Dr Cooley 4,600 FUT - 5 yrs later

[Dr. Jerry Cooley]

The patient is in his mid 40's but looks older due to hair loss. We recommended finasteride and performed FUT of 4,600 FUs (1-1491, 2-2385, 3-724; 8,433 hairs) and distributed the grafts mostly to the front half, with some very light coverage to the crown. We did not see him again until nearly five years later when he returned to discuss filling in the crown. He was sporting a youthful long hair style (although with significantly more graying!). He had not taken the finasteride but we recommended it again, especially with plans to do more grafting in the crown. Of note, he has baby fine hair and the result is more in line with what we see with 3500-4000 grafts in someone with normal hair.

[Blake Bloxham]

Nice to see a 5+ year result! Thanks for sharing.

[TakingThePlunge]

Love the style he's cultivated!

[BUSA]

I don't get it? all that work and u leave the crown untouched? so wen does he fill in his crown? cause he still looks bald with a balding crown.

[Dr. Jerry Cooley]

Because he has such fine hair, grafting the crown with good density in the first procedure would have taken away from the density in the midscalp and front. In fact, he's on the schedule to graft the crown next week. The way he has been wearing his hair, you don't really see the crown. We did put some grafts in the crown, which takes away the 'slick' bald look.

 

Everyone is different: age, donor density, hair quality, hair length and style preference, meds or no meds,etc. This is why its important to come up with an individualized plan for each patient.