Senior Member thinkingaboutit Posted March 20, 2006 Senior Member Share Posted March 20, 2006 How wide of an area is shaved for extraction of the donor area for 1500 grafts? How wide of a shaved area remains after it is sutured up? For someone with relatively long (3-5") hair in the back and good density, will there be difficulty hiding the area for the first month post op? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member thinkingaboutit Posted March 20, 2006 Author Senior Member Share Posted March 20, 2006 How wide of an area is shaved for extraction of the donor area for 1500 grafts? How wide of a shaved area remains after it is sutured up? For someone with relatively long (3-5") hair in the back and good density, will there be difficulty hiding the area for the first month post op? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Gorpy Posted March 21, 2006 Senior Member Share Posted March 21, 2006 Depends on your doctor. If you were going with Dr. Keene the area would not be shaved at all and your donar area would look pretty normal the day you walked out of surgery. I think the other extreme is Dr. Feller who shaves a wide swath across the back of your head with electric clippers that is impossible to hide. ____________ 2700 Total Grafts w/ Keene 9/28/05 663 one's = 663 1116 two's = 2232 721 three's = 2163 200 four's = 800 Hair Count = 5858 1000 Total Grafts w/Keene 2/08/07 Mostly combined FU's for 2600+ hairs My Photo Album See me at Dr. Keene's Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member hairbank Posted March 21, 2006 Senior Member Share Posted March 21, 2006 I agree, Gorpy. thinkingaboutit- The majority of the shaved donor will be taken out when the grafts are harvested. You shouldn't have any shaved area left as it will be closed together. I clipped my hair to less than 1/2" after my HT, when the staples were taken out you couldn't see the scar. 3-5" would be overkill and there's no way they should see the scar. Hairbank 1st HT 1-18-05 - 1200 FUT's 2nd HT 2-15-06 - 3886 FUT's Dr. Wong 3rd HT 4-24-08 - 2415 FUT's Dr. Wong GRAND TOTAL: 7501 GRAFTS current regimen: 1.25mg finasteride every other day My Hair Loss Weblog Disclaimer: I'm not a Doctor (and have never played one on TV ) and have no medical training. Any information I share here is in an effort to help those who don't like hair loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member aida Posted March 21, 2006 Regular Member Share Posted March 21, 2006 Originally posted by thinkingaboutit:How wide of an area is shaved for extraction of the donor area for 1500 grafts? How wide of a shaved area remains after it is sutured up? For someone with relatively long (3-5") hair in the back and good density, will there be difficulty hiding the area for the first month post op? Depending on the doctor you choose there shouldn't be any shaved area around the donor spot, since the scalp gets closed from the top and the bottom with the skin that has hair on it. The donor strip usually gets shaved after it has been cut out of the scalp. Considering that you have long hair, hiding the area shouldn't be that hard if you pick a good surgeon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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