Dr. Jean Devroye, HTS Clinic / 5280 FUE (2008 + 2018 + 1254) / 3 sessions

**Dr. Jean Devroye** · January 28, 2022

PATIENT'S DETAILS

✓ 52 years old, NW V (diffuse thinning), losing his hair since his 30s, with a hair loss history in his family.

✓ No medications.

✓ Medium caliber hair.

✓ Normal follicular units.

✓ High % of hair in telogen phase.

RECOMMENDED TREATMENT

This patient underwent 3 FUE procedures in order to cover the whole of the thinning areas of his scalp.

The first procedure, which was originally scheduled in two consecutive days, was split in two separated sessions (two weeks apart) due to organisational reasons.

These two sessions (2008 + 2018 FUE grafts) gave a complete coverage to the patient's scalp, following a fairly conservative approach.

Six months after these sessions, the patient was already so satisfied about his results that he wished to perform a third, smaller session in order to further lower his hairline. During this third procedure, I employed single and double grafts exclusively (1254 FUE grafts).

I recently had the opportunity to welcome the patient at the clinic for a follow-up consultation, during which we took the pictures I gladly share below (1 year and 9 months after his third procedure).

Regarding the donor area management, it is interesting to underline the extraction pattern followed partially during the second and, especially, third FUE session. As it can be seen in the relevant photos, I ended the extractions in a progressive way, getting closer to the recipient area as much as possible. I tend to adopt this approach when patients are undergoing a second (or further) FUE surgery; in fact, this method allows me to avoid the so-called "fringe", a section of scalp between the donor and recipient areas which would otherwise maintain an original density, resembling a halo all around the skull and being often very ungraceful, especially when the patient wears his hair very short.

You can find more insights about this topic at the following links : Dr. Jean Devroye, HTS Clinic / 4418 (78 + 2903 + 1437) FUE Repair and Dr. Jean Devroye, HTS Clinic / 6326 FUE (4261 + 2065) / 2 sessions

SURGERIES DETAILS

1st Surgery - Mid-April 2019

✓ 2008 grafts

✓ Technique : FUE

✓ Donor area : Scalp

✓ FUE scoring and extractions executed with my WAW system, now widely used in the sphere of FUE. It consists of a very precise pedal that enables to control the movement of the punch, that I also designed myself. The main advantage is to reduce substantially the number of damaged and transected hair, thus to raise the quality of the procedure. The system is now used worldwide and several dozens of surgeons or centres are already using it.