when creating FU's out of the strip? Wouldn't that just about make things even?