Aggresive transplant?

[TC17]

This is probably a question more for the physicians, but does anyone have an idea at what stage a doctor will feel comfortable filling in a crown? For example, say someone is a NW 4 at 30 years old and has a family history of progressing to a high Norwood 6. Is it possible to reserve enough grafts to ensure that if the patient reaches that level of baldness that he has enough to fill in the entire area with maybe 40cm/sq? Can a doctor work around existing crown hair so that it buys you X amount of years with a fuller looking crown, and then an eventual thinning to maybe 30cm/sq of purely transplanted hair?

[TC17]

This is probably a question more for the physicians, but does anyone have an idea at what stage a doctor will feel comfortable filling in a crown? For example, say someone is a NW 4 at 30 years old and has a family history of progressing to a high Norwood 6. Is it possible to reserve enough grafts to ensure that if the patient reaches that level of baldness that he has enough to fill in the entire area with maybe 40cm/sq? Can a doctor work around existing crown hair so that it buys you X amount of years with a fuller looking crown, and then an eventual thinning to maybe 30cm/sq of purely transplanted hair?

[Faz the Scottish Pakistani]

Good question TC17. If I could also just ask how many grafts can give a bald crown a sense of coverage? would 500/600 make it look much better?

[Faz the Scottish Pakistani]

And I guess they would wanna fill up ur front and top with some form of density before tackling the crown if is not bald. I guess if you do feel you will be a norwood 6, they would keep some grafts in reserve for the future though.

[mmhce]

This is probably a question more for the physicians

 

Not really. Alot of members have sufficient knowledge and experience to answer your questions.

 

does anyone have an idea at what stage a doctor will feel comfortable filling in a crown?

 

This depends, primarily, on your level of hairloss and the capabilities of your donor reserves. If your heading toward a NW7...Forget It!

 

For example, say someone is a NW 4 at 30 years old and has a family history of progressing to a high Norwood 6. Is it possible to reserve enough grafts to ensure that if the patient reaches that level of baldness that he has enough to fill in the entire area with maybe 40cm/sq?

 

By entire area do you mean the crown? Yes if so.

 

If your waiting until you reach NW6 to do the entire scalp, that may require multiple megasessions, with the possibility that, the donor area maybe thinner (the hair shafts that is).

 

Can a doctor work around existing crown hair so that it buys you X amount of years with a fuller looking crown, and then an eventual thinning to maybe 30cm/sq of purely transplanted hair?

 

Sure. The crown is dealt with lastly, since it has the propensity to absorb the largest amount of donor follicles. Interestingly, I've been thinking about my own crown for a couple of days now.

 

It is possible to "weight" the anterior part of the crown partially so that the hair may be combed back to cover its posterior part. However this is done only after the hairline, forelock, and top 1/2 or 2/3 of the scalp has been dealt with.

 

As always the other members will correct me where I lack.