Regular Member jolly Posted September 20, 2020 Regular Member Share Posted September 20, 2020 hi guys , does anyone believe in recipient dominance ? I think its a true to believe this phenomenon as I have seen a few cases where the initial growth was robust but gradually the transplanted hair fell out in a matter of 5 years , and the cases were FUT and the hair were harvested from the permanent zone , so the chances of unsafe zones grafts gets eliminated. have any of you guys faced similar experiences please share . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted September 20, 2020 Administrators Share Posted September 20, 2020 If recipient dominance was a myth, this site wouldn’t exist. Those cases are probably because those individuals suffer from DUPA. I’m a paid admin for Hair Transplant Network. I do not receive any compensation from any clinic. My comments are not medical advice. Check out my final hair transplant and topical dutasteride journey: View my thread Topical dutasteride journey Melvin- Managing Publisher and Forum Moderator for the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q&A Blog. Follow our Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Al - Moderator Posted September 24, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 24, 2020 On 9/20/2020 at 2:52 PM, jolly said: does anyone believe in recipient dominance ? I think its a true to believe this phenomenon as I have seen a few cases where the initial growth was robust but gradually the transplanted hair fell out in a matter of 5 years , and the cases were FUT and the hair were harvested from the permanent zone , so the chances of unsafe zones grafts gets eliminated. You are assuming the permanent zone is actually permanent, so with that you then assume that the reason for the hair loss must be because there is recipient dominance rather than donor dominance. The reason your conclusion is incorrect is because the "permanent" donor zone is not so permanent. This is one of the lies that all hair transplant Drs keep repeating. If they didn't say this then most of them would be out of business. Who would get a hair transplant knowing that the hair taken and placed on top may start falling out as soon as a year or two? Not many, I'd say. If the transplanted hair is falling out then the donor area hair is almost always falling out as well. You may not notice it because there is more hair in the donor than was transplanted. If you have 80 grafts per cm2 in the donor zone and take a strip of that and place grafts in the recipient at 40 grafts per cm2 you will then have basically 80 grafts per cm2 in the donor and 40 cm2 in the recipient. Now suppose you lose 30% of the hair in the recipient area over the next 10 years. You now have 28 grafts per cm2 in the recipient which looks obviously very thin. You will have also lost 30% in the donor zone too, but you will still have 56 grafts per cm2 there, so you may not even know yet that it's thinning. The result is it looks like you only thinned out in the recipient zone and not the donor zone. Al Forum Moderator (formerly BeHappy) I am a forum moderator for hairrestorationnetwork.com. I am not a Dr. and I do not work for any particular Dr. My opinions are my own and may not reflect the opinions of other moderators or the owner of this site. I am also a hair transplant patient and repair patient. You can view some of my repair journey here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Homeerestre Posted September 25, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted September 25, 2020 It would be a nightmare spending lots of money to something that will not last. I really do hope it's a myth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Al - Moderator Posted September 25, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 25, 2020 The transplanted hair will last just as long as it would have lasted in the area that it was taken from. If it would have grown for the next 50 years if it wasn't transplanted then it will grow for 50 years after it's transplanted. 50+ years of hair transplants being done proves this. Al Forum Moderator (formerly BeHappy) I am a forum moderator for hairrestorationnetwork.com. I am not a Dr. and I do not work for any particular Dr. My opinions are my own and may not reflect the opinions of other moderators or the owner of this site. I am also a hair transplant patient and repair patient. You can view some of my repair journey here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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