Dr. Bisanga - Hair Transplant with Finer Hair?

[Raphael84]

Are patients with finer hair candidates for hair restoration surgery?

 

[Baldingman23]

Would love to see some patient results who have fine hair. This was something I was concerned about with my HT as I suffer from having fine hair myself.

 

[bullitnut]

Good video this, I bet there's loads of people out there thinking they aren't a candidate for a HT just because their hair is of a fine caliber.....we always hear apart doctors saying the patient has excellent characteristics for a HT.. apart from a good donor supply what other attributes do you think makes a person a good candidate and someone with good characteristics for a HT?

Great video.

 

[Bigmac]

Hair characteristics do play a role in determining the appearance of a hair transplant. I think it`s important to add that the angles/direction of the grafts is important to help conceal as much scalp as possible, especially with finer hair. Depending on what area is being transplanted will determine where the different groupings are placed. With careful planning, skill and knowledge the layering effect can be used to create good coverage.
It would be good to see some side by side comparisons of different patients who roughly had the same amount of loss, the same amount of grafts but one with fine hair and the other with coarse hair.
This will help show that each individual result may differ from the same number of grafts.

 

[Baldingman23]

Hair characteristics do play a role in determining the appearance of a hair transplant. I think it`s important to add that the angles/direction of the grafts is important to help conceal as much scalp as possible, especially with finer hair. Depending on what area is being transplanted will determine where the different groupings are placed. With careful planning, skill and knowledge the layering effect can be used to create good coverage.
It would be good to see some side by side comparisons of different patients who roughly had the same amount of loss, the same amount of grafts but one with fine hair and the other with coarse hair.
This will help show that each individual result may differ from the same number of grafts.

Great idea Bigmac I’d love to see that

 

[Raphael84]

@bullitnut
As you have said the donor area is the most influential in terms of candidacy for surgery.
I also believe that the objectives of a patient in terms of how realistic they are play an essential role in the process. A patient may have a great donor but with potentially extensive loss, there may well still be some restrictions in place in terms of design and coverage. A great result could be achieved but if the patient is unsatisfied post surgery due to his expectations not being aligned with the doctor, then there are no winners. This is where education has great importance.

 

[Techno1]

At what density per cm2 would someone be deemed not suitable?

 

[Raphael84]

Diameter of hair or whether hair may be finer or coarser is an individual/different characteristic/data point than donor density (follicular units per cm2).
An average donor density would represent around 70/75 FU per cm2.
The lower the donor density, the less grafts that would be safely available to harvest.
Whether an individual may be a viable candidate for surgery despite a lower than average donor density would depend on many factors such as age, extent of loss of the patient, hair groupings, levels of miniaturisation, hair diameter, objectives, etc.
A patient with less than average density but more favourable hair groupings may be able to achieve a higher “hair count” and so may still be a candidate for surgery.

In summary there is no definitive answer, which again reinforces the importance of a very unique approach for each and every patient.