CROWN H/T

[Abby]

Is it true the crown chews up everything that is throw at it ( H/T). I also heard the crown takes much much longer to yield compared to other areas. Does anyone have any info regarding this issue.

[Bill - Seemiller]

Abby,

 

I don't know about the crown "chewing" anything, but it does take a lot more grafts in the crown to achieve any real illusion of density. This is because the area of baldness is bigger and the shingling effect is harder to achieve due to the pattern the grafts have to be placed in to form a natural whorl. The good news is, it doesn't take a great number of grafts in the crown to eliminate the bald look.

 

Best wishes,

 

Bill

[Dr. Glenn Charles]

I agree that it generally take more grafting to get good coverage in the crown area. One of the main reasons is that the hairs tend to splay out or spread out away from each other. So you do not get the layering effect that other areas of the scalp benefit from. The crown area often seems to be larger than anticipated and needs to have grafts placed into the periphery of the thinning area as well which takes additional grafts.

[mmhce]

Abby,

 

In addition to the very good info from Bill and Dr. Charles, it is also possible NOT to totally implant the crown area with grafts, but the implant the anterior portion of the crown and style the hair backwards to cover the thinner areas. Thus valuable grafts can be conserved.