PANINE, MD | Chicago Hair Transplant Clinic - FUE Hair Transplant with 2,579 Grafts @ 2 weeks, 4/6 Months

[Dr. Vladimir Panine]

This 30-year-old gentleman had a hair loss pattern similar to a class 4 on the Hamilton Norwood hair loss scale. His goal was to rebuild his hairline and add density to the frontal 1/3-1/2 of his scalp. Taking his age and hair loss into consideration we discussed his expectations. The patient’s goal was well suited to his needs and therefore I planned the surgery accordingly. I wanted to reconstruct a hairline that would be suitable for him as he continued to age. A total of 2,579 grafts were used. I used a significant amount of single hair follicular units which allowed me to create a very natural hairline. This action will allow him to comb his hair without anyone detecting that he has had anything done. These are his results at 2 weeks, 4 months and 6 months post-op. His results will continue to improve over the next 6-9 months. The patient is extremely happy with his results and is on Finasteride to try and control further hair loss.

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[Mycroft]

This looks amazing for six months, and with a pretty short hairstyle on top of that. Couldn't have turned out much better for him.

[Britanium]

Wow amazing ! That’s one of the most natural looking hairlines I have seen. 

[Nounours]

Incredible result so far! Can't wait to see the final result!

[HTHope]

Any reason why the harvesting went so high up into the crown? 

[Curious25]

13 minutes ago, HTHope said:

Any reason why the harvesting went so high up into the crown? 

+1 for wanting to know why there were seemingly a considerable number of grafts extracted outside of the safe zone ?

[Melvin- Admin]

Absolutely incredible, you’re one of the best Dr. Panine 👏🏼

[Dr. Vladimir Panine]

HTHope & Curious25,

That’s a good question! Harvesting is done in the “safe zone”, which is determined on a case by case basis. Each patient’s density pattern can be different. This patient’s safe zone varied from what you’d see in a textbook. It’s very important that the physician looks carefully, with high magnification, to determine where grafts can be safely extracted. Myself, I use the Carl Zeiss 8x loops to examine the scalp, hair density and the patterns established by current and predicted future hair loss. If a physician doesn’t adjust the extraction area to accommodate the patient’s individual patterns you can end up doing harm to the patient and the patient’s results will suffer.

Mycroft JohnAC71 Nounours & Melvin-Moderator

Thank you for the kind words! I truly appreciate it. 

Finally, I apologize for the late response. We have continued to be very busy with surgery, despite the pandemic. That said, I wanted to take the time to reply just as soon as I had a moment. Thank you all again for the great questions and comments!