Dr. Paul Shapiro—3138 FUT grafts on ClassI V Patient. One year post op

[Paul Shapiro MD]

Dr. Paul Shapiro €”3138 FUT grafts on ClassI V Patient. One year post op



This 50 year old male has fine light brown hair. He had a limited donor density of about 70
FU/sq.cm and an average scalp laxity. I was able to remove a strip that was 1.8 cm wide by 10 cm long in the middle and 1.6cm wide by 16.5 cm long on the sides. That means I removed a total of 44.4 sq.cm. of donor hair. This was after doing stretching exercise. Because the closure was on the tight side I did not do a trichophytic closure but as you can see the scar is minimal.

His hair count was as follows:



· 732 one hair FU

· 1966 two hair FU

· 417 three hair FU

· 14 four hair FU

Total FU-3138, Total hairs- 6000



He was a candidate for a larger case but with his donor density below average and his scalp laxity being average I got the 3,138 FU. He is very happy with his results but is going to schedule a second surgery to get more density.

 

[bullitnut]

Thats a great transformation....and the scar is good too, he must be thrilled!. Great pics, looks very natural....well done Dr Paul on a superb result. In your opinion when is the best time to start stretching exercises prior to a planned procedure?.

 

[Paul Shapiro MD]

Bullitnut:

We like to have the patients start a minimum of two months prior to surgery. But one can't overdo the steching so interested patients can just start the process anytime. I have had some patietns who started the exercises only two weeks prior to surgery and thier elasticity imporved so some sterching exercise is better then noen.

I hope this is helpful

Dr. Paul

 

[bullitnut]

Thankyou Dr Paul much appreciated

warm wishes bn

 

[Mick From Farjo]

Dr Shapiro,

It is all good stuff from you guys.

Mick