Steven Gabel, MD, FACS Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) This patient is a 38-year-old gentleman who desired to increase density in the hairline and frontal zone of the scalp. He wanted this to follow his native hairline and not alter his appearance significantly. He does not have a family history of hair loss and is currently on oral and topical medications to maintain his native hair. His desire was very conservative: he wanted to bring down the frontal hairline about 1 cm and increase the density in the frontal area. The hair quality in the donor area was excellent, and he had no intentions of shaving his head in the future. The patient had 1959 follicular unit grafts placed in the frontal hairline and frontal zone of the scalp. The strip donor harvest method was utilized. The photographs show the results at 14 months. His goals were met as the frontal hairline has been enhanced, the density in the frontal zone increased, and there is no evidence of a scar in the donor area with his hair at the length of using his shaver in a low setting. Overall the patient was extremely satisfied with the naturalness of the final result and the density. Edited January 1, 2020 by Steven Gabel, MD, FACS Steven Gabel, MD, FACS, FISHRS Diplomate, American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery Diplomate, American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Diplomate, American College of Surgeons Gabel Hair Restoration Center Portland, Oregon 503-693-1118 Email Dr. Gabel directly at drgabel@gabelcenter.com Dr. Gabel's Website Dr. Steven Gabel is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member yesplease Posted January 2, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted January 2, 2020 Wow, looks amazing. Congrats. any graft placement photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member stephcurry30 Posted January 21, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted January 21, 2020 Looks like he just got a haircut. Can you please post photos of the graft placement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Mycroft Posted January 21, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted January 21, 2020 With the lowering of the hairline and the fact that some of the grafts were placed behind the hairline as well, I can definitely see the improvement. The hairline itself is much "cleaner" in appearance due to the increased density and presence of stronger hair. I'd also be interested in the graft placement, but I don't think the count is out of line at all. Most hairline cases will be at least 1k to 1.5k grafts if there's any lowering involved and for the area behind 500 is also not an unreasonable number depending on patient goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member OliverAtom Posted January 29, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted January 29, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 2:00 AM, stephcurry30 said: Looks like he just got a haircut. Can you please post photos of the graft placement? Looks real nice indeed. Very clean and natural. Could we get post photos of the graft placement as stephcurry30 suggested? Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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