Senior Member mmhce Posted January 16, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted January 16, 2009 How serious/complicated is Hair Transplant Surgery compared to other types of surgery, such as heart surgery, and so on? Can we use a scale of 1 to 10 and say that hair transplantation is rated as 2 or 3? take care... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Dewayne Posted January 16, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted January 16, 2009 I'd say you're about right, if heart and brain surgery is a 10 then hair transplant would be a 2 or 3. A 1 would probably be....taking tonsils out? 100? 'mini' grapfts by Latham's Hair Clinic - 1991 (Removed 50 plugs by Cooley 3/08.) 2750 FU 3/20/08 by Dr. Cooley My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Cooley Current regimen: 1.66 mg Proscar M-W-F Rogaine 5% Foam - every now and then AndroGel - once daily Lipitor - 5 mg every other day Weightlifting - 2x per week Jogging - 3x per week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member PLEASE GROW PLEASE Posted January 16, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted January 16, 2009 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member mmhce Posted January 16, 2009 Author Senior Member Share Posted January 16, 2009 if heart and brain surgery is a 10 It just occurred to me that I had not put boundaries on the scale, i.e. 0 = x type of surgery and 10 = y type of surgery. I guess sub-consciously, I naturally assumed a 10 would be heart surgery (which may not be necessarily so). Thanks for the comments. take care... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jan Posted January 16, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted January 16, 2009 Dewayne, I wouldn't consider a tonsillectomy a 1. I had my tonsils taken out at the age of 32 and it requires general anesthesia. (and my recouperative period was longer). So I would assign that higher up on the scale than my HT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Dr. William Lindsey Posted January 20, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted January 20, 2009 Jan Having taken out about 500 sets of tonsils when I used to do ENT work, prior to the year 2000; I feel your pain from your adult tonsillectomy. Few things are as bad as that. The hardest operations in Facial plastic surgery are revision rhinoplasty, followed by revision lower eyelid surgery, then rhinoplasty. Hair is not technically challenging; but rather requires an "eye" for designing the hairline and placing the slits. Also key is knowing what a realistic outcome is and making sure that that is discussed with the patient in detail prior to the surgery. For those who have had a consult with me, I list mistake number 2 as trying to accomplish too much coverage with too little hair. 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 latinlotus Posted January 20, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted January 20, 2009 1 for me. I would place HT somewhere between a root canal and wisdom root extraction. ******** I am not a doctor. The opinions and comments are of my own. HT with Dr. Cooley on Nov 20, 2008 2097 grafts, 3957 hairs Proscar, 1.25 mg daily, skip the 5th day, started Nov 2007 My Hair Loss Blog - Hair Transplant with Dr. Cooley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Dr. William Lindsey Posted January 20, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted January 20, 2009 That is a pretty good guestimate. 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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