Senior Member MDM Posted February 26, 2004 Senior Member Share Posted February 26, 2004 You guys have been kind to post your HT experiences, including the number of FUs that were transplanted. Can you tell me how many actual "hairs" were transplanted, in your recent operations? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member MDM Posted February 26, 2004 Author Senior Member Share Posted February 26, 2004 You guys have been kind to post your HT experiences, including the number of FUs that were transplanted. Can you tell me how many actual "hairs" were transplanted, in your recent operations? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Mr T Posted February 26, 2004 Senior Member Share Posted February 26, 2004 MDM, That's a question I never asked or thought of asking. I had 3,176 grafts. If I recall the ballpark numbers, I think there were about 1,700 singles, 750 doubles and 750 with more than two hairs in each follicular unit. I'll use three hairs per graft in this last category, but it may have been slightly more on average. It is a minimal impact on the math either way. 1,700 x 1 = 1,700 750 x 2 = 1,500 750 x 3 = 2,250 Total = 5,450 hairs Mr. T Mr. T's web page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Rugger Posted February 26, 2004 Senior Member Share Posted February 26, 2004 is that a pretty normal distribution you posted?...or do the technicians control this?...and would this be a normal distribution (2-1-1: singles, doubles, multi) for anyone's strip?...just curious..... ------------------------------ 4600 grafts/ 12/10/2003/ Dr. Jerry Wong Aren't you glad you know me, and have such easy access to my dementia??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Mr T Posted February 26, 2004 Senior Member Share Posted February 26, 2004 Rugger, That's my recollection on the counts. Jotronic and PRguy might be able to comment on whether or not it is "normal". That would be a first for me! ;-) I don't think the technicians have any control over the distribution. They dissect what is in the strip. Their greatest value, in my opinion, is maximizing the number of FUs from the strip... and that takes skill and training. Mr. T Mr. T's web page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member MDM Posted February 27, 2004 Author Senior Member Share Posted February 27, 2004 Thanks T, I have been wondering about how many actual hairs on average are transplanted, but also what the split is as far as 1s,2s,& 3s, and how it is determined. I appreciate you and Rugger answering, maybe some others will too. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member uncjim Posted February 27, 2004 Senior Member Share Posted February 27, 2004 I'd love to answer your question, but both times the distribution list was posted, I was too tired and eager to get the procedure over with to pay attention. If you'd like to know the answer in my case, you have my permission to call the clinic and ask for the details. It would be my pleasure. UNC "TEMPLES 'n CROWNS Forever!" Uncjim's Journey "Temples 'n Crowns Forever" Uncjim's Hair Loss WebLog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 i have seen many stats which suggest there is a range of average hairs per graft, the median being 2.1 or 2.2 hairs per graft, as i recall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member arfy Posted February 27, 2004 Senior Member Share Posted February 27, 2004 It's likely that your numbers are part of your chart at the clinic. When they dissect your donor strip, they keep a running count as they separate the various grafts. the one-hair grafts go in one dish, the 2-hair grafts go in another dish, etc. These numbers get added up, and the tech tells your doc the totals, so he can create the right number of recipient sites. Of course this is how it happens at an all-FU clinic. At a hair mill, there's a chance that the opposite happens: the doctor tells the techs 'I want 500 single hair grafts, 1000 2-hair grafts, and 500 3-hair grafts'. In other words, the techs do not cut the grafts according to nature, but according to what the patient paid and what the doctor tells the techs to do. But I digress... It's likely that the graft tally is part of your records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 I got the breakdown by the blade size used to make the recipient slits: 1336 @ 0.8; 2182 @ 1 & 1.1; 504 @ 1.2 & 1.3. I guess that would be like 1 hair, 2 hair and 3 and larger hair follicles. Just waiting... GAMBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member MDM Posted March 1, 2004 Author Senior Member Share Posted March 1, 2004 Thanks to all of you for your input. This is the very best forum for HT discussion and info around! BTW, all of your HT work looks great, just hope mine turns out nearly as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Tioto Posted March 2, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted March 2, 2004 MDM, in case you are still interested I had I HT for a total of 2433 FU and the distribution was 273 x 1= 273 hairs 1221 x 2= 2442 hairs 574 X 3= 1722 hairs 365 x 4= 1460 hairs For a total of 5897 hairs (average FU 2.4) so as you see in evary individual in different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member MDM Posted March 2, 2004 Author Senior Member Share Posted March 2, 2004 Tioto, I had my HT in December with Dr Shapiro with 2460 FUs and 6041 actual hairs placed. I don't remember the breakdown, but it sounds as if mine was somwhat similar to yours. It's very interesting to see actual hair counts. Mine was my first and I needed coveage, I assume one might see some difference on a second when fine tuning. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Tioto Posted March 2, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted March 2, 2004 MDM we are in the same boat here!!, I had my HT on November 3rd last year so Tomorrow is going to be exactly 4 months; man I am very anxious but it seems that things are just starting to get better, hope that by the 5 months mark I can see more real results, so far so good; by the way I had my HT with Jeff Epstein out of Miami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member MDM Posted March 4, 2004 Author Senior Member Share Posted March 4, 2004 Dr Epstein is a great HT doc congrats on choosing a very good one! Yeah, pretty soon you and I will be absolutely smiling at our new look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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