Dr. Marla Rosenberg showing a 21 year old male who began thinning in his mid teens

[Guest Dr. Marla Rosenberg]

This is a 21 year old male who began thinning in his mid teens. I saw him for the first time when he was 17and ? years old. He was extremely self conscious of his hair loss, always wore a baseball cap and walked with his head down.

At that time, I gave him a prescription for Propecia and Minoxidil and asked him to follow up with me every 6 -12 months. I saw him yearly from that point on, his hair loss in the mid-scalp and crown seemed to have stabilized with perhaps minimal improvement in the crown.

His frontal area gradually thinned with deeper frontal - temporal recessions.

He was 21 approx one year ago and underwent his first transplant to the hairline zone and frontal 1/3 of his scalp as well as the anterior lateral hump zone.

2300 FUs were transplanted.

[MCG]

Vey good work Dr. R. ;-)

 

The combination of meds/early intervention and strategic hair placement has done wonders for this patient.

 

MCG

[Blake Bloxham]

Dr. Rosenberg,

 

Thank you for sharing this interesting case. The work looks very refined and natural, and I'm sure this gentleman is thrilled with the result. Nicely done!

[Shadow of the EMpire State]

The result looks good at the moment, but nothing can convince me that transplanting a 21-year-old kid is a good idea.