Dr Rahals hairlines, why they so good?

[akuma]

Hi guys,

 

Ive been looking through Dr Rahal results and he seems to have done very dense hairlines. I read somewhere that he does the usual 59 grafts per cm2 (dense) at hairline, 55 behind that, and then 50 behind that. I do think this is a good plan as you get good strong hairline, and also coverage with more spread out grafts behind the hairline.

 

Instead of the opposite, where you get weak hairline but denser grafts behind the hairline.

 

 

Here are some examples

 

Hair transplant surgery before and after photographs with 2084 grafts

 

Hair restoration surgery before and after photographs with 3249 grafts

 

Hair Transplant patient of H. Rahal, MD, Male Class 3V, 4357 Grafts

 

Hair Transplant patient of H. Rahal, MD, Male Class 3, 1435 Grafts

 

Hair Transplant patient of H. Rahal, MD, Male Class 3, 1435 Grafts

 

Hair Transplant patient of H. Rahal, MD, Male Class 2, 1902 Grafts

 

Hair Transplant patient of H. Rahal, MD, Male Class 2, 3133 Grafts

 

Hair Transplant patient of H. Rahal, MD, Male Class 2, 2597 Grafts

 

Hair transplant surgery before and after photos from 2688 grafts to the hairline

 

12 months postoperative hair restoration results from 3489 grafts.

 

Hair transplant surgery before and after photos from 2989 grafts to the temporal regions

 

Before and after hair restoration surgical procedure photo results with 3693 grafts

 

The hairlines are great.

 

Is he the only one that densely packs the hairline and then lesser densitys behind?

 

It really gives a good result. Most other results from other doctors that I seen have less-dense hairlines.

 

Any input on this would be great.

 

Thanks

[Spanker]

Dr Rahal is one of the best out there. The short answer is that he is aggressive in graft out (density) and he gets awesome yield.

 

Dr Konior has some killer hairlines and I have seen some really nice h and w hairlines on appropriate patients. I think that he is currently the guy willing to pack the tightest and dense packing takes skill . Some think it is good and some don't. I think it really depends on the patients age, history, and education.

[Mickey85]

He also closes off the temples(not entirely however) which is something some Doctors are hesitant to do as it requires more grafts. He also designs lower hairlines than most, which is very desirable for alot of patients.

[akuma]

Dr Rahal is one of the best out there. The short answer is that he is aggressive in graft out (density) and he gets awesome yield.

 

Dr Konior has some killer hairlines and I have seen some really nice h and w hairlines on appropriate patients. I think that he is currently the guy willing to pack the tightest and dense packing takes skill . Some think it is good and some don't. I think it really depends on the patients age, history, and education.

 

whats a H hairline? i cant find a picture in google about it.

[Mickey85]

whats a H hairline? i cant find a picture in google about it.

 

He meant a H&W hairline which is an abbreviation for the Doctors "Hasson and Wong". Check out their results here and on their website.

[bonkerstonker]

Rahal does a lot of patients with only frontal loss so he sometimes puts in 4000 grafts just in the front third which is aggressive and he gets awesome early thick yield. H and W are a lot more reserved as they don't want to risk a situation where they build you a teenagers hairline then you get aggressive loss behind without enough donor left to cover the area.

[Davis91]

I agree with most of the above. Frankly, it is easy to be a "king of hairlines" when you dense pack and are aggressive. You do not see a lot of NW5-6 patients from Dr. Rahal vs. H&W and Shapiro, for example.

[Cant decide]

I agree that Dr Rahal is very aggressive on those patients were it makes sense in terms of dense hairlines, closure, etc but I can tell you from expierience, when you are an advanced case, he is just as good and is actually pretty conservative on hairline placement, temple closure, etc. He is aggressive in the sense that he likes to get as many grafts as he can in a procedure (like H&W) which I think is a good aggressive.

[Mickey85]

I agree that Dr Rahal is very aggressive on those patients were it makes sense in terms of dense hairlines, closure, etc but I can tell you from expierience, when you are an advanced case, he is just as good and is actually pretty conservative on hairline placement, temple closure, etc. He is aggressive in the sense that he likes to get as many grafts as he can in a procedure (like H&W) which I think is a good aggressive.

 

This.

 

It is not like he turns down NW 6 and 7s. He just accepts patients with lesser loss than some of the fine, aforementioned Doctors and is willing to close temples and pack more densely. Maybe due to the fact that he performs FUE also which could be used to extract more grafts later than just FUT alone(just my assumption).

 

He does go lower on the hairline than most Doctors(save for Armani...) but won't give anyone a 3 finger forehead.

[HARIRI]

I love Dr.Rahal hairline, but I never agree to get over 60 density because there is big risk of the grafts not to grow out. Going aggressive is not a good thing. I even asked Dr. Rahal for 50-55 maximum density as balding will continue in the future in other areas. Janna from SMG wrote a good reply in one of the threads about the high dense hairline issue somewhere in the forum.

[RCWest]

High fu/cm2 is risky in one pass. Some doctors opt to get the high density in two passes, as there is little risk in doing it that way.

[BadBeat]

I think Dr. Rahal is an extremely talented surgeon but I'm not a huge fan of some of those straight across hairlines. I think it can start to look kind of fake/unrealistic. I'm sure that's probably what his clients wanted though. I can see why he attracts the younger HT clients but personally I like to see a more natural looking hairline like a Dr. Shapiro or H&W would do.

[mattj]

Dr Rahal has a reputation for producing very nice hairlines, so naturally this results in more patients requesting the same, which in turn leads to more hairline cases coming up on the forums or being posted to the website.

 

However, I don't think regulars on the forums could've failed to notice the higher Norwood level patients who have been posting.

 

A couple that spring to mind:

 

Hairgoesnothing

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/166171-almost-11-months-5604-grafts-dr-rahal.html

 

Can't Decide:

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/160548-5000-grafts-dr-rahal-pics.html

 

Eman:

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/journal.asp?CopyID=2464&WebID=1025

00flatpro

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/journal.asp?CopyID=8451&WebID=1641

 

Colorado42:

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/journal.asp?CopyID=7328&WebID=1786

 

Geeve:

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/journal.asp?CopyID=3353&WebID=1217

 

Hairfusion:

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/journal.asp?CopyID=7759&WebID=2258

 

KFlynn:

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/journal.asp?CopyID=6396&WebID=1890

 

 

 

And some we've posted:

 

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/163648-dr-rahal-patient-4603-grafts-6-months.html

 

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/165151-dr-rahal-4381-grafts-2-years.html

 

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/161303-dr-rahal-patient-6228-grafts-fut.html

 

Results like these are actually leading to more and more higher Norwood level patients coming to Dr Rahal, so over time you'll be seeing more here.

Edited August 16, 2012 by mattj

[chrisdav]

Dr Rahal is one the best surgeons globally at any level of baldness.