Senior Member thinkingaboutit Posted January 7, 2006 Senior Member Share Posted January 7, 2006 Is it customary to leave the donar area open, un-sutured, until the end of the surgery? For 1500+ graft procedures, is there typically a donar area in the back and on the sides of the head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member thinkingaboutit Posted January 7, 2006 Author Senior Member Share Posted January 7, 2006 Is it customary to leave the donar area open, un-sutured, until the end of the surgery? For 1500+ graft procedures, is there typically a donar area in the back and on the sides of the head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member troy Posted January 7, 2006 Senior Member Share Posted January 7, 2006 they closed mine right away. My Hair Loss Weblog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member GuitarPlayer Posted January 8, 2006 Senior Member Share Posted January 8, 2006 I have never heard of a doctor leaving the donor area open and unsutured until the end of surgery. I think even most hacks close the donor area right after the strip has been extracted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member hairworthy Posted January 8, 2006 Senior Member Share Posted January 8, 2006 Nope, never heard that either. For a start, once the strip has been removed, you change position and the back of your head rests on the chair so the surgeon can do his incisions. No way he/she would leave an open donor area with blood dripping and all the rest. It's nonsense. 3045 FUs with Dr Victor Hasson on 8 June 2004 1836 FUs with Dr Jeffrey Epstein on 2 March 2006 Regimen: 1.25mg Proscar every other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member headofhair Posted January 8, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted January 8, 2006 After both of my transplants, they surgeon closed the donor area immediately. They had to do this before turning me over to insert the grafts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member thinkingaboutit Posted January 8, 2006 Author Senior Member Share Posted January 8, 2006 Actually, I had not heard of it either, until reading about it in the New Yorker article. Bosley was quoted as saying that the suture area on a recent patient was left open till the end in case additional grafts needed to be extracted. I know that it is 'Bosley', but I was curious how typical it was. Thanks for the replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Robert_ Posted January 10, 2006 Senior Member Share Posted January 10, 2006 Not typical at all. There are breaks in the procedure where the patient is allowed to stand up and stretch, go to the bathroom, eat lunch, etc. To be expected to do this with a large opening in the scalp would be outrageous. -Robert ------------------------------ Check out the results of my surgical hair restoration performed by Dr. Jerry Cooley by visiting my Hair Loss Weblog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member kamin Posted January 10, 2006 Senior Member Share Posted January 10, 2006 Bosley was quoted as saying that the suture area on a recent patient was left open till the end in case additional grafts needed to be extracted. You've got to be sh*tting me????? That's insane. First, they should have calculated how many possible grafts were needed to cover the area in question before any type of surgery was even considered. Second, to do this, most doctors will know the density of the patient donor area in order to have a really good idea of how large a donor strip must be taken to get the required number of grafts. Third, with each transplant I've had, the size of the donor strip allowed for a little tolerance on the plus side. If I remember correctly, my first transplant was for 1500 grafts and the donor strip yielded about 1590. The second transplant was for 1000 grafts and the donor strip yielded about 1075. Sounds like this doctor was either, 1.)inexperienced at calculating the donor strip size, or 2.) so cheap he/she was scared that they might have to put in an extra graft or two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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