Repair case - SHA and FUT on a female patient with a natural high hairline – 1790 FU

[Dr. Bijan Feriduni]

Forehead reduction or Surgical Hairline Advancement (SHA) and Follicular Unit Strip Transplantation performed on a 27 year old Caucasian female with:

- A hereditary high hairline

- Minigrafts in hairline after hair transplant surgery ex domo (2009)

- Donor density of ca. 80-88 FU/cm2

- Hair diameter of ca. 72-78 microns

 

Treatment plan:

 

- A Botox treatment 2 weeks prior to the surgery to prepare the recipient area for the surgical hairline advancement;

- Surgical hairline advancement and extraction of several wrong-placed minigrafts;

- A Follicular Unit Strip Transplantation with 1000-1500 FU to reconstruct the entire hair line zone and extraction of some wrong-placed minigrafts.

 

 

Performed procedures

1st Procedure (November 28th, 2012)

 

Wound closing in double layer suture technique;

Extraction of wrong-placed minigrafts with a 0.9mm – 1.0mm punch.

 

 

2nd Procedure (April 22nd, 2013)

 

A Follicular Unit Strip Transplantation with 1790 FU

* 579 single hair FU

* 1211 double and triple hair FU

 

Donor closing in double layer suture technique;

Parallel incisions (single, double and triple units) were made in custom-sized blades technique (~Cutting Edge blades of 0.75mm – 0.85mm);

Extraction of wrong-placed minigrafts with a 0.9mm – 1.0mm punch.

 

Dr. B. Feriduni

[Cryingoutloud]

Stunning work. Highly refined. You'd never, EVER know she'd had anything done. She must be absolutely over the moon. Looks fabulous