Pt. Results Dr. Mwamba - Combination STRIP/FIT/BHT 1,813 grafts

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Combination STRIP/FIT/BHT with 1,813 grafts. Donor density of 90FU/CM2.

 

This patient in his late thirties and classified as a Norwood 3-4 was advised to do Hair Transplant Surgery when he had a consultation at another clinic. After 2 strip procedures with this other clinic, the patient was very disappointed. He had 2 large scars in the donor area and a pluggy look in his hairline and frontal area. His growth was very poor also.

 

When he came to Dr. Mwamba his goal was to repair the scars from the previous surgeries at another facility and to disguise the bad grafts in the frontal area. We filled in corner of hairline to make line straighter. We reduced one of the scars and grafted chest hairs into the other one to camouflage it. The STRIP we took to reduce the size of the first existing STRIP scar was 1 cm wide and we got 1,000 grafts from it. 800 grafts were also taken by patchy shaven method FIT. The second existing scar was too low (in the nape area) and too large (2cm wide). So chest hairs were grafted into it to break it up.

 

OUR APPROACH:

 

-Graft removal on the first line of frontal hairline by FIT/FUE technique with bigger punch (1.3mm) and sutures to close punch holes. No signs of scarring at all.

 

-To increase density, we recommended STRIP surgery (first to correct and decrease the size of the existing top scar of 8mm wide and second to get the grafts to implant in the frontal zone).

 

-Because of the previous scarring, we limited the size of our STRIP to 1 cm wide. We got around 1,000 grafts from it.

 

- We harvested the other 800 grafts by FIT patchy shaven so the patient could be able to comb his hair over the donor area and it would not show. This is an advantage we allow patients who choose to be discreet. In the photos you can see how just patchy area was shaven in donor area to make the extractions and then when the hair falls down over it is hidden.