Hair transplant surgery before and after photos with 3471 grafts and the use of Finasteride

Procedure detail

On 09/23/2009, we performed a FUT Hair Restoration procedure on a 56 year old male with:
• Hair loss pattern -- Class VI
• Hair color -- Salt and Pepper
• Hair character -- Straight
• Hair thickness – Fine

Treatment Plan as of 07/27/2009 (date of consultation):
• Begin using Finasteride medication to control future hair loss
• Begin scalp exercises to increase scalp laxity before procedure and increase number of possible grafts
• FUT Hair Transplant procedure -- 3000+ grafts recommended
(2000 + for the front/hairline and 1000 for crown area)

FUT PROCEDURE PERFORMED:
1) FUT procedure performed on 09/23/2009

A Follicular Unit Strip Transplantation with 3471 total FU:
• 364 – single hair FUT
• 1445 – double hair FUT
• 1662 – triple hair FUT
• 0 – quadruple hair FUT

Size of Donor Strip Cut:
• 30 x 1.8 cm

Bald class

Bald class 6

Norwood stage 6

The balding areas at the temples join with the balding area at the vertex. The band of hair across the top of the head is gone or sparse.