Dr. Timothy Carman Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Patient is a 23 year old male who was experiencing a loss in definition of his frontal hairline, along with generalized thinning in the frontal and posterior frontal forelock as well as the crown. This case illustrates that transplantation can proceed in the younger patient when a prudently designed conservative hairline is created, and caution is exercised with respect to transplanting the crown. If it is the patients desire to take medication (finasteride) as part of their "battle plan", I advise they wait at least one year prior to considering transplantation of the crown. In this patient, the crown has not been transplanted, and there is a subtle, but cosmetically significant improvement over the baseline presentation. As for the hairline in this example, a conservative approach is utilized, in that there is moderate recession, and density is created to match this design. The goal here is to gain a natural appearance, replacing weak, fading hair with healthy growing follicles. The adage of "less is more" applies here, and the added feature of coarse asian hair characteristics further requires careful balance between hairline contour, density, and graft size selection. This result will provide a workable scenario in the distant future, should this patient experience hair loss in the higher Norwood stages, as it is a design he can easily "grow into", that is, it should age well with him, working with his future changes, not against him. I feel this concept is a critical one in the hair transplant procedure. Also, it should be noted he is at the 9 month mark, and therefore has at least another 20-30% growth to come. 2084 total FU grafts; 753 = 1's; 1291 = 2's; 43 = 3's. Tricophytic closure. Timothy Carman, MD ABHRS President, (ABHRS) ABHRS Board of Directors La Jolla Hair Restoration Medical Center Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member TC17 Posted January 29, 2010 Senior Member Share Posted January 29, 2010 Excellent job of balancing this patient's present desires, with his future needs. I find the cases presented and explained by you and Dr. Reed to be some of the most informative and honest ones on this forum, and as always, the work is superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Timothy Carman Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 TC17- Thank you very much. Your comments are much appreciated. Below is a link to the video of this patients donor scar; I hope to include these on future patients as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtCzyFsYjKc Timothy Carman, MD ABHRS President, (ABHRS) ABHRS Board of Directors La Jolla Hair Restoration Medical Center Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Bleachcola12 Posted February 4, 2010 Senior Member Share Posted February 4, 2010 Hey Dr. Carman, What was the FU/cm2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member phil mascallpen Posted February 4, 2010 Senior Member Share Posted February 4, 2010 I really like this result. For a young guy with that type of loss it's so important to start off with a conservative approach. And his crown does seem to be responding to meds so a very good call in not transplanting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill - Seemiller Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Dr. Carman, Nice overall improvement! And congratulations on putting together and presenting your first hair restoration video demonstrating this patient's minimal donor scarring :-) Best wishes, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Timothy Carman Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Thank you all for your supportive comments. Bleachcola- His density varies, as ones density does in nature, from a high of around 45 FU/cm2 to about 25 FU/cm2 at it's least dense- Timothy Carman, MD ABHRS President, (ABHRS) ABHRS Board of Directors La Jolla Hair Restoration Medical Center Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Bleachcola12 Posted February 6, 2010 Senior Member Share Posted February 6, 2010 Originally posted by Dr. Timothy Carman:Thank you all for your supportive comments. Bleachcola- His density varies, as ones density does in nature, from a high of around 45 FU/cm2 to about 25 FU/cm2 at it's least dense- Dr. Carman, Wow! Awesome result especially for how little the density is, keep up the good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member dakota3 Posted February 7, 2010 Senior Member Share Posted February 7, 2010 Yes I agree this is an excellent result. Nive approach. Very natural and very conservitive considering he is only 23. I would like to see top down pics if you've got them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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