Trans-gender patient, 1563 FU's, Dr. Beehner

[Dr. Michael Beehner]

This 45 y/o female transgender patient presented for advancement of normal male recessions forward into a more feminine hairline and temple region. One session of dense-packed FU's was performed using 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, and 1.0 custom lateral slits in the frontal rim and temple regions. The hairline was brought forward almost one inch and the temples were filled in and a shallower curve was created in the fronto-temporal recession. The patient will be having one more sesion to make these areas even fuller.

Mike Beehner, M.D.

 

[aska]

i can't see nothing.

[KeepingWhatIHave]

Very natural feminine hairline. I'm impessed! How did you thicken up the rest of this patient's hair? Was a lot of the rest dense packed? Or was this patient on any other types of treatment?

[Dr. Michael Beehner]

The patient was only on estrogen medication. The key thing in my mind is having a high percentage of 2-hair and 3-hair FU's to put in the slits just behind the front edge, so that you're not wasting a recipient site by only placing one hair in it. This leads to a thin result. The other thing that helps, besides a high percentage of 2/s and 3/s is to have hair that has some "body" to it (diameter, coarseness), as it "fills" much better. Obviously the overlapping of hairs over each other contributes to the illusion of density also, which is why making the sites at an acute angle is so important. She still needs one more session to be as full as I'd like her final result to be. I didn't show this with the intent of stating I have finished on her, but rather to simply show that one session can begin to make a difference in the appearance and "face framing" of a person like this that wants the hairline and temples moved forward.

Mike Beehner, M.D.