4484 hairs, one session; Dr. Mike Beehner

[Dr. Michael Beehner]

This 51 year old man had his first transplant procedure 11 months ago and recently came in for a "mini-consultation" to plan for and set up his second (and hopefully, final) surgery. He received a total of 1730 grafts, of which 1275 were FU grafts and 455 were DFU's (double follicular units of 4-5 hairs each). These latter were placed into the central regions for density. 510 FU's were placed along the hairline zone and 510 were also scattered into the rear vertex/crown area for light coverage.

Michael Beehner, M.D.

[aseda1979]

Doc, is he on Propecia? Looks like the crown might benefit from it if he's not taking it...

[Dr. Michael Beehner]

Aseda,

Since he is 51, I must confess that I don't push finasteride real hard on this age group of men, due to the fact that over the years I find the sexual side effect incidence higher for them, perhaps as high as 15% of men. I do let them know that it is available. Another factor for men in their 50's is that they often don't care as much about the crown/vertex as the men in their 20's and 30's. However, I am pretty sure around 70-80 of my patients taking finasteride are over 50. This man chose not to be on it.

Mike Beehner, M.D.