I lost the hair around my peaks in my early twenties (I'm thirty now), it hasn't worsened much since then. The miniaturized hairs have been like that for years. My hairline looks nearly identical to the hairline my grandfather had through most of his adult life, until he lost it all in his seventies. So, I suspect I should be able to keep what I have. However, I'd like to restore what I've lost. Approximately, how many FUE grafts would I need to do that? Thank you.
Answer: Understand what you want and what you need You need to first have an exam to make sure how extensive your hair loss may be. It doesn't matter if your grandfather never lost hair. It is about what you have. A doctor also needs to understand what you mean by "what you lost". How much lower do you want the hair line?FUE is just a method of harvesting grafts. FUE is a great surgery but most people who want the FUE is mislead into thinking it is the best surgery. Many doctors push FUE or Neograft or ARTAS claiming "no scar" or "minimally invasive". Many doctors dissuade patients from strip surgery asking "why would you want a big scar".I was an engineer working with Dr. Rassman in 1998 (before I became a doctor) . My work involved a concept of a robot which would use a special optical sighting system to align the hairs for an automated FUE. This work became U.S. Patent 6572625 that we licensed to the ARTAS robot. Similar technology from our U.S. Patents are used in the NeoGraft. I perform FUE in my practice with my hybrid FUE instruments, ARTAS, or even NeoGraft. My point is that I am very familiar with the FUE, ARTAS, NeoGraft, and all forms of harvesting hair follicles.Your focus of surgery should be on RESULTS. Not how a doctor takes out the grafts. From a donor scarring perspective, you keep your hair very LONG so scarring from both surgery should not be an issue. But you may STILL SEE the FUE scars at that length on some occasion. Thousands of white dots.Just remember a 4000 graft FUE scar is like having a collective open wound hole the size of a baseball on the back of the head. There is nothing minimally invasive about that. I also perform Scalp MicroPigmentation (SMP) and fix horrible FUE scars routinely. These is nothing "scarless" about FUE. I have performed surgery on Dr. Rassman and his family members using the strip technique. The linear scar on Dr. Rassman is a pencil thin line you probably will have a hard time finding. The point is, a strip surgery scar is not as terrible as the Internet makes it out to be. Both FUE and Strip surgeries has its place. Don't be caught up in marketing and doctors who try to sell you one type surgery.The focus should be on Results. A bad hair transplant result from FUE or Strip is like Herpes. You'll carry it with you for life (with either thousands of dots or a line).
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Answer: Understand what you want and what you need You need to first have an exam to make sure how extensive your hair loss may be. It doesn't matter if your grandfather never lost hair. It is about what you have. A doctor also needs to understand what you mean by "what you lost". How much lower do you want the hair line?FUE is just a method of harvesting grafts. FUE is a great surgery but most people who want the FUE is mislead into thinking it is the best surgery. Many doctors push FUE or Neograft or ARTAS claiming "no scar" or "minimally invasive". Many doctors dissuade patients from strip surgery asking "why would you want a big scar".I was an engineer working with Dr. Rassman in 1998 (before I became a doctor) . My work involved a concept of a robot which would use a special optical sighting system to align the hairs for an automated FUE. This work became U.S. Patent 6572625 that we licensed to the ARTAS robot. Similar technology from our U.S. Patents are used in the NeoGraft. I perform FUE in my practice with my hybrid FUE instruments, ARTAS, or even NeoGraft. My point is that I am very familiar with the FUE, ARTAS, NeoGraft, and all forms of harvesting hair follicles.Your focus of surgery should be on RESULTS. Not how a doctor takes out the grafts. From a donor scarring perspective, you keep your hair very LONG so scarring from both surgery should not be an issue. But you may STILL SEE the FUE scars at that length on some occasion. Thousands of white dots.Just remember a 4000 graft FUE scar is like having a collective open wound hole the size of a baseball on the back of the head. There is nothing minimally invasive about that. I also perform Scalp MicroPigmentation (SMP) and fix horrible FUE scars routinely. These is nothing "scarless" about FUE. I have performed surgery on Dr. Rassman and his family members using the strip technique. The linear scar on Dr. Rassman is a pencil thin line you probably will have a hard time finding. The point is, a strip surgery scar is not as terrible as the Internet makes it out to be. Both FUE and Strip surgeries has its place. Don't be caught up in marketing and doctors who try to sell you one type surgery.The focus should be on Results. A bad hair transplant result from FUE or Strip is like Herpes. You'll carry it with you for life (with either thousands of dots or a line).
