Donor Area

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Does Hair Transplant Donor Area Decrease in Size Over Time?

June 16th, 2006

Q: I am 22 and want to go for hair transplantation. I want hair restoration surgery now because I have a concern about my donor area that it might diminish if I postponed my transplantation. Could this be the case?
A: The logic is not correct. Having a hair transplant at an early age does [...]

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Which Gives More Donor Hair in Hair Transplant, Follicular Unit Transplantation or Follicular Unit Extraction?

May 11th, 2006

Q: I am Norwood Class 6 and have read about both Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) and Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT). Which will give me more hair?
A: In general, FUT will give you more hair since, in FUT, the best hair from the mid-portion of the permanent zone of the scalp (also called the “sweet spot”) [...]

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Will Multiple Hair Transplant Surgeries Leave Multiple Donor Scars?

March 9th, 2006

Q: I understand that even if you have multiple hair transplants you will only be left with one scar in the donor area.
A: If the closure is performed without tension, each procedure should result in the same fine scar.
The best-placed incision is in the mid-portion of the permanent donor area. Since there is only one [...]

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Before Follicular Unit Extraction Hair Transplant, What is Recommended Hair Length?

March 1st, 2006

Q: Is it possible to do a hair transplant using follicular unit extraction without shaving the donor area?
A: In follicular unit extraction, the area that is extracted is clipped to about 1-mm in length. However, if the session is not too large, then the clipped area can be long and thin so that the patient’s [...]

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What Factors Determine Hair Transplant Graft Count?

January 4th, 2006

Q: Is it possible to tell me roughly how many grafts would be left from donor area if one had a hair transplant of 2,500 grafts and had a density of around 2.0? G.H. – New York, NY
A: How much hair can be harvested in total depends upon a number of factors besides donor [...]

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