Dr KORAY ERDOGAN - ASMED CLINIC - 3606 grafts MANUAL FUE

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ASMED SURGICAL MEDICAL CENTER

 

DR KORAY ERDOGAN

 

 

 

 

- PATIENT'S AGE: 41

 

- NW: III

 

- Total transplanted area: 120 cm2

 

* Temporal, Parietal and Occipital density: 80 uf/cm2

* Parietal and Occipital Hair Diameter: 60 micron

 

 

- OPERATION DETAILS: 3606 grafts FUE extracted by manual punch, diameter 0.8 – 1.0 mm.

Incisions executed by: custom made blades, lateral slit

 

* 545 single grafts

* 2218 double grafts

* 953 triple grafts

* 192 multiple grafts

 

* General average Hair per Graft: 2.22

 

 

- GRAFTS DISTRIBUTION: 3606 grafts were used to restore the patient's frontal area and mid scalp zone.

 

- FINASTERIDE: The patient started the treatment before the surgery and still continues the usage.

 

* Please note that the "RESULT" pictures were sent by the patient.

 

 

 

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[Arrie]

as always impressive, but loading 3600 in the hairline is a very aggressive approach. Hopefully his donor meets his future needs

[RecedingTide]

A lot of people have a donor capacity of 8000 +\- 10%. I'd bet this guy may have up to 4400 grafts left. 1400 to finish mid scalp and then 3000 (if he needs or wants them) in the crown. Even if he only had 1400 left he would never look abnormal. FUE has come along way in the hands of the top clinics. This is a great result.

[densedream]

awesome results, Dr. E is one of the best in the business.

[Dr Blake Bloxham]

Receding,

 

8k, even - 10%, would be a very bountiful donor region. Patients may have this physiologically, but it doesn't mean it's what is available for harvesting. In general, you can only take approximately 50% of the donor via FUE before you notice generalized thinning -- some call this the classic "moth eaten appearance." Even if this patient did have 8k that could theoretically be taken, it would result in noticeable cosmetic thinning in the donor.

 

Now, I did listen to a lecture by Dr E, once, where he spoke about a theory he called "homogenization" of the donor region. Essentially, he argued that you could purposely thin the donor region as long as the hair on the top of the scalp was thin as well. This led to a more "homogenized" appearance of thin top and sides, opposed to a theoretical look of thicker sides with a thinner top -- he called this a more heterogeneous look.

 

However, this patient's top is so thick that I doubt that's what they were going for. So, like a few others were saying, this definitely is a more aggressive approach, but this is something Dr E strives for and his patients clearly appreciate it!

[RecedingTide]

50% is too much I agree, unless we're talking about an untouched donor of uniform 100FU/cm2. In most non curly haired Caucasians you can take a third of their donor via FUE. I can guarantee that there are patients walking around with almost 3.5k FUE transplanted with a uniform density of 86% of their preop donor density left. 8k for 33% of their donor no problem for many Europeans, particularly Spanish, Portugese and Italian.