Follicular Units per Square Centimeter

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Is Hair Transplant to Recreate Dense Hairline Too Good to be True?

April 28th, 2009

Q: It’s a question that greatly concerns me because I’m investigating getting a transplant sometime next year. I’m 28 and thought I started balding at 26, but photographic evidence suggests it had started somewhere around age 24. I’m roughly a Class 2 now, and thanks to finasteride, I’ve stayed almost exactly where I was [...]

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In Your Hair Transplant Procedures, Do You Do Megasessions or Very Large Graft Sessions?

March 16th, 2007

Q: 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 restoration [...]

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What is Size of Hair Transplant Donor Strip?

February 14th, 2007

Q: 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 for [...]

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What is Best Hair Transplant Density and do You Measure Maximum or Overall Hair Density?

August 9th, 2006

Q: 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? [...]

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How Do You Determine Size of Hair Transplant Donor Strip?

July 3rd, 2006

Q: I am interested in FUT. How do you figure out how large a strip to use for the hair restoration when transplanting all follicular units?
A: The length of the donor strip incision is determined by the number of follicular unit grafts required for the hair restoration.
There are slightly less than 100 follicular units/cm2, so [...]

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