Dr. Wong, 2000 grafts, Artificial Hair Repair

[Jotronic]

Artifical hair fibers are made of nylon or a similar material and are usually inserted into a patient's scalp with a "hook" type of achoring system. The fibers usually cause chronic inflammation, reocurring infection and eventual scar tissue formation. They always, eventually, need to be removed.

 

Dr. Wong removed the fibers and after a period of healing transplanted 2000 grafts to the crown. The result shown is two years post-op.

 

 

Here you can see the problems facing the patient.

 

 

The fibers were extracted and this photo was taken immediately post-op.

 

 

Several months later the crown was healed.

 

 

 

And Dr. Wong placed 2000 grafts for this result two years later.

 

Edited June 27, 2011 by Jotronic

[orlhair1]

I had never heard of artificial hairs before. Huge improvement from a bad situation. He must be very happy.

[TC17]

Wow, that artificial hair did a number on his crown. Thankfully Dr. Wong was able to fix hiim up. The only place I've heard of offering artificial hair is India. Is that where this patient has his procedure?

[aaron1234]

Yikes. Artificial fibers are the stuff nightmares are made of. I remember a poster years back who went ahead and got them. Needless to say the whole board was quite shocked he did it. Wonder whatever happened to that guy.

 

Great work in the crown. Do you think scar tissue from the fibers were a factor at all in this case?

[Guest Ian512017155]

My God what artificial hair does to the skin is gross, I rather be bald and have healthy skin!

[Jotronic]

TC17,

 

It is (or was) also legal in Iran, Japan and at one point was legal in Italy. I posted an Italian patient result last year that also had artificial hair implants. I am not aware of where this patient had the procedure performed however.

 

Aaron,

 

Yes, the scar tissue was a factor. When these cases show up the doctor needs to place at a relatively lower density to insure a higher survival rate.

[bonkerstonker]

Jesus wept i just don't understand why people do stuff that clearly isn't going to work when you pre think about it but hairloss is cruel and makes us all do crazy things.

 

Joe just out of interest is the ht result not completely full looking because of the scar tissue from the artificial hair. Am i right in thinking 2000 grafts would have a much better result on a head that wasn't scarred like that? Great change from where he has come from though he must be very pleased.

[orangehair]

Joe...thanks for posting this case....we also see this type of patient from time to time, its can be a very disfiguring process, a real scam......i actually was a day away from having this done...at age 19! very greatful for having gone the transplant route

[mattj]

How long did this patient have his artificial hair for?

 

The finished result looks very good. The area was quite large to begin with.

[Blake Bloxham]

Jo,

 

Thank you for presenting this case. The repair work looks good, and I'm sure the patient is pleased with the transformation.

 

Frankly, I'm shocked any physician would perform these "artificial hair" transplant procedures knowing that he/she is implanting a foreign body that will cause chronic rejection (redness, inflammation, etc). It's a great thing to see this reversed with safe, ethical hair transplantation. Nicely done!