Concerns about transplanting to the sides/temple points?

[giegnosiganoe]

I was wondering if there any concerns or implications regarding transplanting the temple points? Does it look natural and blend in with the rest of the hair on your sides? Is there some length past which your temples would start to look bad? Reasons why this type of work may be useful would be if you're receding at the sides, or have retrograde alopecia which can thin out the sides. Please share your thoughts/experiences, thanks.

[ciaus]

Its a really important area for a truly natural look and framing the face. Hate to see so many guys get their top front line done nicely while their temples continue to disappear.

I've read the area is often avoided due to being very difficult to get a natural graduated look. Factors like the hair placement angulation, having a good enough supply of softer/thinner hairs to blend in from the very front ends of the tips and sides. Remember seeing a procedure over in the results page where the guy's temple points were completely gone, and the doc marked up his head redrawing the temple points. The immediate post op red area looked like he could expect a good result, but the pics over 6 months out look like he will need at least another pass to try to get a decent density, and of the hairs that are growing they are all the thicker kind and still kinky, curled -but at least the kinky/curled characteristics should straighten out with more time.

 

 

[sl]

Great question.  As said they need very fine single hairs and are very flush to the skin with regard to the angles and take a fair number of grafts, probably around 400 for both sides, so they are a luxury item and need to really assess the loss potential and donor capability also before committing to reconstruct them.  You do need a good surgeon and these areas are very visible so no hiding if they do not look good and natural...Need to be aware of loss behind them, so there are a good few factors to consider.

[Melvin- Admin]

Temple points are VERY difficult to get right. You need a true specialist. 

[gillenator]

I would also recommend that you have these areas microscopically examined to see how extensive miniaturization may be impeding...in other words how much of the area is DHT receptive.

[Gabreille Nelson Mukhia]

6 hours ago, giegnosiganoe said:

I was wondering if there any concerns or implications regarding transplanting the temple points? Does it look natural and blend in with the rest of the hair on your sides? Is there some length past which your temples would start to look bad? Reasons why this type of work may be useful would be if you're receding at the sides, or have retrograde alopecia which can thin out the sides. Please share your thoughts/experiences, thanks.

Temple points require extremely thin calibre hair. The curvature of the hair after it grows (whether it is convex towards the skin surface or concave towards the skin surface) matters a lot. The design of the temple points itself has to be in sync with the entire aesthetic architecture of the index face. The hair transplanted on the temples might grow longer than the native temple growth. One would require maintainance by styling the hair at regular intervals.

[Mr S]

I have been considering getting mine done, but depending on how many grafts they need, it might be best keep the grafts in the bank for up top.

Any specific surgeons to look at that specalise in this?

[1978matt]

What sl said.

I think I had 150 grafts each side, lying flat as possible.

Density needs to be close to adjacent hairs and 'flow' in the same direction.

Newer HT doctor's are often told to avoid doing them until they have mastered their technique, generally.

Being 35 years or above has been stipulated as a generalised cut off point, but it's case dependent as always.

[gillenator]

Why would there be a generalized cut off point based on age?

[gillenator]

Well I can see the point of being under the age but not over.

[gillenator]

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