I am a male of African descent, 37 years of age and approximately stage 3 to 4 on the Norwood scale. I live in Ontario Canada. I'm told I would require 2000 to 2500 grafts to bring about adequate coverage from hairline to the crown area, but that the robotic Artest(?) and Neograph methods would like not work due to the type of hair I have, and that the strip method is the only option. I wear my hair low, and would prefer not to bear the resulting scars from the type of procedure.
January 4, 2014
Answer: African-American hair and hair transplantation Follicular unit extraction is feasible in African-American hair. The follicle may have a slight different direction underneath the skin, however an experienced FUE transplanter would be able to extract these without having to do the strip method. Usually extracting the first several hair follicles will give a lot of information about what the remaining follicles look like underneath the skin. One may have to use a slightly larger punch if the follicles are very tortuous. However you can still get very good yields and very good transplantation and survival rates of the grafts.
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January 4, 2014
Answer: African-American hair and hair transplantation Follicular unit extraction is feasible in African-American hair. The follicle may have a slight different direction underneath the skin, however an experienced FUE transplanter would be able to extract these without having to do the strip method. Usually extracting the first several hair follicles will give a lot of information about what the remaining follicles look like underneath the skin. One may have to use a slightly larger punch if the follicles are very tortuous. However you can still get very good yields and very good transplantation and survival rates of the grafts.
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November 9, 2015
Answer: FUE / NEOGRAFT FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN PATIENTS The short answer is yes. The hair-type in this demographic can be somewhat more challenging to extract, owing to its curled quality. That means that finding an experienced team with the FUE or NeoGraft system is critically important. Our center has enjoyed great success with male and female African-American patients with hair loss. The FUE or NeoGraft system is especially beneficial in this subset of patients because there is no linear surgical scar. These surgical scars can make it particularly challenging to wear the hair short or cropped. Patients with the FUE technique can wear the hair extremely short without the tell-tale signs of hair transplantation.
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November 9, 2015
Answer: FUE / NEOGRAFT FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN PATIENTS The short answer is yes. The hair-type in this demographic can be somewhat more challenging to extract, owing to its curled quality. That means that finding an experienced team with the FUE or NeoGraft system is critically important. Our center has enjoyed great success with male and female African-American patients with hair loss. The FUE or NeoGraft system is especially beneficial in this subset of patients because there is no linear surgical scar. These surgical scars can make it particularly challenging to wear the hair short or cropped. Patients with the FUE technique can wear the hair extremely short without the tell-tale signs of hair transplantation.
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