Bernstein Medical (Dr. Robert M. Bernstein) / Norwood 6 / 2,336 grafts

[Bernstein Medical]

Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration patient UAR is a Norwood Class 6 with slightly wavy, black hair and a donor density of 1.5 hairs/mm2. He had one hair transplant consisting of 2,336 follicular unit grafts. Photos were taken before and then one year after the hair restoration.

 

The patient had 2,336 follicular unit grafts placed over an area of approximately 150cm2; therefore, the average density is just under 16 grafts per cm2. The reason why the patient’s transplant looks so full is first, because he has wonderful hair characteristics — i.e. dark, wavy, coarse hair on dark skin — and second, I forward weighted the hair transplant so that in the frontal forelock (an area of about 50cm) I placed 1,250 grafts giving a density of 25 follicular units/cm2. The other 1,086 grafts were placed in the remaining 100cm2. Another trick that I use to give the appearance of more fullness is to place the larger follicular units (those containing 3- and 4- hairs) in the central-forelock area. I first described these techniques over a decade ago in my paper “The Aesthetics of Follicular Transplantation” (pdf).

 

Click the thumbnails below for a larger view.

 

Before / After:

 

 

Left: Before Hair Transplant

Right: After 1st Hair Transplant Session

 

Detail of Hairline

 

 

Left: Before Hair Transplant

Center: Position of Hairline

Right: After 1st Hair Transplant Session

 

Top View

 

 

Left: Before Hair Transplant

Center: Position of Hairline

Right: After 1st Hair Transplant Session

 

View this patient's pictures and rate his hair transplant surgery results in the Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration Patient Photos section:

 

Patient UAR Photo Profile

Edited September 21, 2010 by Robert M. Bernstein, M.D.

[Cant decide]

This is obviously a home run result regardless of charetceristics. How in the world were you able to achieve such a result with only 2336 grafts? Can you by any chance post graft placement info, grfats per sq/cm, etc.

 

Well done!!

[Bernstein Medical]

This is obviously a home run result regardless of charetceristics. How in the world were you able to achieve such a result with only 2336 grafts? Can you by any chance post graft placement info, grfats per sq/cm, etc.

 

Well done!!

 

"Can't decide," thank you for the compliments.

 

I have posted more details on this case in response to your question, along with a link to my paper “The Aesthetics of Follicular Transplantation."