Dr. Paul Shapiro-8 Months FUE RESULT – 2226grafts/4497hairs

[janna]

 

[baldasabadger10]

Great for 8 months. Janna would you say your Fue results are on par with your Fut results?

 

[janna]

Funny, I was just asked the same question on another forum. Here is my reply:

I think that our yield for the FUE is getting very close to that of our strip with the use of our holding solutions, ATP spray and ACell. I do think that yield in general for FUE procedures are still slightly lower than that of strip, however. I read that one of the Turkish doctors told his patient to expect 85% yield. I've personally heard from quite a few FUE doctors say 70%-90% is the norm. I am usually surprised by how much hair is moved for some of the FUE results I see online.

 

[baldasabadger10]

I only frequent this site so thanks for the reply. Could you tell me what your yield is for strip and how much lower the fue is?

 

[janna]

We've always felt our strip yields approx. 98%+ and fue is now closer to 90-95%. We will keep trying to achieve 98% or better with our fue.

Thanks for the question. Since I wrote out our newest protocol in answering questions on the other forum, I'm posting it here too as an fyi:

Currently, Dr. Joe and I do the extractions together and we've come to really prefer the sharp punches because they go through the skin just above the nape much easier than when we were only using the SAFE dull punches. The device that holds the sharp punch is also much lighter and quieter. Dr. Joe usually starts off making the punches and I'll follow up on the other side of the patient by pulling out the grafts. The extracted grafts go immediately into the Hypothermosol solution and they are sprayed with Liposomol ATP on a regular basis throughout the procedure. Once Dr. Joe completes a section of punches, then we'll switch. This protocol keeps us fresh and maximizes efficiency. Dr. Paul and Dr. Ron are doing some extractions but they don't do majority of them on a given case.

We are comfortable scheduling a patient for 2000 grafts in a day but if the patient wants more than 2000 grafts, then they'll likely be scheduled over 2 days. This particular patient was done over two days - approx. 1550 on day #1 and the remaining on the day #2 because Dr. Paul decided he'd like to dedicate the second day for refining the hairline.

We use fine forceps for implanting the grafts by skilled, experienced technicians.

 

[baldasabadger10]

Thanks for the clarification. Smg have been very consistent in posting great Strip results over the years so it's nice to know what one can expect if they were to choose an Fue procedure with Smg.Have a great day.

 

[Dazzster26]

Thats looking great at 8 months as natural as it gets and still more to come plus maturing, I think all SMG results are brilliant ¬b` been a fan since I came on this forum thanks for posting




Cheers Dazz

 

[Pete from Farjo]

Really nice result Janna.

And as usual, extremely natural looking.

 

[bullitnut]

Awesome FUE result, super natural looking hairline as always from SMG ¬b`

 

[Egnod]

Janna may I ask........ If a patient gets 90% yield with FUE does this mean 10% of transplanted grafts don`t grow?

 

[janna]

That's correct.



Thanks everyone for your comments!!!

 

[Egnod]

If a clinic only gets a 70% yield thats a big loss plus it means you end up paying for grafts that never grew.......... For sure I'd not go to a clinic with those odds.

 

[janna]

Egnod wrote:

If a clinic only gets a 70% yield thats a big loss plus it means you end up paying for grafts that never grew.......... For sure I'd not go to a clinic with those odds.

Be very careful in the clinic you do end up choosing because as I stated before, 70-90% range is what few of the top fue clinics were telling me was their typical yield rate. Patients I have spoken to were fully aware the yield tends to be less than strip but felt it was worth it to have small white dots instead of the linear scar.