Regular Member Dr. William Lindsey Posted February 4, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted February 4, 2013 This fellow had a few poor experiences elsewhere and presented wanting improvement of both his scar and sparse hairline. He’s a mixture of Korean and American with salt and pepper hair. I had him do a month of stretching preop. We went over carefully the double-edged sword of trying to get both hair and scar improvement (which I’ve posted separately on this forum under the title “double edged sword”). Essentially you can get more hair and leave the scar, or less hair and improve the scar a lot, or some of each and try to get some improvement, but not perfection, in both the scar repair and hair transplant if you do both simultaneously. We excised his scar, did a 3 layer closure, which was easy except on the left corner. We got 1200 grafts and placed them in between the hair that he’d already received. He did a superb job cleaning the recipient area, and an average job cleaning the suture line. We’ll see him in a month for a scar check and if he comes in I’ll try to get some pictures for posting. He and I have the same musical tastes and was one of 4 of our patients who I saw at a local cover band concert over the weekend. Hair tends to grow better to Led Zep…or at least that’s what I’m telling myself. Dr. Lindsey McLean VA William H. Lindsey, MD, FACS McLean, VA Dr. William Lindsey is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Blake Bloxham Posted February 5, 2013 Senior Member Share Posted February 5, 2013 Nicely done! Thank you for sharing. "Doc" Blake Bloxham - formerly "Future_HT_Doc" Forum Co-Moderator and Editorial Assistant for the Hair Transplant Network, the Hair Loss Learning Center, the Hair Loss Q&A Blog, and the Hair Restoration Forum All opinions are my own and my advice does not constitute as medical advice. All medical questions and concerns should be addressed by a personal physician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Dr. William Lindsey Posted March 5, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 5, 2013 Thanks Yes, I suspect he'll turn out nicely. All that surrounding wirey hair helps in the near term to conceal the procedure and adds to the overall result at 12 months. Dr. Lindsey McLean VA William H. Lindsey, MD, FACS McLean, VA Dr. William Lindsey is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Hair2d2 Posted March 6, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted March 6, 2013 Well done. I will be following this case closely since I now fall into the same category as this client. Hope all goes well and please keep us updated on this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Dr. William Lindsey Posted March 12, 2013 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 12, 2013 I saw this fellow yesterday for a quick check. Actually he was seeing me between 2 other appts and had the cab wait out side so I didn't even take pictures, but he's healing well. I think he's going to meet me at an upcoming coverband concert nearby and I'll try to get a pic there for the forum, otherwise he'll be back in August. Dr. Lindsey McLean VA William H. Lindsey, MD, FACS McLean, VA Dr. William Lindsey is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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