question about Dr Rahal's work

[maxhair]

First, this is neither a negative nor positive opinion, just merely an observation.

 

I see in some of Dr Rahal's patients a patchy look in the recipient are after about 10 days. Is the caused by some shedding or does it have to do with the way he inserts the grafts? Is this part of a good technique or something else? I don't see this with other doctors (unless I'm overlooking other blogs)

 

Once again this is purely a curiosity.

 

Here are some examples.

 

http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...pyID=2463&WebID=1019

http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=2175&WebID=920

http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=2440&WebID=999

http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=1440&WebID=713

 

There might be some more but you get the idea.

 

Once again this is no offense against these people or Dr Rahal. In fact I find his work one of the best, along with my surgeon, Dr Arocha, H&W and a couple of others.

 

Answers? Ideas. Explanations? Answers? Ideas. Explanations?

 

Happy Holiday to all the doctors, their staff and fellow guys and gals on the site including Pat and Bill.

 

and to you 2000 - 3000 in the hairline guys, I'm going to be checking in on you guys! Cheers!

[maxhair]

First, this is neither a negative nor positive opinion, just merely an observation.

 

I see in some of Dr Rahal's patients a patchy look in the recipient are after about 10 days. Is the caused by some shedding or does it have to do with the way he inserts the grafts? Is this part of a good technique or something else? I don't see this with other doctors (unless I'm overlooking other blogs)

 

Once again this is purely a curiosity.

 

Here are some examples.

 

http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...pyID=2463&WebID=1019

http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=2175&WebID=920

http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=2440&WebID=999

http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=1440&WebID=713

 

There might be some more but you get the idea.

 

Once again this is no offense against these people or Dr Rahal. In fact I find his work one of the best, along with my surgeon, Dr Arocha, H&W and a couple of others.

 

Answers? Ideas. Explanations? Answers? Ideas. Explanations?

 

Happy Holiday to all the doctors, their staff and fellow guys and gals on the site including Pat and Bill.

 

and to you 2000 - 3000 in the hairline guys, I'm going to be checking in on you guys! Cheers!

[Bill - Seemiller]

maxhair,

 

What you are seeing in the pictures are the scabs forming and clustering together, creating a "patchy" appearance. My guess is that the constant application of oil on the recipient area (part of Dr. Rahal's postoperative instructions) may contribute to it.

 

I got to see this in person from a Dr. Rahal patient and friend of mine who posts on this forum as Hairfree. He too was initially concerned that things looked patchy, but after the scabs were gone, all the hair looked natural and transplanted closely together without gaps.

 

Perhaps Dr. Rahal or Adrian can chime in with their input since it appears this temporary occurence happens a lot in the postoperative stages of his work.

 

Best wishes,

 

Bill

[Mr. GQ]

yup, Bill is right. i didn't have Rahal's HT but i think it's just vitamin E oil. the patients are instructed to apply Jamieson vitamin E 100% pure oil 2x per day for 2-3 weeks post-op to keep the grafts moist. since it's hard to wash that stuff without touching/rubbing your head it clusters. but it's best if dr. Rahal addresses this issue. if i'm wrong i'll delete my post immediately.

[Eman]

max- like Bill said, those are scabs or crusts forming in the recipient area--and for the first two weeks vitamin e oil is applied twice a day after showering. Dr. Rahal, in his post-op instructions, states that this is common and once the crusts begin coming off it looks normal again until the hair begins its shed.

 

The exact wording in his instructions are "Valleys"- after a week, in certain cases, there will be clumping of hair to give appearance of "valleys" with no hair. This phase is TYPICAL and your hair will go back to normal.

[maxhair]

Cool. Thanks guys. Was just curious.