Dr. Hasson/4200 Grafts/One Session/2.5 Years

[Jotronic]

This patient came to see Dr. Hasson in October, 2007. 4200 grafts were placed in one session to restore the hairline and the top of the scalp. His hair characteristics are obviously wavy with a slightly above average hair shaft diameter (coarse). He started on Propecia a few months before the procedure during his initial consultation.

 

Here is the HD video of this patient's results...

 

http://www.hassonandwong.com/hair-transplant-videos.php?file=137_asv-107-4200.flv&screenshot=137_screenshot_asv-107-4200.jpg

Edited July 10, 2010 by Jotronic

[Danielkiwi]

Astoonishing..that had got to be the best result i have ever seen. do you have any scar pictures joe

[TakingThePlunge]

I have to agree. This should be the textbook example of a successful hair transplant. What more could any patient ask for? Lucky man!

[RCWest]

I have never seen such amazing results. Money well spent! He looks like he has his high school hair back. A few grafts in the crown and you'd never know he lost his hair. He has great hair characteristics also.

Edited July 10, 2010 by RCWest

[orangehair]

definitely a hugh transformation....could maybe enhance things with some work in the temporal areas but even without the result stands on its own.....impressive*

[hdude46]

great result by dr hasson. any idea how many grafts he has left in the donor bank and how old is he?

[Jotronic]

He has about 3500 grafts in "x" number of sessions.

[Jotronic]

Bump for HD video...

 

Hair Transplant Videos hair transplant Video Page 1 - Hasson & Wong

[hdude46]

joe...was wondering if b/c his natural hairline was so low that it took up more grafts and he got less coverage than someone who might have similar characteristics and not as low of a hairline if that makes sense.

[hair_me_out]

Not as low of a hairline? This looks perfectly natural to me and the hairline didn't need to go lower.

[hdude46]

Not as low of a hairline? This looks perfectly natural to me and the hairline didn't need to go lower.

 

??? you obviously missed the point of the question.

[hair_me_out]

??? you obviously missed the point of the question.

 

Whoops. Just re-read it and I did indeed miss the point of the question. Apologies.

[stamos]

An amazing result, congratulations to the doctor. I think it can't get any better than that.

[phil mascallpen]

I think he has had amazing growth from the proscar. His hair looks much thicker all over.

[Jotronic]

How can you tell how much growth he's had from Proscar?

[phil mascallpen]

How can you tell how much growth he's had from Proscar?

 

Let me play the devil's (or in this case, the patient's) advocate I could easily ask the reverse. How do you know this result is mainly from the 4200 grafts?

 

I can look at his overall hair thickness (sides, front third and crown) now compared to how thin he was overall before. It is consistently fuller and thicker in almost his entire scalp. Of course it would help a lot to see a post op photo to see where the 4200 grafts were placed. 4200 over a large area would not do this much. 4200 over a small area might look great but that would leave the rest of the growth in other areas to the proscar.

 

As a patient that feels H&W are one of the best in the world and might have a 2nd surgery with Dr. Hasson I'm just trying to keep it real Joe. Proscar effect and immediate post op photos go a long way toward helping prospective patients make an educated decision.

 

In this case we have a patient that has had a hugely successful transformation and is rightfully very happy. My opinion is that the complete facts of the transformation should be made as transparent as possible. That's all.

[Fingers Crossed]

I would have to agree with Phil. The overall texture of his hair looks to be much improved in comparison to his pre-op pictures (much like yours did). This patient must be thrilled with his results...Dr. Hasson and his team did an amazing job.

[hdude46]

Joe is there any way you could post post-op pics and answer how much finasteride helped this result? thanks!

[aaron1234]

This is one kick-ass result. Sheesh!

[pompodo]

Very nice ,its looks too good to be true , what charactaristics does he have that make this such a home run? Ive seen the same number of grafts on patients with far worse results.

[hdude46]

joe can we get a clarification on some of these questions? thanks!

[Jotronic]

Ok, so I've had some private messages telling me that there are some questions about this result.

 

First, it was mentioned that not only the thinning area has greatly improved but that the hair in the donor area including the sides has improved from Propecia. Let me explain how sometimes hair like this patient has behaves.

 

Sometimes coarser hair, when quite short as in the before photos, tends to look thinner. I used to be fooled by this all the time when I first started fielding all of the online consultations before the docs would get a chance to review them. Remember, this was six or seven years ago when online consultations were something brand new. We would see some patients with shorter hair cuts and hair like this patient and would think that the procedure would be on the smaller side due to low density. Now, after having personally viewed at least 50,000 heads via online consultation, I have learned to see donor hair like this for what it really is. The hair is simply "bunching up" and looks deceivingly thin. In reality, the donor density is much stronger than the photos, or rather the short length, reveals. Thus, once some length returns after normal growth the true density and fullness is able to unfold.

 

Second, it was also mentioned that with such a large area to cover the result cannot possibly be as full as it appears. Well, the area of coverage was not as large as some thought. It was in fact placed into the hairline and the front half only and the crown was virtually untouched.

 

Third, guess what! I found some photos of the patient taken on the day the staples were taken out. Now you can finally see where the grafts were placed as well as see how natural the placement looks compared to the rest of the scalp. The recipient area, two weeks post-op, looks virtually no different than someone that simply shaved their head.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, and for those that think that this result is mostly from Propecia, well, there is another patient with similar placement with a few hundred more grafts into a slightly larger area and for him it simply cannot be argued that Propecia did a darn thing...

 

 

[Johnny_B]

I'm not sure I agree that Propecia is the a major factor in this at all and nor I am going to enter a debate that I can't prove either way. What I will say is that the procedure has without doubt created the foundation for an outstanding end result!

 

Have you seen the smile on the geezer...enough said!

 

Johnny B (UK's Horse's Hair)

[mahhong]

Looks simply outstanding! And in response to the comments about effectiveness of propecia etc. I think the HT is primarily responsible for the transformation. Jo made a great point about how shaved hair can look very thin. David Beckham is an absolute prime example of that. His hair looks very thin when shaved but as it grows out it's pretty clear he has a full head of thick hair. This patient, to me, looks to be just the same.

 

Of course propecia could have had an impact, but I think this is primarily down to fortunate patient attributes and world class surgery, with perhaps a bit of additional support from the propecia. Once again a great example of how to the best surgeons, formulate the best treatment plans and see them through as effectively as possible. This guy has truly incredible hair now, not just by 'HT' standards, but by any standards under which good hair can be measured!

[Jotronic]

The thing is, native hair naturally lays over each other in a forward direction so there is a shingling effect that mother nature employs. When hair is short it looks thinner because less shingling is possible. And if one is looking slightly downward then others see the scalp with a view that is a parallel to the direction and angle of hair growth so it is easy to see in between the hairs down to the scalp.