Results from Two Session Procedure

Example 5

BEFORE	AFTER

4 smaller cases were used in this situation to allow for a more subtle change in appearance. An initial case of 400 grafts were used to fill in behind the "widow's peak", the small tuft of hair that you see up front. A second session of 400 grafts five months later moved the scalpline laterally and forward to the position that you see in the "after" view. Two additional sessions followed to add additional density throughout and additional feathering to the scalpline. The total number of grafts over the four sessions totalled approximately 2600. These grafts were composed of one hair grafts to the front scalpline zone, 3 and 4 hair mini-grafts to a zone behind the single hair grafts and 4 to 6 hair grafts were decided upon to fill in the middle zone. See "FAQs" for a discussion of the pros and cons of using larger grafts than the normally occurring clusters of the "follicular graft" that averages 2.3 hairs. A disadvantage of moving the scalpline forward in subsequent sessions is that you often have to do one session more than if you define the scalpline with the first session. This is due to the fact that if you define the final scalpline with the first session, you are able to thicken and add subtlety to the feathering with each subsequent session. Usually two sessions should be thought necessary to get adequate density of the scalpline if the scalpline is in a previously bald (vs thinned) area.

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