Procedure detail
This 31 year old Asian male, Norwood III hair restoration patient with receding frontotemporal hairline , wanted to have a flat and lower hair line, temple transplantation.
He understood that lowering his hair line quite this low was against my advice. The total bald area measured 56 cm2 in both frontal and temple.
The ultra refined follicular unit grafting was done with strip technique and trichophytic closure.The details of the hair transplantation are as follows: 1 hair: 339 FU grafts, 2 hair: 1447 FU grafts (2894hairs), 3 hair: 301 FU grafts (903 hairs) and 4 hair: 78 FU grafts(312 hairs). A total of 2165 follicular unit grafts, bearing 4448 hairs were transplanted over frontal area.Both temples were restored with 1 hair: 70 FU grafts and 2 hair:100FU grafts (200 hairs) on left side and 1 hair:70 FU grafts and 2 hair:100 FU grafts ( 200 hairs) on right side.
The patient followed up at 1 year 1 month postoperative with good growth and significant cosmetic improvement. His donor area has minimal scar as shown in the photographs.
Bald class
Norwood class 3
The earliest stage of male hair loss. It is characterized by a deepening temporal recession.
