Dr. Cam Simmons - Frontal and Temporal Hairline repair for a lady with Traction Alopecia from tight braids. 4404 fug in 2 sessions.

[Cam Simmons MD ABHRS]

This lady in her late 20s had hair loss from wearing tight braids for many years. She stopped wearing braids and heavy extensions. She used light and loose extensions, created bangs from hair above her hairline, and wore scarves or headbands to hide her hairline.

 

Patients with coarser, very curly hair usually do not have dense donor hair. She could not safely transplant enough grafts in one session to cover the whole area well. While I would usually recommend building her hairline forward in 2 steps, she preferred to commit to 2 sessions from the beginning, start with her hairline, and to continue wearing scarves to cover the gap until the hair from her second session grew.

 

She had 1 session of 2166 grafts transplanted at about 45 grafts per square cm in her frontal hairline and 42 in her temporal hairlines. She had planned to have her second session sooner but it was a year later that she had 2240 grafts transplanted at 36 grafts per square cm to close the remaining gap.

 

I was concerned that the extensions could cause further Traction Alopecia but they are actually very light weight and are fastened to loose twists. She did not include the transplanted hair in the extensions and plans to stop using the extensions after her transplanted hair grows longer.

 

[Blake Bloxham]

I really like this case Dr Simmons. It seems like a lot of careful planning and effort, and the results are impressive.

[orangehair]

i agree....impressive traction alopecia restoration

[Bill - Seemiller]

Dr. Simmons,

 

I actually hear from a number of traction alopecia patients through email asking about their treatment options. For those who's hair loss is permanent from this condition, this would be a great surgical example to show them.

 

Well done as usual.

 

Best wishes,

 

Bill

[Cam Simmons MD ABHRS]

Thanks Future, orangehair, and Bill

 

I think Traction Alopecia is much more common than we realize. I have been noticing it more and more when walking around downtown. Often, women try to hide the Traction Alopecia with heavy hair extensions sewn in to tight braids and accidentally make their problem worse.

[Mick from Farjo]

Dr Simmons,

 

An excellent example of this type of work.

 

Mick