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 at [...]
Mid-frontal Forelock Area
Is Hair Transplant to Recreate Dense Hairline Too Good to be True?
April 28th, 2009Rating:
Topic: Hairline
Tags: Avodart/Dutasteride, Dense Packing of Grafts, Donor Area, Donor Hair Density, Follicular Unit Transplant, Follicular Units per Square Centimeter, Hairline, Mid-frontal Forelock Area, Miniaturization, Norwood Class 2 Hair Loss, Norwood Class 3 Hair Loss, Norwood Class 6 Hair Loss, Norwood Hair Loss Classification, Number of Grafts Per Hair Transplant, Propecia/Finasteride
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 6:05 am
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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