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Answer: Depending on your goals, it ranges between 1500-2200 grafts The fact that your temple peaks have been stable for the past 10 years is a good sign, and if you're using prevention medications (Propecia and Rogaine), your future loss could be really slow. Besides your grandfather, I'd want to know about other family (father, uncles, brothers, etc.) to see if anyone had significant hair loss at an earlier age than your grandfather. That person would be the worst case scenario you would want to keep in mind in planning the first procedure.
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Answer: Depending on your goals, it ranges between 1500-2200 grafts The fact that your temple peaks have been stable for the past 10 years is a good sign, and if you're using prevention medications (Propecia and Rogaine), your future loss could be really slow. Besides your grandfather, I'd want to know about other family (father, uncles, brothers, etc.) to see if anyone had significant hair loss at an earlier age than your grandfather. That person would be the worst case scenario you would want to keep in mind in planning the first procedure.
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January 8, 2020
Answer: Number of FUE Grafts to Restore Hairline The number of grafts would depend on multiple factors, not just the area affected by hair loss. However, it is possible to get a very general and rough estimate by identifying your Norwood stage (you can find illustrates charts on Google by searching for “Hamilton Norwood scale”) and multiplying that number by a factor of 1000. But realistically, other individual considerations would need to be taken into account. For example, this would include the hair to skin color contrast, as well as the texture and thickness of your hair. For these reasons, my practice at the Dr.U Hair and Skin Clinics in Los Angeles has developed a free hair transplant graft calculator which can provide and realistic estimations with the input of these types of variables. I’ve provided the link below so that you can get a more accurate ballpark idea of the graft count you would likely need to restore your hairline.
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January 8, 2020
Answer: Number of FUE Grafts to Restore Hairline The number of grafts would depend on multiple factors, not just the area affected by hair loss. However, it is possible to get a very general and rough estimate by identifying your Norwood stage (you can find illustrates charts on Google by searching for “Hamilton Norwood scale”) and multiplying that number by a factor of 1000. But realistically, other individual considerations would need to be taken into account. For example, this would include the hair to skin color contrast, as well as the texture and thickness of your hair. For these reasons, my practice at the Dr.U Hair and Skin Clinics in Los Angeles has developed a free hair transplant graft calculator which can provide and realistic estimations with the input of these types of variables. I’ve provided the link below so that you can get a more accurate ballpark idea of the graft count you would likely need to restore your hairline.
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August 8, 2019
Answer: Restore My Hairline It depends on whether you are lowering the hairline or just filling in the receding areas only. It would be between 1200-1500 grafts. It's difficult to see in photos so I suggest in person consultations.Patients who are young should start maintaining current hairs which includes:
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August 8, 2019
Answer: Restore My Hairline It depends on whether you are lowering the hairline or just filling in the receding areas only. It would be between 1200-1500 grafts. It's difficult to see in photos so I suggest in person consultations.Patients who are young should start maintaining current hairs which includes:
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October 15, 2018
Answer: Grafts to Fill Your Hair Line I feel that you could fill the corners with a density to match the mid-section with 2000 grafts. I would also go through the mid-section and place grafts where there is room. It is possible that even more could be placed, but from the pictures provided, I think 2000 would give you a dense packed natural result.
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October 15, 2018
Answer: Grafts to Fill Your Hair Line I feel that you could fill the corners with a density to match the mid-section with 2000 grafts. I would also go through the mid-section and place grafts where there is room. It is possible that even more could be placed, but from the pictures provided, I think 2000 would give you a dense packed natural result.
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March 12, 2025
Answer: Hair Transplant Dear DaveKS25Thanks for the question. After a proper hair consultation , any hair surgeon will advice you to keep on with Propecia for a year and then it would be good to consider a hair transplant surgery. As far as I can see even there are some new hair coming up in the area in which you request surgery. I wish you all the best.
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March 12, 2025
Answer: Hair Transplant Dear DaveKS25Thanks for the question. After a proper hair consultation , any hair surgeon will advice you to keep on with Propecia for a year and then it would be good to consider a hair transplant surgery. As far as I can see even there are some new hair coming up in the area in which you request surgery. I wish you all the best.
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