Dr. Carlos K. Wesley (NYC): Hairline Revision of Prior Transplant (1836 FU)

[billena]

Nearly one decade after having a transplant with a different North American surgeon, this patient eventually decided that he was fed up with the exposed grafts throughout his hairline and wanted to do something about it. He can be seen before and only six (6) months after his 1836 -graft FUT procedure with Dr. Carlos Wesley. During the surgery, his hair follicles were incubated in PRP and ACell.

 

[janna]

He's experiencing nice growth at 6 months post op. ¬b`

 

[drcarloswesley]

Thanks, Janna!
I have attached magnified images of this patient €™s donor and recipient areas that were taken during our initial consultation together. As you can see, the prior transplant (performed at a different surgical clinic) left grafts in the recipient area that were originally spaced at a density that resulted in an unnatural-appearing pattern. The healthy caliber (thickness) of the transplanted hairs was inconsistent with the wide spacing (10-15 grafts/cm2) between them.

Different types of grafts should be distributed in different densities according to their number of hairs and the caliber of each hair shaft. In this example, transplanting at an average density of 35-40 grafts/cm2 throughout much of the frontal half resulted in a more natural-appearing fullness.

 

[janna]

I agree the density was too sparse before and the grafts planted at your clinic will certainly look more natural and dense. Thanks for the additional pics and info.

 

[bullitnut]

Great pictures! this guy must be thrilled to have it sorted now. I hope though that he didnt suffer for a decade simply because he didnt trust another clinic after his first experience as that would be such a shame to wait so long. Research really is the key even though we keep saying it over and over its true.
Nice work!