Dr. Thomas Nakatsui Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 This is a patient who came in for follow-up recently. He initially came in wanting to restore his frontal scalp, which had thinned significantly. After going through the options of FUE and FUT, he decided to proceed with FUT. We transplanted a total of 1725 grafts to restore the frontal scalp approximately 1 year ago. He received 888 single hair grafts, 702 two-hair grafts, and 135 three-hair grafts via the strip technique. He is very happy with the results. Dr. Nakatsui https://drnakatsui.com Dr. Nakatsui is an elite member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted December 31, 2022 Administrators Share Posted December 31, 2022 Great results for a small number of grafts 👍🏼 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...
Senior Member Dillpickle123 Posted January 1, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted January 1, 2023 Nice natural result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member WhereIsMyMind Posted January 2, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted January 2, 2023 Im curious, in 2022/3 where most surgeons don't transect grafts, whats the benefit of doing FUT over FUE for such small amount of grafts? I'm still surprised some patients go that route. Is a slightly higher survivality really worth it in exchange for strip scar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Steeeve Posted January 3, 2023 Valued Contributor Share Posted January 3, 2023 23 hours ago, WhereIsMyMind said: Im curious, in 2022/3 where most surgeons don't transect grafts, whats the benefit of doing FUT over FUE for such small amount of grafts? I'm still surprised some patients go that route. Is a slightly higher survivality really worth it in exchange for strip scar? For a lot of people the strip scar is a non-issue. For people who keep their hair long it really doesn’t matter. Plus, I wouldn’t say that most aren’t transecting. I’ve only heard of a handful of surgeons who truly aren’t transecting grafts on a consistent basis and those doctors are 🤑🤑🤑 or their waitlists are years long. With the survival rate of strip still being so high it’s going to be valuable option for many. But, I mean, if someone is going into this and wanting to keep their hair faded on the sides and back then, yeah, you really have no choice but to save your money and wait a long time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member shiba1985 Posted January 5, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/1/2023 at 11:47 PM, WhereIsMyMind said: Im curious, in 2022/3 where most surgeons don't transect grafts, whats the benefit of doing FUT over FUE for such small amount of grafts? I'm still surprised some patients go that route. Is a slightly higher survivality really worth it in exchange for strip scar? You take ur doctors word that no grafts are being transected? lol Trust me even best docs are transecting , and also a lot more partial transections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member andy_+_+ Posted January 10, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted January 10, 2023 Great result doctor! You always seem to do more with less grafts. I'm curious if you could post some more pictures of larger cases and FUE. Being in Edmonton, I've been a fan for a long time of your work and it's also nice that your in my backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Thomas Nakatsui Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 Melvin, Dillpickle, Whereismymind, Steeeve, Shiba, Andy, Sorry for the late replies, everyone. Thank you all for your wonderful comments! On 1/1/2023 at 10:47 PM, WhereIsMyMind said: Im curious, in 2022/3 where most surgeons don't transect grafts, whats the benefit of doing FUT over FUE for such small amount of grafts? I'm still surprised some patients go that route. Is a slightly higher survivality really worth it in exchange for strip scar? This is a good question and I think Steeeve did a good job answering it. I always give patients the choice between both procedures as I am happy to do either procedure for the patient. As Steeeve said, for some who keep their hair longer in the back, the strip scar is not an issue and they actually don't want to shave their donor area down. On the other hand, if a patient likes a close fade in the back, FUE is the only way to go. There is also a difference in cost between the procedures, although it's not huge with this number of grafts. Even so, this can be a factor for some patients. On 1/9/2023 at 5:25 PM, andy_+_+ said: Great result doctor! You always seem to do more with less grafts. I'm curious if you could post some more pictures of larger cases and FUE. Being in Edmonton, I've been a fan for a long time of your work and it's also nice that your in my backyard. Thanks so much. I will indeed post some larger cases and more FUE cases in the future. I also want to post more female HTs as well. I appreciate the comments. I wish I had more time in the day. Dr. Nakatsui https://drnakatsui.com Dr. Nakatsui is an elite member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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