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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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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How Much Donor Hair Harvesting is Enough for Hair Transplant, How Much is Too Much?

September 2nd, 2005

Q: When harvesting donor hair, how does the surgeon know when to stop?
A: First, the patient must decide the shortest length he/she is comfortable wearing his/her hair.
Additional hair can be removed — whether through Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) or Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) — as long as, at this length, the back and sides do [...]

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Can One Have Hair Transplant Using Follicular Unit Extraction on Beard Hair?

May 18th, 2005

Q: Can you use beard hair for a hair transplant using Follicular Unit Extraction?
A:It is possible to use beard hair for a hair transplant, but there are three main differences between harvesting from the donor area and harvesting from the beard that should be taken into account. These are: 1) scarring 2) ease of extraction [...]

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Can Hair Transplant with Follicular Unit Extraction Use Donor Hair Outside Permanent Zone?

March 9th, 2005

Q: If someone doesn’t have enough donor hair, do you ever perform a hair transplant using FUE, using donor hair from outside the permanent hair zone?
A: No.
If hair was taken from outside the permanent zone as the surrounding hair continued to bald, the scars from FUE, although small, would become visible.
In addition, the transplanted hair [...]

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