45 Year Old Male Class VI Baldness with Frontal Scar

[Dr. Sheldon Kabaker]

45 Year old male with progressive male pattern baldness, assessed at Class VI, who has increasing concern with a circular scar from childhood at the end of his old frontal hairline.

 

On November 17, 2008, we performed 2616 follicular unit grafts. (strip harvest)

The patient is shown 10 months after his first graft session-first set of before and after's shown.

 

On October 27, 2009, a second session of 1821 follicular unit grafts taken around his old scar (see photos with donor site markings)

 

Last pairs of before and after photographs show the patient at age 47, two years after initial work, a total of 4437 grafts. Portions of well healed, undetectable donor scars are shown.

 

This patient was transplanted with an exceptionally low hairline to cover his old scar. I estimate that 2000 of these grafts, if placed with a higher hairline, would give denser coverage. The patient is extremely happy with his result.