Q: My hair is receding in the front corners and I have a spot in the crown. I am 22 years old. I’ve been thinking of hair transplants for the past few years and I am 100% sure I want to take this step. I don’t go anywhere without my hat. I hate it. Should [...]
Donor Hair Density
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Topic: Age
Tags: Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration, Crown, Dense Packing of Grafts, Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA), Donor Area, Donor Hair, Donor Hair Density, Early Hair Loss, Follicular Unit Extraction, Follicular Unit Transplant, Front of Scalp, Hair Loss in the Temples, Hair Transplant Age, Hairline Receding, Mature Adult Hairline, Miniaturization, Permanent Hair Zone, Propecia/Finasteride
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 1:24 pm
In Your Hair Transplant Procedures, Do You Do Megasessions or Very Large Graft Sessions?
March 16th, 2007Q: Some surgeons are doing hair transplants using 5,000 to 6,000 grafts in a single surgery. Looking at the cases in your photo gallery, it seems like your hair transplants involve many fewer grafts per surgery. Do you do such large graft numbers in a single hair restoration procedure? A: The goal in surgical hair [...]
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Topic: Graft Numbers
Tags: Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration, Blood Supply to Scalp, Donor Hair, Donor Hair Density, Donor Scar, Donor Strip, Follicular Unit, Follicular Unit Transplant, Follicular Units per Square Centimeter, Four-hair Follicular Unit, Graft Dissection, Graft Popping, Hair Transplant Cost, Hair Transplant Results, How Large Should Hair Transplant Sessions Be, Limits to Large Hair Transplant Sessions, Mechanical Trauma, Megasessions, Number of Grafts Per Hair Transplant, One-hair Follicular Unit, Permanent Hair Zone, Recipient Sites, Surgical Management, Three-hair Follicular Unit
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 2:34 pm
What is Size of Hair Transplant Donor Strip?
February 14th, 2007Q: Can you give me an idea of the average width of a donor strip, i.e. the actual width taken from the back of your scalp for a hair transplant? A: The average donor strip is 1cm wide, although this will vary depending on the patient’s scalp laxity, density, and the number of grafts desired [...]
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Topic: Donor Area
Tags: Donor Hair Density, Donor Strip, Follicular Unit, Follicular Units per Square Centimeter, Number of Grafts Per Hair Transplant, Scalp Laxity
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 7:08 am
How Does Densitometer Help Diagnose Hair Loss?
August 17th, 2006Q: Dr. Bernstein, I was reading about a densitometer on your website. What is it and what is it actually used for? A: The hair densitometer was introduced to hair restoration surgeons by Dr. Rassman in 1993. It is a small, portable, instrument that has a magnifying lens and an opening of 10mm2. To use [...]
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Topic: Density
Tags: Densitometer, DHT, Diagnosis of Hair Loss, Diagnosis of Hair Loss in Women, Diffuse Patterned Alopecia (DPA), Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA), Donor Hair Density, Dr. William Rassman, Follicular Unit, Genetic Hair Loss, Hair Restoration Surgeon, Hair Shaft, Hair Shaft Diameter, Hair Transplant Before and After, Hair Transplant Instruments, Miniaturization
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 1:18 pm
What is Best Hair Transplant Density and do You Measure Maximum or Overall Hair Density?
August 9th, 2006Q: Dear Dr. Bernstein, a full head of hair averages ~100 FU/cm2. To achieve the appearance of fullness with a hair transplant 50% is required. In one of your articles you say that you recommend 25 FU / cm2 to your patients. Is that the density per one session or the final one? If that [...]
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Topic: Density
Tags: Donor Hair Density, Donor Strip, Follicular Units per Square Centimeter, Hair Transplant Aesthetics, Mid-frontal Forelock Area, Multiple Hair Transplant Sessions, Norwood Class 6 Hair Loss, Norwood Hair Loss Classification, Scalp Laxity, Thinning Hair
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 6:49 am
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