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Boondock: Check out this link for the answer to your question. http://hair-restoration-info.c...1087683&m=2531001171

lawtech: It is my procedure that "aaron1234' posted as an example of DR. Konior's results in hairline plug repair. As documented in my case, the unnaturally low placement of that pluggy hairline was the primary reason to excise the plugs via pretrichial brow lift (to raise the hairline) and redistribute them as FUs. Since you've already expressed dissatisfaction with the low placement of your current hairline, a brow lift is your only option to correct that condition. The best you can achieve with individual plug excision is a softer hairline at the same, or slightly lower, level (due to necessary camouflaging). In my opinion, there are four additional benefits to performing a pretrichial brow lift in situations like ours: 1. The most obvious benefit is the aesthetics of raising the hairline to a more natural and 'age appropriate' level (see information readily available re: 'mature' vs. 'juvenile' hairlines). 2. By raising the hairline, you leave yourself with less surface area requiring redistribution and, in most cases, subsequent FUE/FUT. In other words, you're able to get desirable results with less transplantation. This benefit should not be underestimated since we all have limited donor supply, especially those like you and me who had the older, more traumatic (i.e., wasteful) donor removal technique used to extract the larger plugs. 3. The entire area's vascularity (including the non-transplanted areas between the plugs) is already compromised by the scaring that naturally occurs as a result of the transplant, itself. That random scaring is eliminated and reduced to a localized, thin strip scar. This results in a less 'vascularly compromised' recipient site for the new transplants, which improves the odds of achieving better graft survival rate. 4. You get a 'free' brow lift in the process, leaving you with a slightly more youthful appearance. Since I am not a medical professional, but just a satisfied patient, I reached out to Dr. Konior to review my comments (1-3) above regarding the efficacy of a pretrichial brow lift in your situation. I wanted to make sure the information I've provided here is accurate. Finally, keep in mind that what we're discussing here is one part cosmetic surgery and one part reconstructive surgery. While I (and many others on this forum) believe Dr. Konior's cosmetic talents alone to be among the very best, it is his training and expertise in reconstructive surgery that, in my opinion and personal experience, sets him apart from many others in the hair restoration field. One thing I can assure you is that as a board certified facial plastic surgeon and acting member of the teaching staff at Loyola Medical School, you couldn't be in better hands than Dr. Konior's for a procedure of this nature. Whatever your final decision, I wish you all the best.

Check out the attached link to the pics and the video to see the work that Dr. Konior did on me: Advanced Plug Hairline Repair by Dr. Raymond Konior. I'm extremely happy with the results. As far as financials are concerned, that's all relative. I will say, however, that the old adage, "you get what you pay for" certainly applies to hair restoration (especially repairs). So, my advice to you is if money truly is a limiting factor, have smaller, multiple sessions over time rather than trying to do it all at once "on the cheap." Remember HTs are permanent, so you want to do it right. That means going to a Coalition surgeon. Of course I highly recommend Dr. Konior. I hope that helps. Best of luck to you.

dhoose75: Thanks for the feedback...much appreciated!

Folks, I have a very specific question that I haven't found asked or answered anywhere. When we talk about graft growth percentages at certain months, is there a direct correlation between the start and the finish? For example, it's often stated that average growth starts at 3-6 months and is roughly 90% complete @ 9-12 months (give or take). In my case, I started growth @ 2 months (I'm now 7 months out). Does that probably mean that 90% has already appeared for me @ 7 months? I'm not questioning the percentages; per se (I'm just using them as examples). I'm specifically interested in knowing if an early growth start probably means a correspondingly early growth finish. I don't know if this is germane to the answer, but in my case I'm a repair patient with the following history (and I know transplanted growth within a previously transplanted/scared area can be slower): 1. 100-150 plugs in the late 70s to the frontal area to either side of the central tuft. 2. Brow lift of the most anterior rows & redistribution (as FUs) in 8/06 3. FUT #1 in 3/07 4. FUT #2 in 12/07 Thanks in advance to anyone who responds to my inquiry.

Folks, I have a very specific question that I haven't found asked or answered anywhere. When we talk about graft growth percentages at certain months, is there a direct correlation between the start and the finish? For example, it's often stated that average growth starts at 3-6 months and is roughly 90% complete @ 9-12 months (give or take). In my case, I started growth @ 2 months (I'm now 7 months out). Does that probably mean that 90% has already appeared for me @ 7 months? I'm not questioning the percentages; per se (I'm just using them as examples). I'm specifically interested in knowing if an early growth start probably means a correspondingly early growth finish. I don't know if this is germane to the answer, but in my case I'm a repair patient with the following history (and I know transplanted growth within a previously transplanted/scared area can be slower): 1. 100-150 plugs in the late 70s to the frontal area to either side of the central tuft. 2. Brow lift of the most anterior rows & redistribution (as FUs) in 8/06 3. FUT #1 in 3/07 4. FUT #2 in 12/07 Thanks in advance to anyone who responds to my inquiry.